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The many alternative forms of transportation that rely on electricity or human leg/arm power are of course a critical part of transitioning to more eco-friendly cities. But I think both cyclists and vehicle drivers need to be very careful during this transition.
Today I saw a bicycle-vehicle collision where the car driver didn't shoulder check and turned into a bike travelling alongside. The bike was also electrified and the cyclist was on a food delivery. The cycler could not move at all afterward, even when put on a stretcher and put in the ambulance. If you drive a vehicle, please shoulder check for bikes. For cyclists – and people on stand-up electric scooters and other forms of urban electrified transportation like them – please research the best helmets and wear them. I was part of creating the environmental sociology comprehensive exam at the University of Toronto Department of Sociology. I've uploaded the reading list here. 
In a class with Dr. Robin Gray at the Department of Sociology of the University of Toronto, we were tasked with creating a list that could be used to update a comprehensive exam in our study areas. I focused on the environmental sociology comprehensive exam, proposing a list that could be added as a section to that exam. I have edited the assignment so that it flows more naturally as a resource here.
When I was working as a biologist with Scott Nielsen at the University of Alberta, I worked in the Livingstone Range in Treaty 7 Territory, Southwestern Alberta.
I took this photo in the traditional homeland of the Niitsítpiis-stahkoii (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᐨᑯᐧ ᓴᐦᖾᐟ) (Blackfoot / Niitsítapi ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ), Ktunaxa ɁamakɁis (https://www.ktunaxa.org/) and the Tsuu T'ina (https://tsuutinanation.com/) (according to native-land.ca). I post this photo here under a Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International creative commons license, but admit that it is strange for a settler to give any kind of license for a photo of stolen land. |
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