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Developing practical solutions to climate change

As Director of the International Renewable Energy Academy (IREA), Co-Chair of the Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI), and founding member of Project Climate Change/Climate Solutions Park, Professor Jose Etcheverry is focused on developing practical solutions to climate change through collaborative efforts with various partners and stakeholders. He is part of York University’s Board of Governors and the Senate Executive where he is working with colleagues towards achieving […]

Animals, welfare & Canadian international development

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 […]

Ellie Perkins on the UN Water Conference 2023 in New York City

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 […]

Modelling alternative economic and environmental futures

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 […]

Queerifying the social environmental debate

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 […]

Rethinking Canada’s competition policy in the digital economy

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, […]

Kristina Delidjakova 

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 […]

Understanding seasonal spring vulnerability to climate change and their role in the coastal wetland functioning in Southeast Iceland

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', […]

Mike Layton

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 […]

Public” Space for Whom? Encampment Evictions, Spatio-Legal Exclusion, and Differentiated Urban Citizenships in Toronto

By Farida Rady In summer of 2021, Toronto police executed violent raids, brutalizing vulnerated encampment residents and their supporters in three downtown public parks. During these evictions, state violence manifested in displacement and police brutality, including the use of force and intimidation tactics such as kettling. In response to the public relations fallout that ensued, […]