A simple poster contest for high schoolers is waking teens–and in turn, their parents–up to air quality issues. “Our population is kind of apathetic or ambivalent about air pollution,” Stafford says.

Whether in academia or industry many of us -pre-pandemic- waded through crowded poster halls at conferences to get quick glimpses at snapshots of research projects presented in this condensed form.

Winnipeg-born Roberta Landreth designed this year's poster. The 44th Annual Blissfest Folk & Roots Festival will be held July ...