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The groups spent time learning about each other’s initiatives and touring facilities to understand research priorities and opportunities.

The province is planning to introduce legislation to consolidate the number of agencies from 36 to seven.

RISE team member and PhD candidate Hazem Ahmed co-authors paper with Principal Investigator Michael Drescher and co-Principal Investigator Dawn Parker published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

PhD candidate Adam Skoyles and Principal Investigator Michael Drescher offer insights into how green infrastructure can enhance communities and successfully combat climate change.

The Meadoway, a 16-kilometre-long hydro corridor in Scarborough, Ontario, will be transformed into one of Canada’s largest urban linear parks.

In an article for Canada’s National Observer, Principal Investigator Michael Drescher says federal environmental laws remain the only meaningful barrier for protecting ecosystems amidst development.

Co-Principal Investigator Rebecca Rooney and Lead Principal Investigator Michael Drescher draw attention to potential impacts of special economic zones on local ecosystems

In an opinion piece published in Waterloo Region Record and The Niagara Falls Review, Prof. Parker sounds the alarm on the proposed bill.

RISE team member and PhD candidate Adam Skoyles co-authors paper with Principal Investigator Michael Drescher and co-Principal Investigators Dawn Parker and Derek Robinson published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.