Professor Mark Winfield comments on Premier Doug Ford's supposed plans to introduce legislation that would block the construction of new bike lanes if it means losing a lane for cars, buses, trucks and other traffic. Experts say the message that this sends is harmful to progress on the climate crisis. "It looks like a lot of the consensus around climate action may be collapsing precisely at the moment when the impacts are becoming more and more apparent 鈥� as we're dealing with fires and floods and extreme weather and all the rest," Winfield tells Toronto Star. Professor Patricia Wood is also quoted, weighing in on the city's climate goals, which Toronto is not on track to meet with emissions trending up rather than down. "To have the province even float the idea of reducing the possibility to create space for active transportation by prioritizing private automobiles over bike lanes is ," says Wood.

Starting Sept. 30, Ottawa households can only put out three trash containers (whether bins or bags) each curbside pickup day, down from the previous limit of six. Special bags for extra items will come at a cost. Waste Wiki co-investigator Calvin Lakhan has followed cities as they transitioned and found the system "incredibly effective" at reducing household waste. "You have to limit what people can throw away鈥� in order to incentivize recycling or reuse or waste reduction altogether," he tells CBC. "" Lakhan says the shift "absolutely" leads to illegal dumping 鈥� something bylaw officers in Ottawa are preparing for.

You have to limit what people can throw away.

Lakhan speaking to CBC

Professor Gail Fraser weighs in on a pilot program in Toronto aimed at controlling the city鈥檚 pigeon population. In May 2022, four feeders were set up dispensing food laced with OvoControl, a non-lethal and humane technology that interferes with the ability of pigeon eggs to hatch. Fraser tells CityNews that without knowing whether the pigeons are eating enough of the food for OvoControl to work.

Professor Nick Mul茅, director of the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Project, talks to 630 CHED about the first national survey on poverty in 2SLGBTQ+ communities. The survey is now open to eligible residents of Alberta. "" says Mul茅.

Fall equinox on Sept. 22 marked the official end of summer for Ontario. For most kids, it ended after Labour Day; for meteorologists, meteorological summer ended Aug. 31. If Professor Elaina Hyde had it her way, she tells InsideHalton.com, she would , which happens at the midway points between equinoxes and solstices and falls on Halloween.

To see: The "Hearts of Freedom 鈥� Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees" (HOF) exhibition is on display at the main entrance of Osgoode Hall Law School Library until Oct. 14. Excalibur reported on the exhibition, interviewing HOF creator and curator Stephanie Stobbe. "The stories from the refugees who resettled in Canada between 1975 and 1985 were very moving and inspirational. in escaping the violence and persecution to find a new home in Canada," says Stobbe. "We hope the visitors will find engaging photos with stories and interesting information that highlight the important immigration policies and programs, and the contributions of this first generation and their descendants."

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TORONTO, Nov. 30, 2020 鈥� Multi-jurisdictional, multi-municipality and diverse cities, while especially vulnerable to emerging infectious disease, can play a significant role in the public health response to pandemics like COVID-19.

An upcoming webinar, 鈥淲hy Pandemics, Such as COVID-19, Require a Metropolitan Response,鈥� hosted by 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) and NYU鈥檚 Marron Institute of Urban Management, will look at emerging evidence from New 91亚色, Wuhan, Paris, and Johannesburg. The webinar will take place on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 11 am to 12:30 pm.

Much of the world鈥檚 urban population is now part of an interconnected and extended metropolitan area across multiple local and regional jurisdictions.

鈥淚t is precisely this interconnectedness, in combination with socioeconomic diversity and inequality, that makes these metropolitan agglomerations both more vulnerable to pandemics and ultimately better able to confront them,鈥� says EUC Professor , panel moderator.

The panellists are calling for the empowerment of metropolitan governmental structures to deal with the challenges of the current pandemic and future emerging infectious disease threats.

Professor , director of the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, will open the webinar, while Keil will introduce the topic, featuring his work in Toronto.

Panellists will give 10-minute presentations focused on four metropolitan areas:

• New 91亚色: 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听, director of Urban Expansion at the聽NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management;
• Wuhan: 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University;
• Paris: Eric Huybrechts,聽Urban and Environmental planning Agency of Greater Paris Region;
• Johannesburg: 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听 of the Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, will present a commentary followed by a Q&A session.

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TORONTO, March 17, 2016 鈥� Humans are leaving their mark on Earth and it鈥檚 not pretty. Many scientists are now calling this period in time the Anthropocene because of the effect of human activities on the planet鈥檚 geology, climate and ecosystems. And cities have become one of the major forces driving the impact.

David Miller

What can be done to mitigate the effects? A panel of experts at 91亚色, including former Toronto mayor David Miller, will address that question at the (FES) Navigating the Anthropocene speaker series, 鈥淧lanning in the Anthropocene,鈥� Tuesday, March 22.

Panellists will discuss the role of cities in shaping the Anthropocene, as well as the role that careful planning can play in reducing the human effect. They will also discuss the major barriers 鈥� institutional, political, economic and behavioral 鈥� to achieving desired reductions and how they can be addressed.

When: Tuesday, March 22, from 1 to 2:30pm

Where: 140 Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, Keele campus, 91亚色. (See number 31 on the .)

Panellists:

• Chair David Miller, president & CEO, World Wildlife Fund Canada
• , FES Faculty, 91亚色
• Franz Hartmann, executive director, Toronto Environmental Alliance
• Faisal Moola, director general, Ontario and Northern Canada, David Suzuki Foundation

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