Andrew Zealley holds a PhD from the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. His research engages with HIV and AIDS, queer identity, the body, and notions of self-risk-taking. He previously completed an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies at OCAD University and is a recipient of a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship for his research project “Risky Beeswax: Artistic Responses to the […]
Food insecurity has been a pervasive issue with varied manifestations among different communities, people and regions. Prince Rupert is a remote coastal town in Northern BC, located on Coast Ts’msyen Territory with a population of approximately 12,000, 50% of whom identify as Indigenous (Ahmed 2018). The people of Metlakatla First Nation are descendants of the Nine […]
Since 2007, Maureen Owino has been an active organizer and advocate for immigrants, refugees, women, and youth with HIV/AIDS in Toronto. She has been an active volunteer in many organizations including board membership of the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP), Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), HIV Legal Clinic of Ontario (HALCO) and a […]
The UN SDGs provide a framework for urgent action in seventeen areas that are critical to ensure peace and prosperity for people and the planet. York University has embedded a commitment to the SDGs into its academic planning, and EUC is at the forefront of research on many of the SDGs. Click on the icons […]
The Arctic is warming at more than double the global rate, increasing stress on landscapes and ecosystems. Permafrost, defined as ground that is continuously below 0°C for at least two consecutive years, is degrading rapidly in response to warming air temperatures and altered precipitation regimes, representing a formidable threat to the Arctic landscape. Claire O’Hagan, […]
EUC Research is exploring the thinking, activism and policies that are needed to take action in the climate emergency. We are working with Indigenous communities to define new approaches to, and knowledge of, climate change. We are also critically examining the policies and behaviours that are needed to address environmental sustainability more broadly. The transition […]
The arts, culture and the humanities offer creative ways the understand, and change, the relationship between human societies and the natural environment. EUC researchers are exploring how we think about the natural world through alternative, and especially Indigenous, forms of environmental knowledge; how scientific and cultural knowledge can work in unison; and how racialized and […]
Research at EUC critically examines the settlement of immigrants, and the experiences of migrant workers, in Canadian cities. We also seek to understand the global relations of power that drive migration processes and shape diasporic identities in all regions of the world. Projects Community Partnerships Professor Valerie Preston is the Principal Investigator of the Building […]
EUC research examines urban processes and planning in Canada and diverse sites around the world. There is a particular focus on critical urban analysis, the experiences of marginalized communities, and the role of activism in shaping urban life. EUC has a close relationship with York’s City Institute and is home to two large partnership grants […]