Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Functioning and resilient infrastructure projects are the foundation for successful communities, but our infrastructure and industries must be continuously re-imagined and upgraded. Goal 9 ensures the promotion of innovative sustainable technologies and equal and universal access to information and financial markets, which are paramount to the socio-economic inclusion of all. EUC is engaged in an array of infrastructure projects dedicated to improving community outcomes locally and globally.
Accessibility audit of 91亚色鈥檚 Keele Campus
MahtotGebresselassie along with an MES Planning Student of Transportation Policy and Planning, conducted an audit of 91亚色's Keele Campus. In the social model of disability, it is the built environment that has a disabling effect on individuals with impairment. Its inaccessibility limits disabled individuals鈥 access to education, employment, healthcare, entertainment, political participation, and many other aspects of life. This audit identified a built environment of a university campus plagued with inconsistent paving, inaccessible street furnishings, and improper waste handling.
Multi-institutional research team led by 91亚色 finds innovative ways of tracking polar bears in the Arctic
A multi-institutional research team led by 91亚色 has developed and tested three different 鈥淏urr on Fur鈥 prototypes to study their effectiveness in studying and tracking polar bears. The lead author of the paper and researcher at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science Biology Department,聽,聽and co-author Professor聽, Sustainable Environmental Management Coordinator at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, expect the advancements in remote tracking technologies to empower managers and stakeholders to make more informed decisions regarding the ongoing conservation of polar bears by helping identify critical habitats and explain shifting movement patterns.
Climate Solutions Park
The (CSP) is a testament to EUC鈥檚 dedication to tackling the climate crisis through innovative infrastructure solutions. With a focus on community-based agriculture, renewable energy, electric mobility, First Nations knowledge, sustainable construction, eco-tourism, and experiential learning, the Climate Solutions Park is providing students with the physical infrastructure they need become global change-makers. The CSP is an environmental park, living-lab and a community leadership institute developing and showcasing the most innovative and efficient solutions to the climate emergency.
Rethinking Canada鈥檚 competition policy in the digital economy should deal with Big Tech
Understanding the broad impacts of web-based technologies is critical to building more sustainable and prosperous societies. investigates digital & data economies in Canada, and advocates for Canada to challenge its relationship with Big Tech by looking towards EU regulations on exploitative digital platforms. Birch鈥檚 work is helping create online infrastructure that is more equitable and better serves society.
The Role of Informal Networks in the Protection of Public Transport in Nairobi
PhD dissertation uses a combination of qualitative methods (storytelling, interviews, social network mapping) to better understand the web of informal networks in the matatu industry leading to the understanding of how prevention and preparedness is employed for protection. The research area is in the city of Nairobi, Kenya, a significant economic regional hub in East Africa and the continent at large and has the largest number of registered matatu vehicles as the main passenger transport service.
Sand and stone materials mining in the Jeneberang River in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wendy de Loera鈥檚 dissertation explores the extractive industry of river sand and stone materials by drawing on empirical research in the Jeneberang river in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Her research focuses on a local/regional case of river sand and stone materials extraction that could be considered as 鈥榗ommon鈥 when compared to documented cases of sand mining that entail massive extraction for international markets and its global trade. It is 鈥榦rdinary鈥 in the sense that mining of sand and stones in the Jeneberang river takes place for supplying construction materials to the nearest cities for their further urbanization, and the estimated volumes extracted are in line with this demand. The case explored in her dissertation is representative of many other experiences with river sand and stones mining around the world.
The future of cities in the wake of the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed global infrastructure weaknesses, including here in Toronto. For example, with the new realization of a spreadable virus, residents became more attuned to how narrow the sidewalks are, and the car-centric planning of neighbourhoods. EUC researchers such as and are actively reimagining Toronto infrastructure to better serve its residents - a Toronto with less of an emphasis on cars, and better public transit.
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