by Mahtot Gebresselassie with MES Planning students of Transportation Policy and Planning (ENVS 6128), fall 2025 cohort In the social model of disability, it is the built environment that has a disabling effect on individuals with impairment. The built environment includes buildings and roads. Its inaccessibility limits disabled individuals’ access to education, employment, healthcare, entertainment, […]
June is Bike Month and to celebrate the event, EUC work-study student Gurneet Singh interviews Professor Emeritus Glen Norcliffe about his current project and its implications for the velomobiles industry in Indonesia as well as the global market. Q: Can you please share an overview of the goal and objectives of your project on "Velomoblity […]
by Isaac Thornley As Trump tariffs reignite economic nationalism in Canada, it is necessary to reveal the many ways such rhetoric can be mobilized to justify social and environmental injustice, while getting us nowhere closer to true economic independence. Throughout its history, Canada’s blend of settler-colonial capitalism and staple-export economic development has meant that economic […]
by Liette Gilbert and Luisa Sotomayor Non-status people face a socio-legal precariousness that contradicts the promises of an inclusive city. Marking Toronto's tenth anniversary of its “sanctuary city” policy, our research assesses the progress and potential of social planning and municipalist agendas to support irregularised residents. Drawing from interviews with service providers, city officials, and […]
by L Anders Sandberg Seneca College, or Seneca Polytechnic College as it is now called, is a non-York University entity that set up a branch on the Keele Campus in 1999. It stands out as the perhaps most visible sign of an Indigenous presence on campus. The College’s building on campus, by its sheer name, […]
by Muna-Udbi Ali, Cornel Grey and Stephanie Latty In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, a global reckoning on anti-Black racism ignited protests, conversations and demand for action. Across North America, universities scrambled to make public commitments to racial justice. They pledged to make changes and address systemic inequalities. One of the most significant commitments […]
by Laurel Scott The Alternative Campus Tour at York University, led by Professor Anders Sandberg, provided a unique perspective of the campus where I have attended university for the past 4 years. It was a fantastic opportunity to see York’s campus through a critical albeit unconventional lens that challenged dominant narratives, revealed suppressed historical narratives, […]
Kürşad Atalay is our new visiting scholar at EUC through York's International Visiting Research Trainee (IVRT) program. He is a PhD candidate in Economics at Ege University and at the same time serves as a research assistant at the Department of Economics and Finance in Adnan Menderes University, Turkey. He is working with Ellie Perkins […]
On March 30, 2025, Professor Andil Gosine joined an eminent group of scholars and creatives – the singer ANOHNI, artist Simone Leigh, filmmaker Linda Goode Bryant and Wellesley College President Paula Johnson – to honor his mentor and friend, Lorraine O’Grady, who passed away at the age of 90 in December. O’Grady was a pioneering […]
MES student and artist, Sabrina Rose Capista showcased her research-creation project, Let Us Rot in EUC's 31st Eco Arts Festival from March 17-28, 2025 as part of Andil Gosine’s Nature’s Wild exhibition series. Over the course of her time in the MES program, Sabrina has been studying mycology, death and rebirth in spiritual traditions, and […]