by Mark Winfield Major wars are often watershed moments in history. Their outcomes define governance structures, politics and policy directions for decades, even centuries, to come. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine already seems certain to have these kinds of effects at the national, regional and global scales. The invasion has quickly come to dominate political and […]
The 15-minute city urban development is an approach which comprises compact and transit-oriented development, mixed-use, smart and strategic growth. It focuses on meeting all the requirements that a person would need within a 15- to 20-minute radius of their household. The main goal of Mariyan Boychev’s MES major paper is to appraise the adoption of […]
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children - Native American Proverb What factors contribute to the vulnerability of Canadian children and youth to climate change? How can education and other factors enhance and promote their adaptive capacity? To what extent is Canada’s education system enhancing students’ climate […]
by Wesley Wu The Boreal Disturbance Database (BorealDB) is a spatial database constructed by Ouellette et al (2020) to map wildfire and timber harvesting disturbances within Ontario’s Managed Area (MA). Forest disturbances, such as wildfires and timber harvests, are ecological processes within forested landscapes that are intrinsic to the history and development of boreal forests. […]
This calendar lists some of the most commonly held competitions in Canada and abroad. It is not a comprehensive listing as new opportunities are continually announced throughout the year. Unless otherwise, the Office of Research Services as with the Faculty has a standard internal deadline date of 10 business days to review applications in advance of […]
by Balikisu Osman Some of the critical discussions in the rural development research literature highlight the desirability and liabilities of conducting fieldwork as an insider versus an outsider. The argument is that a researcher’s immerse familiarity with research setting by birth or personal ties (as an insider) permits ease access, understanding, empathy, and integration of […]
by Kafia Abdulkader I grew up with a passion for film and television, and popular culture. However, I never saw people that looked like me represented in mainstream media. Instead, those who occupy a similar social location to me were often put in positions of servitude, their identities pathologized, and a site of ridicule. The […]
by Jane Lumumba As the urban population in African cities rapidly grows at an average of 4.5% per year, the need to provide sustainable solutions to urban transport and mobility becomes critical. It is in this regard, that I have developed a keen interest in informal public transport across African cities in particular the ‘matatu’ […]
Increasingly, governments at both ends of the migration cycle recognize the value of (im)migrants, and are finding ways to support them for their respective national interest. Generally, countries of origin, especially in Africa, seek to attract their diasporic talents and resources back home for national development, just as countries of destination (e.g., Canada) are using […]
by Araby Smyth I am a feminist economic geographer working as Post-Doctoral Visitor at the City Institute at 91ÑÇÉ«. My latest research is with the SSHRC funded GenUrb project (Urbanization, Gender, and the Global South: A Transformative Knowledge Network). Briefly put, GenUrb seeks to produce new knowledge about urban place making that addresses the […]