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Why We Should Protect the Environment (French version available)

March 31st, 2025; By Susan Huebert

Cleaning up a mess can be a dull job, but living with dirt and garbage is much worse than that. Have you ever smelled a piece of rotten fruit or […]


What is Acid Rain?

March 31st, 2025; By Gale Blaylock

The term acid rain refers to what scientists call acid deposition.  It is caused by airborne acidic pollutants and has highly destructive results. Scientists first discovered acid rain in 1852, […]


Let’s Celebrate the Gifts of Winter (French version available)

November 30th, 2024; By David Suzuki Foundation

We Canadians have a special relationship with snow and ice. We ski in it, skate on it, play in it, shovel it, drive through it, sometimes even bicycle through it […]


Fall Foliage

November 2nd, 2024; By Jamie Hadland

There are many signs that fall has arrived; the start of school, colder-shorter days, and the first frost on car windshields. These signs are dreaded by students and adults alike, […]


STEM Career Profile: Astronomer

October 9th, 2024; By Anthony Teles

The darkness of the night sky illuminates the countless stars, planets, and more that populate our universe. But have you wondered how we know all this? How can we measure […]


Fun science experiments to try at home

December 5th, 2022; By author below

By Rabia Khan Life is full of surprises and science can be mind-boggling at times. We were also forced to try different things during the pandemic, watching YouTube videos and […]


The biodiversity crisis and climate change

December 5th, 2022; By author below

By Rabia Kahn Nobody can run away from the climate. It is indeed a crisis that everyone is affected by, and that means all of humanity. Pollution, a spiralling population, […]