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Regional infrastructure planning in a splintering urban world: The Greater Toronto Transportation Authority
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2007-09)
This major paper examines the role of the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) in the planning and provision of regional transportation infrastructure in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The main objective of ...
Mispronouncing Resistance: Uncovering Tales and Lessons in the Production of Creative Cultural Expression in Singapore
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2009-04-23)
This paper is the author’s endeavor to understand Singapore and the ways that ordinary residents express alternative views in a highly politically controlled but affluent environment. Unlike actions of resistance elsewhere, ...
An Analysis of the Ontario Power Authority’s Consideration of Environmental Sustainability in Electricity System Planning
(2008)
This report focuses on the Ontario Power Authority’s (OPA) consideration of environmental sustainability in the development of the proposed Integrated Power System Plan (IPSP). The research was centred on a comparison of ...
‘Examining Sustainable Development Challenges and the Role of Company-Consultancy Partnering in Creating Value: The Case of the Canadian Mining Industry.’
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2006-06-16)
This paper examines existing and emerging sustainable development challenges facing the Canadian mining industry. It explores how mining companies and consultancies can work together to address these challenges, and ...
‘Low Hanging Fruit Always Rots First: Observations from South Africa’s Crony Carbon Market.’
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2007-03-28)
In what follows the first in-depth study of the South African carbon market is undertaken. The study begins by laying out the current state of the global carbon market and some related critiques. Turning to the South African ...
‘Toward Popular Environmental Education in Marginalized Watershed Communities: The Case Study of São Paulo.’
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2007-08-10)
It is rare to find a critical discussion of race in literature about Brazilian urban environmental degradation and water pollution. Most of the literature discusses what to do with the “problem” of the periphery neighbourhoods ...
Environment in mind: A creative and ecocritical look at popular literature
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2007-08-30)
Ecocriticism, the “study of literature and the environment” (Glotfelty xvii) is expanding to meet the needs of an ever changing environment, currently shifting to include a broader range of critical methodologies, genres ...
Applying the Total Resource Cost Test to Conservation and Demand Management Initiatives of Local Electricity Distribution Companies in Ontario: Assessment and Recommendations for Reform
(2009)
This study has its origins in my participation in the Ontario Power Authority’s Conservation and Demand Management Program Development Advisory Committee in 2006 and 2007 while serving as a Program Director with the Pembina ...
'Seaweed, Power, and Markets: A Political Ecology of the Caluya Islands, Philippines.'
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2008-03-31)
The integration of remote places around the world into common markets and the expansion of market based economies is one of the most transformative processes of the global capitalist age. While South East Asia, and the ...
A Critical Examination of Pedagogy and Ways of Knowing of People with Autism
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 2007-11-30)
Traditionally, autism has been treated as a disability in that individuals with autism have been thought to have deficits that need to be remedied. This notion has been perpetuated by the definition of autism provided by ...