As our Faculty’s most effective ambassadors, our alumni – more than 12,000 strong – play a vital role in the University and beyond. These professionals and champions of sustainability and justice work in various roles as environmental educators, urban planners, lawyers, activists, research analysts, social advocates and more. They serve as inspiring mentors and advisors […]
About Szimbah Hanley What made you choose your program at 91ŃÇÉ«? Why did you decide on your major? I chose to pursue a post graduate degree in Environmental Studies and Education. I was inspired by the teachings of His Imperial Majesty Haile' Selassie who said: "Education is a means of sharpening the mind of […]
About Tina Garnett Tina Garnett is 6th generation Canadian, the descendent of an escape slave John Henry who arrived at the Great Lakes Black Settlement in 1831. Tina has been developing human rights based equity and inclusion policies and services with marginalized communities for over two decades. She is the current Human Rights & Inclusion […]
Ottawa, 14 January 2021—The Auditor General of Canada, Karen Hogan, has appointed Jerry V. DeMarco (MES '04) to join her executive team as Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD). Mr. DeMarco will officially step into his new role with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) on 1 February 2021. Mr. DeMarco […]
By Joanna PachnerSpecial to the Star In 2018, Toronto’s scrappy chief planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, ran for mayor on a platform of creating a more affordable, sustainable, livable city — one experienced at “the scale of a neighbourhood,” as she puts it. Last year, the pandemic largely confined us to that scale, whether we liked it or […]
Disability organizations in general “don’t talk about race, and specifically racism and anti-Black racism,” says Sadora Asefaw, who studied the experiences of Black families raising children with developmental disabilities for a master’s degree in environmental studies from 91ŃÇÉ«, and is now working on an independent digital storytelling project about how Black families and families […]
A paper out of 91ŃÇÉ« is included in a special collection of Health Promotion Practice that focuses on health engagement, knowledge and participating in Indigenous communities. A journal of the Society for Public Health Education, Health Promotion Practice has curated eight papers published in 2020 that focus on Indigenous health, and has made the collection open access. The […]
Many people want to make an impact on the world. 91ŃÇÉ« alumni are no exception. Hear from our three of our incredible Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change grads and learn how 91ŃÇÉ« was pivotal to their success. Growing up on the island of St. Lucia, Neave Constantine (BES’19) saw a country with few natural […]
Masters of Environmental Studies (MES) students at the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) participated at the annual Anita McBride Mentoring Workshop on Oct. 20, first-ever virtual offering of the event that brings students and alumni together for mentorship opportunities. The Anita McBride Mentoring Luncheon is an annual event for EUC students and alumni, historically consisting […]
Since people can't get to the animals, Farmhouse Garden Animal Home, an Uxbridge-based sanctuary co-founded by BES alumna Edith Barabash, is bringing animals to the people. Now, anyone with WiFi access can invite one of the sanctuary’s most popular attractions—Buckwheat, the 12-year-old donkey—to drop in on their Zoom meetings In the predemic times, the Farmhouse […]