Why SHIFT?
Let’s face it: we’re just not going to get there at this rate. No, let me try that again: the way things are going, we’re going to end up exactly where we’re currently headed, and it doesn’t look so good…. A…
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Faces of UVic
Dr. James Rowe is an Associate Professsor with the School of Environmental Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences. In…
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Letter of recommendation FAQ
Writing reference letters for undergraduate students who have taken my classes and for graduate advisees is an important part of…
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Petrostatehood is not a zero or one
Some time ago Nikiforuk published an article at Foreign Policy declaring Canada a petrostate. It caused a big splash and…
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Social norming, agenda setting and discourse about climate change
In the days and months following the bombing of the world trade centers, there was a kind of smothering of…
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Grappling with climate change, politics and the Alberta floods
It’s no small chore trying to understand climate change. We live in a society that is lacking in scientific literacy….
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Email confidential
Email is a wonderful communications tool. But its impressive efficiency has resulted in heightened communication throughput thus increasing workflow (one…
