SDG 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:02:30 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Jurisdiction Back: Infrastructure beyond Extractivism /euc/research-project/jurisdiction-back-infrastructure-beyond-extractivism/ Sun, 16 Jun 2024 07:06:00 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-project&p=6150 Co-Principal Investigators: Dayna Nadine Scott and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Funding: SSHRC Partnership Grant Term: 2021-2027 Resource conflicts and legal uncertainties have dominated the political landscape over the last decade; conflicts over extraction and its infrastructures have intensified, catalyzing a fierce Indigenous resurgence. As the research team conceived this project, hereditary leaders were blocking a pipeline […]

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Wheelchair users’ perspectives on transportation services hailed through Uber and Lyft applications /euc/research-spotlight/wheelchair-users-perspective-on-transportation-service-hailed-through-uber-and-lyft-applications/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:33:12 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=22863 by Mahtot Gebresselassie Numerous lawsuits have been filed against transportation network companies (TNCs) Uber and Lyft for lack of disabled accessibility of the transportation service they facilitate, with some of the lawsuits focusing on wheelchair accessibility. The research question that drives this study is: What are the perceptions, experiences, and preferences of wheelchair users regarding […]

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Research supports women’s health and economic empowerment towards COVID-19 recovery /euc/research-spotlight/research-supports-womens-health-and-economic-empowerment-towards-covid-19-recovery/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:56:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=22922 The University of Ghana and 91ɫ have partnered in an IDRC Women RISE initiative supporting action-oriented and gender-transformative research on how women's health and their work intersect and interact in the context of preparedness, response and recovery from COVID-19. Women RISE is aligned with priority 3.5 of the United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery on […]

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EUC and SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions /euc/united-nations-sustainable-development-goals/sdg-16-peace-justice-and-strong-institutions/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:34:04 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?page_id=22680 Compassion and a strong moral compass is essential to every democratic society. Compassion and a strong moral compass are essential to a democratic society. SDG 16 promotes commitments to peace, global justice, and strong and inclusive institutions. EUC researchers are dedicated to building more inclusive and peaceful societies for sustainable development in Canada and around […]

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Wings of transformation: A post occupancy evaluation (POE) of India’s first gender-neutral (student) hostel /euc/research-spotlight/wings-of-transformation-a-post-occupancy-evaluation-poe-of-indias-first-gender-neutral-student-hostel/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=21702 by Chan Arun-Pina (they/them) One of the key tasks of my research/artwork is to visualize the trans potential of spaces, especially at the scale of higher education institution (HEI) and of domestic as they intersect in student housing. And, in so doing, to critically disrupt the socio-spatial reiteration of cisnormativity in urban residential landscapes. By […]

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Labour shortages a long-term problem at border crossings /euc/research-spotlight/labour-shortages-a-long-term-problem-at-border-crossings/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 01:55:00 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=20677 by Steven Tufts Airport workers are on the front lines dealing with irate passengers experiencing flight delays. The pandemic travel restrictions and testing regimes put in place were manageable when air travel was a trickle, but passenger traffic has increased significantly in recent months. The result is slow processing times at border and security checkpoints […]

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Understanding the historical, cultural, and political relevance of Indigenous Treaty Rights /euc/research-spotlight/understanding-the-historical-cultural-and-political-relevance-of-indigenous-treaty-rights/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:56:42 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=20672 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 “Polishing the Chain: Treaty Relations in Toronto” seminar series, as […]

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The Black Creek walks, talks and dances /euc/news-story/the-black-creek-walks-talks-and-dances/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:31:11 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=news-story&p=19767 A workshop on April 23 that was preceded by two walks the week earlier, highlighted through creative expression Indigenous people’s sacred connection to moving water and the earth. On Saturday, April 23, Skennen’kó:wa Gamig, the House of Great Peace, located on the Keele Campus hosted a workshop by Taǫmęˀšreˀ/Catherine Tàmmaro, seated Spotted Turtle Clan utrihǫt […]

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Novel approaches to restoring Indigenous governing authority over lands and waterways /euc/research-spotlight/novel-approaches-to-restoring-indigenous-governing-authority-over-lands-and-waterways/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:24:01 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=19200 What is the relationship between infrastructure and jurisdiction? How can remaking the material systems that sustain collective life enact Indigenous jurisdiction? How can the “just transition” to sustainable economies be imagined and infrastructured to foreground Indigenous knowledges and governance systems? These are the questions that Osgoode-EUC Professor Dayna Nadine Scott and project co-director Professor Heidi […]

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The anthropocentrism of settler colonialism and the survivance of land /euc/research-spotlight/the-anthropocentrism-of-settler-colonialism-and-the-survivance-of-land/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:25:53 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=18960 Benjamin J. Kapron studies philosophies, understandings, and ways of thinking that generate, undergird, and uphold Canadian settler colonialism, particularly regarding understandings of Land and the other-than-human beings who together compose Land (animals, plants, waters, rocks, et cetera). While dominant settler thought may commonly understand Land to be a passive material object—the ground, or an expanse […]

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