The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) jurisdiction is one of the most densely populated watersheds in Canada, where the urban area now accounts for close to half of the land cover in the region. The conversion of land from natural to urban area, such as roads, contributes to the loss and fragmentation of habitat, […]

Urban forests do not conform to municipal or watershed boundaries and many of the threats they face like climate change impacts and invasive species need to be addressed at a regional or larger scale. Taking a regional approach to urban forest monitoring could be of benefit to achieving the sustainability objectives of Toronto and Region […]

Les étangs aérés sont un traitement des eaux municipales fiable et facile à opérer pour l’épuration des eaux usées. Au Québec, plusieurs municipalités sont équipées avec ce type de traitement. Ce traitement génère une boue résiduaire qui consiste en la fraction des matières non digérées et décantées dans le fond des bassins. Les étangs aérés […]

How urban residents perceive and value nature within our cities shapes how we manage it for current and future generations. Given the diversity of perspectives and beliefs brought to bear on an urban system, we can expect that not everyone will enjoy nature the same way, or for the same reasons. If democracy is our […]

Les changements climatiques en cours devraient affecter la composition, la structure ainsi que fonctionnement des écosystèmes forestiers au Québec. Ces changements devraient être particulièrement importants pour les peuplements feuillus qui se retrouvent aujourd’hui à leur marge de distribution nordique au contact de la forêt boréale mixte. En effet, les peuplements marginaux de feuillus d’érables (Acer […]

Les milieux humides et les plaines inondables jouent un rôle majeur dans notre capacité d’adaptation aux changements climatiques, surtout en milieu urbain où les conflits d’usage s’intensifient. Le projet vise à 1) évaluer le rôle des milieux humides dans la régulation des crues et étiages en fonction de différentes projections climatiques et d’occupation du territoire, […]

The City of Surrey has about 500 vehicles in its municipal fleet, ranging from light-duty passenger vehicles to heavy-duty commercial vehicles or trucks. Because of increasing political and public pressure to reduce carbon footprint from municipal fleets, the City is interested in finding viable low-carbon alternative fuel vehicles to their conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles. […]

This research project will examine the imPROVE program at Provincial Health Services Authority. The imPROVE program is a large scale initiative designed to ensure or improve the quality and efficiency of health service delivery using LEAN methodology. This research will investigate several components of interest as identified by key stakeholders, which will provide decision makers […]

L’effet des changements climatiques devrait être particulièrement important dans les forêts du sud du Québec car elles se situent à la fois à la limite sud de la forêt boréale et à la limite nord de la forêt feuillue tempérée. Les scénarios climatiques projettent un allongement de la saison de croissance ainsi qu’un réchauffement de […]

The wild food system of northern Quebec is a critical natural resource, health resource, and cultural resource of the people of Eeyou Istchee and Nunavik, which has and will be impacted by climate change in many, diverse ways. The research proposed here seeks to identify the likely climate change impacts on key wild food species […]

BC’s mountain pine beetle (MPB)-killed forests may release significant amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere as dead trees decay. Following Kyoto’s initiatives, CFS researchers are working to quantify CO2 release from forest disturbances. Carbon loss from decaying wood is poorly understood; my objective, therefore, is to investigate how tree position and climate moisture affect decay […]

Across Canada, many families struggle to find high quality, affordable child care. Most child care options for families are limited to daytime and weekday work hours; this creates even greater challenges for shiftworkers who rely on paid child care. When child care is not available, mothers usually bear the greatest burden as many women, whether […]