First Nation calls on auditor general to investigate Ontario's spending on Ring of Fire mineral development

14 years after Ring of Fire was discovered, key questions unanswered on proposed access roads Logan Turner · CBC News · Posted: Oct 28, 2021 4:00 AM ET A spokesperson for Ontario Auditor General

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Maureen Owino awarded prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Maureen Owino, environmental studies Maureen Owino Owino’s research, titled "When HIV and COVID-19 Pandemics Collide in Black Communities in Canada," confronts issues relating to pandemic responses that impact already vulnerable

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Indigenous Climate Change Futures: Envisioning Well-Being with the Earth

Principal Investigator: Deborah McGregor/Co-Investigator: Lisa Myers. Funding: SSHRC Insight Grant. Term: 2021-2025. The project aims to define what it means to "live well" from a self-determined Indigenous perspective. Building on

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Jurisdiction Back: Infrastructure beyond Extractivism

Co-Principal Investigators: Dayna Nadine Scott and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark. Funding: SSHRC New Frontiers in Research Fund. Term: 2021-2023. Resource conflicts and legal uncertainties have dominated the political landscape over the

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For Canada’s immigration detainees with disabilities, even fewer rights are afforded

By MES Alumn Michael Bach & Carlos Ríos-Espinosa Canada is celebrated for welcoming newcomers and refugees, and for its commitments to building a multicultural, diverse and tolerant society. But if

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Indigenous education is central to Canada’s COVID-19 recovery

Article by By Suzanne Katsi'tsiarihshion Brant MES'05  & Bryden Award Recipient Over the last number of years, I have been honoured to provide leadership for First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) on

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Conversation to action: Urban planning resource to address anti-Black racism in cities

Spurred by the death of George Floyd, York University alumna, award-winning placemaker and author Jay Pitter brings her work in urban planning policy and anti-Black racism to the University to create a

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Celebrating Black History Month

This February marks the 25th anniversary of the first time Black History Month was officially commemorated in Canada. Black History Month is an opportunity to celebrate Black culture, and recognize

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Bitter harvest

The pandemic has created serious risks for the migrant workers who grow and pick our fruit and vegetables. In Ontario, farm workers were at least 10 times more likely to

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Explaining labour relations in the global fishing industry

Over the past five years a series of scandals concerning slave-like working conditions on fishing vessels have provoked global efforts to improve working conditions for fishery workers.  Yet initiatives that

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