Dr. Andrea Collin's first book Gender and the Global Land Grab: A Feminist Global Governance Approach introduces a feminist conceptual framework to analyze land governance policy around the world.
SERS MES student Mackenzie Jones has been awarded the inaugural Peter Hatcher Family Bursary by Georgian Bay Forever, supporting Mackenzie in the exploration of novel approaches to analyzing aquatic connectivity within the Georgian Bay region. Congratulations, Mackenzie!
Beth Grant's MES research aimed to better understand students’ emotional experiences in post-secondary environmental education.
Having lost his sheep, Stephen Quilley contrasts a top-down, global-liberal approach to sustainability with a more localist, communitarian politics of post-liberals, through the lens of the livestock industry.
Congratulations to Drs. Felicitas Egunyu and Helena Shilomboleni who have received 2024 Insight Development Grants to further our collective understanding of individuals and societies, and inform the search for solutions to societal challenges
This spring term, five Environment students were awarded spots to attend a five-day overnight field experience in Algonquin Park hosted by FREED (Field Research in Ecology and Evolution Diversified). Two students share insights from the experience.
The Wildlife Ecohydrology and Conservation Lab has successfully completed our first field season! We are a curious and collaborative team interested in all things turtles, snakes, amphibians, wetlands and more. Our research often evaluates conservation and habitat restoration approaches to support at-risk reptiles.
Katie Pita, a PhD candidate in SERS, has spent time the last two summers conducting research in the UK in the area of historical ecology with the objective of accessing how traditional woodland management strategies can sustainably benefit people today.
Two SERS students were among those who participated in the offering of ENV474: Connecting Climate Change and Social Justice, which took place in South Africa in late April. The interdisciplinary field course integrated a range of science and policy perspectives and field-based interactions to understand South Africa’s Cape region as a dynamic and linked system of people and nature.
The Spring 2024 convocation was held June 11th, and we congratulate all of our graduating students on their accomplishments. A few graduating students from SERS achieved significant milestones. This includes our distinguished academic achievement winner and the Faculty of Environment valedictorian.