Brandon Takayuki Hillier

Sessional Assistant Professor Credentials Ph.D. candidate, Geography, University of British ColumbiaM.A., Geography, University of British ColumbiaB.A. (Hons.), Urban Studies, York University Research Keywords Labour markets; Crossborder migration; Occupational communities; Technology work; Regional development; Bourdieusian analysis Contact Information 4700 Keele StreetToronto, ON M3J 1P3 416 736 2100 takayuki@yorku.ca Research Interests Brandon Takayuki Hillier is an economic

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GreenTech Entrepreneurship Simulation Lab

Description Students engage in immersive, scenario-based simulations and innovation labs that replicate real-world environmental challenges and green sector dynamics. These experiences combine professional role-playing with entrepreneurial thinking to address environmental problems. Examples Examples Include: Faculty Involvement EUC faculty members act to guide these exercises with input from policy networks, community organizations or green industry professionals.

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York University hosts leadership education events for students, educators across Canada

By Alex Huls | August 1, 2025 Through a collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), York University’s Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC) is now home to national leadership programs that empower students and educators to drive community change. AKFC is a non-profit international development organization and part of the global Aga Khan Development

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Earth Overshoot Day arrives early with the flow of trade playing a large role

By Sandra McLean | July 22, 2025 TORONTO, July 22, 2025 – Earth Overshoot Day (July 24) is more than a week early this year resulting from humanity’s growing ecological footprint amid trade wars and tariffs, which play a potential role in the ecological footprint of Canada and many others, says Eric Miller, director of the Ecological Footprint

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York University to train next generation of climate ambassadors

Edited by Ashley Goodfellow Craig | May 16, 2025 York University will offer funding from the highly competitive Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) program to students and researchers from York, as well as partner universities in Costa Rica, Ghana and the Philippines to tackle issues at the intersection of climate change and

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EUC Global Connection: The Caribbean

Professor Andil Gosine’s work in the Caribbean began at the start of his career. As an academic, Gosine wanted to investigate the issues of sexuality rights, especially as they impacted LGBTQ2S+ communities within the Caribbean. Gosine’s efforts to advance sexuality rights had a groundbreaking impact, with him leading the charge in organizing the first major

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Passings: Gerald Carrothers

Author by Alex Huls | Originally posted on YFile. Gerald Carrothers, a visionary academic and founding dean of what is now the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, passed away on April 20, just short of his 100th birthday. An architect by training, Carrothers held a PhD in economics and regional planning from the Massachusetts

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Exploring death through multispecies and creative collaboration 

MES student and artist, Sabrina Rose Capista showcased her research-creation project, Let Us Rot in EUC’s 31st Eco Arts Festival from March 17-28, 2025 as part of Andil Gosine’s Nature’s Wild exhibition series. Over the course of her time in the MES program, Sabrina has been studying mycology, death and rebirth in spiritual traditions, and

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Why bike lanes should remain on Ontario’s roads

by Mahtot Gebresselassie, Joanna Silva and Steven Lum In late 2024, the Ontario legislature passed Bill 212 giving the provincial government significant control over municipal bike lanes. The law requires municipalities to ask the province for its approval to install bike lanes if they would remove a lane for other vehicular traffic. The legislation also allows for

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2025 – EcoArts and Media Festival – Fugitive Ecologies