Kasra Babashahiashtiani is a geography MA student under the supervision of Dr. Kean Birch, with whom he examines the economic geography of Canada’s AI ecosystem as part of an SSHRC-funded project titled “The changing dynamics of innovation in technoscientific capitalism”. In 2017, the Government of Canada announced the Pan-Canadian National AI strategy and pledged $125 […]
In the morning, the project Youth Climate Report work was presented. - an interactive documentary film project with a digital map showing over 400 videos of climate research produced by young people from all over the world. The Youth Climate Report is an interactive documentary film project that has been going on since 2011. Where young […]
By Prof. Mark Winfield Twenty-five years ago, Mike Harris’s “common sense revolution” heralded a of shredding the province’s planning rules, and proposals for a network of highway expansions in every direction outward across the Greater Toronto Area. The government’s plans prompted a backlash. Harris’ approach was widely seen as a strategy for sprawling urban development that threatened the […]
In the days since nearly 200 countries signed on to a deal at COP26 in Scotland, experts in Toronto say cities and municipalities have an important role to play in addressing climate change. Nick Westoll reports. Interview with Prof Mark Winfield. By Nick Westoll Posted Nov 20, 2021, 9:06PM EST. It’s been a week since an agreement was […]
Ashraf Hutchcraft is a second year undergraduate student in EUC's Geography program. He is an EUC peer mentor and Chief Communications Officer of the EUC Student Association (EUCSA). In July 2021, he undertook a Dean's Changemaker Internship Placement at Las Nubes, Ecocampus in Costa Rica where he managed the project's social media presence. He is […]
Connie Ko is the GIS / Remote Sensing technician, adjunct faculty member and research associate at York University. She finished her doctorate from the Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering at Lassonde School of Engineering, York University. Besides her work as a GIS / Remote Sensing technician for 18 years, which includes interaction […]
A highly anticipated book by York University Professor Emeritus Peter Victor titled Herman Daly’s Economics for a Full World: His Life and Ideas is the first biography of Herman Daly that imparts important considerations on his extraordinary life and contributions to the field of ecological economics. Peter Victor The book will launch with a virtual celebration on Nov. 24 from 6:30 […]
The impacts of climate and land-use change have begun to degrade the natural resiliency of ecosystems, affecting even the most remote locations at both the local and global scale. Lakes, which serve as catchment sites for entire landscapes, have been particularly impacted and many have become highly concentrated with harmful contaminants due to a combination […]
by Charlie West The Mackenzie Delta region is the largest Arctic delta in North America and the second-largest in the circumpolar North. Located in the northern Northwest Territories, the Mackenzie Delta region is part of the traditional territories of the Gwich’in and Inuvialuit peoples. The region is almost entirely underlain with ice-rich permafrost, meaning the […]
Allison Evans is a new EUC graduate and in observation of the recent World Town Planning/ Urbanism Day on November 8, we spotlight her research that has used a global southeast framework to conceptualize tent encampments in Toronto as a mode of urban informality. From this perspective, Evans examines the local state's role in informalizing […]