This past March was National Engineering Month in Canada, and an organization that I volunteer with, Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada, invited me to write a guest blog post on the importance of diversity in engineering. After some reflection, I decided to focus on how learning from indigenous cultures has affected how I view engineering…
2015 has been a great year for world music so far. African bands in particular have had a banner year, with groups from Mali, Niger, and the Congo issuing original music that transcends boundaries. In other parts of the world, collaboration between different traditions has also led to exciting musical discoveries. If you’re looking to…
The Story A five-year fact finding process on abuses suffered by indigenous people in Canada’s residential schools culminated on Tuesday, June 2, with the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) summary report. Led by Manitoba Justice Murray Sinclair, the commission compiled harrowing testimony from thousands of residential school survivors who shared their experiences of verbal, physical, and sexual…
For many people, the Arctic Circle represents one of this planet’s last frontiers. A land covered by snow and ice most of the year, where the sun doesn’t set in the peak of summer and doesn’t rise in the depths of winter, it is a harsh environment that few of us will ever experience first hand.…
The Story During the second week of May, the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation in northwestern British Columbia (BC) rejected a proposed $1 billion (CAD) agreement with Pacific Northwest LNG, a joint venture led by the Malaysian energy company Petronas. Pacific Northwest is proposing a multibillion dollar liquified natural gas (LNG) project that would take natural gas…
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