McGill Bieler School of Environment
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Where Education Meets Environmental Action
Cité dans la Presse canadienne, telle que publiée par Radio Canada et d'autres médias, la professeur Amy Janzwood parle des effets de l'extraction au Canada. @amyjanzwood.bsky.social
Les « bombes carbone » du Canada
Le Canada compterait désormais 14 « bombes carbone » sur son territoire, localisées surtout en Alberta et en Colombie-Britannique.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Cité dans la Presse canadienne, telle que publiée par Radio Canada et d'autres médias, la professeur Amy Janzwood parle des effets de l'extraction au Canada. @amyjanzwood.bsky.social
Hosting the Global Change Symposium was a great way to end October! From biodiversity in the St. Lawrence river to pipeline resistance, Arctic health and global connectivity, the event featured McGill Bieler School Environment research at a whole new scale. Thank you to all who attended.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hosting the Global Change Symposium was a great way to end October! From biodiversity in the St. Lawrence river to pipeline resistance, Arctic health and global connectivity, the event featured McGill Bieler School Environment research at a whole new scale. Thank you to all who attended.
#mcgill
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Prof. Fabry dans La Presse d'aujourd'hui, « Depuis les années 1980, ces modèles qui deviennent de plus en plus sophistiqués prévoient à peu près le même réchauffement moyen pour la planète, c’est-à-dire celui que l’on observe en ce moment. Cette réalité peut faire peur, mais cela reste la réalité »
Vu, lu, vérifié | Les climatologues se sont-ils trompés ?
Pendant son allocution aux Nations unies, mardi, Donald Trump a dénoncé « l’arnaque verte » et affirmé que les prédictions de l’ONU se sont avérées « erronées ». « Elles ont été faites par des gens st...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Prof. Fabry dans La Presse d'aujourd'hui, « Depuis les années 1980, ces modèles qui deviennent de plus en plus sophistiqués prévoient à peu près le même réchauffement moyen pour la planète, c’est-à-dire celui que l’on observe en ce moment. Cette réalité peut faire peur, mais cela reste la réalité »
Some interesting research about the relationship between commoning and heterotopia, illustrated with examples from urban green spaces in Liège, Montréal, and Brussels.
McGill Bieler School of Environment undergraduates were involved in helping to get this research completed!
McGill Bieler School of Environment undergraduates were involved in helping to get this research completed!
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September 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Some interesting research about the relationship between commoning and heterotopia, illustrated with examples from urban green spaces in Liège, Montréal, and Brussels.
McGill Bieler School of Environment undergraduates were involved in helping to get this research completed!
McGill Bieler School of Environment undergraduates were involved in helping to get this research completed!
Attend the Solvathon Conference, discuss mistrust in environmental science in today’s post-truth world.
With @michaelemann.bsky.social , as keynote
This conference will feature panel discussions, multiple keynotes and an interactive art expo showcasing environmental conspiracies over the ages.
With @michaelemann.bsky.social , as keynote
This conference will feature panel discussions, multiple keynotes and an interactive art expo showcasing environmental conspiracies over the ages.
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Attend the Solvathon Conference, discuss mistrust in environmental science in today’s post-truth world.
With @michaelemann.bsky.social , as keynote
This conference will feature panel discussions, multiple keynotes and an interactive art expo showcasing environmental conspiracies over the ages.
With @michaelemann.bsky.social , as keynote
This conference will feature panel discussions, multiple keynotes and an interactive art expo showcasing environmental conspiracies over the ages.
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We're excited to see that #ScienceUnderSiege has broken the top 1000 on Amazon.
Please consider purchasing from e.g. @barnesandnoble.com or your local independent bookseller (or ask your local library to acquire). Thanks!
Please consider purchasing from e.g. @barnesandnoble.com or your local independent bookseller (or ask your local library to acquire). Thanks!
September 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We're excited to see that #ScienceUnderSiege has broken the top 1000 on Amazon.
Please consider purchasing from e.g. @barnesandnoble.com or your local independent bookseller (or ask your local library to acquire). Thanks!
Please consider purchasing from e.g. @barnesandnoble.com or your local independent bookseller (or ask your local library to acquire). Thanks!
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OUT TODAY! " #ScienceUnderSiege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World" by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of @hachettelibrary.bsky.social / #Public_Affairs / #BasicBooks \ @scribepub.bsky.social
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Science Under Siege
In this “well-researched guide,” two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement—and offer...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
OUT TODAY! " #ScienceUnderSiege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World" by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of @hachettelibrary.bsky.social / #Public_Affairs / #BasicBooks \ @scribepub.bsky.social
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Prof. Brenda Parlee has been named as McGill's Bieler Chair in Northern Climate Change and Sustainability. Read the article below for more info.
Collaborating with Northern communities on climate change
With more than 25 years of experience working across Canada’s North, Brenda Parlee has been appointed McGill’s Bieler Chair in Northern Climate Change and Sustainability
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September 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Prof. Brenda Parlee has been named as McGill's Bieler Chair in Northern Climate Change and Sustainability. Read the article below for more info.
Interesting climate change study published Monday in the Nature Climate Change journal.
As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States. As temperatures rise, Americans, especially those who are poorer and less educated, are drinking more sugary...
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Interesting climate change study published Monday in the Nature Climate Change journal.
Join us on October 23, 2025 for a day of bold ideas, real talk about truth in environmental science in a post-truth world.
Featuring climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, and other trailblazing climate thinkers who are shaking up the field.
Register today.
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Featuring climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, and other trailblazing climate thinkers who are shaking up the field.
Register today.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join us on October 23, 2025 for a day of bold ideas, real talk about truth in environmental science in a post-truth world.
Featuring climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, and other trailblazing climate thinkers who are shaking up the field.
Register today.
event.fourwaves.com/bseconferenc...
Featuring climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, and other trailblazing climate thinkers who are shaking up the field.
Register today.
event.fourwaves.com/bseconferenc...
This is a strategic investment.
The Great Lakes contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water, support a $7 billion fishery, and supply drinking water to 40 million people. But they are heavily stressed by climate change, invasive species & various forms of pollution.
The Great Lakes contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water, support a $7 billion fishery, and supply drinking water to 40 million people. But they are heavily stressed by climate change, invasive species & various forms of pollution.
Millions Flow into Great Lakes: Canada funds $9.3 million in freshwater solutions - Canada.ca
Water sustains life; it is a vital resource for people, nature and our economy. It is more important now than ever that we invest in protecting our freshwater to build a cleaner, safer and sustainable...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is a strategic investment.
The Great Lakes contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water, support a $7 billion fishery, and supply drinking water to 40 million people. But they are heavily stressed by climate change, invasive species & various forms of pollution.
The Great Lakes contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water, support a $7 billion fishery, and supply drinking water to 40 million people. But they are heavily stressed by climate change, invasive species & various forms of pollution.
« Nous dirigeons-nous tout droit vers un désastre climatique encore plus grand? »
BSE Prof. Brenda Parlee wrote an Op-ed in Le Devoir centred on the disproportionate rate that forest fires affect Indigenous Canadians.
Very interesting!
BSE Prof. Brenda Parlee wrote an Op-ed in Le Devoir centred on the disproportionate rate that forest fires affect Indigenous Canadians.
Very interesting!
Nous dirigeons-nous tout droit vers un désastre climatique encore plus grand?
Qui prendra enfin le taureau par les cornes? Posez la question à Stella.
www.ledevoir.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
« Nous dirigeons-nous tout droit vers un désastre climatique encore plus grand? »
BSE Prof. Brenda Parlee wrote an Op-ed in Le Devoir centred on the disproportionate rate that forest fires affect Indigenous Canadians.
Very interesting!
BSE Prof. Brenda Parlee wrote an Op-ed in Le Devoir centred on the disproportionate rate that forest fires affect Indigenous Canadians.
Very interesting!
"Education for Sustainability- As If People and the Environment Matter," an essay by BSE Prof. Madhav Badami has just been published.
"It is important to provide grounds for realistic hope, by showing how positive change is possible, and is being made to happen, across the world."
Take a peak!
"It is important to provide grounds for realistic hope, by showing how positive change is possible, and is being made to happen, across the world."
Take a peak!
Education for Sustainability – as if People and the Environment Matter « Journal of Sustainability Education
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July 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"Education for Sustainability- As If People and the Environment Matter," an essay by BSE Prof. Madhav Badami has just been published.
"It is important to provide grounds for realistic hope, by showing how positive change is possible, and is being made to happen, across the world."
Take a peak!
"It is important to provide grounds for realistic hope, by showing how positive change is possible, and is being made to happen, across the world."
Take a peak!
The Bieler Lab Series is back, featuring Prof. Janzwood and her research on Canada’s energy transition.
At a time when energy is at the heart of national conversations, Prof. Janzwood offers insights on the success of resistance of pipelines and in protecting our planet.
#pipelines #environment #BSE
At a time when energy is at the heart of national conversations, Prof. Janzwood offers insights on the success of resistance of pipelines and in protecting our planet.
#pipelines #environment #BSE
The BSE Lab Series featuring Prof. Amy Janzwood.
YouTube video by The Bieler School of Environment McGill University
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June 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Bieler Lab Series is back, featuring Prof. Janzwood and her research on Canada’s energy transition.
At a time when energy is at the heart of national conversations, Prof. Janzwood offers insights on the success of resistance of pipelines and in protecting our planet.
#pipelines #environment #BSE
At a time when energy is at the heart of national conversations, Prof. Janzwood offers insights on the success of resistance of pipelines and in protecting our planet.
#pipelines #environment #BSE
BSE Prof. Elena Bennett and colleagues have been recognized in Ecology & Society, announcing the launch of the Society for Social-Ecological Systems.
The journal marks the society as a turning point for the field highlighting its global relevance, urgency, and maturity.
Congrats!
#SES #Ecology
The journal marks the society as a turning point for the field highlighting its global relevance, urgency, and maturity.
Congrats!
#SES #Ecology
Ecology & Society: Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research
Underpinned by systemic thinking, social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as a critical field for addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene, marked by a cross-scale focus, inter- and ...
ecologyandsociety.org
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congrats to all McGill graduates this year. We got to talk to two BSE students who are valedictorians.
Check out the story below.
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Check out the story below.
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BSE Students Named Valedictorians
The Bieler School of Environment is showing up strong at convocation this year—thanks to two stellar students. Arwen Low Arwen Low, a McGill Bieler School of Environment student and now alumna took th...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congrats to all McGill graduates this year. We got to talk to two BSE students who are valedictorians.
Check out the story below.
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Check out the story below.
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...
It's graduation time and the BSE would like to congratulate all McGill students.
The BSE has two students who are valedictorians of which we are very proud! Jennifer McDonald and Arwen Low. We sat down with Arwen to talk about her BSE experience.
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The BSE has two students who are valedictorians of which we are very proud! Jennifer McDonald and Arwen Low. We sat down with Arwen to talk about her BSE experience.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's graduation time and the BSE would like to congratulate all McGill students.
The BSE has two students who are valedictorians of which we are very proud! Jennifer McDonald and Arwen Low. We sat down with Arwen to talk about her BSE experience.
🎓 open.spotify.com/episode/0gdX...
The BSE has two students who are valedictorians of which we are very proud! Jennifer McDonald and Arwen Low. We sat down with Arwen to talk about her BSE experience.
🎓 open.spotify.com/episode/0gdX...
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Don’t miss the live streams of this year’s Arts Convocation ceremonies on Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3, 2025!
🎓Arts A, June 2 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts B, June 2 at 3:00PM
🎓Arts C, June 3 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts D, June 3 at 3:00PM
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🎓Arts A, June 2 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts B, June 2 at 3:00PM
🎓Arts C, June 3 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts D, June 3 at 3:00PM
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May 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Don’t miss the live streams of this year’s Arts Convocation ceremonies on Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3, 2025!
🎓Arts A, June 2 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts B, June 2 at 3:00PM
🎓Arts C, June 3 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts D, June 3 at 3:00PM
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🎓Arts A, June 2 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts B, June 2 at 3:00PM
🎓Arts C, June 3 at 10:00AM
🎓Arts D, June 3 at 3:00PM
www.mcgill.ca/graduation/s...
The Gault Nature Reserve isn’t just a beautiful landscape — it’s a living classroom.
BSE students, in the ENVR 401 course, presented a science-based deer management plan to local, provincial, and Indigenous leaders to protect the reserve’s ecosystem.
Read the story from our Spring Newsletter.
BSE students, in the ENVR 401 course, presented a science-based deer management plan to local, provincial, and Indigenous leaders to protect the reserve’s ecosystem.
Read the story from our Spring Newsletter.
Students Unite Leaders, Protect Gault Nature Reserve
McGill Bieler School of Environment students are making an impact on their community. This February, they presented to local, provincial, and Indigenous leaders, fostering collaboration to help the Ga...
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May 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Gault Nature Reserve isn’t just a beautiful landscape — it’s a living classroom.
BSE students, in the ENVR 401 course, presented a science-based deer management plan to local, provincial, and Indigenous leaders to protect the reserve’s ecosystem.
Read the story from our Spring Newsletter.
BSE students, in the ENVR 401 course, presented a science-based deer management plan to local, provincial, and Indigenous leaders to protect the reserve’s ecosystem.
Read the story from our Spring Newsletter.
Prof. Elena Bennett with global colleagues has launched the Society for Social Ecological Systems (SocSES). The society ushers in a new era for SES global research and will foster global collaboration.
Congrats to everyone involved on this exciting step.
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...
Congrats to everyone involved on this exciting step.
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...
Global Society Marks New Era in Research
After years of research and global collaboration, Professor Elena Bennett and her international colleagues have created the Society for Social Ecological Systems (SocSES), marking a new era in social…
www.mcgill.ca
May 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Prof. Elena Bennett with global colleagues has launched the Society for Social Ecological Systems (SocSES). The society ushers in a new era for SES global research and will foster global collaboration.
Congrats to everyone involved on this exciting step.
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...
Congrats to everyone involved on this exciting step.
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...
Another great interview by BSE associate professor Renee Sieber on Google's Gemini AI roll out for kids. Take a look!
#scientist #AI #AiEthics #GeminiAI #McGill #BSE
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#scientist #AI #AiEthics #GeminiAI #McGill #BSE
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Google’s Gemini AI is rolling out for kids under 13. Here's what parents should know
Google has started rolling out its Gemini chatbot to supervised accounts, meaning children under 13 can now interact with AI to ask questions, get help with homework and even create images. While the ...
www.cbc.ca
May 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Another great interview by BSE associate professor Renee Sieber on Google's Gemini AI roll out for kids. Take a look!
#scientist #AI #AiEthics #GeminiAI #McGill #BSE
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
#scientist #AI #AiEthics #GeminiAI #McGill #BSE
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
*BURA STORY*
Anabelle Eng the most recent BURA recipient spent part of her semester. taking care of crayfish that are invading Ontario lakes. Learn more.
#CrayfishInvasion #Research #BURA #OntarioEcosystems #ScienceInAction
Anabelle Eng the most recent BURA recipient spent part of her semester. taking care of crayfish that are invading Ontario lakes. Learn more.
#CrayfishInvasion #Research #BURA #OntarioEcosystems #ScienceInAction
Keeping Invasive Species Alive, For Science
Many Ontario beaches have signs warning of Crayfish. The critters may seem harmless, but some species are invasive and quickly reproduce, competing with native species and disrupting the ecosystem.…
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May 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
*BURA STORY*
Anabelle Eng the most recent BURA recipient spent part of her semester. taking care of crayfish that are invading Ontario lakes. Learn more.
#CrayfishInvasion #Research #BURA #OntarioEcosystems #ScienceInAction
Anabelle Eng the most recent BURA recipient spent part of her semester. taking care of crayfish that are invading Ontario lakes. Learn more.
#CrayfishInvasion #Research #BURA #OntarioEcosystems #ScienceInAction
This just in: Lola Milder, a 2022 BURA recipient, has co-authored an academic paper on plant-soil interactions, shedding light on how forests might respond to climate change. #ClimateChange #Research #ForestScience #AcademicAchievement
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Rooted in Research: Undergraduate Student Co-Authors Academic Paper
Lola Milder, a 2022 BURA* student, has co-authored an academic research paper examining plants’ response to their soil environment— a crucial aspect for predicting how forests could react to climate c...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This just in: Lola Milder, a 2022 BURA recipient, has co-authored an academic paper on plant-soil interactions, shedding light on how forests might respond to climate change. #ClimateChange #Research #ForestScience #AcademicAchievement
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...
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Taking a closer look at Antarctica: BSE almuna Noémie Sheppard's journey of hands-on research in Antarctica is inspiring! She is studying how climate change is transforming the continent's vascular flora.
#Antarctica #ClimateChange #Research #McGillUniversity #SAEF
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#Antarctica #ClimateChange #Research #McGillUniversity #SAEF
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Taking a closer look at Antarctica
Noémie Sheppard's dream became reality when she set foot in Antarctica. Amidst breathtaking landscapes and diverse wildlife, she began her hands-on research looking at the effects of climate change on...
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April 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Taking a closer look at Antarctica: BSE almuna Noémie Sheppard's journey of hands-on research in Antarctica is inspiring! She is studying how climate change is transforming the continent's vascular flora.
#Antarctica #ClimateChange #Research #McGillUniversity #SAEF
www.mcgill.ca/environment/...
#Antarctica #ClimateChange #Research #McGillUniversity #SAEF
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