by Meetkumar Patel In September 2025, the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change hosted a conference on The Power of Marxist Thought. The event was organized under the auspices of the Marx Centre at York, formally known as Marxist Studies in Global and Asian Perspectives. The two-day conference from September 26-27 brought together faculty, graduate […]
Each year, the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) awards up to four Environmental and Urban Change Undergraduate Research Awards (EUCURA) to EUC students. The EUCURA provides students with hands-on experience and one-on-one mentoring in the research process through a focused research project with faculty members. Each EUCURA is valued at $6,000 and the […]
On July 6, 2025, EUC Professor Sheila R. Colla — activist, author, ecologist, educator, mentor, researcher, and scientist — passed away after almost two years of battle with Mesothelioma (cancer caused by asbestos exposure). She is well-remembered as a brilliant conservation scientist and a fierce advocate for saving bumblebees. Since her appointment in 2015 at […]
by Emily Ghaemmaghami This summer, I was honoured to receive the EUC Undergraduate Research Award (EUCURA), which gave me a chance to immerse myself in hands-on research, examining and exploring Indo-Caribbean art and artists. Under the supervision of Professor Andil Gosine, I worked on the Visual Arts After Indentureship (VAAI) project, where I examined artistic […]
by Colin Maitland My EUCURA research evaluated the impact of TMI: Theatre Making Impact (formerly SExT: Sex Education by Theatre) on youth peer educators/performers. TMI is a theatre-based, peer education participatory action research project that engages youth on topics relating to sexual and mental health. It is a trauma-informed and anti-racist program, recognizing systemic barriers […]
by Kira Jordun With an area of approximately 4,848 square kilometers, Lake Nipigon is the largest water body entirely within the borders of the province of Ontario and serves as a major headwater to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway system. Sometimes referred to as Canada’s “forgotten Great Lake,” Lake Nipigon represents a unique aquatic ecosystem […]
by Mereille James Introduction This project examined the downstream hydraulic geometry (DHG) of the Black Creek River Basin under the supervision of Professor Adeyemi Olusola. The research focused on understanding how channel width, depth, velocity, and grain size vary with discharge as the river flows downstream. Black Creek, a tributary of the Humber River in […]
by Raju Das A spectre is haunting the world – the spectre of right-wing or fascistic authoritarianism. All the right-wing groups, small or big, local/national or diasporic, have entered into a holy alliance to promote this spectre in the name of nationalism, tradition, culture, God, the indigenous, et cetera, et cetera. This spectre is authoritarian, […]
by Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo Despite province-wide protests, Ontario’s Bill 5 officially became law on June 5. Critics warn of the loss of both environmental protections and Indigenous rights. The law empowers the province to create special economic zones where companies or projects don’t have to comply with provincial regulations or municipal bylaws. Bill 5, also known as the Protect Ontario by […]
Infrastructure – material and social – enables urban life for some people and not others. Unevenly distributed between centers and peripheries,it affords differential capacities for action and shapes regimes of social reproductive labor. -- Alison Bain and B. Wiley Sharp In an article titled Hacking suburban social infrastructure: glitch subjects and queer practices of social […]