Centre for Environment
The Institute for Environmental Studies (IES) supports interdisciplinary research and graduate instruction in the environmental field, in partnership with departments, institutes and faculties across the university.
Recent research and/or workshops include: economics of natural resources, environmental protection in electricity market, emerging environmental issues, waste management in SE Asia, models for air issues and urban ecosystems, soil erosion management in China, water resources management in China.
Other research areas include: global change/ international environmental issues; contaminants in the environment; applied ecology; environmental management; environmental philosophy; toxicology; environment & health; politics and the environment; environmental risk, natural hazards & the insurance industry; conservation; market mechanisms for sustainable resources; evolution of complex systems; vertical gardens; hydrogeological research & groundwater resources; environmental engineering; the environment and the corporate sector; urbanization and the environment; international development - environmental issues; ecology of technology.
IES offers 3 collaborative graduate programs (Masters and Ph.D. levels) in environmental studies, environment and health and toxicology. Also offers approximately 30 graduate level courses and 4 seminar series.
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Rodney R. White
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Management Executive
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(416) 978-6526
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Judith Wilson
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Management Executive
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(416) 978-5564
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Ingrid Stefanovic
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Research Project: For The Beijing-tianjin Region, Funded By Cida
U of T is one of seven university research institutes that are cooperating on a CIDA-funded project focusing on sustainable water management in the Beijing-Tianjin Metropolitan Region, one of the largest urban/industrial areas in China. This project reflects the commitment of research groups in four major universities in Canada (UBC, McGill, Montral, Toronto) and three in China (Peking, Tsinghua, Nankai) to work productively together on this key development issue. Rodney White, IES Director and the Project's Director at U of T, is currently on leave until June, 2000. Lino Grima, Geography/IES, is the Acting Project Director in the interim. The project has six main components, each of which is studied by a Canadian institution in partnership with one in Beijing-Tianjin. U of T, in partnership with Tsinghua University, will focus on two aspects of the project: The water supply system in the Beijing-Tianjin region, including the infrastructure, processes and systems for improved water supply, drinking water treatment and wastewater management. The lead investigators for this component are Barry Adams, Chair of Civil Engineering, U of T and Jining Chen, College of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Tsinghua University. The role of pricing in generating revenues and in influencing water use behaviour. Lino Grima of Geography/IES and Tianzhu Zhang, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Tsinghua University will lead the work in this part of the project. For more information, please contact: Lino Grima, 416-978-3486, lino.grima@utoronto.ca (until June 30, 2000), Rodney White, 416-978-6526, rodney.white@utoronto.ca (after July 1, 2000)
Research Group: Adaptation And Impacts Research Group
In recognition of the importance of providing Canadians with the information which they can use to achieve sustainability today and in the future, the Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, AIRG, has identified a research program that is primarily focused on identifying impacts and adaptation options for weather and related atmospheric influences on human health and safety, economic prosperity and environmental quality. For further information on AIRG and specifics regarding its research program, please contact Lianne Bellisario, 416-978-0309, lianne.bellisario@ec.gc.ca or visit their website at www.tor.ec.gc.ca/airg
Research Project: Gis-based Erosion Management Outreach Program, Funded By Cida
The purpose of this project is to develop an information system which integrates regional economic and social change with the soil conservation measures that are being implemented by the Chinese authorities and communities throughout the area. Research partners in China are the Institute of Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Soil and Water Conservation Bureaus of the provinces of Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Advisors at the county level will be trained to use the system. Outreach to the local farmers, and the development of a gender equity strategy, are both important elements of the project. This is a five-year project, administered by IES, and managed by Julia Pan (OISE/UT and IES). Rodney White is the project Director; during his leave in 1999/2000, Virginia Maclaren of Geography is the Acting Director. For more information, contact: Virginia Maclaren, 416-978-2974, maclaren@geog.utoronto.ca (until June 30, 2000), Rodney White, 416-978-6526, rodney.white@utoronto.ca (after July 1, 2000)
Research Project: Making Wastes Work For The Economy: Integrated Waste Management In Vietnam, Laos And Cambodia (waste-econ), Funded By Cida
Virginia Maclaren of Geography is the Director and Barb Murck of Earth Sciences, U of T Mississauga is the Associate Director of WASTE-ECON. The partners include five universities in Vietnam (with more to be added from Laos and Cambodia later in the project), the Women's Union of Vietnam, a Canadian NGO specializing in micro-credit schemes (Gems of Hope), and a Canadian industrial waste technology company (Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement). Project activities will include short courses, curriculum development at the partner universities, action research, and training at the University of Toronto for a selected number of candidates from the partner countries. Action research activities will focus on improving working conditions for waste pickers ' who are mostly women and children, on waste reduction measures for industry, on the development of national policy instruments for waste management, on community-based waste management systems, and on a number of other topics. For more information, contact: Virginia Maclaren, 416-978-2974, maclaren@geog.utoronto.ca
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