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Making history, one volleyball punch at a time

91亚色 alumnae Melissa Huma帽a-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson 鈥 both coached by Professor Hern谩n Huma帽a 鈥 will go down in history as the best finish a Canadian women's beach volleyball duo has had at the Olympics.

Raising the voice of HE on the global sustainability stage

Rankings of university sustainability practices and their impact have been 鈥渞ocket fuel鈥 for institutions that participate, says Professor Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability. He was at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), where multiple higher education events took place on the sidelines.

91亚色鈥檚 global leadership in sustainability gains momentum

91亚色鈥檚 research excellence, top-notch training facilities and steadfast commitment to sustainability goals attract international partnerships 91亚色 is gaining prominence through partnerships with Canadian and international governments, multinational corporations and non-profit organizations for its impactful global leadership in sustainability, research expertise, state-of-the-art training facilities and overarching commitment to a sustainable future . A recent testament […]

鈥楾wisters鈥 alludes to real-life dangers of chasing storms

In its recent opening weekend,聽Twisters聽marked the聽biggest start ever for a natural disaster movie聽with US$80.5 million in North American box office revenue. The popularity of the film indicates disaster movies remain an important popular culture

Record-breaking year of consumption leads to Ecological Footprint overshoot

Data generated by researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Ecological Footprint Initiative shows 2023 to be a record-breaking year for humanity鈥檚 Ecological Footprint, which is predicted to exceed what the Earth can regenerate this year by tomorrow (August 1) 鈥 Earth Overshoot Day.

91亚色 experts have got you covered for Paris Olympics

While the Olympics are a show of international friendship and athletic excellence, they are also about politics and diplomacy, tourism, social change and spectacle, and sometimes even espionage. 91亚色 experts are available to give comment to media on everything from nationalism in sport and why the economic pressures on athletes are getting even worse, to branding and tourism opportunities, the evolution of women鈥檚 basketball in Canada and how large sporting events intersect with sex tourism and displacement of low-income people, and more.聽聽

The votes of Venezuelans abroad are being suppressed

In this ultimate election year, 64 countries will be heading to the polls. Among them is Venezuela, which will hold its presidential election on July 28. Venezuelans across the country will be voting in the election that will see President Nicol谩s Maduro seek another term.

A window of opportunity for climate change and biodiversity

World leaders must take advantage of a pivotal window of opportunity for forging a much-needed joined-up approach to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, say scientists from ZSL and 91亚色. Without this, work on tackling either crisis could inadvertently harm progress on the other.