Tag: economic impacts

• The Impacts & Benefits of Tourism: Greening an Industry (Part 1)

  

  In November 2020 when we first officially launched The Sustainable Switch, our owner, Saige Friedman wrote a series on the impacts and benefits of tourism for Canadian adventure company Peak Adventure. These articles will now be available via our website and Peak Adventure’s Journal. Part 1 provides some background on the tourism industry and explores…

  Saige Friedman

  March 31, 2021

  Sustainable Tourism

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• The Pandemic & Canada

  

  COVID-19 Deaths in Canada Between January 3, and October 27, 2020, Canada has experienced 216,104 confirmed cases, and 9,946 deaths (WHO, 2020). The country experienced a severe spike in both deaths and cases from the end of April to June, and a smaller, but still prevalent spike, again at the beginning of October (see Figure 1).…

  Saige Friedman

  October 31, 2020

  Cannabis & Health

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