Welcome to the September 2022 edition of the EUC Research Update聽 - bringing you highlights from research activities at 91亚色's Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change. We invite you to view our past updates on our Research News page. Research Spotlights This month鈥檚 Research Spotlights feature EUC undergraduate students who were awarded NSERC & EUC […]
by Trevor Doe This summer I was honoured to be one of four undergraduate students within the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change to receive an inaugural EUC Undergraduate Research Award (EUCURA). This award allowed me to work directly with Professor Martha Stiegman on her 鈥淧olishing the Chain: Treaty Relations in Toronto鈥 seminar series, as […]
by Madison Downer-Bartholomew Forest fires are a frequent and natural disturbance within the boreal forest. The diversity of the boreal is largely the result of these fires that are varied in frequency, intensity, size, shape, and season. Fire behavior in the boreal varies from intense crown fires to slow moving ground fires, depending on factors […]
by Ashraf Hutchcraft Learning that I was selected for one of聽EUC's Undergraduate Research Awards (EUCURA)聽to work with Professor聽Gail Fraser on research of cormorants was a welcome surprise!聽 I went into this project with no previous experience in field work, and an expectation of what it would be like.聽 Throughout the summer months that we were […]
The housing 鈥渃risis鈥 has created an opportunity of a 鈥渞eset鈥 to stabilize the Greater Toronto Area鈥檚 housing market and development pathway. by Mark Winfield A defining feature of discussions around housing in the Greater Toronto Area over the past few years has been the notion of an affordability 鈥榗risis,鈥 as housing prices rose dramatically. Spillover […]
by Claire O'Hagan Permafrost is permanently frozen ground, and is critical to the ecosystem health and function in northern landscapes. It is important for maintaining the stability of the soil, as well as the welfare of the organisms that inhabit northern areas. Permafrost thaw, ongoing as a result of anthropogenic climate change, has increased the […]
by Murat Ucoglu and Ute Lehrer During his provincial election victory speech on June 2, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he aimed to build more housing to make the housing market more 鈥渁ttainable鈥 for everyone. Although most people probably didn鈥檛 pay close attention to the specific choice of words Ford used during his speech, it鈥檚 alarming […]
A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat Gardens for Native Pollinators is an inspiring and practical guide that will help gardeners create habitats full of life and learn about what is needed to take action to support and protect pollinators By Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla Native, or 鈥渨ild鈥 bees 鈥 that is, bees that occur naturally […]
by Roger Keil, Philip Harrison and Xuefei Ren During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese cities have repeatedly imposed lockdowns following their central government鈥檚 stubborn pursuit of Zero-COVID. But lockdowns weren鈥檛 limited to authoritarian regimes such as China. Many democracies also imposed some form of lockdowns to curb the virus transmission. How effective were they? Was it worth […]
Sharing local elephant knowledge to enhance human-wildlife coexistence by Stephanie Bell What local ecological knowledge (LEK) exists in relation to the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Botswana communities? How will LEK aid in mitigating human-wildlife resource competition? The research project 鈥淓xploring Local Elephant Knowledge in the Boteti River Region, Botswana鈥 addresses these questions. Recent […]