Queerifying the social environmental debate
Fabio Oliveira The Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change is pleased to welcome Dr Fabio A G Oliveira from Fluminense Federal University, Brazil, as a visiting scholar from March 15th to May 31st, 2023. Dr. Oliveria’s research encompasses a diverse and interdisciplinary approach, highlighting queer, animal and anti-colonial perspectives. In
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Rethinking Canada’s competition policy in the digital economy
A new report out of York University urges Canadians to consider the privacy of their personal data in the face of big tech domination and the lack of competition in that sector. Kean Birch Professor Kean Birch, director of York’s new Institute for Technoscience and Society (ITS), is the author of the report Rethinking
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Understanding seasonal spring vulnerability to climate change and their role in the coastal wetland functioning in Southeast Iceland
Aeisha Aggarwal and Kathy L. Young Springs can be described as discharge points which are supplied by spring water or in other words ground water. Groundwater itself is supplied through various sources including melt water, surface waters and precipitation.In Aeisha Aggarwal and Kathy L. Young’s hydrology research on ‘Surface-groundwater exchange
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Public” Space for Whom? Encampment Evictions, Spatio-Legal Exclusion, and Differentiated Urban Citizenships in Toronto
By Farida Rady Farida Rady In summer of 2021, Toronto police executed violent raids, brutalizing vulnerated encampment residents and their supporters in three downtown public parks. During these evictions, state violence manifested in displacement and police brutality, including the use of force and intimidation tactics such as kettling. In response
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A parallax view of everyday life and place-based urban politicaly economy
This March, the CITY Institute and EUC welcome Dr. Christian M. Anderson as our visiting scholar-in-residence. Dr. Anderson is Associate Professor of Social Thought and Action and Science, Technology, and Society in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. As part of his visit,
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Wheelchair users’ perspectives on transportation services hailed through Uber and Lyft applications
by Mahtot Gebresselassie Mahtot Gebresselassie Numerous lawsuits have been filed against transportation network companies (TNCs) Uber and Lyft for lack of disabled accessibility of the transportation service they facilitate, with some of the lawsuits focusing on wheelchair accessibility. The research question that drives this study is: What are the perceptions,
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Research supports women’s health and economic empowerment towards COVID-19 recovery
Yaa Ntiamoa Baidu The University of Ghana and York University have partnered in an IDRC Women RISE initiative supporting action-oriented and gender-transformative research on how women's health and their work intersect and interact in the context of preparedness, response and recovery from COVID-19. Joseph Mensah Women RISE is aligned with priority
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Predicting riverbeds in Nigeria using machine learning algorithms and ‘eyes in the air’
Adeyemi Olusola by Adeyemi Olusola Very few studies have been successful in combining ‘eyes in the air’ (remote sensing) with river characteristics to predict riverbed types (Channel Unit Types) within a river channel. This study on River sensing: Inclusion of red band to predict reach-scale types using machine learning algorithms
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Performing a repertoire of resistance, disruption, and inspiration
by Natalie Wood Natalie Wood-Devil calling all the Devils performance at Toronto Pride Blockorama As a Trinidad-born Canadian, Black, lesbian, feminist, artist, and mother, I am acutely aware that discrimination, and ongoing structural violence in Canada and the US have led to quantifiable premature deaths and impacted the ability of
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Black Futures
by Melissa Theodore Melissa Theodore In recent years, many Black History Month programs and themes have focused on Black Futures. Paying homage to Black people, who have paved the way by acts of resistance, in a white supremacist nation-state is important. It’s also important to address current issues and highlight
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