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Title Expanding Toronto’s Home Energy Loan Program to Enhance Community Flood Resilience

Excerpt Akshaya explored opportunities to expand Toronto’s Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) to include financial support for homeowners implementing flood resilience measures. The HELP initiative aims to reduce urban flooding risks, property damage, health hazards and financial burdens while strengthening long-term community resilience through targeted retrofits.

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Students Akshaya Kaliappan

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Client City of Toronto Environment, Climate & Forestry Division

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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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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate ActionDecent Work and Economic Growth

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Reduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Beyond Carbon: Strengthening TransformTO to Address AI-Driven Job Displacement and Income Security

Excerpt Proposes launching an AI-Inclusive Green Jobs Accelerator Fund to strengthen TransformTO’s efforts in tackling AI-driven job displacement and income insecurity. The Fund aims to train workers in AI-assisted energy auditing, circular economy logistics, and green infrastructure maintenance, fostering both economic stability and environmental sustainability in Toronto.

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Students Anjaya Anjali Jayraj, Christinne Jean Louis, Helinyi Liao, Rhythm Sachdeva, and Andrea Villa

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Client City of Toronto

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureReduced Inequalities

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Title TransformTO Net Zero Strategy: Housing Accessibility and Governance

Excerpt Proposes a municipal green bank to finance building retrofits and reduce reilance on public funds, while calling for stronger stakeholder engagement and affordability safeguards to prevent displacement and ensure equity in the TransformTO Net Zero Strategy.

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Students Sahar Hamdam, Shehjin Lamya, Sonya Mungal, Bingyu Tian, Yixuan Zhang

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Client City of Toronto

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate ActionPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Reduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Analyzing Canadian Business Interests and Maturity Levels Toward the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda

Excerpt Usman analyzed and provided insights into how Canadian businesses engage with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda. He evaluated their priorities, maturity levels and alignment with the UN Global Compact’s Ten Principles to help advance responsible business practices and drive broader societal impact.

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Students Usman Salim

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Client UN Global Compact Network Canada

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SDGs Partnerships for the Goals

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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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Client City of Toronto

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SDGs Climate ActionGood Health and Well-BeingQuality Education

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Title Transforming TO’s Net Zero Housing Initiatives: Centring Housing Equity Considerations in TransformTO’s Net Zero Strategy

Excerpt Develops a framework integrating equity into TransformTO’s retrofitting and housing policies to support Toronto’s net-zero transition. This framework is informed by three criteria: impact on vulnerable communities, policy feasibility and manageability, and opportunity for meaningful invention.

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Students Andrew Tureski, Gabriela Quintero, Meghan Henderson, Zihao Li

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Client City of Toronto

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate ActionPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title Engagement for a Toronto Green Jobs Strategy

Excerpt Aman contributed to the development of a Green Jobs Strategy for TCBN aimed at expanding employment in Toronto’s growing green industries. Drawing on local and global best practices, the strategy promotes equitable access to opportunities while supporting the city’s net zero 2040 climate goals

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Students Aman Nair

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Client Toronto Community Benefits Network

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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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Title Regulatory Effects on Energy Efficiency Retrofitting of Existing Condos

Excerpt Yazan examined how regulations across Canada affect energy efficiency retrofits in condominiums and identified lessons to inform policy changes to the Condominium Act in Ontario. The project delivered actionable recommendations to help condo boards, manager, and owners adopt high-performance upgrades, supporting Toronto’s net zero 2040 target and Canada’s broader climate goals.

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Students Yazan Zamel

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Client Sustainable Buildings Canada

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