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
Decision-making processes and outcomes on offshore oil exploratory drilling and marine protected areas
Project co-leads: Gail Fraser (York, ON), Angela Carter (Memorial, NL), and Joanne Ellis (Waikato, NZ). Call for bids, acreage release, rights issuance, and block offers are different phrases that describe when parcels of ocean floor are identified as potential areas
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Military spending, profitability, and economic dynamics
by Joshua J. Watterton, EUC PhD candidate Joshua Waterton As global military spending and production surge, war bells again ring.[1],[2] In fact, military spending has risen steadily over the past 25 years, at the global level and in the case
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Assessing governance and accountability in the Lake Simcoe watershed
RLSC Executive Director Jonathan Scott, former Director and MES Alumna, Claire Malcolmson, and Meetkumar Patel. Lake Simcoe is one of Ontario’s most important freshwater ecosystems. It is vital to the ecological health, cultural identity and economic wellbeing of the region.
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Alumni Impact
Flavien Joubert (MES ‘03) | York U Alumni Awards 2024 – Tentanda Via Award recipient
