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Canadians want urgent climate action, but cost of living stands in the way
Dr. Kai Chan is featured by Global News for his comments on people’s attitudes about climate change.
Canada’s wildfires take devastating toll on wildlife
Dr. Matthew Mitchell is featured in France 24 and says fumes from wildfires have acute or chronic effects on the health of wildlife.
The case for unconditional cash transfers
Dr. Jiaying Zhou co-authored “Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness,” which was published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. Zhao, who has personally experienced housing insecurity in the past, joins WITHpod to discuss the cognitive taxes of poverty, rethinking the homogenous narrative about who homeless people are, the most surprising findings from the study, intended policy changes and more.
Valerie Zimmermann
Trip Co-Coordinator
Jasmine Lambert
MA with Dr. VanWynsberghe
Caleb Sinn
MSc with Dr. Mark Johnson, 2025, Fisheries biologist and policy analyst for Tla’amin Nation
What do homeless people do with cash aid? A new study found out
Dr. Jiaying Zhao led a study which found that unhoused people are more likely to spend a lump sum of money on rent, food, housing, transit and clothes, despite public perception otherwise.
Could rain gardens be the thing that saves salmon from toxic tire chemicals?
Could rain gardens be the thing that saves salmon from toxic tire chemicals? Dr. Timothy Rodgers is featured on the Jill Bennett Show to answer how rain gardens can have a huge impact.
Hiring TT Assistant Professor of Urban Environmental Anthropology | University of Maryland | Deadline: October 15, 2023
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications from outstanding early-career scholars to be appointed as Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Urban Environmental Anthropology with a focus on health and well-being. We seek a scholar with a PhD in anthropology, or related fields, in hand by June 2024 whose work explicitly […]