by Mark Winfield Although Metrolinx has recently backed down on its proposal to build a railway yard in the Don Valley, the project, along with the cutting down of large numbers of mature trees at Moss Park and around Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto to make way for the proposed Ontario transit line, has drawn renewed attention to the role, mandate […]
International development represents a massive multi-billion-dollar industry which stretches across the world seeking to improve human economic and social wellbeing. Yet, a certain group of participants who are often key to the success of numerous projects, such as in food security, poverty alleviation and global health initiatives, are left invisible through the process: animals. How […]
by Ellie Perkins York University’s academic delegation to the UN 2023 Water Conference attended the first UN meeting on water in almost 50 years, held at UN Headquarters in New York City. York’s 10 delegates were among nearly 7,000 registered participants. Unfortunately, many others who might have attended the conference, particularly from marginalized communities and/or […]
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is celebrating the launch of Professor Emeritus Peter Victor’s latest book, Escape from Overshoot: Economics for a Planet in Peril (2023). Faculty members, staff and students are welcome to attend the book launch event on Wednesday, April 12th, from 5:30-7:00 PM, either in person at the Centre for […]
The Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change is pleased to welcome Dr Fabio A G Oliveira from Fluminense Federal University, Brazil, as a visiting scholar from March 15th to May 31st, 2023. Dr. Oliveria’s research encompasses a diverse and interdisciplinary approach, highlighting queer, animal and anti-colonial perspectives. In 2022, he received the right to translate […]
A new report out of York University urges Canadians to consider the privacy of their personal data in the face of big tech domination and the lack of competition in that sector. Professor Kean Birch, director of York’s new Institute for Technoscience and Society (ITS), is the author of the report Rethinking Canada’s Competition Policy in the Digital Economy, […]
About Kristina Delidjakova Kristina Delidjakova (she/her) is a Water Resources Coordinator at the City of Richmond Hill! In this role, Kristina is responsible for the initiation and coordination of capital plan projects for the rehabilitation of stormwater infrastructure and stream restoration, as well as the coordination of other special projects . We caught up with […]
Springs can be described as discharge points which are supplied by spring water or in other words ground water. Groundwater itself is supplied through various sources including melt water, surface waters and precipitation. In Aeisha Aggarwal and Kathy L. Young’s hydrology research on ‘Surface-groundwater exchange between a wetland, sandur, and lava field in southeastern Iceland', […]
About Mike Layton A former Toronto City Councillor, York alum, and long-time champion of sustainability, Layton brings two decades of professional experience – and a lifetime of lived experience in advancing positive changes that contribute to a more equitable and sustainable world. In this new role, Layton will lead York’s Office of Sustainability, building on […]