The Jane Finch Community Research Partnership (JFCRP) was established in 2016 through collaborative engagement between members of the Jane Finch community and 91亚色 faculty and librarians. Academic research and journalism about Jane Finch have often stigmatized the community, emphasizing needs rather than assets while ignoring community members鈥 agency, creativity, and activism. Extractive research without […]
by Joseph Mensah Abstract: Blacks are the primary scapegoats for the maladies of the world. This might sound melodramatic to those who are privileged enough to steer clear of this reality. The piece does not offer a definitive answer to the tripartite riddle of why Blacks are dying more than the rest, why they are […]
What are the conditions necessary to successfully graduate School of Community Services and social justice students into leaders in social innovation and social entrepreneurship? What are the conditions necessary for industry partners to successfully support community members from marginalized lived experienced groups to generate their own social enterprises or social innovative projects? What was successful […]
Being in science and technology means to never stop asking questions, challenge the status quo, take your research to the next level, and lead others to follow their passions. Being a physical geographer means being part of a diverse background of knowledge and research, and inspiring future geographers through leadership and personal experiences. On February […]
by Kathy L. Young The pandemic has changed much in a very short time, and we have all had to adapt in myriad ways, large and small. The word that comes to my mind is 鈥減ivot鈥. Distilleries have pivoted from bottling gin to bottling hand sanitizer, fine-dining has shifted to make-it-yourself-dining, and live theatre exists […]
February 27 is International Polar Bear Day and in celebration of the event, we feature Gregory Thiemann whose research focuses on the ecology of polar bears and other Arctic carnivores, as well as the effects of climate change on food web dynamics. With a Killam/NSERC postdoctoral fellowship and a PhD in Biology from Dalhousie University, […]
It is with mixed feelings that we received news about the retirement of Professor Lewis Molot who joined then Faculty of Environmental Studies (now Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change) in 1990. Over the next 30 years, Professor Molot鈥檚 research interests have been on aquatic systems have included research topics of interests such as acidification, […]
By Dayna Nadine Scott, Deborah Cowen, and David Peerla The infrastructure crises that have plagued Neskantaga First Nation for decades have reached a terrifying breaking point. On Oct. 21, the northern Anishinaabe community鈥檚 ailing water systems once again failed completely, and this time in the context of the global coronavirus pandemic. With no running water flowing […]
By Valerie Preston and Marshia Akbar The number of foreign students in Canada continues to grow rapidly. Canada was the destination for 7% of the world鈥檚 international students in 2017, one of the top three countries that host large shares of international students in comparison to their total higher education populations. The flow of international […]
Professor Traci Warkentin鈥檚 interdisciplinary work examines the intersections of experiential learning, place/context, environmental ethics, and human-animal relationships. Her interests in the ethical, educational, and cognitive dimensions of human-animal encounters were inspired by her experiences working at the Vancouver Aquarium during her undergraduate years having pursued a B.Sc. in Honours in Biology from UBC, an M.A. […]