University students help youngsters learn to enjoy homework
Montreal Families.ca | October 2014
by: Kamila Hinkson
The SEDE Homework Zone program sees 成人VR视频 students helping to instill good study habits and a love for learning in younger pupils.
550 volunteers pitch in for Community Engagement Day
成人VR视频 Reporter | Oct. 9, 2014
by: Neale McDevitt
On Oct. 2, Marie-Gil Fabris, a 2nd-year Management student, played hooky from school, but instead of sleeping in, going to a movie or just hanging out with friends, Fabris rolled up her sleeves in the kitchen of the Benedict Labre House, a resource centre for homeless people.聽
Community Engagement Day looks to foster lasting relationships
The 成人VR视频 Daily | Oct.6, 2014
产测:听Jill Bachelder
From September 29 to October 9, workshops and volunteering opportunities were hosted by forty different organizations based throughout the Montreal community, with the majority of events happening on October 2.
成人VR视频 Spaces Project: Kicking out the cars
PARK(ing) Day turns Montreal parking lots into creative spaces
The 成人VR视频 Daily | Sept 29, 2014
by: Siobbhan O'Connell
World-renowned green chemist joining 成人VR视频
成人VR视频 Newsroom | September 29, 2014
Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world鈥檚 most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at 成人VR视频. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.
UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2
Radio Canada International | Oct. 9, 2014
By: Marc Montgomery
A new report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in South Korea says that ocean acidification has risen alarmingly from absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere.
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netMTL to compete in the Solar Decathalon in 2016
Voirvert.ca | Sept 2014
netMTL, a join venture between students at 成人VR视频 and Concordia Universities is taking on the goal of competing in the all-solar solar decathalon race, Solar Decathalon Europe, in 2016 in Versailles, France.
成人VR视频 Professor Anthony Ricciardi on Plastic Microbeads in the St Lawrence River
CBC News | Sept. 26, 2014
Plastic microbeads polluting St. Lawrence River, 成人VR视频 researchers find.
成人VR视频 Grad Student Suncica Avlijas on Plastic microbeads in the St Lawrence River
Washington Post | Sept. 29, 2014
by: Rachel Feltman
Plastic microbeads from face wash are polluting river sediment; Tiny balls of plastic from cosmetic products are showing up in river sediment for the first time, mixing with the rocks and dirt that line the bed of the Saint Lawrence River.
Warming Temperatures Threaten Fragile Balance in Canadian Arctic
Sept. 23, 2014 | NY Times
by: Michael Becker
Pow Wow marks colourful end to successful Indigenous Awareness Week
The 成人VR视频 Reporter | Sept. 24, 2014
by: Neale McDevitt
成人VR视频鈥檚 fourth annual Indigenous Awareness Week came to a lively, colourful close on Friday, Sept. 19, with dancers dressed in traditional costumes performing an inter-tribal dance during the Pow Wow on the lower campus field in front of dozens of smiling spectators.聽
Thousands meet at Lafontaine Park to push leaders on environment
CTV News Montr茅al | Sept 21, 2014
Thousands of environmentally-minded demonstrators assembled at Lafontaine Park Sunday to make a passionate appeal prior to Tuesday鈥檚 United Nation Climate Summit in New York.
Microplastic pollution discovered in St. Lawrence River sediments
Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014
A team of researchers from 成人VR视频 and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.聽
Protests aim to bring attention to need to act on climate change
The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
by: Michelle Lalonde
Dr. Catherine Potvin is a climate scientist in 成人VR视频鈥檚 Department of Biology, at the school in Montreal, Thursday, September 18, 2014. On September 21 she will speak at Montreal鈥檚 version of the People鈥檚 Climate March, a global event billed to be the biggest climate protest in history.
The time to face up to climate change is now
The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
产测:听Catherine Potvin聽
On Sept. 21, more than 1,000 events are planned around the world to demand stronger action on climate change, echoing New York鈥檚 People鈥檚 Climate March.聽
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