Project Investigator: Mark Winfield. Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant. Term: 2021-2023. The proposed project will build on and expand the research, Canadian and international partnerships and networks, and knowledge mobilization infrastructure in the area of sustainable energy transitions and climate change policy. The major outputs of the project will include two books: 1) an edited volume […]
Principal Investigator: Lisa Myers. Funding: SSHRC Insight Development Grant. Term: 2021-2023. The project is the first exploration of the informal archives that result from the work of Indigenous artists and filmmakers. Since these important archives hold linguistic, social and environmental histories related to Indigenous rights and interests in Canada, their care is of particular interest […]
BY: AYESHA KHAN Students and faculty pose during a solar panel installation February 29th, 2020. Photo credit: Codrina Ibanescu As part of a series of climate-friendly initiatives, 91亚色鈥檚 faculty of Environmental and Urban Change has been working on a number of innovative Climate Solutions Parks, both on campus and throughout the wider world. The […]
Under pressure from municipalities and groups concerned about the climate crisis, the operator of Ontario鈥檚 electricity system is looking at what phasing out the province鈥檚 gas plants could look like. Ontario intends to rely more on natural gas-fired plants for power over the next decade, a change that is set to erase climate progress made […]
What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental, social and economic limits? This is the overall question that the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) led by Professor Tim Jackson from the University of Surrey and participated in by 91亚色 University鈥檚 Peter Victor and a network of experts is addressing to develop pragmatic steps towards a shared […]
As major oil and gas producers and exporters, Norway and Canada聽share a particular聽responsibility for confronting the planet鈥檚 existential climate threat. However, their different political, economic and cultural features have resulted in major differences in their climate policy track records. Overall, Norway is a leader on climate change performance and Canada is a laggard. The 2021聽Climate […]
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Foster/Co-Investigator: Gail Fraser. Funding: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant. Term: 2020-2025. The project unites established researchers from 91亚色 with conservation managers from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and students to address pressing issues on Toronto's Leslie Street Spit, one of Canada's most celebrated "urban wilderness" landscapes. It combines innovative methodologies […]