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Accolades and Awards

Congratulations to Linda Peake on being awarded the for her scholarly contributions to feminist and urban geographies, and for a career dedicated to extending equity, diversity and inclusion at her institution and across the discipline of geography. Peake’s four decades of scholarship have spanned feminist, social and urban geography, studies of race and racism, and mental health. Her early research was focused on feminist urban geography and led to co-edited volumes such as Women, Human Settlements, and Housing (1987) and Women in Cities (1988). In the 1990s, her perspective broadened to include race and sexuality and engaged the idea of intersectionality, a hallmark of Peake’s scholarship, long before this term came to be commonly used and understood in geography. Peake has also helped shape these fields through her editorship of Gender, Place and Culture (GPC), Social and Cultural Geography and as associate editor on the AAG Encyclopedia. See coverage.

EUC is part of 91��ɫ's which aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, global research excellence and world-class training opportunities towards advancing 91��ɫ’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The 3-year project, Geomatics for Analyzing Climate Change Effects on Ecosystems and Human Populations, led by Tarmo Remmel, aims to examine the shifting trajectory of climate change and its impacts in Canada, beginning with investigations across boreal regions and their impacts on large urban centres.

The interdisciplinary team (which includes Katie Kish, Jennifer Korosi, Eric Miller, Justin Podur, and Joshua Thienpont from EUC) draws on expertise from across ecohydrology, limnology, forestry, biogeography, wildlife biology, urban pollution modelling, methodological expertise in geomatics, and leadership in sustainability analytics. The cluster involves collaborating researchers from the Faculties of Lassonde, Science and LA&PS, and is in line with UN SDG 13 on Climate Action.

Jose Etcheverry is also part of Lassonde's School of Engineering CIRC project on Social and Business Implications of Introducing Micro-mobility Vehicles (at 91��ɫ) Implications for Disruptive Technologies and Experiential Education led by Andrew Maxwell, with co-PIs Marina Freire-Gormaly, Lassonde School of Engineering, Pilar F Carbonell (LA&PS), and Manos Papangelis, Lassonde School of Engineering. The project is in line with UN SDG 10 on Reduced Inequality.

Along with colleagues from LAPS and AMPD (Patrick Alcedo, Dance; Marissa Largo, Visual Arts; Ethel Tungohan, Politics) Philip Kelly was awarded a grant to support the  at 91��ɫ in 2023. The grant will support student awards and stipends, visiting speakers from the Philippines, cultural events, and enriched acquisitions at the 91��ɫ Library. 91��ɫ is one of a select group of universities worldwide to receive such support, alongside NYU, Michigan, London/SOAS and others.

Luisa Sotomayor with graduate student Akanee Yamaki received a grant for their project on "FairbnbTO: De-financializing housing through platform cooperative innovation." The research internship will identify opportunities and challenges to establishing and growing a sustainable revenue stream to help Kensington Community Land Trust to support, protect, and increase affordable housing in Kensington market.

The collaborative project will also identify challenges and opportunities enabling residents in Kensington market and nearby areas to supplement their income by renting space in their own homes as Fairbnb.coop hosts and prioritizing young working adults, seniors, and racialized residents; demonstrating a sustainable and replicable model for raising revenues for community land trusts in Toronto and other Canadian cities facing housing affordability crisis; building awareness around community land trusts and co-operative models through host and guest networks; and ensuring short-term rentals in Kensington market and nearby neighbourhoods do not remove long-term housing stock from the market.

included Patricia Wood's co-authored book (co-authored with 91��ɫ Geography PhD alumnus David Rossiter). The book investigates Aboriginal claims to Crown land – to reframe the issue as a history of Crown attempts to solidify claims to Indigenous territory. The book puts critical human geography at the service of the goal of educating Canadians about the history of settler colonialism by demonstrating that understanding different conceptualizations of land and territorialization is a key element of meaningful reconciliation.

The Hill Times list also featured , edited by John Peter and Don Wells, featuring chapters co-authored by Philip Kelly and Steven Tufts.

Publications and Reports

Ali, S.H., Connolly, C., and Keil, R. (2022). . John Wiley and Sons.

Baltruszewicz, M., Steinberger, J.K., Paavola, J., Ivanova, D., Brand-Correa, L.I., and Owen, A. (2023). . Ecological Economics, Volume 205, 2023,107686, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107686.

Birch, K., & Ward, C. (2022).  Dialogues in Human Geography, 0(0). 

Biorklund, L. and Hyndman, J. (2022). . In Routledge Book of Immigration and Refugee Studies. 2nd Edition. 348-357.

Coleman, K. and Korosi, J. (2023). ', http://hdl.handle.net/10315/39723.

Coppella, L., Flicker, S., and Goldstein, A. (2023). . Wellbeing, Space and Society. Volume 4, 100117.

Das, R. (2022). . Critical Sociology, 0(0).

Gebresselassie, M. (2022). Transportation Research Record, 0(0).

Hughes, A.C., Tougeron, K., Martin, D.A., Menga, F., Rosado, B. HP, Villasante, S., Madgulkar, S., Gonçalves, F., Geneletti, D., Diele-Viegas, L.M., Berger, S., Colla, S.R., de Andrade Kamimura, V., Caggiano, H., Melo, F., Guilherme de Oliveira Dias, M., Elke Kellner, E., and Vitor do Couto, E. (2023). Biological Conservation, Volume 277, Elsevier. January, 109841.

McGregor, D. (2023). . Osgoode Digital Commons.

Phelps, N. A., Maginn, P. J., & Keil, R. (2022). . Urban Studies, 0(0).

Kipfer, S. (2023). Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 262.

March, L. and Lehrer, U. (2022). . Urban Planning, 7(4), 352-363.

Norcliffe, G. et al. (2023). 1st Edition. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group.

Olusola, A.O. and Adelabu, S. (2022). . In: Naddeo, V., Choo, KH., Ksibi, M. (eds) Water-Energy-Nexus in the Ecological Transition. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. .

Olusola, A.O., Adedeji, O., Akpoterai, L., Ogunjo, S.T., Olusegun, C.F., Adelabu, S. (2022).. In: Dubey, S.K., Jha, P.K., Gupta, P.K., Nanda, A., Gupta, V. (eds) Soil-Water, Agriculture, and Climate Change. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 113. Springer, Cham.

Pasternak, S., Cowen, D., Clifford, R., Joseph, T., Scott, D.N., Spice, A., Stark, H.K. (2022). . Political Geography. 102763.

Saad, A. (2022). . Fernwood Publishing.

Smyth, A. (2022). . Antipode.

Terry, M. and Hewson, M. (2022). . Lexington Books. Rowman & Littlefield.

Terry, M. (2023). . Palgrave Studies in Media & Environmental Communication. Palgrave, Macmillan.

Victor, P.A. (2023). New Society Publishers.

Wood, P.B. and Rossiter, D. (2022). . UBC Press.

Events and Media Coverage

EUC has launched its winter research seminar series on FOOD SOVEREIGNTY NOW! Indigenous Perspectives on Seed Sovereignty. Organized by Martha Stiegman and co-sponsored with SeedChange and 91��ɫ's Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages (CIKL), Indigenous seed keepers, activists and scholars discuss the importance of seeds and biodiversity in Indigenous food systems, and share their work that strengthen Indigenous seed sovereignty. The on January 19th featured Dr. Priscilla Settee (University of Saskatchewan), Alejandro Argumedo (Swift Foundation), and Kahehtoktha Janice Brant (Kenhte:ke Seed Sanctuary & Learning Centre). The on Intellectual Property Regimes, Seed Laws & Farmers’ Rights will be held on February 9 featuring Marvin Gómez (Honduras) SeedChange, Mamadou Goita (Mali) - IRPAD and Larissa Packer (Brazil) GRAIN.

Distinguished Professor of , Dr Ted Jojola (University of New Mexico) visited EUC this January, to share his work on Placeknowing and Rematriation: Indigenous Design and Planning. Throughout his research career, Prof. Jojola has published on Indigenous community development, education, planning and architecture, building an approach that unites place-based cultures and Indigenous agency towards a better understanding of the significance of life in Indigenous planning.

A champion of the 7 Generation Model as a tool to understand reciprocal learning, Prof. Jojola aims to shape meaningful dialogue and better outcomes for our collective futures. The 7 Generation Model challenges contemporary norms in planning, which often focus on time-based targets, and instead prioritizes a framework that values the continuity of life. This allows for ancestral learning to inform the present to build a collective vision for the future.

Mark Terry launched two books on January 20th at the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto. (2022), edited by Mark Terry and Michael Hewson, provides the latest scholarship on the various methods and approaches being used by environmental humanists to incorporate geomedia into their research and analyses.  (2023) examines the methods and approaches currently being taken by the global community of youth in influencing environmental policymakers of the United Nations.

Stefan Kipfer was recently joined by University of Toronto Professor of Geography and Planning, Kanishka Goonewardena, and 91��ɫ Professor of Politics Laam Hae for a discussion of his book (2023). In the book, Kipfer shows how the struggles over pipelines in Canada, housing estates in France, and shanty towns in Martinique force us to understand the (neo-)colonial aspects of capitalist urbanization in a comparative and historically nuanced fashion. After a detailed dialogue between Henri Lefebvre and Frantz Fanon, Kipfer engages creole literature in the French Antilles, Indigenous radicalism in North America and political anti-racism in mainland France.

Stefan Kipfer and Luisa Sotomayor penned an article titled "" in The Bullet noting the housing crisis in Canada, particularly in metropolitan regions such as Toronto. The authors provide evidence of the crisis and how it has grown based on available mainstream accounts. Though measures have been implemented to mitigate or confront the housing crisis - the authors noted that “increasing the housing supply” has become the only widely audible recipe offered in response to the housing crisis in Ontario and British Columbia.

New episodes of the hosted by Justin Podur explore: the attempted coup in Brazil; Germany before World War 1; the 1905 Russian Revolution; the Russo-Japanese War of 1905; the overthrow of Peru's president; and Russia in 1900. The podcast discusses diverse topics (war, occupations, coups, ecology, education) united by a celebration of people and the planet, opposition to Empire, and the idea that understanding and learning can make a better world.

Mark Winfield shared his analysis of in The Conversation/National Post. In this article, Winfield pointed out that Bill 39 which was passed in late 2022 by the Government of Ontario allows mayors of Toronto and Ottawa to pass bylaws related to provincial 'priorities'. One of such priority is providing 1.5 million new homes to address the shortage of housing. However, the bill has put in jeopardy the province’s land-use planning and local governance structures in favour of development interests.