We are pleased to announce that Kathryn (Katie) Plaisance has received a 2020-2021 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching Award for her outstanding contributions to the quality of higher education at Ontario’s universities.
We are pleased to announce that Eric Kennedy (BKI'12), is the 2021 Faculty of Environment Young Alumni Inspiration Award recipient. This award was established in 2013 to celebrate alumni who graduated less than 10 years ago and whose early professional or academic success, contribution to the community and contribution to sustainability inspire the next generation of environment graduates.
KI professor Rob Gorbet is a collaborator on Grove, the Living Architecture Systems Group’s (LASG) invited contribution to the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture, which opened May 22.
Our students had valuable opportunities where they applied their KI learning were supported in part by the KI donor-funded Knowledge Integration Experience Award.
Learn more about their diverse range of projects:
The Department of Knowledge Integration is proud to introduce our new working group, Anti-Oppression Knowledge Integrators, or AOK!
KI Professor John McLevey and collaborators Mark Stoddart and Alice Mattoni recently released their book "Industrial Development and Eco-Tourisms: Can Oil Extraction and Nature Conservation Co-Exist?".
Here's a summary that they shared with us:
Vanessa Schweizer and partner Shalini Arya (Institute of Chemical Technology, India) led the creation of the Global Young Academy's Anti-discrimination Statement.
Read more Led by Vanessa Schweizer Global Young Academy releases Anti-discrimination Statement
The Bachelor of Knowledge Integration (BKI) class of 2020 convocates today.
Hear from one of our graduating students: Meredith reflects on her KI experiences.
Sam Petrie BKI'16, currently a PhD candidate in the Spatial Determinants of Health Lab at Carleton University, has joined two graduate students in the Faculty of Environment to work on a project focussing on the transit-induced gentrification resulting from the new LRT in the Waterloo Region, highlighting the tension between economic gain and social equity that is emerging from this recently completed project.
The third year KI student museum course exhibits, KIX 2020, were excellent and we have some great new videos of them!