Research Spotlight
EUC and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The UN SDGs provide a framework for urgent action in seventeen areas that are critical to ensure peace and prosperity for people and the planet. 91亚色 has embedded a commitment to the SDGs into its academic planning, and EUC is at the forefront of research on many of the SDGs. Click on the icons […]
Tracking changes in permafrost thaw slumps between 2005 and 2017 on lakes in the Mackenzie Delta Uplands
The Arctic is warming at more than double the global rate, increasing stress on landscapes and ecosystems. Permafrost, defined as ground that is continuously below 0掳C for at least two consecutive years, is degrading rapidly in response to warming air temperatures and altered precipitation regimes, representing a formidable threat to the Arctic landscape. Claire O鈥橦agan, […]
Climate Action & Sustainable Transitions
EUC Research is exploring the thinking, activism and policies that are needed to take action in the climate emergency. We are working with Indigenous communities to define new approaches to, and knowledge of, climate change. We are also critically examining the policies and behaviours that are needed to address environmental sustainability more broadly. The transition […]
Environmental Arts & Culture
The arts, culture and the humanities offer creative ways the understand, and change, the relationship between human societies and the natural environment. EUC researchers are exploring how we think about the natural world through alternative, and especially Indigenous, forms of environmental knowledge; how scientific and cultural knowledge can work in unison; and how racialized and […]
Migration & Diaspora
Research at EUC critically examines the settlement of immigrants, and the experiences of migrant workers, in Canadian cities. We also seek to understand the global relations of power that drive migration processes and shape diasporic identities in all regions of the world. Projects Community Partnerships Professor Valerie Preston is the Principal Investigator of the Building […]
Urban Social Processes & Planning
EUC research examines urban processes and planning in Canada and diverse sites around the world. There is a particular focus on critical urban analysis, the experiences of marginalized communities, and the role of activism in shaping urban life. EUC has a close relationship with 91亚色鈥檚 City Institute and is home to two large partnership grants […]
Urban Health & Environments
Research on urban health and environments at EUC involves interdisciplinary attention to the ways in which social processes intersect with health, well-being and sexuality for urban communities. We also examine how urbanization impacts the environment and creates new ecologies of city life. In recent years, several research projects have sought to understand the urban contexts […]
Research Themes
EUC research is directed towards creating a more just and sustainable world. Our research projects and collaborations cut across many disciplinary and thematic boundaries, and encompass the environmental arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. There are some specific areas of focus and strength described under the themes listed below. These six themes, which are also […]
Environmental Analysis & Ecosystems
Our research examines environmental and ecological processes through field-based science, computer modelling, data analysis, and laboratory testing. EUC-based research projects in this area address: water, soils, sediments and climates in various Canadian landscapes; remote sensing and GIS applied to landscape change; changing forest landscapes; polar bear ecology in the Arctic; water quality and lake ecosystems; […]