Overview Available Fellowships: up to 4 in 2022-23 Amount: min. $70,000/year Duration: 24 months. (Normally July to June. Exceptional start dates may be negotiated) Field: See details below for Faculties seeking candidates for this program. Eligibility: A completed PhD (2017 and after), or PhD completed by December 15, 2022 (with confirmed timeline for defence) Up to two (2) fellowships […]
by Cynthia Morinville With the current climate emergency requiring an immediate divestment from fossil fuels, lithium is quickly becoming one of the critical metals necessary to the energy transition. From the uptake of electric vehicles to the production of batteries for the storage of renewable energies, the global demand for lithium is expected to increase […]
by Araby Smyth I am a feminist economic geographer working as Post-Doctoral Visitor at the City Institute at York University. My latest research is with the SSHRC funded GenUrb project (Urbanization, Gender, and the Global South: A Transformative Knowledge Network). Briefly put, GenUrb seeks to produce new knowledge about urban place making that addresses the […]
by Philip Lynch Stand-replacing disturbances (i.e., harvesting, forest fires) in Canadian forests and recovery cycles cause highly dynamic landscapes, demanding continuous monitoring to characterize and observe ecological modification over time. Monitoring large-scale post-disturbance recovery by satellite remote sensing is a major research area in Canada. My research seeks to answer the question: What improvement do […]
Lovers Creek is a notable subwatershed that is part of the Lake Simcoe watershed. It is one of several that pass through the City of Barrie’s residential areas in order to connect to Lake Simcoe. Sections of Lovers Creek are characterized by ravines that are regularly accompanied with recreational trails along the slopes or fields. […]
Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as Blue-Green Algae, are a ubiquitous photosynthetic bacteria that under the right conditions – high light, warm temperatures, high nutrient concentrations, high thermal stability, low surficial sediment redox– cyanobacteria are able to rapidly proliferate, forming dense populations or blooms (often creating dense mats on the water surface). Freshwater blooms are detrimental […]
By Barbara Rahder Hans Blumenfeld (October 1892 – January 1988) was a planner, architect, and professor, who worked in Europe, the USSR, and across North America. He is perhaps most well known for his significant role in shaping contemporary urban form through his work with the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board. In this article, Barbara Rahder […]
Add pollution and costs from electricity generation to that list too By Mark WinfieldColleen Kaiser The Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) Annual Planning Outlook report released last week contains some very bad news for Ontarians in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air quality, and future electricity costs. The directions laid out in the report also present […]
At the site of a massive COVID-19 outbreak at a meat-processing plant in southern Alberta, workers don’t want things to go back the way they were before. On a cold, windy November day, Freddy Vasquez cuts a small figure as the massive Cargill meat-processing plant near High River, Alta., looms behind him. "Now hiring," reads […]
by Hiba Sha'ath My dissertation examines the impacts of everyday bordering practices on the lives of sub-Saharan migrants with precarious status living in Tunis. Recent years have witnessed a growing securitization of migration along the Southern Mediterranean, made possible through funding and security cooperation agreements that are part of the EU’s efforts to harden borders […]