Research projects Archive - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change /euc/research-project/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:01:16 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 Landscapes in transition: Environmental sensitivities due to climate change /euc/research-project/landscapes-in-transition-environmental-sensitivities-due-to-climate-change/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:36:22 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=49735 Project Investigators: Joshua Thienpont and Adeyemi Olusola Funding: Canada Foundation for Innovation Term: 2024-2026 The project focuses on developing an understanding of several modes of landscape disturbance (permafrost thaw, sediment erosion changes, flood/drought impacts) that occur naturally in the environment but are altered by ongoing anthropogenic climatechange. The project utilizes innovative techniques in mapping, monitoring, […]

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Floors and ceilings: Minimum and maximum household energy uses for just climate action in Canada with a focus on Ontario /euc/research-project/floors-and-ceilings-minimum-and-maximum-household-energy-uses-for-just-climate-action-in-canada-with-a-focus-on-ontario/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:51:26 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=49733 Project Investigator: Lina Brand Correa Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Term: 2025-2027 The project will develop the evidence base on energy inequalities in Canada, where relatively little is known on this issue. It will tackle the difficult question of minimum and maximum energy use thresholds. There is existing work around minimum energy and material […]

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Toward an understanding of intersectional factors affecting disabled persons’ travel via Uber and Lyft across urban and suburban contexts in the Greater Toronto Area /euc/research-project/toward-an-understanding-of-intersectional-factors-affecting-disabled-persons-travel-via-uber-and-lyft-across-urban-and-suburban-contexts-in-the-greater-toronto-area/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:00:39 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=49731 Project Investigator: Mahtot Gebresselassie Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Term: 2025-2027 The project proposes to investigate disability access and inclusion in ride-hailing services in Toronto and Mississauga with a view to expanding inclusive transportation systems and improving disabled individuals’ access to work, education, and other life opportunities. The central question that drives the work […]

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Bridging gaps, building futures: Exploring the impact of Black faculty cluster hires inCanadian universities /euc/research-project/bridging-gaps-building-futures-exploring-the-impact-of-black-faculty-cluster-hires-incanadian-universities/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:51:47 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=49729 Project Investigator: Muna-Udbi Ali Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Term: 2025-2027 This two-year SSHRC Insight Development project with University of Western Ontario and Toronto Metropolitan University investigates Black cluster hiring initiatives to examine whether they represent meaningful steps to challenge anti-Black racism in Canadian universities. It aims to contribute to the existing literature on […]

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Queer cultural infrastructure and the remaking of inclusive cities: Within and beyond Rainbow Cities Network recognition /euc/research-project/queer-cultural-infrastructure-and-the-remaking-of-inclusive-cities-within-and-beyond-rainbow-cities-network-recognition/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:31:16 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=49497 Project Investigator: Alison Bain Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Term: 2025-2029 This four-year research program advances knowledge on the role of Queer Cultural Infrastructure (QCI) in municipal social inclusion agendas by comparing the governance regimes of cities inside and outside the international LGBTQ+ urban policy Rainbow Cities Network (RCN members designated with this […]

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The International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab: Training, research, and novel applications /euc/research-project/the-international-ecological-footprint-learning-lab-training-research-and-novel-applications/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:12:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=36590 Co-Project Investigators: Peter Victor with Brynhildur Davidsdottir (University of Iceland), Tarmo Remmel, Eric Miller, Katie Kish and the Global Footprint Network Funding: SSHRC Partnership Grant Term: 2022-2028 This SSHRC Partnership Grant draws on the strengths of 91ÑÇÉ« university, the University of Iceland, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the Global Footprint Network, creating a […]

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Jurisdiction Back: Infrastructure beyond Extractivism /euc/research-project/jurisdiction-back-infrastructure-beyond-extractivism/ Sun, 16 Jun 2024 07:06:00 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=6150 Co-Principal Investigators: Dayna Nadine Scott and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Funding: SSHRC Partnership Grant Term: 2021-2027 Resource conflicts and legal uncertainties have dominated the political landscape over the last decade; conflicts over extraction and its infrastructures have intensified, catalyzing a fierce Indigenous resurgence. As the research team conceived this project, hereditary leaders were blocking a pipeline […]

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Refugee dreams, small town realities: Interrogating the ruralization of refugee resettlement to smaller centres in Canada /euc/research-project/refugee-dreams-small-town-realities-interrogating-the-ruralization-of-refugee-resettlement-to-smaller-centres-in-canada/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 16:36:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=37795 Project Investigator: Jennifer Hyndman; Co-applicant: Bronwyn Bragg Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant Term: 2024-2029 “It’s for good reason that most new immigrants to Canada find themselves in a major metropolis—a Toronto or a Montreal or a Vancouver or (if you must) an Edmonton. The idea is, when you have more people that look like you, it’s […]

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Reconstructing disturbance regimes and aquatic ecosystem impacts of permafrost thawslumping /euc/research-project/reconstructing-disturbance-regimes-and-aquatic-ecosystem-impacts-of-permafrost-thawslumping/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:24:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=37566 Principal Investigator: Joshua Thienpont Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant Term: 2024-2029. The research assesses the influence of lakes on thaw slump activity and re-activation, contributing to a better understanding the reciprocal relationship between permafrost thaw and surface waters. To address these research priorities, the project uses geomatics, assessment of lake and catchment physical characteristics using bathymetric […]

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Lakes as sentinels and agents of environmental change in rapidly thawing discontinuous permafrost peatlands /euc/research-project/lakes-as-sentinels-and-agents-of-environmental-change-in-rapidly-thawing-discontinuous-permafrost-peatlands/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:04:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=37561 Principal Investigator: Jennifer Korosi Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant Term: 2024-2029 The research advances new conceptual models for predicting ecosystem change in small lakes of rapidly thawing discontinuous permafrost peatlands, which comprise 18% of northern lake areas. Collaborations with the Dehcho First Nations and scientists at the Government of the Northwest Territories and other academic institutions […]

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