CITY-EUC welcomes new postdoctoral researcher
Dr Tilen Kolar Dr Tilen Kolar is a critical human geographer at the CITY Institute and the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. Tilen recently completed his PhD at the University of Leeds (UK) on queer mobilities and spatial scale in Central and Eastern Europe. At York, he currently works ...
Expanding the Greenbelt in an expanding city
Ute Lehrer introducing Eva Schwab EUC recently welcomed Assistant Professor Eva Schwab from the Faculty of Architecture at TU Graz, Austria on the invitation of EUC Professor Ute Lehrer as a short-term visiting scholar at York. This September, she delivered a seminar on "Expanding the Greenbelt in an Expanding City: ...
Assessing the adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems
Jaqueline Aparecida Bória Fernandez EUC recently welcomed Assistant Professor Jaqueline Aparecida Bória Fernandez from the Instituteof Cities, Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil, where she also serve as a researcher in theResearch Group on Landscape, Society, and Urban Dynamics. She is carrying out a research project at York and ...
Understanding how economies depend on energy, resources and the environment
Oleksandr Galychyn EUC warmly welcomes Dr. Oleksandr Galychyn as a postdoctoral visitor from Ukraine. Dr. Galychyn’s research explores how economies depend on energy, materials, water, and ecosystems. His work brings together ecological economics, environmental accounting, life cycle assessment, and systems modelling to better understand how economic activity affects the environment and how ...
IPEE course highlights land-based learning and practice,collaborative and critical engagement
Every year since 1991, York University has hosted the International Political Economy and Ecology (IPEE) Summer School organized by the Graduate Programs in Environmental Studies, Geography (Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change) and Politics (Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies). The IPEE Summer School presents a unique interdisciplinary opportunity ...
Las Nubes Study Abroad Program offers immersive learning experience
Felipe Montoya (right) welcomes students to the rainforest reserve. Taking place within the forests of the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor in Southern Costa Rica, York University’s Las Nubes Study Abroad Program offers an incredible, hands-on education opportunity surrounded by rich local biodiversity. Under the direction of Dr. Felipe Montoya-Greenheck, Chair ...
Mapping flood exposure inequities across river basins in Southern Ontario
Adeyemi Olusola Rivers are not merely channels for water conveyance but function as dynamic corridors where the atmosphere, ecosystems, and human floodplains continuously interact. In specialized research on how these complex river processes shift within a rapidly changing global environment, EUC Professor Adeyemi Olusola’s Flugeelab works to integrate traditional field ...
Circular Innovation Hub: Driving evidence-based change
Calvin Lakhan The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University is home to the Living Lab Circular Innovation Hub, a leading initiative advancing circular economy and waste research in Canada. Through applied and collaborative work, the Hub brings together academia, industry, and government to support more informed and ...
Understanding how and why environmental geohazards are impacting ecosystem sensitivity across Canada
Adeyemi Olusola and Joshua Thienpont Our planet’s surface is constantly being reshaped by natural processes and occurring on a range of timescales. Today, however, human activities are accelerating these changes faster than ever before. To better understand these rapid shifts, EUC Professors Adeyemi Olusola and Joshua Thienpont from York University’s ...
Podcast dives into the deep relationships between Indigenous languages and ecological knowledge
Tania Willard and Lisa Myers The Sounds Like Land (SLL) podcast officially launched in March 2025. Created by York Research Chair in Indigenous art and curatorial practice, Associate Professor Lisa Myers and Tania Willard, a Secwépemc and settler artist/curator whose research intersects with land-based art practices, the podcast dives into ...