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Ford To Build $900 Million Cathode Manufacturing Plant In Canada

The plant in Becancour, Quebec will have a capacity of up to 45,000 tonnes of cathode active materials per year, supporting production of up to 225,000 EVs.

InsideEVs

Québec's cultural awareness training makes flawed assumptions that do not prioritize the safety of Indigenous people

Québec’s Minister Responsible for Relations with the First Nations and the Inuit, Ian Lafrenière, recently introduced Bill 32, which aims to “establish the cultural safety approach within the health and social services network.”

The Conversation

‌McQueen: Art Meets Fashion At Québec’s Musée Des Beaux Arts, With Thanks To LACMA‌

‌Over 225 pieces make up the collection, with nearly 70 ensembles on loan from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.‌

Zenger

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On the 10th anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, what's changed?

On July 6, 2013, a runaway train carrying 72 tank cars loaded with volatile Bakken shale oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, a small town in southeastern Québec. It killed 47 people, orphaned 26 children, spilled a record six million litres of oil and incinerated the town centre.

The Conversation

Ottawa is doing little to eliminate discrimination against French-speaking African students

The fact that Immigration Canada discriminates against Black students from French-speaking Africa is something researchers and observers of Québec and Canadian politics have been documenting and denouncing for years.

The Conversation

Catch-22: Canada's attempts to phase out fossil fuel might result in it paying the polluters

US$20 billion: That’s how much American investors think Canadian taxpayers should fork over to compensate them for their failed bid to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Québec.

The Conversation

What log driving can teach us about forests, past and present

The log drive is an integral part of Québec culture. Specifically, log driving refers to the use of waterways to float and transport logs from harvesting sites to sawmills or ports where they are exported.

The Conversation

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Indigenous women in Northern Canada creating sustainable livelihoods through tourism

In summer 2022, the Northern WE in Tourism study invited Indigenous women entrepreneurs from northern Newfoundland and Labrador, northern Québec, Nunavut, the Yukon and Northwest Territories to collaborate on an Indigenous-led and ally-supported research project.

The Conversation

How to move without legs or wings: Helping trees migrate to new regions

While it is true that individual trees are immobile, as a species they can actually move and migrate as well as birds do! However, this takes place over a much different time frame.

The Conversation

Local food is not enough — we need a sustainable transition in the food system

Having highlighted the failures and fragility of a globalized food system, the COVID-19 pandemic created a sudden infatuation with local consumption, which was widely encouraged by the Québec government as a measure to mitigate the effects of the pandemic.

The Conversation

The potential future of agriculture

Unique partnering of data centers and greenhouses signal a potential shift in the future of farming

Salon

On April 8, 2024, parts of Ontario, Québec, the Maritimes and Newfoundland will see a total eclipse of the sun. Here's how to get ready for it.

You might not know exactly what you will be doing a year from now, on April 8, 2024. It’s pretty hard to predict a year in advance. However, on that date, a total solar eclipse will occur in parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada — including parts of…

The Conversation

Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are missing the bigger picture about migrant border crossings

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United States President Joe Biden announced unofficial border crossings were no longer exempt from the Safe Third Country Agreement — meaning migrants could be turned away — news reports documented the surprise and dismay of those who arrived at Roxham Road in Québec,…

The Conversation

After allegations against Win Butler, an existential crisis lingers for Montréal

Ever since frontman Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct by several people in 2022, Arcade Fire's hometown scene has struggled with how to respond.

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The Conversation

Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It's complicated

Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. Companies are now pairing data centres with greenhouses, capturing the heat emitted by computing hardware and reusing it to grow crops indoors.

The Conversation

Global warming is changing Canada's boreal forest and tundra

Global warming is affecting the boreal forest — what happens will depend on the climate, vegetation and the frequency and intensity of wildfires. Changes in the north include increases or decreases in leaf growth, called Arctic greening and browning, more extensive growth of shrubs and treeline movement. It is the…

The Conversation

CSIS targeting of Canadian Muslims reveals the importance of addressing institutional Islamophobia

There has been an uproar recently among politicians who have called for the resignation of Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia.

The Independent UK

North America’s first zero-emission train to launch in Québec this summer

The Train de Charlevoix will release only water vapour

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Student and teacher involvement in reforming schooling matters — how Montréal schools are tackling this

If you could redesign high school, what might you change? How could the schedule be more flexible? What if teachers worked together as teams? What if groups of students were combined based on interest and given the opportunity to connect learning to their everyday lives?

Evening Standard

Three Pines: Alfred Molina’s new Prime Video thriller is basically Midsomer Murders set in Québec

It doesn’t have a great start, but stick with Prime Video’s new Québecois thriller and you may just be rewarded

The Conversation

There's no official French version of the 1867 Constitution Act. So is taking the oath to the King in French valid?

Since the election of the first Parti Québécois legislators in 1970, controversy over Québec MNAs swearing an oath to the sovereign before taking their seats in the National Assembly has stirred emotion and sparked heated debate.

The National (Scotland)

Québecers denounce 'colonial-inspired' Supreme Court indyref judgment

THE leader of a Canadian independence-supporting organisation has denounced the decision by the UK Supreme Court which ruled that Scotland cannot…

The Conversation

Preventing use of the notwithstanding clause is a bad idea — and unnecessary

During the Cold War era, American military strategists thought the Soviet Union would be deterred from dropping a nuclear bomb on North America only if the United States also built up sufficient nuclear weapons capable of annihilating the Soviets.

The Walrus

Comment la commission des droits de la personne du Québec a chassé sa première présidente noire

Lorsqu'elle a été nommée à la tête de la commission, Tamara Thermitus s'attendait à lutter contre le racisme dans sa province. Au lieu de cela, elle a dû s'en occuper sur son lieu de travail.

The Conversation

Why the spongy moth outbreak has vanished in Québec

Last year, forests across southern Québec and Ontario and much of New England turned eerily leafless. The air hummed with the sound of munching mandibles and tree trunks were covered with a writhing carpet of caterpillars, while showers of caterpillar poop fell softly on the heads of unsuspecting hikers and…

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