HSBC Bank Canada donates $1 million to York University

Environmental scholarship in Canada got a big boost yesterday with the announcement of a $1-million donation from HSBC Bank Canada to York University to support undergraduate students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies.  The gift is the single largest corporate endowment supporting Environmental Studies Awards in Canada. More than 15 bachelor of environmental studies students will receive […]

Schulich team wins inaugural case competition in sustainability

A team of MBA students from York’s Schulich School of Business has won the inaugural 2011 Schulich International Case Competition in Sustainability held at the school Nov. 25 and 26. Two weeks before the competition, the 17 teams received the case study, featuring a complex issue facing the mining industry written by Schulich executive-in-residence Richard […]

Climate change symposium engages professionals and students

The Climate Consortium for Research Action Integration (CC-RAI) and York's Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) unit hosted two events aimed at engaging professionals and students involved in climate change research and action last Thursday at the York Research Tower. The events served as the capstone to a Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) supported […]

FES conference keynote addresses contemporary environmental literature

Canadian poet Brian Bartlett told the audience at the three-day Green Words/Green Worlds: Environmental Poetry & Environmental Politics conference that Facebook is a new forum for environmental poetry. Bartlett identified a gap in the online realm, arguing that a need existed for a digital “nature calendar”. He is currently constructing a collection of 365 short […]

Glendon primatologist talks orangutans, research and rainforests

Prominent Canadian primatologist and Glendon psychology Professor Anne Russon will talk about the Borneo Orangutan Society of Canada (BOS Canada) and their research projects in Kutai National Park this Thursday as part of the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability Speaker Series. The talk, “Orangutans: Research & Rainforest Protection in Borneo”, will take place Nov. 10, […]

An evening of firsts for Environmental Studies Awards Gala

The sixth annual Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) Awards Gala marked an evening of firsts as FES Dean Barbara Rahder welcomed award recipients, presenters and friends to a packed Gladstone Hotel ballroom last Thursday night, Oct. 20. A new certificate program and several inaugural awards were just some of the items on the evening’s agenda. […]

Glendon Campus Project on sustainability launches website tomorrow

Glendon has a rich history, including a forest containing some rare trees – one of which was brought over from China and once thought to be extinct. Professor Stuart Schoenfeld and Helen Psathas, senior manager, Environmental Design & Sustainability, will talk campus sustainability tomorrow at the launch of the Glendon Campus Project website. “Environmental History of the […]

Post-election sustainable energy debrief Oct. 26

York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI) will hold a post-election debrief with five panellists on Wednesday. Join the SEI for an interactive discussion on the results of the 2011 provincial election and the future of sustainable energy in Ontario. Future Directions for the Green Energy Act and Sustainable Energy will take place […]

FES explores connection between literature and environment

What is the connection between Canadian literature and the environment? That question is what the Faculty of Environmental Studies wants to explore through its three-day event, Green Words/Green Worlds: Environmental Literatures & Politics in Canada, encompassing a public forum, a conference and writing workshops. Notable Canadian environmental poets Brian Bartlett, Armand Garnet Ruffo and Rita […]

Climate change film screening will bring York and Nunavut together

How does climate change affect those living in a Nunavut community? Talk directly with members of the northern hamlet of Arviat on the western shore of Hudson Bay as part of the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival next Tuesday. Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, by Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro, will screen simultaneously at York and […]