COP26 is the make-or-break event for climate change that will dictate the course of global action for the next 5–10 years. It is the 26th annual UN-led gathering of political powers to discuss climate change. …

I was a competitive jump roper throughout high school (yes, it’s a real thing). I was pretty good at it. I won a lot, held provincial records, and travelled the world to represent Team Canada for three years. The biggest contributing factor towards winning was simple and obvious: Caring. I…

As someone born at the dawn of the 21st century, I’ve seen the world uncover, deny, accept, deny again, protest, and fail to act on climate change. Aside from personal projects, I’ve largely been a spectator waiting for a hero to solve this impending crisis. However, the longer I wait…

I put my finger in a blender when I was 12-years-old. (Don’t worry, the rest of this article won’t be as absolutely revolting as that quick memo) But anyway, yeah, I stuck my finger in a blender. It hurt. A nice nurse sewed it back on. I don’t tell this…

When I was 9-years-old, I discovered the sport of competitive jump rope. Since then, I’ve won provincial and national championships, held national records and competed for Team Canada all over the world. Needless to say, I really like to skip. When I tell people that I jump rope competitively, there…

The world’s first lab-grown steak was produced last December by an Isreali company, Aleph Farms. Despite costing $50 and being only 5mm thick, food critics were pleasantly surprised by the familiar taste, texture and smell of the meat that was almost indistinguishable from farmed beef. It was an amazing accomplishment…

In the early 1930s, Australia’s sugar cane crops were being destroyed by large populations of cane beetles. In an attempt to stop these crop-eating bugs, hundreds of cane toads were shipped to Queensland in hopes that they would hunt the beetles. Not only did these poisonous toads devour the bugs…

Three years ago I went to the Bahamas to do a marine research project and preferably get a nice tan. Somehow, I returned from the trip a vehement environmentalist and vegetarian. If I’m being honest, the vegetarian part didn’t last long. …

Last year I went scuba diving in the Dominican Republic. It was fun and mind-blowing and I almost crapped myself every time a fish bigger than my thumb came within a 20-meter radius. I got to see an ecosystem that is vastly underexplored and grossly underappreciated by most of society…