Browsing MES Major Papers by Title
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A Climate of Inequality: Evaluating Re-emerging Malaria Risk among Vulnerable Immigrant Populations in the Greater Toronto Area
(2014)The impacts of climate change are expected to affect certain groups disproportionately, based on the degree of inequality of social and material resources as defined by the social determinants of health (SDOH) model. One ... -
A Comparison Of Environmental Assessment (EA) Prediction Practices For Offshore Oil And Gas In Canada And Nigeria: How Do They Compare To Best Practices In EA Literature In Relation To Seabirds And Marine Vertebrates?
(2016)Anthropogenic economic activities are progressively harming the ocean environment. This is true of the oil and gas sector, which has increased in scale, and is a major driver of the offshore economy. Oceans are severally ... -
A Materialist Acoustemology of Urban Atmospheres in Mexico City's Centro Histórico
(2017)The resonant frequency of sound, that is to say, the vibratory quality of sound, is felt and registered by our bodies in a way that goes beyond the audible. In an urban environment, the combination of sounds creates a sonic ... -
A Moist Seedy Endivor: The Making of the Toronto Seed Library
(2015)It is now widely recognized that the contemporary global food system is characterized by structural weaknesses that threaten the ecological, social, and economic sustainability of our societies. The world-wide predominance ... -
A Review of Watershed Restoration Practices and Partnerships in the Toronto region
(2018)With the continued urbanization of cities through the Great Lakes Basin, the continued degradation of these areas will occur without substantial efforts to restore the natural environment. The research in this paper explores ... -
A Sustainability Assessment Review Of The Highland Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (hctp) Biosolids Management Class Environmental Assessment (2016): Sustainable Assessment Leverage Points Analysis
(2017)This research paper examines sustainable methods used to assess potential and current waste management policies, plans, projects, and programs. The Highland Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Class B environmental assessment ... -
Aboriginal Land Title and Indigenous Nationalism
(2018)This paper overviews the question of aboriginal land title, positioning it in the context of the broader Canadian political economy. Aboriginal land title is an evolving legal concept which has carved out a unique social, ... -
Accessory Dwelling Units And Housing Affordability In A Resistant City: Overcoming Parochialism And Restrictive Zoning In Palo Alto
(2015)The San Francisco Bay Area of California is in the midst of a housing supply and affordability crisis. As the birthplace of Silicon Valley and home to many technology powerhouses and startups attracting many newcomers, the ... -
Achieving equity in public transit planning: A critical assessment of Markham, Ontario's Highway 7 rapid transit corridor
(2015)Contrary to other research that critically assesses transit projects using an equity imperative, the primary intent of this research is not only an empirical assessment of physical barriers which contribute to diminished ... -
Active 18 & The West Queen West Triangle: A Case Study In The Politics Of "Good Planning"
(2017)This paper explores the relationship between community members and planners in Toronto as notions of “good planning” are formed, and how a prevailing interpretation of “good planning” that is born from this relationship ... -
Activist Social Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Green Campus Co-operative
(2018)The globalization of the garment industry has encouraged transnational companies to further externalize their cost of production on workers and the environment around the world. Producing countries are engaging in what ... -
Addressing Climate Change and Grassroots Level Adaptation Measures to Food Security in Northwestern Bangladesh
(2019)Climate change is no longer a new phenomenon; it is one of the foremost challenges of the 21st century and is a dire threat to all of humanity. Although it is an international spectacle, its impacts are not equally distributed ... -
Addressing Community Development through Sustainable Mining Practices: The case of Abosso Goldfields (Damang) in Ghana.
(2016)The performance of the gold mining industry globally is in no doubt. However, the industry's susceptibility to the frequent rise and fall in the price of gold, coupled with the various negative impacts it generates in ... -
Addressing Community Exposure to Hydrogen Sulfide in the Saskatchewan Oilpatch: Interdisciplinary Investigations as a Lever to Expose Industrial Risk
(2019)How can communities from poorly regulated industrial regions assess their exposure to environmental contaminants? And what resources could their collaboration with interdisciplinary research groups provide to address the ... -
Adopting Sustainability: Greywater Recycling and Ontario's Transitioning Water Management Regime
(2017)Greywater is a technology with the potential to reduce water demand. This paper looks to answer, is Ontario's water management regime is undergoing a sustainability transition that is conducive of greywater technology's ... -
Advancing Youth Education on Food and Food Systems to Increase Food Literacy
(2014)The contemporary industrial food system has purposefully distanced eaters from food's origins.This has created a lack of knowledge not only about where food comes from, but also about thefood system's impacts on our ... -
Affordability, Transit, And Housing: A Case Study Of Vivanext On Yonge Street In Richmond Hill And Newmarket
(2016)The GTA has experienced population growth in the past decade, and the majority of this growth is attributed to immigration. As municipalities push for more sustainable ways to travel, it is crucial that it is done in a ... -
Affordable Housing: Exploring Alternative Housing Methods
(2019)For the past three decades, government investments in social and affordable housing in Canada have drastically declined. The Toronto housing market is increasingly expensive and the lower and middle classes struggle to ... -
Ageing In Toronto: Barriers In The Planned Environment
(2017)The world's urban populations are ageing rapidly and there is a pressing need to examine the needs and experiences of older adults in the city. There is additionally a crucial need to understand the pointedly gendered ...