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Title Urban sprawl and climate reselience

Excerpt Addresses suburban sprawl and climate resilience in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The team proposed sustainable development strategies to improve housing efficiency, infrastructure resilience, and community sustainability, incorporating smart city principles.

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Students Sara Angod, Daniel Endale, Hardy Gu, Spencer Liu, Asees Sandhu, Brandon Terry

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Client Tata Consultancy Services

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Title Curb usage & possibilities: campus accessibility intervention strategy

Excerpt This project focuses on improving micromobility accessibility on the University of Toronto St. George campus. Using CurbIQ software, the team developed the Campus Accessibility Intervention Strategy (CAIS) to assess transport infrastructure and recommend improvements.

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Students Cyanne Chun, Jerry Zhang, Raymond Liu, Sakura Ariga, Karna Goswami, Keona Fontaine

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Client Arcadis IBI Group Inc.

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Title Making way for the subway in Pune, India

Excerpt This project focuses on improving traffic congestion and air quality in Pune by creating a travel demand model and a subway station design guide to enhance public transportation use.

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Students Salsabil Salek, Sean Yi, Alec Mak, Noah Cazabon, Najiya Hoque

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Client Pune Municipal Corporation

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SDGs Climate ActionSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title The Innovation of Sustainability: Re-conceiving sustainability practices and policies to make them more resilient and adaptive to disruptive change

Excerpt This paper explores the innovation of sustainability with respect to disruptive change, proposing a thorough account of adaptability and resilience to infrastructure when faced with climate shocks.

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Students Yizhuo Wang, Nikoo Tajdolat, Junyu Zhao

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Client City of Toronto

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Title Net zero by 2040

Excerpt This project focuses on increasing youth engagement in Toronto’s Net-Zero by 2040 goal through arts-based community engagement. The team developed a ‘Best Practices Guide’ and a mixed-media art installation to promote climate action.

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Students Jonathan Angell, Noor Chehabeddine, Leah Walsh, Minh-Ly De Reboul, Audrey Melkoumov

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Client Toronto Climate Action Network (TCAN)

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Topics Community, Equity & Education

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Title Connected communities in TO

Excerpt This project addresses the city’s digital divide by recommending public Wi-Fi hotspot locations that benefit equity-seeking communities. The team produced a policy report, suitability map, and web-based site selection tool, while also analyzing usage data to guide the expansion of Wi-Fi services

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Students Emily Sakaguchi, Chloe Thierstein, Olivia Ou, Cameron Fairchild, Asad Jessani

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Client City of Toronto Technology Services Division, Connected Communities

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureReduced Inequalities

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Title Repeated local adaptation to urban environments in C. reinhardtii

Excerpt The project studied the role of cities in the evolution and maintenance of adaptive intraspecific diversity.

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Students Jimmy Issa

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Title Climate change effects: A vision for downtown Toronto

Excerpt The team developed a recommendations report outlining infrastructure retrofitting priorities in areas such as clean energy, decentralized energy grids, and water management to strengthen urban resilience.

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Students Sariah Hurd, Manjula Bhandari, Elaine Zhou, Mai-Yin Johnston, Igal Cano Shor, Anouk de Gouvell

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Client Tata Consultancy Services

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Topics GHG Emissions & Renewable Energy

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Title Reimagining 75 Elizabeth St.

Excerpt Project focuses on developing affordable housing at 75 Elizabeth St. The team proposed three designs for a 25-story, mixed-use rental building featuring 334 units (101 designated as affordable), retail space, and sustainable amenities.

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Students Ben Murphy, Joyeh Meng, Kristina Antonio-Peralta, Pavani Mande, Suzan Ye Htwe, Derek Yi

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Client Housing Now TO

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Topics Buildings, Spaces & Equipment

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Title Investigating DO dynamics and metabolic activity in stormwater and closed urban ponds

Excerpt The project aimed to quantify the biogeochemical activity, ecosystem services, and formation / mobilization of organic sediment accumulates.

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Students Gabriel Philippe

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