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- communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2011/June/taking_climate_change_fight_to_the_cities.html
- politicalscience.uwo.ca/faculty/mcbean/
- www.iclr.org/staffprofilemcbean.html
Photo: Pedestrians make their way through Old Montreal as a snowstorm pounds the city Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in Montreal.
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