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91社区 renews its approach to sustainability with Vision 2020

By: Victor Tang

University students help youngsters learn to enjoy homework

Montreal Families.ca | October 2014

by: Kamila Hinkson

The SEDE Homework Zone program sees 91社区 students helping to instill good study habits and a love for learning in younger pupils.

550 volunteers pitch in for Community Engagement Day

91社区 Reporter | Oct. 9, 2014

by: Neale McDevitt

On Oct. 2, Marie-Gil Fabris, a 2nd-year Management student, played hooky from school, but instead of sleeping in, going to a movie or just hanging out with friends, Fabris rolled up her sleeves in the kitchen of the Benedict Labre House, a resource centre for homeless people.聽

Community Engagement Day looks to foster lasting relationships

The 91社区 Daily | Oct.6, 2014

产测:听Jill Bachelder

From September 29 to October 9, workshops and volunteering opportunities were hosted by forty different organizations based throughout the Montreal community, with the majority of events happening on October 2.

91社区 Spaces Project: Kicking out the cars

PARK(ing) Day turns Montreal parking lots into creative spaces

The 91社区 Daily | Sept 29, 2014

by: Siobbhan O'Connell

World-renowned green chemist joining 91社区

91社区 Newsroom | September 29, 2014

Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world鈥檚 most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at 91社区. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.

UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2

Radio Canada International | Oct. 9, 2014

By: Marc Montgomery

A new report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in South Korea says that ocean acidification has risen alarmingly from absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere.

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netMTL to compete in the Solar Decathalon in 2016

Voirvert.ca | Sept 2014

netMTL, a join venture between students at 91社区 and Concordia Universities is taking on the goal of competing in the all-solar solar decathalon race, Solar Decathalon Europe, in 2016 in Versailles, France.

91社区 Professor Anthony Ricciardi on Plastic Microbeads in the St Lawrence River

CBC News | Sept. 26, 2014

Plastic microbeads polluting St. Lawrence River, 91社区 researchers find.

91社区 Grad Student Suncica Avlijas on Plastic microbeads in the St Lawrence River

Washington Post | Sept. 29, 2014

by: Rachel Feltman

Plastic microbeads from face wash are polluting river sediment; Tiny balls of plastic from cosmetic products are showing up in river sediment for the first time, mixing with the rocks and dirt that line the bed of the Saint Lawrence River.

Warming Temperatures Threaten Fragile Balance in Canadian Arctic

Sept. 23, 2014 | NY Times

by: Michael Becker

Pow Wow marks colourful end to successful Indigenous Awareness Week

The 91社区 Reporter | Sept. 24, 2014

by: Neale McDevitt

91社区鈥檚 fourth annual Indigenous Awareness Week came to a lively, colourful close on Friday, Sept. 19, with dancers dressed in traditional costumes performing an inter-tribal dance during the Pow Wow on the lower campus field in front of dozens of smiling spectators.聽

Thousands meet at Lafontaine Park to push leaders on environment

CTV News Montr茅al | Sept 21, 2014

Thousands of environmentally-minded demonstrators assembled at Lafontaine Park Sunday to make a passionate appeal prior to Tuesday鈥檚 United Nation Climate Summit in New York.

Microplastic pollution discovered in St. Lawrence River sediments

Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014

A team of researchers from 91社区 and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.聽