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Title Financing Municipal Climate Solutions

Excerpt Tashyana conducted a comprehensive review of financing strategies from cities across North America and Europe, assessing their feasibility and identifying barriers to adoption. The analysis explored options such as private investment, stronger project pipelines and financial tools available through the City of Toronto’s existing mechanisms to advance climate action.

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Students Tashyana Davidson

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Client City of Toronto Environment, Climate & Forestry Division

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SDGs Climate Action

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Title Youth as Co-Producers: Exploring Youth Participation and Engagement Strategies in Local Climate Policy Processes in Johannesburg and Toronto

Excerpt Explores models of youth engagement in municipal climate policy, focusing on the Johannesburg Youth Climate Action Plan (JYCAP) and Toronto’s Youth Climate Action Engagement Strategy (YCAES), highlighting the benefits of youth participation, the role of community and academic partnerships, and the importance of co-production in creating meaningful climate actions.

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Students Desirée Kosciulek

Location Youth Programmes at the South African Institute of International Affairs

Client City of Toronto’s TransformTO

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SDGs Climate ActionPeace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Addressing insufficient funding challenges for the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association

Excerpt This project makes recommendations to expand membership and enhance community engagement through referral programs, social media, website improvements, and partnerships to address funding challenges

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Students Matthew Wu, Kalika Dilip Patil, Martin Kwok, Kaiwen Ma

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Client Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA)

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Accessible Stationary Tools

Excerpt Design stationary sets that can be used with one hand, to make tools for working on engineering drawings more accessible to students with mobility and limb differences.

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Students Anne Keara Bursey, Zhuo Diao, Riana Malhotra, Berdan Stamov, Alex Zhang

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Client Engineering Stores

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SDGs Reduced Inequalities

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Title Windproof shading

Excerpt Design an exterior shade design which is wind tolerant to minimize anchoring requirements.

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Students Justin Fanjoy, Mia Parker Gardiner, Abdul Khan, Fangyu Shi, Xianghan Zhang, Cindy Zhao

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Client Glassopolis (Rob Botman)

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Topics GHG Emissions & Renewable Energy

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Title Improvements to Galbraith Building Courtyard

Excerpt Recommendations to improve the central courtyard of the Galbraith Building, to make it more appealing for occupants, add functionality, and benefits to pollinators and local biodiversity, with consideration for maintenance and site conditions such as high walls and air conditioners in windows.

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Students Rami Farhat, Shaheen Ali Yar, Keisha Albert, Milan Ahmadi-Jorny, Jasper Partridge, Joona Kasekamp

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Client Gailbraith Building

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SDGs Good Health and Well-BeingLife on Land

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Topics Buildings, Spaces & Equipment

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Title The Ultimate Bicycle

Excerpt Enhance the user experience for bike commuters in Toronto by creating the ultimate bicycle, including anti- theft/monitoring system, solutions to wet seats and clothes from the rain, pants getting caught and covered in grease from the drivetrain, passing other riders comfortably in bike lanes, hands getting cold, etc.

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Students Wooram Jung, Manav Shroff, Sung Min Park, Pietro Pittari, Matthew Sinniah, Niol Whang

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Client Engineering student Rishikesh Anand

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Investigating the Scope 3 Emissions and Climate Impacts of U of T’s Food Services

Excerpt An investigation of the scope 3 emissions of U of T’s Food Services operations and recommendations to reduce them.

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Students Tristan Gessell and Jaden L. Phillips

Location On-Campus (UTSG)

Client Sustainability Office and Food Services

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SDGs Climate ActionLife on LandZero Hunger

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Topics Food & Farming

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Title Impact of Indoor Gardening on Staff Wellbeing and Engagement

Excerpt An assessment of the impacts of a hydroponic grow system on staff wellbeing and engagement in an office setting

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Students Charlotte Zhang, Maddy Wachnuik, Madi Oliver

Location On-Campus (UTSG, 4th Floor, 255 McCaul St)

Client Sustainability Office and Les Verts Living

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Title Design and manufacture of optimum seedling propagation container using a pulp moulding process.

Excerpt Design of a propagation container using a new biodegradable tree fibre and recommendations on how the mould could best be manufactured to replace plastic single-use containers used in tree nursery production in the forest industry.

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Students Stella Hazen Armstrong, Chi Him Chan, Edward Kim, Anh Chi Nguyen, Zi Jie Zhang

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Client Institute of Forestry and Conservation

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureResponsible Consumption and Production

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Topics Land, Water & Nature

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