Jennifer Foster, professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and chair of the new Task Force on Sustainability Research, invites members of the 91亚色 community to submit expressions of interest to join the new Task Force on Sustainability Research. 鈥淲e are eager to support the development of initiatives that will help continue to build the […]
91亚色 Vice-President聽Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅 announces the appointment of Jennifer Foster, professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, to chair of the new Task Force on Sustainability Research. 鈥淚 am delighted that Professor Foster has accepted the opportunity to chair the Task Force on Sustainability Research. At 91亚色, we are eager to support the […]
91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) Summer Institute 2012 is hosting a one-day event 鈥 Reclaiming Culture: Art, Equity and Environmental Education 鈥 through the Community Arts Practice (CAP) program designed to explore everything from oral history and performance to 'zines, drawing and painting. This Academic Innovation Fund project will take place on Thursday, Aug. […]
Las Nubes: Conservation in the Cloud Forests of Costa Rica, a new book by two 91亚色 graduate students, tells the story of the Las Nubes Biological Reserve through stunning photos and accompanying text, from its 91亚色 beginnings until today. 鈥淟as Nubes is Spanish for 鈥榯he clouds鈥, and Las Nubes Biological Reserve is a place where […]
In the fall, the 91亚色 community discussed and debated the political relevance and literary qualities of Michael Crummey鈥檚 Galore as the winning book in FES Reads! Next Tuesday, the author will read and discuss his own book. Galore and Beyond: A Reading and Discussion will take place Feb. 14, from 12:45 to 2pm, at 140 […]
Environmental studies PhD candidate Andrew Mark knows what鈥檚 it鈥檚 like to have a long commute to campus, but he tries to use this time productively by thinking about and listening to podcasts. In fact, he likes podcasts so much, he and a fellow student have created a podcast series he hopes other 91亚色 commuters will […]
Research Month this February will celebrate the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Every Wednesday throughout the month, Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring the University鈥檚 faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by to learn what they are up to. "Research Month provides an opportunity for the 91亚色 community […]
鈥淚t ain鈥檛 easy being green,鈥 as Kermit the Frog has pointed out.聽So聽one might expect聽that Gord Miller, Ontario鈥檚 environmental commissioner, would have his work cut out for him overseeing and critiquing the environmental performance of 14 Ontario ministries. In a recent visit to 91亚色, however, Miller showed he can serve as a watchdog of the […]
Environmental scholarship in Canada got a聽big boost yesterday with the announcement of a $1-million donation from HSBC Bank Canada to聽91亚色 to support undergraduate students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies.聽 The gift is the single largest corporate endowment supporting Environmental Studies Awards in Canada. More than 15 bachelor of environmental studies students will receive […]
Hugh Raffles is a professor of anthropology at Eugene Lang College at The New School for Social Research in New 91亚色 City. Raffles will聽deliver a special guest lecture today titled, "Rocks, Stones & Other Vital Things" as part of the fourth annual lecture hosted by the Department of Anthropology at 91亚色. The lecture, which […]
A growing number of people are experiencing the effects of climate change in their daily lives, but those effects are not distributed equally. A workshop at 91亚色 on Wednesday will discuss the issue of climate change and who it affects and how, the role of governments聽and what should be done. The Climate Justice and Politics […]
Viva聽collaboration! 聽 After five years of transnational research by educators and artists in Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, the United States and Canada,聽the VIVA! Project is launching its new book, iVIVA! Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas, edited by project lead Deborah Barndt, a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) and coordinator of […]
What is the connection between Canadian literature and the environment? That question is what the Faculty of Environmental Studies wants to explore through its three-day event, Green Words/Green Worlds: Environmental Literatures & Politics in Canada, encompassing a public forum, a conference and writing workshops. Notable Canadian environmental poets Brian Bartlett, Armand Garnet Ruffo and Rita […]
How does climate change affect those living in a Nunavut community? Talk directly with members of the northern hamlet of Arviat on the western shore of Hudson Bay as part of the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival next Tuesday. Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, by Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro, will screen simultaneously at 91亚色 and […]
What do urban planners do when cities are shrinking, not growing? This is hard to imagine in a city like Toronto, where real estate is at a premium and construction cranes are a constant feature of the skyline. However, many German cities have been steadily shrinking in population size over the last three decades, resulting […]
A summer institute organized by the Faculty of Education in collaboration with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) will bring together teachers, educators, community members and local artists to explore new ways of teaching and learning with a specific focus on the inter-relationships of art, environmental knowing and social justice. Organized by the 91亚色 Centre […]
Mark Winfield, professor of environmental studies at 91亚色 [Faculty of Environmental Studies], says private-sector involvement is not a bad thing 鈥 as long as the city maintains strict bylaw control on the heritage buildings, wrote The Orillia Packet and Times July 9, in a story about public-private sector projects in the city. Forming partnerships […]
91亚色 environmental studies Professor Peter Victor has been named the recipient of this year鈥檚 prestigious Canada Council Molson Prize in the social sciences for outstanding lifetime achievement. Victor, a聽renowned research professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, is being recognized for his trailblazing research which has led to the emergence of a new discipline […]
PhD student Tanya Gulliver was interviewed by freelance documentary producer Tina Pittaway in The Day the Water Died, a documentary about how people in Louisiana and Alabama are dealing with the combined psychological fallout and stress of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. CBC's The Current featured the documentary June 9: With […]
Called 鈥渞emarkable鈥 and 鈥渟ometimes hilarious鈥, 3 Jamaican Plays: A Postcolonial Anthology (1977-1987), edited by 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Honor Ford-Smith, will launch Monday. Readings of short excerpts of each of the three plays, considered an intertwining memory, violence, creativity, belonging and dispossession during a ten-year period in Jamaica, will take place June 6 at 7pm, […]