Visual Arts after Indenture: Examining the visual arts produced by descendants of indentured workers
by Emily Ghaemmaghami Emily Ghaemmaghami, BES Honours, Environmental Arts & Justice This summer, I was honoured to receive the EUC Undergraduate Research Award (EUCURA), which gave me a chance to immerse myself in hands-on research, examining and exploring Indo-Caribbean art and artists. Under the supervision of Professor Andil Gosine, I
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Promoting mental health through peer education theatre
by Colin Maitland Colin Maitland, BES, Cities, Regions and Planning My EUCURA research evaluated the impact of TMI: Theatre Making Impact (formerly SExT: Sex Education by Theatre) on youth peer educators/performers. TMI is a theatre-based, peer education participatory action research project that engages youth on topics relating to sexual and
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Multi-proxy assessment of climate change impacts on Lake Nipigon using lake sediments
by Kira Jordun Kira Jordun, BA Honours, Global Geography With an area of approximately 4,848 square kilometers, Lake Nipigon is the largest water body entirely within the borders of the province of Ontario and serves as a major headwater to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway system. Sometimes referred to as
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Enhancing downstream hydraulic geometry measurements in the Black Creek River Basin, Toronto, Canada
by Mereille James Introduction Figure 1. Black Creek River channel at a few of the study reaches. This project examined the downstream hydraulic geometry (DHG) of the Black Creek River Basin under the supervision of Professor Adeyemi Olusola. The research focused on understanding how channel width, depth, velocity, and grain
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The right-wing attacks on the academic left in India
by Raju Das Raju Das A spectre is haunting the world – the spectre of right-wing or fascistic authoritarianism. All the right-wing groups, small or big, local/national or diasporic, have entered into a holy alliance to promote this spectre in the name of nationalism, tradition, culture, God, the indigenous, et
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‘Canada is not for sale’ — but new Ontario law prioritizes profits over environmental and Indigenous rights
by Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo Despite province-wide protests, Ontario’s Bill 5 officially became law on June 5. Critics warn of the loss of both environmental protections and Indigenous rights. The law empowers the province to create special economic zones where companies or projects don’t have to comply with provincial regulations or municipal bylaws. Bill 5, also known
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Exploring Toronto’s queer suburbanism
Infrastructure – material and social – enables urban life for some people and not others. Unevenly distributed between centers and peripheries,it affords differential capacities for action and shapes regimes of social reproductive labor. — Alison Bain and B. Wiley Sharp In an article titled Hacking suburban social infrastructure: glitch subjects
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Accessibility audit of York University’s Keele Campus
by Mahtot Gebresselassie with MES Planning students of Transportation Policy and Planning (ENVS 6128), fall 2025 cohort Mahtot Gebresselassie In the social model of disability, it is the built environment that has a disabling effect on individuals with impairment. The built environment includes buildings and roads. Its inaccessibility limits disabled
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Making velomobility possible for a widening range of disabilities
Prof. Emeritus Glen Norcliffe in Semarang, Indonesia. June is Bike Month and to celebrate the event, EUC work-study student Gurneet Singh interviews Professor Emeritus Glen Norcliffe about his current project and its implications for the velomobiles industry in Indonesia as well as the global market. Q: Can you please share
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Ring of Fire conflict reveals gaps in Ontario’s economic nationalist EV battery fantasy
by Isaac Thornley Isaac Thornley As Trump tariffs reignite economic nationalism in Canada, it is necessary to reveal the many ways such rhetoric can be mobilized to justify social and environmental injustice, while getting us nowhere closer to true economic independence. Throughout its history, Canada’s blend of settler-colonial capitalism and
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