Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada’s most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet.

In 1961, ...

Examines the evolution of synthetic biology and looks at the power of microbes to effect dramatic changes in three of the most pressing crises facing mankind: food, medicine, and climate.

In her new collection of luminous essays, Kishkan unravels an intricately patterned algorithm. A madrigal of horticulture and love. Amid bees and coyotes, her touchstones of natural history and family ...

In an era of increasing environmental awareness, Canadians are becoming more and more curious about the context of environmental action and policy. Canadian Environmental History puts into historical perspective ...

The devastation of many of the greatest North Atlantic cod stocks, particularly those of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Grand Banks, has become an icon for the unsustainable relation between human ...

This is a book about power in small places, its perceptions and realities; where these conflict and where they come together. Based on research conducted on Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the ...