Environment and Geography News Archive
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Time: 23 Books Everyone Should Read, According to Mark Zuckerberg
February 19, 2016 —
Energy: A Beginner’s Guide by Vaclav Smil
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Nunatsiaq Online: Fancy footwork: a look at boots around the circumpolar world
February 18, 2016 —
Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe did fieldwork to document traditional boot making in the circumpolar world
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Supporting research into how we age, how we address global health challenges, and how our climate is changing
February 9, 2016 —
Research funding for new and renewed research chairs – $3.3 million in funding over the next seven years
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Trojan Horse Aid: A Seminar with Susan Walsh
January 29, 2016 —
Join us for a a compelling first-hand account of development assistance gone awry
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Ron Stewart: Recipient of the John Patterson Medal
January 22, 2016 —
John Patterson Medal
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Scientific American: Gates Joins Big Wigs in Paris to Push Clean Energy Initiative
December 1, 2015 —
Gates has become a devotee of Vaclav Smil, a little-known Czech-Canadian professor of the environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg whom he calls "the best energy author there is”
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CBC: Research team heads to Beaufort to study floating ‘ice islands’
August 19, 2015 —
'One... comes towards you, it’s not a matter of breaking it up. It’s matter of getting out of its way'
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‘Oh Hell No,’ they made another Sharknado movie. Why do we keep watching them?
July 22, 2015 —
'We love films that act as if they are William Shatner all the time'
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Woman: Redefined
April 29, 2015 —
U of M instructor launches Kickstarter for unique and personal project
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Research and International
Celebrating researchers who are taking their place on the world stage
April 24, 2015 —
Awards for diverse research including decolonization, insects, climate change, child welfare, environment, older Canadians, and democracy