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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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EUC undergraduate students tackle focused research with faculty members

Each year, the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) awards up to four Environmental and Urban Change Undergraduate Research Awards (EUCURA) to EUC students. The EUCURA provides students with hands-on experience and one-on-one mentoring in the research process through a focused research project with faculty members. Each EUCURA is ...

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Visual Arts after Indenture: Examining the visual arts produced by descendants of indentured workers

by Emily Ghaemmaghami Emily Ghaemmaghami, BES Honours, Environmental Arts & Justice This summer, I was honoured to receive the EUC Undergraduate Research Award (EUCURA), which gave me a chance to immerse myself in hands-on research, examining and exploring Indo-Caribbean art and artists.  Under the supervision of Professor Andil Gosine, I ...

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Promoting mental health through peer education theatre

by Colin Maitland Colin Maitland, BES, Cities, Regions and Planning My EUCURA research evaluated the impact of TMI: Theatre Making Impact (formerly SExT: Sex Education by Theatre) on youth peer educators/performers. TMI is a theatre-based, peer education participatory action research project that engages youth on topics relating to sexual and ...

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Multi-proxy assessment of climate change impacts on Lake Nipigon using lake sediments

by Kira Jordun Kira Jordun, BA Honours, Global Geography With an area of approximately 4,848 square kilometers, Lake Nipigon is the largest water body entirely within the borders of the province of Ontario and serves as a major headwater to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway system. Sometimes referred to as ...

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Enhancing downstream hydraulic geometry measurements in the Black Creek River Basin, Toronto, Canada

by Mereille James Introduction Figure 1. Black Creek River channel at a few of the study reaches. This project examined the downstream hydraulic geometry (DHG) of the Black Creek River Basin under the supervision of Professor Adeyemi Olusola. The research focused on understanding how channel width, depth, velocity, and grain ...

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Black Creek Basin

Modeling urban runoff: Uncovering hydrologic changes in the Black Creek Basin with HEC-HMS

By Katherine Tse Katherine Tse Introduction The Humber River Catchment (HRC), covering around 900 square kilometers, is the largest catchment managed by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). Rapid urban development to accommodate population growth will likely impact the catchment's hydrology, sparking concerns about its resilience and response to ...

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Comparing trail camera images with passive acoustic monitoring to measure predator disturbances in a double-crested cormorant colony at Tommy Thompson Park

by Meetkumar Patel Meetkumar at Tommy Thompson Park holding a trail camera with a cormorant colony in the background. For my EUCURA research project, I studied predator disturbance events at a ground-nesting double-crested cormorant colony at Tommy Thompson Park with Professor Gail Fraser. It is important to understand predation because it ...

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Land use/land cover dynamics and land surface temperature in the Humber River Catchment

by Jasper Wong Jasper Wong The Humber River Catchment (HRC) is an essential area within Lake Ontario’s basin. Covering 900 km^2, it houses over 850,000 residents and stands as the largest area overseen by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). As urban development and population growth influence the HRC, ...

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Kakisa Lake

Bioindicators of legacy arsenic ecotoxicity in Yellowknife lakes impacted by historic gold mining operations

Altrisha Rodrigues by Altrisha Rodrigues In the early 1950s, the City of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories was the site of a booming gold mining industry. Giant Mine, located 5 km north of the city, produced thousands of ounces of gold by roasting vast amounts of arsenopyrite ore, resulting in ...

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