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Content Knowledge: CK 2.2

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.
Heating a liquid over a flame in a lab

Types of Chemical Reactions

Backgrounders

Learn about the four main types of chemical reactions.

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.

Alok

Alok Shirolikar

Career Profiles

Specialist Engineering Project Management

I manage teams that design and build offshore oil and gas pipeline infrastructure. I also support offshore wind projects.
Élyse Caron-Beaudoin

Élyse Caron-Beaudoin

Career Profiles

Teaching Assistant in Environmental Health

Aquifer with tap

Groundwater Sustainability: Protecting our Hidden Treasure

Backgrounders

Learn about groundwater and why we should protect it.

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.

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.

Solutioneers Episode 5 screen shot

The Solutioneers Week 5: Chemical Bonding

Interactives

This week's episodes and hands-on activity explore some cool chemistry!