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Strand C: Human Health and the environment

Steve Fletcher

Steve Fletcher

Managing Director

I am the Managing Director of the Automotive Recyclers of Canada.
Factory smokestacks

Let's Talk Pollution Resources

Backgrounders

Discover a set of resources designed to get you thinking about pollution.

Patty Simpson

Patty Simpson (she/her)

Career Profiles

Environmental Coordinator

As the head of the Environment Department at a uranium mine, it is my responsibility to make sure that the mine does not pollute the surrounding environment.
Magali Houde

Magali Houde (she/her)

Career Profiles

Research Scientist

I lead projects that look at the impacts of pollution on aquatic environments.
Illustration of the Earth

Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources

Backgrounders

A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.

Élyse Caron-Beaudoin

Élyse Caron-Beaudoin

Career Profiles

Teaching Assistant in Environmental Health

Image of a river running through a Boreal forest

Resources on the Environment

STEM Explained

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to the environment.

Aquifer with tap

Groundwater Sustainability: Protecting our Hidden Treasure

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Learn about groundwater and why we should protect it.

Tara Boyd au bureau en patins à roulettes.

Tara Boyd

Director, Operations & Administration

Tara Boyd is the Director of Operations & Administration for Pure Mechanical.
Water treatment plant near Kitchener, Ontario

Water Treatment

Backgrounders

Learn about how water is treated at municipal water treatment plants.

Boat on a lake at sunset

Humans and Freshwater Ecosystems

Backgrounders

Learn about how people impact the ecosystems of lakes and rivers.

Some examples of biomass

Generating Electricity: Biomass

Backgrounders

Learn how biomass can be used to generate electricity.

Ian Cook

Ian Cook

Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker

Ian Cook is a Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker for Whisper Heating and Cooling.
Coal and natural gas fueled generator near Hanna, Alberta, Canada

Generating Electricity: Fossil Fuels

Backgrounders

Learn how energy from fossil fuels can be used to generate electricity.

Skyglow from a city and highway

Light Pollution

STEM Explained

Light can be a type of pollution. Learn about the damage it causes to people and living things as well as how you can prevent it.