The Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) has released its latest Impact Report, showcasing a banner year of research in action
From climate resilience to Indigenous knowledge to student research and new ways of thinking about urban life, the report brings together a year of ideas, discoveries, and partnerships. It is a snapshot of the work that moves across disciplines, geographies, and ways of knowing, connected by a share commitment to contributing to meaningful change.
Research with a purpose
Featured projects within the report include international working groups calling for accountability and collective action on polluted lands and waters; a national initiative advancing evidence-based energy decision making in Canadra, and research exploring climate vulnerability through nature based solutions.
Other stories reflect the breadth of EUC scholarship, from using iPhone LiDAR technology in forest mensuration to research on Indigiesnous languages and ecological knowledge, refugee settlement, queer suburban life in Toronto and AI’s potential to improve urban mobility – underscoring that environmental and urban change is never confirmed to a single discipline.
Learning and doing through discovery
Impact at EUC also means giving students the change to do, not just study. The report showcases experiential learning that brings the realities of a changing climate into focus, EUC’s First Undergraduate Research Fair, and a variety of programs connecting students with mentors and future careers, as highlighted in the ongoing success of EUC’s Peer Mentor Program and the second annual EUC Green Career Fair.
Knowledge mobilized in commUNITY
Some of the report’s most compelling stories unfold where the Faculty expertise meets community knowledge, including a community garden that becomes a space for regenerative learning, research in Southern Costa Rica on social and ecological well-being, Indigenous-led work helping rebuild Canada’s first Indigenous-led research station, and arts & media projects create meaningful conversations on the climate crisis.
These stories reflect the scholarship that values collaboration, place, and lived experience – recognizing that change is a united approach by all.
A Faculty looking forward
The EUC Impact Report is also a look ahead.
EUC’s research and learning continue to grow in reach, with students and researchers contributing to conversations that extend well beyond 91ÑÇɫ’s campuses, across Canada, and in the world.
It reflects a Faculty that is bold, connected, and engaged – a place where difficult questions are welcomed, new ideas are tested, and partnerships create opportunities to advance knowledge and mobilize into action.
The stories in this report are ultimately about people – researchers asking urgent questions, students turning learning into lived experience, and communications building something positive together.
That is the impact of EUC – a place, a community, and a united team working towards positive change.