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10 Lessons I Learned from the CREATE-CSS Core Course 2020

Reflective Essay Assignment By: Paige Kennedy, MSc Student at the University of Saskatchewan CREATE-Climate Smart soils is an interdisciplinary program that works to address climate change through soil science training. In the face of a changing climate, concerns about sustainability…

MSc Position Available at University of Manitoba

Calling all interested students! Dr. Martin Entz is seeking an MSc student to join his lab at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg beginning in the Fall 2021 semester. The chosen candidate will also participate in this NSERC CREATE Climate-Smart…

Student Perspective: LCA & Economics

Following yesterday’s post about the CREATE-CSS Annual Meeting: Climate-Smart Connections, today we are sharing a student’s reflection on the Life Cycle Analysis and Economics session. Emily Laage, an MSc student studying with Dr. Peter Tyedmers at Dalhousie University, presented during…

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1st CREATE-CSS Annual Meeting

Climate-Smart Connections In February, we held our first CREATE-CSS Annual Meeting. We had big plans for this to be a great in-person networking event; however, due to COVID-19 circumstances we changed our plans to what turned out to be a…

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And that's a wrap on the 10 lessons Paige learned from the #SmartSoils core course in 2020! For more, you can read her full essay here: https://smartsoils.ca/10-lessons-i-learned/
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For Paige, the core course showed the importance of networking, soft skills, and thinking ahead. Interpersonal and industry skills are worth investing time in, and there are so many ways to do that. 1/3

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When it comes to her career outside of academia, Paige feels positive that plenty of jobs will emerge as climate change comes to the fore. Many potential employers are committing to sustainability targets & they'll need some #ClimateSmartScholars to help achieve their goals! 1/2

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Paige learned firsthand that complex problems are best solved by a diverse, passionate, interdisciplinary group of people who want to learn and come up with new ideas. This perfectly describes the #ClimateSmartScholars with whom she worked during the course! 1/3

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