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Vanier College Gardens About Campus Environment 

Vanier College Gardens

Over the summer, the Vanier Gardens were busy working on the wonderful environment that they have nurtured over the years with the help of staff members and students. A Vanier student employee, Soumaya Al Asadi, shares information and what it is like to be part of the Vanier Gardens through her own experience as well as her role and occupation. Get to know the team and some of their tasks: “The team is composed of our head gardener, Mark Reynolds, and two lovely gardeners, Myriam Mansour and Rosemarie Brodeur. As…

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A Drop in The Plastic Ocean Environment Features 

A Drop in The Plastic Ocean

From your plastic water bottle you take a sip of clear crisp water, But what you fail to realize, Is that plastic will end up in the belly of an otter. And that immortal plastic straw From your gourmet almond milk chocolate mocha Will end up stuck in a sea turtle’s maw In the infamous six-pack ring I find no appeal, what is its purpose anyways, Other than shutting the mouth of a seal. Not even you are safe from this plastic terror, Because itty bitty pieces end up within…

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One Small Step for Humanity, One Big Step for Ferret Kind Environment 

One Small Step for Humanity, One Big Step for Ferret Kind

On December 10th 2020, Elizabeth Ann, a black footed ferret, was born in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret breeding facility in Fort Collins, Colorado.  She is the genetic copy of another black footed ferret named Willa that passed away in 1988. Upon her passing, Willa’s cells were frozen using early DNA technology. Through in-vitro fertilization, Elizabeth Ann was able to be carried by a surrogate mother, a domestic ferret of a different species.  According to Noreen Walsh, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s mountain-prairie region, this…

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