The CSA Group — a not-for-profit standards organization — released for review a new draft standard on the “Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators” (CSA Z94.4:25) for workplaces, specifically includin...

Originally published on Policy Options“Weak productivity is making life less affordable for Canadians and beginning to strain our government’s finances and starting to put at risk the social programs ...

Background Urbanization raises city temperatures relative to nearby rural areas, known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect (Oke et al., 2017; Stewart and Mills, 2021), impacting thermal comfort, infrastructure, energy use, planning, and health. The intensifying heatwave further amplifies UHI effects, as illustrated by 2-metre air temperature (Ta) anomalies exceeding 15 °C

Policing has become a contentious subject globally, with systemic injustices prompting diverse responses of resistance and revolt. In turn, protest movements around the world have increasingly turned ...

The world is in the midst of one of the most serious political crises since the end of the Second World War.The bond of trust that existed for 80 years between the United States and the other western ...

During his 1986-87 meteorite expedition, explorer Austin Mardon came to understand Antarctica not just as a remote, frozen expanse - but as a vital component of Earth’s climate system. Home to around ...

“Elbows up” means many things today in Canada, including using the country’s rich natural resources more effectively to support a strong, independent economy that benefits people and society.