The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change has a deep respect for place and community. We embrace community engagement as a key activity for our research in order to affirm our role in making positive change and to education active citizens, innovators and leaders.
Community Impact
Ethical obligation to confront scholasticide in Gaza
In photo (L-R): Profs. Stefan Kipfer, Ahmed Shaban, Pablo Idahosa and Ratiba Hadj-Moussa. In Fall 2024, EUC hosted an event titled ‘Confronting Scholasticide,’ where visiting professor Dr. Ahmed Abu Shaban recounts the struggles of developing independent Palestinian educational institutions amid
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Brewing change: Rethinking coffee cup habits for a sustainable future
Daniela Palma by Daniela Palma “The truth is, the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water, and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to
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Making invisible stories visible and enabling the storytelling of untold stories through discursive cartographies
Prof. Joseph Palis discusses the Filipino-Canadian film "Islands" (2021) that centres on one man's alienation from the social world he inhabits and calls home. EUC welcomes Professor Joseph Palis as a scholar-in-residence from the Department of Geography at the University
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Alumni Impact
Flavien Joubert (MES ‘03) | York U Alumni Awards 2024 – Tentanda Via Award recipient
