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🐐

Bias: none Source: City of Mississauga File Type: Video Overview: Goats were used to restore the wetlands in Mississauga Web Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C90AVvIubBm/?igsh=cHdod2Y2bm1udjBi

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

Bias: none Source: Forbes File Type: Book Overview: Ethan Mollick On The Four Rules Of Co-Intelligence With AI Web Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2024/05/07/ethan-mollick-on-the-four-rules-of-co-intelligence-with-ai/

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

Bias: none Source: Chek News File Type: Article Overview: ‘I think it’s awesome’: Hundreds of bats move into historic Nanaimo area schoolhouse Web Link: https://www.cheknews.ca/i-think-its-awesome-hundreds-of-bats-move-into-historic-nanaimo-area-schoolhouse-1210818/?amp

Biodiversity

Study of more than 600 animal and plant species finds genetic diversity has declined globally

Bias: none Source: The Guardian File Type: Study/Article Overview: Study of more than 600 animal and plant species finds genetic diversity has declined globally Web Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/30/study-of-more-than-600-animal-and-plant-species-finds-genetic-diversity-has-declined-globally

Bias: Centre Source: Yale File Type: Essay Overview: Despite Biotech Efforts to Revive Species, Extinction Is Still Forever Web Link: https://e360.yale.edu/features/de-extinction

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Chapter One

The System of Things

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Chapter Five

Here’s How

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Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

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Chapter Six

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

Dig Deeper

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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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Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)

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