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June 2025

A Conversation on Waste and Local Action

Concordia University Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR) is a multistakeholder initiative housed within the university’s Office of Sustainability. Here we present a conversation with the co-founders of CUCCR on the challenges, benefits, and opportunities around housing a creative reuse space. Widespread, scaled adoption of initiatives such as CUCCR could make a difference in reducing waste and, eventually, in purchasing and manufacturing and could help create or encourage more sustainable practices such as repair and repurposing.

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• BOOK REVIEW: The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook by A. David Wunsch Posted in: Social Implications of Technology - "Facebook was endangering the world and that the company was stuck in a downward feedback loop that would only get… ...  Read More
• Things and Theories: The “Novelty Imperative” and Its Discontents by G. Pascal Zachary Posted in: Articles, Case Studies, Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - “The apparent indifference of rank-and-file musicians to the invention of the fortepiano may well be because it was principally identified… ...  Read More
• Videogames and the Middle Ages by Stephen Yeager Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - While the Middle Ages is an important point of reference for virtually all aspects of modern “civilization,” the culture of… ...  Read More
• Real Is Beautiful: Selfies, Social Media, and Self-Determination by Katina Michael Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Environment, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - We examine social media’s profound influence, delving into its effects on self-esteem, media consumption habits, and exposure to targeted marketing. ...  Read More
• New EIC/Co-EIC of IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Appointed by John Impagliazzo Posted in: Announcements, Articles, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society has appointed Prof. George Roussos and Assistant Professor Jordan Richard Schoenherr as the… ...  Read More
• A Day Trip Through Technology Choices by Ketra Schmitt Posted in: Articles, Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - The choices for development, roads, trains, and transport are just as essential to the social impacts of technology as the… ...  Read More
• A Conversation on Waste and Local Action by Ketra Schmitt Posted in: Articles, Case Studies, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Interview, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - CUCCR approaches solid waste by harnessing data collection to understand the waste flows within the university, using a tucked-away basement… ...  Read More
• Smart AI, Private Lives: Can We Have Both? by murtyp Posted in: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - SSIT is participating in the IEEE Digital Privacy Initiative, a program under IEEE Future Directions that “focuses on a user-centric… ...  Read More

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