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Title The Social Implications of TransformTO’s 5G Implementation Strategy

Excerpt This report presents recommendations for bettering TransformTO’s (TTO) implementation of 5G technology into Toronto’s infrastructure to improve existing strategies across the social, global, and environmental factors implicated in technological innovation.

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Students Husaina Lakdawala, Keyi Liu, Ruolan Ma, Deanna Aubert

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable 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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SDGs Climate ActionSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Exploring the Effects of Urbanization on the Demography of Habitat Specialists Using a Landscape Genomics Approach

Excerpt The project researched how urbanization affects the ecology and evolution species, and aimed to predict how human activity influences the maintenance and loss of biodiversity.

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Students Zain Nassrullah

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SDGs Life on Land

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Title Aging subsurface infrastructure

Excerpt In collaboration with New York City’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), this project addresses the city’s aging subsurface infrastructure by developing a Disruption Occurrence Index (DOI) heatmap and geospatial tools. These tools integrate community input and help city agencies plan infrastructure projects.

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Students Michaela Tsvetkova, Vlada Taits, Zubin Gell

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Client Town+Gown NYC

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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities

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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 Building Roots: Designing a pathway to community leadership

Excerpt Focuses on developing a leadership training program for Moss Park residents to support community leadership amidst neighborhood redevelopment. The program includes promotional materials, onboarding processes, training phases, and a celebratory graduation.

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Students Nashaat Rahman, Mahlet Berhanu, Taylor Simsovic-Peters, Nicolas Martinez-Gonzalez, Malak Gaafar

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Client Building Roots

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SDGs Reduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title The homelessness digital service map

Excerpt This project focuses on creating a digital map of services specific to women and gender-diverse people experiencing hidden homelessness in Toronto. The map includes geospatial data and a Story Map feature, providing resources and educational visuals to address gender-based and racial oppression.

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Students Jessica Hu, Lisa Paramonova, Sarah Wilczynski, Bonnie Hu, Raluca Geampana

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Client Sistering

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SDGs No PovertyReduced Inequalities

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Title Finding a Home in a Changing World: Evaluating Canada’s Ability to House and Support Climate Migrants through Sustainable Housing Development

Excerpt This paper includes a literature review on migration trends and evaluates provincial and municipal policies that address housing regulations and development. It identifies areas in the city that fall under the “inclusionary zoning” framework to determine where affordable housing can be built in a sustainable manner in accordance with TransformTO’s guidelines. A jurisdictional scan of […]

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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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