How have universities integrated the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) and what lessons might be learned and applied therein? This is the key question that Nicole Arsenault, MES alumnus and Program Director of York’s Office of Sustainability, sought to address in her MES Paper on The Role of Universities Towards a Sustainable Future: Integrating […]
At the ArtworxTO Hub West, 250 the East Mall, Etobicoke, a display is growing, quite literally, that looks to educate visitors on the relationship between the migrations of people and plants to the Toronto area. The installation is primarily sound-based and draws on award winning artist and PhD candidate Alexandra Gelis’ research on plants and […]
Fifty years ago the Club of Rome called for a transition from growth to equilibrium, as they demonstrated through The Limits to Growth that humanity could not sustain another hundred years of growth in material consumption, pollution, and population. Since then, humanity’s Ecological Footprint has doubled and overshot the planet’s carrying capacity. York University’s Ecological […]
Calvin Lakhan, PhD and Co-Investigator, Waste Wiki Project Eco-modulation is a term that is gaining significant traction in recent legislative discussions surrounding extended producer responsibility for packaging waste. While eco-modulation is not a new concept, its application to managing end of life packaging waste is still in its relative naissancey. This article attempts to shed […]
Welcome to the April 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 Calvin Lakhan on eco-modulation: What is it, does it work, and how can it […]
Why did you choose York University? I chose York University because of its unique and one of a kind BES program. There was no other Environmental Studies program offered by other universities that allowed students to branch off to streams like Environmental Politics, Environmental Management and Cities, Regions, Planning. York University is also known for […]
Why did you choose York University? I chose York because I was interested in their Environmental Studies program. What project are you focusing on during your time in the Capstone course? Project 73: How can educators approach indigenous perspectives in numeracy, literacy and the arts? How does your project align with the UN Sustainable Development […]
Why did you choose York University? I chose York University purely out of convenience. It is the closest post-secondary institution from my house and I wouldn’t have to worry about residing on campus or long commutes. A bonus though is the large number of students who also attend the school, there are plenty of opportunities […]
Why did you choose York University? I chose YorkU mostly because it was close to home, but I also felt very at home when I toured the campus for the first time. It was the only campus I toured where I felt like I could see myself there. What project are you focusing on during […]
How is violence targeted at people leaving Northern Central America to southern Mexico gendered? How do migrant women navigate and contest this violence? And what is the relationship between spectacularized representations of displaced peoples’ lives, bodies and actions and conventional geopolitics of displacement in the Americas? These are questions that SSHRC and GFAD doctoral candidate […]