Resilience has become a catch-all word that hides more than it explains. In this piece, I unpack how broad terms like resilience can flatten very different experiences, stop important conversations, and obscure the real tools people need.

Confusion around selenium treatment often comes from mixing up discharge criteria at the pipe with receiving environment criteria after a mixing zone. This has led to the false claim that no treatment can meet regulatory standards. In reality, selenium treatment technologies exist and have for years. The real debate is about how regulations are applied and whether they should evolve.

A new preprint claims coal mining is pushing Alberta lakes "beyond recovery" due to selenium, but its own data shows no signs of selenium toxicity in fish, lacks water chemistry context, and misuses scientific terms for dramatic effect. If these legacy mines were reopened under today’s regulations, selenium discharges would decrease. Fear-based spin doesn't solve legacy issues - science does.

Science isn’t about beliefs. It’s about evidence.

We often talk about innovation like it’s a purely technical challenge. But I’ve seen great ideas stall not because they didn’t work, but because the environment around them wasn’t open to change.

Canada’s innovators - especially in the resource sector - are key to building a more secure and prosperous future.

Canada just had an election, and no matter where the political winds blow, we founders keep showing up.

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Inuit Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq to engage in discussions about the proposed Torngat Metals Strange Lake Rare Earth Elements mine.

Dr. Monique Simair was interviewed by the Canadian Light Source about the role this important organization has played in the work of her company, Integrated Sustainability.

Dr. Monique Simair moderated the "Leading Global Industry from Saskatoon" panel at the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) 2025 State of the Economy Summit.

Award-winning USask graduate Dr. Monique Simair (BSc’04, PhD’09) has leveraged her passion for science, innovation, and problem-solving into two successful environmental consultancy businesses

By SHANNON BOKLASCHUK, Mar 31, 2025 for Green and White Magazine