91亚色 students, faculty and staff are getting a jump on Earth Hour 2011 with Earth Hour, Every Hour, a special event tomorrow evening, March 16,聽from 4:30 to 9pm in the Winters College聽Master's dining hall. Hosted by the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) in collaboration with the Ecologically Conscious Organization and Schulich […]
Andrew Watson, a 91亚色 graduate student in the Department of History and the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability, took part in a panel discussion about art and the science around zombies, on TVO鈥檚 鈥淭he Agenda鈥 March 10. You can watch the clip on The Agenda's website. Braaaaaaaaaains! Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications […]
For two weeks in January, two 91亚色 professors bundled into parkas and flew to Arctic villages along the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline. They were delivering valuable cargo聽鈥 the results of their International Polar Year (IPY) research. Reporting back to the communities was a condition of receiving IPY research funding in 2007, and after three years […]
鈥楪reen jobs鈥 have been increasingly touted as the solution to job loss and environmental crisis. Will Canada transition to a cleaner economy that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and employs a new generation of workers? Are green jobs the only link between environmental policy and employment policy? Defining green jobs raises further questions. What is a […]
Every year,聽graduate assistants working with the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) do a campus survey on a sustainability theme. The first survey in 2006, asked students what they knew about climate change and resulted in more environmentally friendly course kits (see YFile, April 2, 2008); the second assessed the value of urban […]
Research Month celebrates the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Throughout November, the Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring our faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by between 10 am and 2 pm each Wednesday to learn what 91亚色's researchers are doing. The Research Month index on 91亚色's Research […]
An expert in forest ecology is likening an animal rights group鈥檚 claim that deer aren鈥檛 a threat to Iroquois Heights Conservation Area to those who still deny climate change is underway, wrote the Hamilton Mountain News and the Ancaster News Oct. 14: Dawn Bazely, director of 91亚色鈥檚 Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability […]
It's not enough to plant trees in exchange for carbon emissions in the fight to mitigate climate change, say 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Anders Sandberg and 91亚色 environmental studies master鈥檚 student Tor Sandberg in their new co-edited book Climate Change 鈥 Who鈥檚 Carrying the Burden?: The Chilly Climates of the Global Environmental Dilemma. Nor is […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
A Perilous Imbalance: The Globalization of Canadian Law and Governance, a new book co-authored by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Stepan Wood, shines an urgent light on the dangerous imbalances in contemporary forms of globalized governance. The book will launch Wednesday, April 7, from 12:30 to 2pm in the Private Dining Room of the Executive […]
Follow 91亚色 Research on Twitter for information about 91亚色 researchers, research findings, and funding announcements. You don't need to have a Twitter account to read the posts. Some 91亚色 research centres and departments are also tweeting, including: Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) Researchimpact, 91亚色's knowledge mobilization unit 91亚色 Institute for Health Research […]
The Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) at 91亚色 is聽accepting nominations for volunteers to serve on its executive board.聽Nominations are open to students, staff and faculty and are due聽by March 3. IRIS promotes practical sustainability solutions that encompass environmental, social and economic considerations at local, regional and global scales. Operating as a […]
Carla Lipsig-Mumm茅, professor of work and labour studies in聽91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts聽& Professional Studies and research fellow in 91亚色鈥檚 Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability, has received $1 million over six years from the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Right:聽Carla Lipsig-Mumm茅 The award will fund an international project to study […]