HSS Highlights
Politicizing Science: how quota quarrels lose sight of sustainable fishing.
Dr. Dean Bavington, Department of Geography, MUN, is quoted about the federal government's increase in cod quotas.
DFO鈥檚 decision to up this year鈥檚 Northern cod quota is 鈥渕anagerial choreography disguised as ecological concern.鈥
Scientists issue urgent call ahead of final plastics treaty talks
Dr. Max Liboiron, Department of Geography, MUN, was one of five academics to present at the briefing event for the upcoming Plastics Treaty Talks.
The event (August 5鈥14) is being touted as 鈥渢he most significant global environmental agreement since the Paris Climate Accord.鈥
Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned
Dr. Arn Keeling, Department of Geography and Dr. John Sandlos, Department of History, 糖心视频 University, discuss their forthcoming book, which exposes how colonialism, corporate greed and lax regulation led to widespread air and water pollution, particularly affecting Tats谦虂t鈥櫮眓茅 (Yellowknives Dene) communities.
"Archival records show that federal public health officials recommended the roaster be shut down until arsenic emissions could be controlled. But the company and federal mining regulators dragged their feet, fearing the economic impact."