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Podcast dives into the deep relationships between Indigenous languages and ecological knowledge

Tania Willard and Lisa Myers The Sounds Like Land (SLL) podcast officially launched in March 2025. Created by 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chair in Indigenous art and curatorial practice, Associate Professor Lisa Myers and Tania Willard, a Secwépemc and settler artist/curator whose research intersects with land-based art practices, the podcast dives into ...

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International Working Group seeks to address the severe environmental degradation in Nigeria’s Bayelsa State

IWG members from left to right: Michael Watts, Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou, Engobo Emeseh, Anna Zalik, Emem Okon, Isaac Asume Osuoka. In May 2026, the International Working Group (IWG) on Petroleum Pollution and Just Transition in the Niger Delta held a week of activities that included a town hall meeting and engagement ...

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Advancing climate resilience through AI, geophysics, and geotechnics

Adedibu Sunny Akingboye EUC recently welcomed Dr. Adedibu Sunny Akingboye as a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellow, collaborating with Dr. Adeyemi Olusola on interdisciplinary research that integrates geotechnical engineering, artificial intelligence, and environmental systems. His work focuses on understanding how climate-related hazards, particularly flooding, influence both surface and subsurface conditions, shaping ...

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Public meeting with farmers from the Azapa Valley. March 2026. I was invited to listen to the discussion about the communal development plan.

Ethnic political identities, multicultural policies, and land rights in Northern Chile

by Ximena Cecilia Martinez Trabucco The materiality of land is ductile, not simply because tectonic forces shift the Earth’s plates or because the interaction of water and soil continuously reshapes the landscape, but because land acquires different valences and uses across time and among different actors. Under Dr. Carlota McAllister’s ...

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EUC UG fair participating students and assessor standing together for a picture.

EUC hosts first undergraduate research fair

Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Lisa Phillips, conversing with Gurneet Singh about her research. The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) hosted its first Undergraduate Research Fair on March 18th, 2026, at 91ÑÇÉ«. Initiated by the Environmental and Urban Change Students’ Association (EUCSA) led by Gurneet Singh, the fair ...

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Black woman working in community garden.

Growing Black food sovereignty in Toronto

by Patricia F. Walker, PhD Student, Environmental Studies On February 23, 2026, the EUC community came together to celebrate Black History Month and to learn about the work of Nicole Jacobs, Aaron Joseph, and Charlyn Ellis, MES students and leaders in the food justice and Black food sovereignty movement in ...

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A large black and yellow swallowtail butterfly rests with its wings spread open on a cluster of green grapes.

Farm decisions, policy tools, and wild bee conservation

by Briann Dorin, EUC postdoctoral researcher Briann Dorin at the Guelph Organic Conference in January. Pollinators play a vital role in agricultural landscapes by pollinating both wild and cultivated flowering plants, facilitating plant reproduction and contributing to the yield and quality of many major food crops. However, recent assessments across ...

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The Canadian flag waves on a flagpole overlooking a vast valley and a range of snow-capped mountains.

Refugee dreams and realities: Interrogating the ruralization of refugee resettlement

Research team and report co-authors: Jennifer Hyndman, Bronwyn Bragg and Lynn Biorklund. In a recent International Geographical Union (IGU) meeting convened by the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems and held at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Manila in December 2025, EUC Professor Jennifer Hyndman presented a ...

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A large offshore oil platform sits in a calm body of water under a clear blue sky.

Decision-making processes and outcomes on offshore oil exploratory drilling and marine protected areas

Project co-leads: Gail Fraser (91ÑÇÉ«, ON), Angela Carter (Memorial, NL), and Joanne Ellis (Waikato, NZ). Call for bids, acreage release, rights issuance, and block offers are different phrases that describe when parcels of ocean floor are identified as potential areas for oil and gas exploration. If a company has a ...

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An aerial view of a large industrial shipyard along a waterfront, featuring massive white warehouses and construction cranes.

Military spending, profitability, and economic dynamics

by Joshua J. Watterton, EUC PhD candidate Joshua Waterton As global military spending and production surge, war bells again ring.[1],[2] In fact, military spending has risen steadily over the past 25 years, at the global level and in the case of many individual countries.[3] This spending is unevenly distributed across ...

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