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Title Equitable & Affordable Housing for a Just Climate Transition: Bridging the Gaps in Toronto’s TransformTO Strategy

Excerpt Recommends creating Neighbourhood Retrofit Hubs, a Public Green Fund, and expanding eligibility for retrofit programs to better integrate social justice and equity into TransformTO, Toronto’s climate action and housing strategy.

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Students Ananya Yadav, Liliana Mason, Stephanie Fadel, Anaam Khan

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Client City of Toronto

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate ActionDecent Work and Economic Growth

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Reduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Centring Equity in TransformTO

Excerpt Proposes an Inclusive Climate Governance and Accountability Framework to embed social equity into TransformTO by etablishing local-decision-making panels and tracking equity outcomes using transparent metrics to create a low-carbon, just city.

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Students Aria Naebkhil, Dominic Tang, Laraib Fatima, Mishal Khan, Thomas Yue

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsReduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Documenting endangered species in the Greenbelt, protections they enjoy and threats they face

Excerpt Following the release of Bill 5 by the provincial government, Marcillenus conducted a literature review on special economic zones and examined the implications of replacing the Endangered Species Act with the Species Conservation Act. This analysis uncovered opportunities to strengthen protections against species extinction and resulted in an op-ed published in The Narwhal.

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Students Marcellinus Essah

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Client Ontario Nature

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Project Streams Sustainability Catalyst Internship

Topics Land, Water & Nature

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Title Promising Practices: Placemaking in the Floodplains

Excerpt Through the TowerPOPS initiative, Nushrat analyzed two community sites in Rockcliffe-Smythe (Toronto) and Cooksville (Mississauga). A toolkit was developed demonstrating how placemaking in flood-prone neighbourhoods can transform underused spaces near apartment towers into vibrant community hubs that foster health equity, social connection and climate resilience.

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Students Nushrat Jahan

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Client 880 Cities

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SDGs Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Beyond Landfills: A Holistic Approach to Waste Management in Toronto

Excerpt Offers policy recommendations to improve TransformTO’s waste management strategy, ensuring Toronto maintains its carrying capacity. These include expanding community-led circular economy initiatives, improving public education on waste reduction, and holding businesses accountable for their waste.

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Students Sabrina De Souza, Sean Wieder, Lena MacNichola, Liza Kanopatyka

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SDGs Quality EducationResponsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title TransformTO: Using Green Infrastructure to Better Address Drug Use and Youth Engagement

Excerpt To empower youth climate action in Toronto, this paper proposes dual-use green infrastructure where community spaces offer sustainability education and leadership opportunities during the day, and serve as restorative hubs for youth drug recovery in the evening.

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Students Patrick Feng, Jarine Kim, Alexandra Muchalov, Xinyi (Echo) Zhang

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SDGs Climate ActionGood Health and Well-BeingQuality Education

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Title Exploring and Evaluating Carbon Capture Technologies for Sequestering Process Carbon Emissions

Excerpt Angel applied her chemical engineering expertise to investigate how steel slag (a byproduct of steelmaking) can be repurposed to capture and store industrial CO₂ emissions. The goal is to support a circular economy by transforming waste into a valuable climate solution.

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Students Angel Badewole

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Client Algoma Steel

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SDGs Climate Action

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Title The Politics of Participation: Youth, Sustainability, and University Governance

Excerpt A comparative study of how the University of Toronto and Erasmus University Rotterdam foster meaningful youth engagement in sustainability governance.

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Students Ana Desirée Stockermans Muñoz

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Client John Robinson

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title Smarter, Greener, Better: The Future of Cities and Implications for TransformTO

Excerpt Advocates for ethical data governance in TransformTO, ensuring transparency, consent, equity, and community participation are integral to the climate monitoring tools Toronto uses as part of its climate action strategy.

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Students Sofia Karpouzis, Shahrez Ejaz, Rita Maragha, Keshiv Sharma

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Client City of Toronto

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SDGs Climate ActionPeace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsReduced Inequalities

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Title Transforming Waste in Toronto: Bridging Global Challenges with Local Solutions through TransformTO

Excerpt Provides recommendations to enhance TransformTO’s climate action and waste management strategy. These include adopting circular economy principles to limit waste production, supporting decentralized composting sites in neighbourhoods, and investing in community-led waste management solutions.

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Students Kejiao Ji, Jacqueline Lo, Harmanbeer Sandhu, Yifei Wang

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureResponsible Consumption and Production

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