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

The assertion of water: Inspired by the petition to the Water Spirits in the Seneca Polytechnic College courtyard
by L Anders Sandberg Seneca College, or Seneca Polytechnic College as it is now called, is a non-York University entity that set up a branch on the Keele Campus in 1999. It stands out as the perhaps most visible sign
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Andil Gosine introduces ‘the Ecopoetics of Lorraine O’Grady’
Images from Lorraine O’Grady: A Celebration of Life 1934-2024, New York. Photo by Argenis Apolinario, courtesy the Vera List Center. On March 30, 2025, Professor Andil Gosine joined an eminent group of scholars and creatives – the singer ANOHNI, artist
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Exploring death through multispecies and creative collaboration
MES student & artist, Sabrina Rose Capista, posed with works in Crossroads Gallery. MES student and artist, Sabrina Rose Capista showcased her research-creation project, Let Us Rot in EUC’s 31st Eco Arts Festival from March 17-28, 2025 as part of
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Alumni Impact
Flavien Joubert (MES ‘03) | York U Alumni Awards 2024 – Tentanda Via Award recipient