Author: Abbey Stroud

In the northern regions of Canada, climate change is not a distant threat. It is disconnecting the roads that Canadians depend on to survive. Ice crossings that once carried trucks providing goods to these remote communities are now thinning or failing to freeze at all. For many northern and Indigenous areas, the loss of these Read More…

When someone calls 911, every second matters. But, behind each emergency response lies an unseen network of decisions, standards and coordination that determines whether help arrives quickly. Nova Scotia’s fire service is now facing a crisis that shows us what happens when that network becomes too fragmented to function. The breaking point came when a Read More…

How are environmental issues currently being framed by policymakers and what does this say about shifting public and political priorities in an age of crisis overload? Climate action has previously dominated global headlines, and sparked major concern across the world. However, with competing global crises, it is clear that leaders must frame environmental policies in Read More…

Why is Climate Change Specifically Detrimental in the Arctic? As climate change has accelerated environmental risks in Northern Canada, the physical landscape as well as the security landscape is changing rapidly. The Arctic is a central indicator of climate change, as this region is warming four times faster than the rest of the world. This Read More…

Canadian wildfires are observably intensifying throughout the country as discussed in my previous article. While it is extremely important to tackle this issue from the root cause through methodologies such as the Net Zero commitments and recent COP 29 negotiations, it is also important to analyze how disasters such as wildfires may be exacerbated by Read More…