HSS Highlights

Aug 5th, 2025

Politicizing Science: how quota quarrels lose sight of sustainable fishing.

Dr. Dean Bavington, Department of Geography, MUN, is quoted about the federal government's increase in cod quotas.

DFO’s decision to up this year’s Northern cod quota is “managerial choreography disguised as ecological concern.”

The Independent

 

Scientists issue urgent call ahead of final plastics treaty talks

Dr. Max Liboiron,  Department of Geography, MUN, was one of five academics to present at the briefing event for the upcoming Plastics Treaty Talks.
The event (August 5—14) is being touted as “the most significant global environmental agreement since the Paris Climate Accord.”

The Telegram

Environmental Magazine

 

Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned

Dr. Arn Keeling, Department of Geography and Dr. John Sandlos, Department of History, Memorial University, discuss their forthcoming book, which exposes how colonialism, corporate greed and lax regulation led to widespread air and water pollution, particularly affecting Tatsǫ́t’ıné (Yellowknives Dene) communities.

"Archival records show that federal public health officials recommended the roaster be shut down until arsenic emissions could be controlled. But the company and federal mining regulators dragged their feet, fearing the economic impact."

The Conversation