This five-part story will be featured across each of the first five chapters of Nature Labs and will ask students to explore the question of how Canada can protect our economy and sovereignty while still addressing the other challenges of our time, including biodiversity, the climate, and reconciliation. (Part 1 & 2 OUT! Part Three coming Dec. 1st)

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Goats were used to restore the wetlands in Mississauga🐐

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Ethan Mollick On The Four Rules Of Co-Intelligence With AI

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‘I think it’s awesome’: Hundreds of bats move into historic Nanaimo area schoolhouse

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5 Job Search Trends for 2025

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Own Your Hypocrisy

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The Context of It All

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Your Turn

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Chapter Ten

Keep Going

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Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

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Chapter Seven

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Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

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Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

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Chapter Eight

Be Better

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