by Balikisu Osman Some of the critical discussions in the rural development research literature highlight the desirability and liabilities of conducting fieldwork as an insider versus an outsider. The argument is that a researcher’s immerse familiarity with research setting by birth or personal ties (as an insider) permits ease access, understanding, empathy, and integration of […]
by Kafia Abdulkader I grew up with a passion for film and television, and popular culture. However, I never saw people that looked like me represented in mainstream media. Instead, those who occupy a similar social location to me were often put in positions of servitude, their identities pathologized, and a site of ridicule. The […]
by Jane Lumumba As the urban population in African cities rapidly grows at an average of 4.5% per year, the need to provide sustainable solutions to urban transport and mobility becomes critical. It is in this regard, that I have developed a keen interest in informal public transport across African cities in particular the ‘matatu’ […]
by Amber Williams King For communities pressed to the margins of society and the globe, particularly those who are poor, racialized or of the Global South, ecological crisis is not some unimaginable elsewhere but rather an omnipresent, pervasive reality. In the Caribbean basin, the increasingly powerful storms brewing in the warming waters of the Atlantic […]
Increasingly, governments at both ends of the migration cycle recognize the value of (im)migrants, and are finding ways to support them for their respective national interest. Generally, countries of origin, especially in Africa, seek to attract their diasporic talents and resources back home for national development, just as countries of destination (e.g., Canada) are using […]
Ontario’s nuclear plan raises questions about what is “clean” energy and the need for open, evidence-based decision-making around net-zero pathways. by Mark Winfield, Colleen Kaiser In December, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it will work with GE Hitachi to develop a new 300MW nuclear power reactor at the provincially owned utility’s Darlington site. The news was presented as […]
About Brittany Giglio Brittany is the Recruitment & Liaison Officer of our very own Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. She has been on the York campus for the past 10 years in various roles (peer education, recruitment & admissions) as well as completing her education. She is graduate with an Honours BA in Geography. […]
We at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) are committed to addressing anti-Black racism and to facilitating an EUC culture and practice fully attentive to equity, diversity, and inclusivity. Our approach is meant to be restorative, hopeful, and tangible in pursuit of systemic change. We endorse the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black […]
About Edith Barabash How would you describe your years at EUC, and did the program prepare you for your career? How? The BES program’s interdisciplinary nature gave me a chance to explore how so many fields related to the environment, so I really got to try out a variety of subjects before narrowing in on […]
About Flavien Joubert Flavien Joubert is currently the Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change & Environment on the small nation island of Seychelles. He completed a Master of Environmental Studies (MES) in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at York University in 2003. How did you end up at York? I attended York in 2001 […]