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Waste management around the world: Local solutions to a global sustainability crisis

James PollockJanuary 30, 2023January 30, 2023

Under the streets of Vancouver lies the Great Marpole Midden, an ancient landfill site once used by the Coast Salish people. The 4,000-year-old dump is a reminder that for as...

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Improving Food with Fermentation – Superfood or superfad?

James PollockSeptember 16, 2022January 30, 2023

Depending on your tastes, you may find that many of your favourite foods are products of fermentation. Wine, cheese, bread, beer, and chocolate are just a few of these products...

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Switching Off – The new movement defining the right to disconnect from work

James PollockApril 17, 2022April 17, 2022

Maintaining a healthy work-life balance has been made harder than ever as the line between workplace and home has started to blur. When you hear a notification ping from your...

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Designer Babies: A Future of Genetic Inequality

James PollockDecember 20, 2021December 19, 2021

Would you order your perfect child from a company? Genetics has become increasingly relevant in a clinical setting ever since the birth of the first baby through in-vitro fertilization (IVF)...

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Lockdowns Around the World

James PollockOctober 4, 2021October 4, 2021

No one knows life under lockdown better than people living in Toronto. The city has spent most of the pandemic under strict public health restrictions and has experienced one of...

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The Research Pentathlon: The History and Merit of Interdisciplinary Science

James PollockMay 12, 2021May 11, 2021

The pentathlon was a special event in the Olympic games of ancient Greece. Unlike other competitions, it featured five different events, testing an athlete's ability to perform well in a...

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Embracing Emotions Across the Animal Kingdom: A Book Review of Frans de Waal’s Mama’s Last Hug

James PollockDecember 23, 2020December 22, 2020

The dying chimp lies curled and motionless, refusing her keepers’ offers of food and water. Not until the old man enters the old ape’s pen does she look up, breaking...

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Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Silent Epidemic

James PollockOctober 5, 2020October 4, 2020

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis may not seem like major health issues anymore, but more and more Canadians every year are suffering from these infections....

Author: James Pollock

Waste management around the world: Local solutions to a global sustainability crisis

Improving Food with Fermentation – Superfood or superfad?

Switching Off – The new movement defining the right to disconnect from work

Designer Babies: A Future of Genetic Inequality

Lockdowns Around the World

The Research Pentathlon: The History and Merit of Interdisciplinary Science

Embracing Emotions Across the Animal Kingdom: A Book Review of Frans de Waal’s Mama’s Last Hug

Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Silent Epidemic

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