Hargun Rekhi is a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Arts & Science, majoring in Environmental Science with minors in Psychology and Environment and Behavior. She is also completing the Certificate of Sustainability. Hargun participated in ENV461H: The U of T Campus as a Living Lab of Sustainability, a course focused on sustainable solutions for the
Karen Khan graduated from UTSC in June 2023 with a specialist in City Studies. During her final year at UTSC, Karen enrolled in the CITD01: City Issues and Strategies course. Karen and a research partner worked alongside Professor Ahmed Allahwala and the East Scarborough Boys and Girls Club, to investigate how current housing policies in
Consider the approach of Professor David Roberts, Director Urban Studies Program, and Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, Faculty of Arts & Science. As part of an international research team on a Transatlantic Partnership Grant, Professor Roberts is exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic strengthened community-based actions within black neighbourhoods in Toronto. To engage undergraduate
Emma is a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education. In the first and second year of her program, Emma was required to take introductory courses in three streams of Kinesiology (Biophysical, Behavioural and Physical Cultural). It was through these courses that Emma gained an interest for physical physical cultural studies and learn
Neima Hussein is an alumni of the Criminology Socio-Legal Studies and Ethics, Society and Law program in the Faculty of Arts & Science. Neima participated in the Community Research Partnerships in Ethics at Trinity College, where she was paired with the Sentencing and Parole Project (SPP) a Toronto-based organization that serves Black Canadians by advocating
Jordan is a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto Mississauga with a double major in Paleontology and Earth Sciences and a minor in Biomedical Communications. Jordan received an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award (NSERC USRA), providing him the opportunity to spend the summer working with Professor Marc Laflamme,
Amber McNeil is fourth-year student specializing in International Development Studies (Co-Op) at the University of Toronto Scarborough. As part of the Jackman Scholars-in-Residence (SiR) program, Amber participated in a faculty-led research project “Liberating the Land: Campus Foodscapes in the GTA.” This project introduced Amber to “action research”, an approach to research that seeks to foster
Alicia Corbiere recently graduated with a double major in Indigenous Studies and Criminology from the Faculty of Arts & Science. During her undergraduate studies, Alicia participated in multiple research opportunities including a Work Study position, an independent study for course credit, and the Jackman Scholars-in-Residence (SiR) program over two consecutive summers. Through the SiR program,
