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Please DON’T mention the halfway mark of summer – let’s call it the height of summer. Let’s savour the long weekend.
From The Conversation Canada’s Toronto office window I saw a thriving green roof on a commercial building. A seagull in the sun was proof downtown is not far from Lake Ontario.
No matter where you are this weekend I hope a moment of awe for the preciousness of water is part of it. Thinking about how to be respectful citizens of the Earth isn’t always top of mind on a long weekend, but with U.S. neighbours waging a high-profile leadership race, and a Canadian federal election ahead this fall, the big political and cultural questions that inform elections are percolating.
Whether you’re lucky enough to be listening to music where you can swim or to get lost in a gripping book – or maybe just aiming to drink your eight glasses of water to get through to Tuesday – cheers to weekend reading. Here’s a mix of recent stories and stories from our archives.
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Long weekend reads
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Josh D. Neufeld, University of Waterloo; Jackson Tsuji, University of Waterloo; Sherry Schiff, University of Waterloo
Canadians love to paddle on them and camp beside them, but our boreal lakes offer more than just peace and beauty. They could provide clues to how life on Earth began.
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Kathy Zeller, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Once hunted into corners of North America, black bears have expanded across the continent since the early 1900s. But bears that end up living near people aren't seeking close encounters.
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Riley Kucheran, Ryerson University
The organizers of Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto gathered a group of designers and creative thinkers to present and discuss the future of Indigenous fashion last week.
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Tessa Plint, Western University
Scientists studied the fossilized bones of giant beavers to understand what they ate and whether the species could keep up with environmental change.
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Simon Springer, University of Newcastle
For most people, the idea of academia and heavy metal coming together under a single roof represents a paradox. It's a misplaced assumption built on ingrained ideas about these two cultural forms.
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Enrica Maria Ferrara, University College Dublin
How important is the identity of an author? Can a novelist ever really 'become' someone else?
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Les personnes avec de multiples pathologies chroniques, notamment l'obésité, présentent un nouveau défi pour les systèmes de santé.
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Ahmed Jerome Romain, Université de Montréal
Les personnes avec de multiples pathologies chroniques présentent un nouveau défi pour les systèmes de santé.
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