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Las Nubes
Project Investigator: Felipe Montoya-Greenheck Funding: Fisher Fund for Neotropical Conservation; Lillian Meighen and Don Wright Foundation Term: 1998-to-date The Las Nubes project in Costa Rica supports the protection of the biological, ecological and social values of the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor which contains the Las Nubes forest reserve that borders the largest protected area in Central America. Originally […]
Imagining political and economic alternatives between Canada and the Philippines
In the Filipino language, ate (pronounced “ah-tay”) means big sister. It is also the acronym for a research initiative based at York known as ‘ATE’ – the Canada-Philippines Alternative Transnational Economies project. ATE was funded between 2015 and 2022 by a SSHRC Insight Grant, with Philip Kelly as the principal investigator, and co-investigators from Canada […]
Sand and stone materials mining in the Jeneberang River in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wendy Alejandra Medina de Loera My dissertation explores the extractive industry of river sand and stone materials[1] by drawing on empirical research in the Jeneberang river in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. In recent years real estate capital has been key to reinvigorate the global economy, especially in Asia. This has aroused the commercial interest in […]
Book launch explores corporate rules and big energy
The Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change and the Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI) presents “Corporate Rules and Big Energy” on Wednesday, May 11 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The virtual event welcomes guests to the launch event of EUC Adjunct Professor and former Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Bruce Campbell’s new book Corporate Rules: The Real World of […]
Pablo Bose
About Pablo Bose Pablo taught during my last year of my PhD at Trent in International Development Studies and began a two-year SSHRC post-doc at the University of Vermont (UVM). In 2008, he started a tenure-track position at UVM and was granted tenure in 2015. He co-published a book with Peter Penz and Jay Drydyk […]
Knowledge co-production to address human-polar bear conflict in Southern Hudson Bay and James Bay
Polar bears in Ontario are at the southern limit of their species’ range. As part of the Southern Hudson Bay subpopulation, these roughly 800 bears migrate onto land when the sea ice of Hudson Bay melts completely each summer. On shore, polar bears primarily fast and rely on stored fat for energy. With increasing global […]
Funding Calendar
This calendar lists some of the most commonly held competitions in Canada and abroad. It is not a comprehensive listing as new opportunities are continually announced throughout the year. Unless otherwise, the Office of Research Services as with the Faculty has a standard internal deadline date of 10 business days to review applications in advance of […]