https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/wilmot-schneider-woods-nature-reserve/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=102113 Schneider Woods in Wilmot Township will become a 95-hectare nature reserve, after council drops parking requirement environmentalists say would harm wildlife and water Serena Austin News freshwater Ontario solutions urban development Photo: Phil Drennan Sunset in Schneider's Woods in Wilmot Township, Ont. https://thenarwhal.ca/black-environmentalists-canada-mentors/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=99117 Black Canadian scientists, researchers and environmental advocates discuss the importance of mentors, protégés and friends in their fields Serena Austin In-Depth Black history environmental racism Ontario solutions Photos: Peter Soroye by Adrienne Row-Smith / The Narwhal; Louise Delisle by Chris Young / The Canadian Press; all others supplied by subjects. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal Photos of the people in the story. Top row, left to right: Laurian Farrel, Kiana Bonnick, Peter Soroye, Louise Delisle and Chùk Odenigbo. Bottom row, left to right: Zamani Ra, Violet Morrison, Ingrid Waldron, Julius Lindsay and Maydianne Andrade https://thenarwhal.ca/wildfire-smoke-health-impact-minority-communities/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=83900 With a vast majority of Black, Indigenous and people of colour living in overheated areas, lack of research on impacts from wildfire smoke leaves communities in the dark Serena Austin Analysis climate change environmental racism Wildfire Photo: senturkserkan / Shutterstock Montreal last June, as a summer of smoky skies began across North America. Researchers say there's a lack of a data on how wildfire smoke affects low-income communities, as well as Black, Indigenous and other racialized people.