About Jonathon Chretien Jonathon Chretien was on cloud nine when he learned about the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) Las Nubes Project in Costa Rica. “Something just clicked for me when I read about Las Nubes. I recognized a strong interdisciplinary emphasis in how the Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) program and Las Nubes project […]
Welcome to the May 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 Carli Melo on inclusion and exclusion in global production networks, through her work on […]
About Aaron Savatti From a young age, Aaron Savatti loved the great outdoors and grew up guiding canoe trips in Algonquin Park. However, it wasn’t until he took an environmental studies course in high school did he find his pathway to academic and career success as an environmental industry leader. Exploring options for post-secondary studies, […]
About Prianka Das How would you describe your years at FES, and did the program prepare you for your career? How? My EUC years were challenging but filled with many positive experiences and outcomes. Though out high school, my plan was to focus on graphic design and pursue a visual arts degree in university. However, […]
About Sarah Devika Sumnauth Sarah Devika Sumnauth graduated in 2011 but has kept her connection strong to EUC in a variety of ways, from leading workshops at EUC’ remarkable Change Your World conference for GTA high schools, to talking about her time in the faculty to future students at recruitment events, and to participating in […]
About Kathleen Padulo Chiefs of Ontario’s Director of the Environment Kathleen Padulo (MES ‘01) is propelled by her passion for environmental issues and fueled by a sense of responsibility to fight the injustice of environmental racism against First Nations. As part of the first generation who wasn’t stolen from her family and forced into the […]
About Jennifer Keesmaat As Chief Planner and Executive Director of the City of Toronto, Jennifer Keesmaat (MES ’99) has changed the local dialogue on planning and urban design from frustrations and complaints about planning into an energized conversation full of hope and optimism for North America’s fifth largest city. Her dedication, energy and visionary approach […]
About Sabrina Dias Sabrina Dias started her career as a ceramic engineer, and while she found the work interesting she knew she wanted her work make an impact around social good, and she felt she needed more than her engineering degree to make it happen. She went back to school to get her MES and […]
About Anique Jordan Anique Jordan’s vision and voice is making a remarkable impact in Toronto’s art community very early in her art career. Interested in alternative systems of survival, she started her MES with the intent of continuing her work in entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development with Black communities as an urban planner. Calling her time […]
About Bruce Lourie “I was a student in [York] Professor Peter Victor’s ecological economics class, where I learned that the economy isn’t just a thing on its own,” says alumnus and activist, Bruce Lourie. “The economy is a construction of society, which in turn is bounded by our environment. That’s a concept that’s still not well understood and […]