Pembroke Campus alumna fights wildfires to preserve Canada’s parks

Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2026

Maggie Maloney takes a selfie with a wildfire helicopter in the background.

July 18 marks Canada’s Parks Day, a celebration of the beauty and importance of Canada’s national, provincial and local parks. The day is meant to serve as an opportunity for people to get outdoors, decompress and engage with the natural world around them. Today, we celebrate our parks — as well as the people who protect them.

For Environmental Technician graduate Maggie Maloney, the journey from the Pembroke Campus’ classrooms to the frontlines of the wildfires at Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories was a clear one.

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Mamidosewin Centre hosts Nunavut Day activities

Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2026

group photo from Nunavut Day

Nunavut Day, celebrated annually on July 9, is a public holiday in Nunavut that recognizes the 1993 passage of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Nunavut Act, which laid the foundation for the creation of Nunavut and advanced Inuit self-determination.

The day was enthusiastically marked at the Mamidosewin Centre. Read more >

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