EUC research examines environmental and ecological processes through field-based science, computer modelling, data analysis, and laboratory testing. EUC-based research projects in this area address: water, soils, sediments and climates in various Canadian landscapes; remote sensing and GIS applied to landscape change; changing forest landscapes; polar bear ecology in the Arctic; water quality and lake ecosystems; urban wildlife conservation; and, the role and conservation of native pollinator species.
Representative faculty members: Colla, Fraser, Korosi, Olulsola, Podur, Remmel, Thiemann, Thienpont, Young
Projects
Researcher Spotlights
Adeyemi Olusola
Professor Adeyemi Olusola is a river catchment scientist with a passion for unraveling the intricate dynamics of rivers and their susceptibility to human impacts.
Gregory W Thiemann
Professor Gregory Thiemann’s research focuses on the ecology of polar bears and other Arctic carnivores, as well as the effects of climate change on food web dynamics.
Andrew Reeves
Andrew Reeves a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Ecological Macroeconomics and Metrics, working in the International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab (IEFLL).
Meetkumar Patel
Meetkumar Patel’s Environmental Urban Change Undergraduate Award research project focused on predator disturbance events at a ground-nesting double-crested cormorant colony at Tommy Thompson Park.
Thomas Wu
Geography MSc student, Thomas Wu’s research focuses on paleolimnological assessments of climate change and wildfire-stimulated permafrost thaw as drivers of long-term colour shifts in small shallow discontinuous permafrost peatland lakes in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Peri Dworatzek
Peri Dworatzek, an Environmental Studies PhD student, generated an ecological footprint and biocapacity data for the Rural Ontario Institute to fill the data gap of environmental impacts for every municipality in Ontario.
