EUC hosts first undergraduate research fair
Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Lisa Phillips, conversing with Gurneet Singh about her research. The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) hosted its first Undergraduate Research Fair on March 18th, 2026, at York University. Initiated by the Environmental and Urban Change Students’ Association (EUCSA) led by Gurneet Singh, the fair
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Growing Black food sovereignty in Toronto
by Patricia F. Walker, PhD Student, Environmental Studies On February 23, 2026, the EUC community came together to celebrate Black History Month and to learn about the work of Nicole Jacobs, Aaron Joseph, and Charlyn Ellis, MES students and leaders in the food justice and Black food sovereignty movement in
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Farm decisions, policy tools, and wild bee conservation
by Briann Dorin, EUC postdoctoral researcher Briann Dorin at the Guelph Organic Conference in January. Pollinators play a vital role in agricultural landscapes by pollinating both wild and cultivated flowering plants, facilitating plant reproduction and contributing to the yield and quality of many major food crops. However, recent assessments across
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Refugee dreams and realities: Interrogating the ruralization of refugee resettlement
Research team and report co-authors: Jennifer Hyndman, Bronwyn Bragg and Lynn Biorklund. In a recent International Geographical Union (IGU) meeting convened by the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems and held at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Manila in December 2025, EUC Professor Jennifer Hyndman presented a
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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 of oil and gas. If a company has a successful
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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 of many individual countries.[3] This spending is unevenly distributed across
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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. Spanning more than 3,400 square kilometres, the watershed supports over
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32nd Eco-Arts and Media Festival takes place March 2 to 6
Since 1994, the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) (formerly Faculty of Environmental Studies) has been hosting and coordinating the Eco-Arts and Media Festival, an annual week-long event that acknowledges, shares and appreciates environmental and social justice perspectives through creative lens. In previous years, the event has had themes
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Art exhibit explores histories, movements and futures shaped by Black migration
In celebration of Black History Month this February, the Harriet Tubman Institute (HTI), the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, and the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) joined hands in presenting an exhibition on the Politics/Poetics of Migration, inviting people to explore and learn about the complex histories, movements,
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Addressing climate vulnerability through nature-based solutions
Photo credit: Kofi Amponsah-Mensah Rural communities in the semi-arid regions of the Volta basin are at an existential tipping point. Human- and climate-induced land degradation in wetlands and riparian zones of the basin undermine the livelihoods and well-being of local communities in multifaceted and complex ways. Thoughtful, sustained transdisciplinary and
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