The International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab: Training, research, and novel applications
Co-Project Investigators: Peter Victor with Brynhildur Davidsdottir (University of Iceland), Tarmo Remmel, Eric Miller, Katie Kish and the Global Footprint Network Funding: SSHRC Partnership Grant Term: 2022-2028 This SSHRC Partnership Grant draws on the strengths of York university, the University of Iceland, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the
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Jurisdiction Back: Infrastructure beyond Extractivism
Co-Principal Investigators: Dayna Nadine Scott and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Funding: SSHRC Partnership Grant Term: 2021-2027 Resource conflicts and legal uncertainties have dominated the political landscape over the last decade; conflicts over extraction and its infrastructures have intensified, catalyzing a fierce Indigenous resurgence. As the research team conceived this project, hereditary
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Refugee dreams, small town realities: Interrogating the ruralization of refugee resettlement to smaller centres in Canada
Project Investigator: Jennifer Hyndman; Co-applicant: Bronwyn Bragg Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant Term: 2024-2029 “It’s for good reason that most new immigrants to Canada find themselves in a major metropolis—a Toronto or a Montreal or a Vancouver or (if you must) an Edmonton. The idea is, when you have more people
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Reconstructing disturbance regimes and aquatic ecosystem impacts of permafrost thawslumping
Principal Investigator: Joshua Thienpont Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant Term: 2024-2029. The research assesses the influence of lakes on thaw slump activity and re-activation, contributing to a better understanding the reciprocal relationship between permafrost thaw and surface waters. To address these research priorities, the project uses geomatics, assessment of lake and
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Lakes as sentinels and agents of environmental change in rapidly thawing discontinuous permafrost peatlands
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Korosi Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant Term: 2024-2029 The research advances new conceptual models for predicting ecosystem change in small lakes of rapidly thawing discontinuous permafrost peatlands, which comprise 18% of northern lake areas. Collaborations with the Dehcho First Nations and scientists at the Government of the Northwest
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Indigenous Art and Curatorial Practice
Principal Investigator: Lisa Myers Funding: York Research Chair Term: 2021-2026 The research will focus on contemporary Indigenous art considering the varied values and functions of elements, such as medicine plants and language, sound, and knowledge. A project team will be built to consider the culturally specific approaches of contemporary Indigenous
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Assessing forest disturbance and recovery with spatial and temporal structural morphology
Principal Investigator: Tarmo Remmel. Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant. Term: 2021-2026. The project is developing an explicit logic and corresponding software to extend morphological segmentation to depict a true 3D characterization of landscapes. Methods will be subject to sensitivity analysis and will be used to compare the effects and recovery of
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Subversive performances of quarantine: Organizing across differences at the conjuncture of protest and the pandemic
Principal Investigator: Jinthana Haritaworn Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant. Term: 2021-2026. The project examines the contributions that multiple marginalized communities are making to help their societies survive and recover from the pandemic. It proposes that those who have experienced and, often, led intersecting movements for justice are in an ideal position
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Drivers and consequences of individual specialization in an Arctic marine top predator
Principal Investigator: Gregory Thiemann Funding: NSERC Discovery Grant. Term: 2021-2026. The proposed research involves testing hypotheses around the environmental drivers and ecological consequences of individual specialization, using the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as a model species and target for conservation. As a long-lived top predator in a dynamic habitat, polar
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Indigenous Climate Change Futures: Envisioning Well-Being with the Earth
Principal Investigator: Deborah McGregor/Co-Investigators: Lisa Myers and Alan Corbiere Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant. Term: 2021-2025. The project aims to define what it means to “live well” from a self-determined Indigenous perspective. Building on previous SSHRC-funded research, the project team will focus specifically on the Anishinaabek concept of mino-mnaamodzawin (well-being with
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