Laural Raine MES'07, Director, Service Planning & Integrity at City of Toronto comments. By Donovan Vincent via thestar.com New data that allows the city of Toronto to more closely track the number of homeless people accessing the shelter system shows a steady increase in the amount of new users per month. This week the city released […]
York University Contract Faculty and Research Associate Mark Terry's ongoing research project, the Youth Climate Report, is having a good year. Not only did it win an SDG Action Award in January, but it has just partnered with the world's largest environmental education organization, the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), and its Young Reporters for the Environment program. The new partnership brings together […]
This February marks the 25th anniversary of the first time Black History Month was officially commemorated in Canada. Black History Month is an opportunity to celebrate Black culture, and recognize the contributions made by the Black students, faculty and alumni of EUC. Throughout the month, visit our website and our social media channels for our […]
The Jane Finch Community Research Partnership (JFCRP) was established in 2016 through collaborative engagement between members of the Jane Finch community and York University faculty and librarians. Academic research and journalism about Jane Finch have often stigmatized the community, emphasizing needs rather than assets while ignoring community members’ agency, creativity, and activism. Extractive research without […]
As major oil and gas producers and exporters, Norway and Canada share a particular responsibility for confronting the planet’s existential climate threat. However, their different political, economic and cultural features have resulted in major differences in their climate policy track records. Overall, Norway is a leader on climate change performance and Canada is a laggard. The 2021 Climate […]
by Joseph Mensah Abstract: Blacks are the primary scapegoats for the maladies of the world. This might sound melodramatic to those who are privileged enough to steer clear of this reality. The piece does not offer a definitive answer to the tripartite riddle of why Blacks are dying more than the rest, why they are […]
What are the conditions necessary to successfully graduate School of Community Services and social justice students into leaders in social innovation and social entrepreneurship? What are the conditions necessary for industry partners to successfully support community members from marginalized lived experienced groups to generate their own social enterprises or social innovative projects? What was successful […]
Being in science and technology means to never stop asking questions, challenge the status quo, take your research to the next level, and lead others to follow their passions. Being a physical geographer means being part of a diverse background of knowledge and research, and inspiring future geographers through leadership and personal experiences. On February […]
by Kathy L. Young The pandemic has changed much in a very short time, and we have all had to adapt in myriad ways, large and small. The word that comes to my mind is “pivot”. Distilleries have pivoted from bottling gin to bottling hand sanitizer, fine-dining has shifted to make-it-yourself-dining, and live theatre exists […]
February 27 is International Polar Bear Day and in celebration of the event, we feature Gregory Thiemann whose research focuses on the ecology of polar bears and other Arctic carnivores, as well as the effects of climate change on food web dynamics. With a Killam/NSERC postdoctoral fellowship and a PhD in Biology from Dalhousie University, […]