Considérant que l’un des défi clé en matière de gestion de l’innovation consiste à comprendre l’écosystème dans son ensemble ainsi que les facteurs déterminants qui s’y rattachent et de réussir à développer des stratégies permettant d’en tirer profit, cet écosystème et ces facteurs environnementaux représentent donc des éléments importants à prendre en compte dans le […]

As the urgency for action against climate change increases, local governments around the world are committing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through deep decarbonization targets. Cities are the largest place-based sources of GHG emissions and therefore have great potential to reduce emissions on a global scale. In order to reach meaningful reduction levels, transformative change […]

The Steps to Success internship will provide a graduate student and two undergraduate research assistants with an opportunity to immerse themselves in a government and community context that is addressing a complex social issue. Early anecdotal evidence indicates that the Steps to Success program has much to offer individuals and families facing complex challenges with […]

Over 10,000 cities around the world have implemented LA21s through partnerships involving public, private and civil society organizations. Organizing large cross-sector partnerships requires structures for ensuring collaborative action (such as decision-making processes, communication systems, monitoring and reporting systems, etc.). Being involved in the partnership results in outcomes for the partner organizations (e.g., sustainability progress, legitimacy, […]

Le Labo Climat Montréal est un projet de recherche qui accompagne la Ville de Montréal et Ouranos dans le redéveloppement urbain du quartier Lachine Est. Son objectif est de développer de nouvelles pratiques de planification de projets urbains qui prennent en compte l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. Pour cela, les stagiaires participeront aux nombreuses tâches du […]

projections across their watersheds and lower tier municipalities. Leveraging previous modeling that was completed five years ago, they have established a suite of climate variables they would like to update based on the latest science, and hope to access existing regional climate model outputs through online portals or academic experts and undertake post-processing and analysis […]

Wetlands are important habitats for many plant and animal species, and also provide valuable ecosystem services to society such as improving water quality and releasing groundwater into streams. While wetlands are often protected from development through the land use planning process in Ontario, development and land use change near wetlands can still alter the amount […]

Dog-strangling vine is one of the most invasive plants in eastern Canada. Previous attempts to control the spread of the vine have been unsuccessful. Recent research on this invader suggests that when it invades an area, it perturbs soil microbial communities. These perturbations appear to interfere with some native plants’ ability to grow. However, other […]

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 […]