Best practices in sustainable urban transport are activities undertaken by governments, corporations, businesses, and individuals which simultaneously serve two objectives. That is, they most effectively and efficiently increase the number and proportion of walking, cycling, and transit trips while also
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Alex Forest and Merissa Mueller, who work for the Office of Campus Sustainability, along with classmate Pascale Ménard, have transformed their fourth-year mapping project into a useful tool for the University community. The geography students created an interactive online map
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Can organic forms of life exist on Mars? This is what uOttawa professor Denis Lacelle of the Department of Geography will be exploring during an upcoming trip to University Valley, situated in one of the coldest and driest places on
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Hurricane Sandy was a massive storm that packed an enormous amount of energy. According to Jeff Master’s Wunderground blog, she carried the peak energy equivalent of five Hiroshima-sized nuclear bombs and churned up 4 meter waves over an area equal
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January 18th: Treasures of the Library—a contemporary look at rare books How can journals and photos from a near-disastrous 1875-76 arctic expedition help us understand the effects of climate change in the Far North? Join Professor Luke Copland as he
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Thanks to the support of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, uOttawa professors Brenda Macdougall and Nicole St-Onge, from the departments of Geography and History respectively, will continue their research titled Tracking the Métis Intergenerationally and Geographically: New Methods and Approaches for Understanding
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The results of studies conducted in the northern part of our continent by Professor Luke Copland, Department of Geography, show that its ice shelves are breaking up and moving away from the land masses more and more rapidly. This disturbing
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