Ecological Economics, Commons Governance, and Climate Justice

The project aims to build a research network of 18 or more low and middle-income-country (LMIC) and Canadian emerging scholars (PhD researchers and post-doctoral fellows) working to address the injustices resulting from global climate change through participatory democratic governance. It will also introduce them to the ongoing Economics for the Anthropocene (E4A) program (see e4a-net.org),

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Collaborative Research for Equitable Public Participation in Watershed Governance: Canada, Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) The project aimed to develop an international research network on equitable participatory watershed management, including English and Portuguese-speaking African, Brazilian and Canadian academics as well as NGOs working in the field. Researcher: PI: Ellie Perkins Project Theme: Resource Management

Community-Based Environmental Education and Mobilization in Marginalized Urban Communities for Equitable Watershed Governance

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) The project employed a participatory methodology focusing on urban watershed issues and challenges as identified by community members. The methods and materials developed in community-run workshops, and environmental and civic engagement initiatives with adults and seniors in neighborhoods near York were disseminated nationally and internationally via community organizations's

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