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Are you a Sauve Scholar?
Applications for the prestigious Sauve Scholar Program are now open. What is the Sauve Scholar Program? A unique program designed to nurture the skills of young leaders from across the globe who want to change the world An academic year with unlimited access to all resources of McGill University Guidance from academic advisors and mentors at the top of [...]
Continue reading...S3.Regina | Reports
Thursday, August 21, 2008
A summary report of the Student Summit for Sustainability held in Regina, Canada in May 2008 by the organising committee is available here: S3.Regina Final Report Also available is a summary report from our members from the University of Tokyo, Japan (AGS-UTSC) on the summit: S3.Regina AGS-UTSC Report
Continue reading...Outsourcing: A View from Canada
Saturday, September 4, 2004
Unravelling the Rhetoric over Outsourcing by Aaron Holdway Until recently, sending white-collar jobs overseas to take advantage of lower labour costs seemed to many like an ideal business strategy. In recent months, however, outsourcing — the movement of jobs overseas [1] — has become the defining economic issue of this yearâ€TMs US election campaign. Gregory Mankiw, chair [...]
Continue reading...Introduce Mandatory Labelling of (…) Canada Trailing Behind: The Need to Introduce Mandatory Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods
Saturday, March 13, 2004
by Aaron Holdway Despite increasing consumer concerns over their safety, genetically modified (GM) foods have become widespread in the diets of Canadians in recent years. The European Union and some 25 other countries have addressed similar concerns by introducing mandatory labelling of GM foods. The Canadian government, however, has consistently refused calls to implement such labelling, [...]
Continue reading...Economics Wins Again: The Canadian Government’s Approach to Endangered Species in its New Species at Risk Act
Saturday, January 3, 2004
by Aaron Holdway Canada‘s Environment Minister admits that the situation of endangered species in Canada has reached crisis proportions. Yet after nearly a decade of half-hearted legislative work, including two pieces of abandoned legislation, the federal governmentâ€TMs ultimate product has been what environmentalists have widely denounced as the worldâ€TMs weakest endangered species legislation. While environmentalists wanted [...]
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Asides 
The next Student Summit for Sustainability (S3.Zurich) will be hosted in Zurich, Switzerland from 25 January - 1 February 2009. The deadlines for abstract submissions and funding applications have passed, but registration is still open for all students interested in attending. Please visit this page to learn more about this exciting summit!
Monday, November 17, 2008
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