The UN SDGs provide a framework for urgent action in seventeen areas that are critical to ensure peace and prosperity for people and the planet. York University has embedded a commitment to the SDGs into its academic planning, and EUC is at the forefront of research on many of the SDGs. Click on the icons […]
End poverty in all its forms everywhere. SDG 1 calls for eradicating poverty in all its forms by 2030. This involves implementing appropriate social protection systems for all and ensuring that all people, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services. EUC researchers […]
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) offers a limited number of visiting scholar opportunities for researchers and others whose experience, expertise or knowledge can enrich the research environment of the Faculty. In most cases, visiting scholars have ongoing affiliations at other institutions and will affiliate at EUC for a defined period. There is […]
Named in memory of dian marino: artist, activist, educator and former EUC faculty member, the Wild Garden Media Centre is a resource for all members of the EUC community who wish to use media arts as part of their course work, research or learning practices. The Centre’s facilities include: Mandatory Orientation Users must attend a […]
The Arctic is warming at more than double the global rate, increasing stress on landscapes and ecosystems. Permafrost, defined as ground that is continuously below 0°C for at least two consecutive years, is degrading rapidly in response to warming air temperatures and altered precipitation regimes, representing a formidable threat to the Arctic landscape. Claire O’Hagan, […]
Political Ecology is the study of how social power relations are entwined with environmental processes, in contexts such as food production, extractive industries, climate change vulnerability and urbanization. EUC researchers are examining these processes in contexts as diverse as Indigenous communities and urban peripheries in Canada, the forests of Costa Rica, water resources in Chile, […]
Research at EUC critically examines the settlement of immigrants, and the experiences of migrant workers, in Canadian cities. We also seek to understand the global relations of power that drive migration processes and shape diasporic identities in all regions of the world. Projects Community Partnerships Professor Valerie Preston is the Principal Investigator of the Building […]
EUC research examines urban processes and planning in Canada and diverse sites around the world. There is a particular focus on critical urban analysis, the experiences of marginalized communities, and the role of activism in shaping urban life. EUC has a close relationship with York’s City Institute and is home to two large partnership grants […]
Research on urban health and environments at EUC involves interdisciplinary attention to the ways in which social processes intersect with health, well-being and sexuality for urban communities. We also examine how urbanization impacts the environment and creates new ecologies of city life. In recent years, several research projects have sought to understand the urban contexts […]
The Peer Mentor program is a resource designed to provide guidance and support to EUC students. Peer Mentors are dedicated upper-year student leaders representing all programs in EUC and play a key role in helping new undergraduate students transition to university and to the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. Peer Mentors are trained leaders. […]