From the Ground Up

Dr. Victoria Ng of the Public Health Agency of Canada has been monitoring the effects of climate change on mosquitoes - and the diseases they transmit - since 2004. She joined FTGU to talk about some of the changes she's seen over her career, and her work in forecasting the future.For more information on the TIMO-CS citizen science project, visit https://letstalkscience.ca/outreach/uwindsor/local-programs/timo-cs. You can follow along at the study's online dashboard, at https://timo-cs.shinyapps.io/timo-cs-meteo/.Papers discussed:Khan, Salah Uddin, Nicholas H. Ogden, Aamir A. Fazil, et al. 2020. “Current and Projected Distributions of Aedes Aegypti and Ae. Albopictus in Canada and the U.S.” Environmental Health Perspectives 128 (5): 057007. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP5899.Ng, V., Ee Rees, Rl Lindsay, et al. 2019. “Could Exotic Mosquito-Borne Diseases Emerge in Canada with Climate Change?” Canada Communicable Disease Report 45 (4): 98–107. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v45i04a04.Greer, Amy, Victoria Ng, and David Fisman. 2008. “Climate Change and Infectious Diseases in North America: The Road Ahead.” Canadian Medical Association Journal 178 (6): 715–22.https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081325Pan, Tiffany, Michaela Seal, Hailey Shaw, et al. 2025. “First Record of Culex Pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in Alberta: Expanding Distributions and Ecotype Patterns in a Western Canadian Province.” Journal of Medical Entomology 62 (2): 461–64. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae150.Hongoh, V., L. Berrang-Ford, M. E. Scott, and L. R. Lindsay. 2012. “Expanding Geographical Distribution of the Mosquito, Culex Pipiens, in Canada under Climate Change.” Applied Geography 33 (April): 53–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.05.015.Ng, Victoria, Aamir Fazil, Philippe Gachon, et al. 2017. “Assessment of the Probability of Autochthonous Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Canada under Recent and Projected Climate Change.” Environmental Health Perspectives 125 (6): 067001. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP669.

Join us for a two part discussion on data centres in Saskatchewan. For part one DiLynn and Taya join us from Regina to talk about their organization No Data Centres on Treaty Land and their work with Saskatoon. In a coming episode we will hear from the residents of Saskatoon.

Wanna be a snoopy neighbour? James Wilt is the Policy Development Manager at Climate Action Team in Manitoba, and he shares what is happening with Manitoba's energy policy. Learn about what is being done to improve sustainability in Manitoba.To learn more, please visit:https://climateactionmb.ca/

Join us to learn from Caylin - a Climate Justice Saskatoon member - about Saskatoon's most recent Climate Action Strategy Engagement report.

Shawn Sanford Beck is a GreenSpirit Chaplain, a Candidate for the Order of Ministry in the United Church of Canada, and a Spiritual Exploration guide at St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon, Treaty Six Territory. Shawn has been involved with eco-spirituality and green theology for the past two decades. Shawn has sown the seeds of eco-spiritual practice wherever he goes!

We return with Part 2 of our conversation with Jesse Cardinal, of Keepers of the Water, and Nancy Greyeyes about Indigenous-led water protection, oilsands contamination, climate impacts on northern watersheds, and the growing movement to defend water for future generations. Tune in for an important conversation on environmental justice, Indigenous stewardship, and why protecting water matters to us all.

In this episode, Sherry and Nancy speak with Jesse Cardinal of Keepers of the Water about Indigenous-led water protection, oilsands contamination, climate impacts on northern watersheds, and the growing movement to defend water for future generations. Tune in for an important conversation on environmental justice, Indigenous stewardship, and why protecting water matters to us all.For more information on Keepers of the Water, please visit:https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/

We once again join Mark Bigland-Pritchard and Mitchell Beer in the conclusion of this three-part conversation about the first year of a Mark Carney government, and it's influence on environmental policies.

Part 2 of a 3 episode discussion with Mitchell Beer, Founding Publisher of the Energy Mix, about the first year of the Mark Carney government and their climate and energy policy changes.