Birds are important in human cultures, inspiring art, technology and in some cases, are significant sources of food. Migratory birds, those that spend parts of the year in different places, present challenges in understanding their ecology and conservation because their migration across jurisdictions requires a coordinated effort to manage their populations. This is true for […]
With diverse geographic interests, Professor Patricia Wood's research focuses on citizenship, identity, mobility, and attachment to place. She does both contemporary and historical work in Canada, the United States and Ireland, analyzing a wide range of sources and activities concerning political expression and identity, as well as conducting community-based research with an emphasis on participatory, collaborative research practices. She […]
With a history of researching and teaching a wide, interdisciplinary array of environmental topics, as well as engaging in social and political activism, Peter Timmerman began his academic work in the early 1980s on emergency and risk research, climate change, and disaster and nuclear waste management. He has developed an overall environmental philosophy and ethic, grounded […]
Global climate chaos unfairly and disproportionately harms those already living in poverty and in polluted, unhealthy environments. Accelerating climate-related impacts including extreme weather events threaten cities, public safety, agriculture, infrastructure and human livelihoods worldwide. Since marginalized populations are first and most severely affected, their situated knowledge is crucial for timely and efficient policy-making. Governance systems […]
One of the central promises in the 2018 platform of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party was to “clean up the hydro mess.” And a mess there certainly is with the costs of subsidies out of general provincial revenues to artificially lower hydro rates now approaching the level of the province’s total pre-COVID-19 deficit. There is […]
Research is at the heart of EUC. The time and effort that faculty members devote to securing research funding and to engaging in knowledge mobilization activities help our faculty, postdoctoral fellows/visitors, and students get involved in innovative research that showcases the interdisciplinarity and the broad relevance of our work. Our research culture, however, goes far […]
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 […]
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, […]