Assistant Professor Credentials PhD, Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria MSc, Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria BSc, Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria Research Keywords Fluvial Geomorphology, Tropical Rivers, Extreme Events, River Sensing, and Machine Learning Contact Information 4700 Keele St, Toronto ON M3J 1P3 416-736-2100 aolusola@yorku.ca Google Scholar Profile | fgeelab.org […]
What is the relationship between infrastructure and jurisdiction? How can remaking the material systems that sustain collective life enact Indigenous jurisdiction? How can the “just transition” to sustainable economies be imagined and infrastructured to foreground Indigenous knowledges and governance systems? These are the questions that Osgoode-EUC Professor Dayna Nadine Scott and project co-director Professor Heidi […]
Assistant Professor Credentials PhD, Virginia Tech MA, University of Waterloo BSc, Addis Ababa University Research Keywords Smart mobility and equity; travel behavior; disability; older adults; accessible urban and digital spaces; human-computer interaction (HCI); Uber and Lyft; accessible transportation; extreme weather; platform work; urban design. Graduate Supervision I supervise students in the graduate programs in Environmental […]
This year’s festival, FRACTURE, will take place online and in person and will examine the restorative phases after disruption. This year’s theme invites conversations across disciplines that consider pedagogical, environmental and artistic approaches to the concepts of rupture and wreckage and how humanity and the environment can heal and progress in the aftermath. LEARN MORE
On Friday, May 20th 2022, Professor L. Anders Sandberg and fourth-year student Baillie Weiderick, both from the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, and Brian MacLean of Lost Rivers travelled together to attend and learn from a plant diversity workshop and medicine plant walk, hosted by Indigenous Elders and Anishinaabe teachers. The […]
A Toolkit for Course Instructors The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is committed to supporting the pedagogical needs of Black Students across the faculty. This Toolkit offers strategies related to (1) course syllabus, (2) course content, and (3) classroom facilitation to guide instructors on how to effectively demonstrate commitment to anti-Black racism in their […]
by Melina Damian, MES, Ontario Nature's Communications Coordinator When you think of a bird’s nest, what’s the first image that comes to mind? Probably a bunch of sticks and leaves bundled together – right? Unfortunately, for birds that live in urbanized areas, they often use anthropogenic debris (otherwise known as garbage) to build their nests. […]
Benjamin J. Kapron studies philosophies, understandings, and ways of thinking that generate, undergird, and uphold Canadian settler colonialism, particularly regarding understandings of Land and the other-than-human beings who together compose Land (animals, plants, waters, rocks, et cetera). While dominant settler thought may commonly understand Land to be a passive material object—the ground, or an expanse […]
When Don and Donna Pocock lost their daughter Adrienne in a tragic accident in 2004, they were left reeling. As the couple thought about a way to honour Adrienne’s life, setting up an endowment to support students at EUC was a natural fit. A staunch grassroots environmentalist, Adrienne cared deeply for the planet and was […]
Welcome to the June 2022 edition of the EUC Research Update - bringing you highlights from research activities at York's Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change. We invite you to view our past updates on our Research News page. Research Spotlights Deborah McGregor, Lisa Myers and Alan Corbiere on envisioning Indigenous-derived climate change futures. Read […]