by Hazel M Dizon The homeless in the Philippines navigate housing in various ways and in different capacities. To survive the elements, they build makeshift dwellings alongside creeks, railroad tracks or garbage dumps. To claim their right to housing, they negotiate with state agencies as individuals or as part of a neighbourhood association. To defend […]
by Carley MacKay In my dissertation research, I investigate cow welfare on grass-fed beef farms to, in part, question and examine the possibility of grass-fed beef farming in providing cows with more care than conventional beef farming. In connection with this, I analyze cow welfare to explore the agencies, subjectivities, and relationships of cows whose […]
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 […]
Those who think competition law does not need to be updated to address the harms caused by Big Tech fundamentally misunderstand the nature of the high-tech giants Author of the article: Kean Birch, Special to National Post Publishing date: Nov 29, 2021 Everywhere we look around the world, competition policy and laws are being redrawn […]
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 […]