Institute for Environmental Studies University of Toronto 2002/03 ANNUAL REPORT IES online: Environews: www.utoronto.ca/env/ies www.utoronto.ca/env/envnews.htm The IES web site offers up-to-date information on faculty and Available on the web and in hardcopy, this newsletter highlights student research, events, publications, program and course news of IES and the University of Toronto environmental offerings. community. It features articles on faculty and student research, events, publications, courses, and awards.

Institute for Environmental Studies Earth Sciences Centre (ESC), 33 Willcocks St., Suite 1016V University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E8 fax: 416-978-3884

Director Acting Director, Rodney White Adaptation and Impacts Research Group Rm. 1021 ESC, 416-978-6526, [email protected] Don MacIver Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada Associate Director, Research 4905 Dufferin St., Downsview, Ont M3H 5T4 Viriginia Maclaren tel: 416-739-4271, fax: 416-739-4297, [email protected] Geography, Rm. 5062 Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., 416-978-1594, [email protected] Communications and Director’s Assistant Mona El-Haddad Graduate Coordinator, Rm. 1016V ESC, 416-978-6526, [email protected] Environmental Studies Graduate Program Andy Kenney Business Officer Rm. 1019 ESC, 416-978-0474, [email protected] Laurane Harding Rm. 1016V ESC, 416-978-2584, [email protected] Associate Director, Environment & Health Director, Environment & Health Graduate Program Graduate Student Advisor Frances Silverman Donna Workman Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit 223 College St., tel: 416-978-5883, fax: 416-978-2608 Rm. 1022 ESC, 416-978-7077, [email protected] [email protected]

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ON THE COVER Our cover features the Lambton power plant, one of the Ontario Power Generation’s coal-fired TOP: 22 power plants and a power Waste-Econ generating wind turbine onToronto’s lakeshore. The wind Program: clean turbine was installed by Windshare, a project developed by up of Vietnam’s the Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative. Halong Bay. Photos by Jesse Gibb (left) and John Wellner (right) RIGHT: submitted to Ontario Clean Air Alliance. China Carbon Sequestration Project: fieldwork led by Sean Thomas. Contents 2 Director’s Foreword 28 Meetings Learning to live with climate change Lessons learned from Walkerton: Meeting with Justice O’Connor Research Directions Environmental Finance 2004 conference 3 Academic Programs Graduate Programs 29 Seminars Environmental Studies series Web-based distance education: Certificate in Environmental Environment and Health series Management Special research seminars

4 Courses & Instructors 30 Students IES 1002H: Poster session Graduate Environmental Students’ IES 1707H: Environmental Finance Association (GESA) 32 Environmental Studies 6 Environmental Program Information 2002/03 Graduates and students Environmental Information Office: Research profile: Chris Gore U of T’s environmental activities online Research profile: James Gray-Donald Research profile: Martin Kijazi 7 Administrative Staff Research profile: Levi Waldron Judy Wilson retires after 25 years at IES 36 Environment & Health 28 Program 8 Faculty 2002/03 Graduates and students Research profile: Heather Jones-Otazo Graduate Faculty 37 Awards 9 Research Profiles George Langford Prize 18 Books John Brown Prize Sperrin Chant Award in Toxicology Labatt Fellowships 19 Research Cressy Leadership Awards 19 Cuba: Capacity Building for Climate Change 30 20 Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia: Waste-Econ Program

22 China: TOP: Carbon sequestration project Commissioner of the Walkerton enquiry, Justice Sustainable water management Dennis O’Connor (middle) for Beijing-Tianjin region invited to meet with U of T researchers. 24 Integrated Mapping Assessment Project RIGHT: Environmental Career Day 25 Adaptation and Impacts Research Group and Exposition. DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD Learning to live with climate change by Rodney White, Director

The struggle to comprehend the Po has run dry and power stations have implications of climate change is partly been shut down for lack of cooling water. scientific, partly ideological and partly Meanwhile, West Nile fever, an insect-born experiential. It is the scientific dimension disease of tropical origin, is spreading that is the easiest to understand despite the through North America. considerable uncertainties surrounding the Despite scientific uncertainty, an regional implications and the rate of ideological predisposition to dismiss the change. Uncertainties about the speed with threat, and a tendency to rely on personal, which the climate will change are largely a localised experience to make a global function of the speed of the human judgement, a consensus is emerging. response to mitigate the threat by taking Climate change is real and is already decisive action to reduce greenhouse gas forcing us to reconsider our actions at emissions. every level, from the individual to the The ideological dimension of the varied international. In the words of the report of pattern of response has been implicit for the Carbon Disclosure Project: “Investors some time. Some European countries have failing to take account of climate change been electing green party candidates for and carbon finance issues in their asset several years and some have participated in allocation and equity valuations may be coalition governments. Environmental exposed to significant risks which, if left quality is a mainstream issue that is of unattended, will have serious investment concern almost across the traditional in where the line has been drawn. repercussions over the course of time” ideological spectrum. Thus, it is not Likewise the experiential dimension can (Whittaker et al., 2003; 2). surprising that European insurance be quite mixed. Ontario has just companies have taken the lead is experienced a cold winter for the first time References cited: Mills, E., Lecomte, E. and A. Peara. 2001. U.S. Insurance advocating the need for significant in 4 years followed by a cool, wet spring Industry Perspectives on Global Climate Change. mitigation efforts. In the United States, and a cool, wet July. In comparison Europe Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley. where even the insurance industry has been has been wracked by heat waves; July Rabe, B. G. 2002. Greenhouse and Statehouse. The Evolving State Government Role in Climate Change. Pew Center sceptical about the issue, a recent survey brought a major storm in western France on Global Climate Change, Alrington. suggested that behind the expressed (in which several campers were killed and Whittaker, M., Kiernan, M. and P. Dickinson. 2003. Carbon Finance and the Global Equity Markets. The Carbon scepticism about the science was a negative injured), and a forest fire swept much of Disclosure Project. New York, Innovest Strategic Value association of all environmental issues with Provence. There has been a drought in Advisors. Further information on the Project - including the hated Superfund legislation and a northern Italy and Switzerland. The River many company responses - is available at suspicion of anything associated with the www.cdproject.net United Nations, such as UNEP and the IPCC (Mills, Lecomte and Peara, 2001). Research However, although the federal government has withdrawn the United States from the Kyoto process, there is widespread activity Directions at the state level ranging from carbon by Virginia Maclaren, sequestration from minimum tillage Associate Director, Research (Nebraska) to credits for providing electricity from renewable sources (Texas) IES has a thriving multi-disciplinary (Rabe, 2002). Even Exxon Mobil - once environmental research program that is the staunchest supporter of the Climate tackling a wide range of topics, both Change Coalition, the anti-Kyoto lobby internationally and in Canada. The newest group - has recently promised $100m to research project is a CIDA-funded project Stanford University for research into led by Beth Savan that is developing a climate change. Even more recently the climate action plan for Cuba (see page 19). Carbon Disclosure Project published its Other active research projects include: first report on activities being undertaken sustainable water management in China to address climate-related risks by the (page 23), carbon sequestration in China (pages 22-23), waste management in Vietnam, FT500 companies. The Project was Cambodia and Laos (pages 20-21), and integrated mapping assessment in Canada (page supported by “pension funds, fund 24). Environment Canada's Adaptation and Impacts Research (AIR) Group, which has managers and insurance companies who resident members at IES, continues to make a substantial contribution to IES research jointly represented assets in excess of $4.5 with ten projects underway or completed during the last year (page 25). Planning is trillion” (Whittaker et al., 2003). Thus, almost complete for another major initiative at IES, which will be the hosting of a although an ideological dimension does conference on Environmental Finance in 2004 (page 28). The conference will target remain behind attitudes toward climate Chief Financial Officers at large resource-based companies. change, there has been a considerable shift 2 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Graduate Programs

Research topics, awards and profiles of students and recent graduates are on pages 30-37. For more information on programs, please see http://www.utoronto.ca/env/ies or contact: Donna Workman, Graduate Student Advisor, [email protected], 416-978-7077. Environmental Studies Program Andy Kenney, Graduate Coordinator Collaborating departments and faculties include Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Economics, Forestry, Geography, Geology, Information Studies, Management, OISE/UT (Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology; Curriculum, Teaching and Learning; and Sociology and Equity Studies in Education), Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology and Zoology. By special arrangement, students may be admitted from Frances Silverman, Director, Environment and Health Program and other departments. Andy Kenney, Graduate Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program. Environment and Health Program Toxicology Program Frances Silverman, Director Effective September 2002, this program moved from IES to the Collaborating departments include Community Health; Institute for Drug Research (IDR) at the Department of Geography; Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; and the Pharmacology, offering a program specializing in biomedical Institute of Medical Science. By special arrangement, students toxicology. Students interested in environmental toxicology are may be admitted from other departments. encouraged to enrol in IES’ Environment and Health Program. We currently have students from the Department of Anthropology For more information on IDR’s new program, please see and OISE/UT’s Department of Adult Education, Community www.utoronto.ca/grdpharm or contact: Diana Clark, Graduate Development and Counselling Psychology. Studies Assistant, [email protected], 416-978-5244. New! IES offers web-based distance education: Certificate in Environmental Management

By Kymberley Snarr, Certificate certification program for Canadian students will become equipped to engage in Instructor; Rodney White, IES Director; environmental practitioners. Individual the cooperative resolutions of complex and Donna Workman, IES Student Advisor courses also meet the professional environmental issues. development criteria required to maintain IES is pleased to offer a web-based environmental certification. CEM 401: Environmental Case distance learning program towards a Management Certificate in Environmental Management Program Courses Using a timely case study, this second core starting in September 2003. This A new module will be introduced weekly in course allows the student to practice the certificate program will be offered in a each 10 week course. Student interaction wide range of skills they have been completely online e-classroom occurs through threaded discussion forums, exposed to in the first course. Through the environment, without the requirement to live chats and email. Course materials will employment of these skills in a dynamic physically meet face-to-face. It is intended include electronic lectures, links to support learning setting, the student experiences to respond to a growing need in the information, electronic article reserves, and how to research and communicate results in community for skills and knowledge in the hardcopy texts. Assignments are submitted an interdisciplinary setting. In 2004, the environmental area, enabling participants to and returned using an electronic dropbox. course focuses on the Kyoto Protocol. appreciate the global perspective in which all environmental problems and solutions CEM 400: Fundamentals of Kymberley Snarr, a Ph.D. candidate in the have to be measured. It will emphasize the Environmental Management Department of Anthropology and IES, is necessity for sustainability in development This course concentrates on the relevant the developer and instructor of the courses and the use of market-driven solutions issues related to approaches, processes, and offered. through the examination of uniquely problems associated with making decisions Canadian problems. Graduates are eligible related to environmental management. For more information, please see to apply for the Canadian Certified Through the introduction of a wide variety http://www.utoronto.ca/env/ies Environmental Practitioner designation of course materials, problem solving or contact Donna Workman, under the Canadian Environmental exercises, ongoing discussions, and through [email protected] or 416-978-7077. Certification Approvals Board’s national individual and team work assignments,

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 3 COURSES

The following is a list of graduate courses offered by IES. For more information, please see the IES website, www.utoronto.ca/env/ies, or contact Donna Workman, 416-978-7077, [email protected]. Please see pages 9-17 and 26-27 for profiles of 2002/03 Instructors.

Core Courses Other Courses IES 1001H Environmental Decision Making IES 1410H Analytical Environmental Chemistry Phil Byer, Civil Engineering/IES and Scott Mabury, Chemistry. Ingrid Stefanovic, Philosophy. IES 1433H Regional Resource Ecology: IES 1002H Environmental Management Case Studies Evaluation of Natural Capital 2002/03 Instructors: Scott Prudham, Geography/IES and Roger Hansell, Zoology/IES. Peter Timmerman, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York U. 2003/04 Instructors: Peter Timmerman, Faculty of IES 1701H Environmental Law Environmental Studies, York U. and Mark Winfield, Division of Paul Muldoon, Canadian Environmental Law Association. the Environment. (See article on open house poster session below.) IES 1703H Water Resources Management Lino Grima, Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. IES 4001H Graduate Seminars in Environment and Health (for Ph.D. students) IES 1704H Environmental Risk Analysis and Management (Not offered in 2002/03 and 2003/04.) Lino Grima, Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty; Rodney White, Geography/IES; MSC 4000H Seminars in Environment and Health Jim Dooley, IES Associate Faculty Member. Frances Silverman, Gage Occupational & Environmental Health Unit/Medicine; Rodney White, Geography/IES; and IES 1705H Corporate Perspectives on the Environment Lesbia Smith, Ontario Ministry of Health. David Powell, Innis College. (Not offered in 2003/04.)

IES 1002H: Posters showcase class research

By Peter Timmerman and Scott Prudham, Course Instructors

On April 11 2003, the campus community was invited to attend a poster session, the result of the classwork of the graduate course IES 1002H Environmental Management Case Studies, an environmental management case study course, centred on individual and group research devoted to one issue per year. This year the course focussed on “The Commodification of Life: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?”, looking at genetic engineering of varying kinds, sparked in part by the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on December 5 2002, denying patent rights to Harvard University over the "oncomouse" (a mouse genetically designed to have cancerous tumours). This decision - and the arguments associated with the decision - highlighted the range of social, ethical, economic, political, and legal concerns raised by the spectre of the commodification of At the IES 1002 poster session, student Albert Osei explains the class life forms. The students combined their individual research with poster “Biotechnomics: Growth as Goods” which examined political group explorations to make the following three posters: and economic issues surrounding genetic engineering and patenting. 1. Biotechnology: The Great Uncontrolled Experiment. The elements of the scientific dimensions of biotech, focussing Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies,York especially on impacts. University; Scott Prudham is an Assistant Professor, 2. Biotechnomics: Growth as Goods. Biotech research, ranging Department of Geography and IES. from the international dimensions of agricultural trade to the Students participating were: Martha Barriga, Anna Chase, changing dynamics of university-based research. Adam Fenech, Munya Kabba, Tanya Labencki, Angela Loder, 3. Response-ability. The ethical, spiritual, and legal dimensions Amy Mader, Jennifer McKelvie, Amanda Mongeon, Albert Osei, of responding to the challenge of genetic research and its Dave Partlow, David Sandomierski, Nikki Simms, and Adam implementation. Watson. Peter Timmerman and Scott Prudham were the Instructors of For more information, please email [email protected] or IES 1002H in 2002/03. Peter Timmerman is an Assistant [email protected]

4 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies IES 1706H Natural Hazards and Natural Disasters IES 2501H Pollution Prevention and Control David Etkin and Monirul Mirza, Adaptation and Impacts Stefan Salbach, Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Research Group, Environment Canada. JGE 1212H Contaminants in the Environment IES 1707H Environmental Finance: Risk Management and Miriam Diamond, Geography. Business Opportunities Martin Whittaker, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. JGE 1420H Urban Waste Management: An International (New course offering in 2002/03; see article below.) Perspective Virginia Maclaren, Geography. IES 2000H/Y Independent Study JGN 2607H Advanced Techniques in Hydrogeology IES 2001H Special Topics: Ken Howard, Physical Sciences, Scarborough. International Environmental Agreements: Implications for Canadian Environmental Management JNC 2503H Environmental Pathways (Not offered in 2002/03.) Charles Jia, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry.

IES 2002HF Special Topics: Environmental Governance in JPV 1201H Politics, Bureaucracy and the Environment the New City of Toronto Richard Stren, Political Science. 2002/03 Instructor: Pamela Robinson, Innis College. 2003/04 Instructor: Quentin Chiotti, Pollution Probe. JVP 2147H Environmental Philosophy Ingrid Stefanovic, Philosophy. IES 2002HS Special Topics: Community Based (Not offered in 2002/03 and 2003/04.) Environmental Research Beth Savan, Innis College. JEI 1901H Technology, Society & Environment I (New offering for 2004 spring term.) Willem Vanderburg, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering/IES.

IES 1707H: New course on fast-emerging field of Environmental Finance

By Martin Whittaker, Course Instructor finance and some of the critical Specific areas of interest that were fundamental trends driving this agenda, examined in closer detail included climate Environmental finance is a fast-emerging namely: change, emissions trading, field involving the application of financial • the recognition that environmental sustainability/socially-responsible market instruments and practices to the management issues can directly affect investing and venture investing. Coverage management of environmental - and social the profitability and shareprice of of these topics was greatly enhanced by - issues. Drawing from the experiences of corporations of all sizes and types; the use of guest lecturers, who included the instructor working day-to-day in this • the increasing reliance by government Bill Tharp, CEO of one of Canada's field, the course examined how retail policymakers and regulators on market- leading clean energy private equity firms; banks, insurance companies, investment based instruments to achieve Corinne Boone, Managing Director of banks, venture capitalists and professional environmental policy objectives; CO2e.com (a leading global GHG broker); financial services companies are becoming • the appreciation within mainstream Martin Grosskopf, a sustainability increasingly engaged on the sustainability financial circles of the importance of analyst at Acuity Investment Funds; and issue. new sources of environmentally-driven Matthew Kiernan, CEO of Innovest The new course, IES 1707H risk and return; Strategic Value Advisors. Environmental Finance: Risk • the expansion of venture investing in The 2003 fall term course will adopt a Management and Business Opportunities, environmentally-related technologies and similar approach, and will include an was naturally highly inter-disciplinary, but solutions; and equally strong roster of guest speakers. no prior knowledge of finance or • the evolving scope and sophistication of economics was needed; in the course’s the global securities industry and the Martin Whittaker is the Managing inaugural session in the fall of 2002, growth of “sustainability” and “socially Director of Innovest Strategic Value student backgrounds included forestry, responsible” investing. Advisors. For more information on this business, engineering, planning, public In terms of organization, the course course, please see the course outline at administration and environmental studies, examined how established practices and www.utoronto.ca/env/ies or contact as well as finance and accounting. Indeed, tools from within the mainstream financial Martin Whittaker, [email protected], the intention was to introduce students to markets are being adapted to the pursuit of or Donna Workman, Student Advisor, the basic concepts of environmental environmental and financial goals, using [email protected] real-world examples and experiences.

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 5 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION Environmental Information Office: U of T’s environmental activities profiled online

By Judith Wilson, Manager, Environmental information for their courses. The IES send information/corrections/updates to Information Office courseware program provides such a [email protected]. The tool. No knowledge of html (Hypertext original matrix can be found at The Environmental Information Office at Markup Language), or even any special http://www.utoronto.ca/env/res_proj IES uses web technology to "virtually" pull program to create html, is needed. The together environmental research and instructor types or "cut and pastes" in 4.The IES Alumni Database teaching activities from over twenty information and web pages are created The Environmental Information Office academic units of the University of and published to the server computer. helped with the development of the Web Toronto. The "Environmental Research Any future distance education courses interactivity for the Alumni Database. and Teaching at the University of Toronto" will likely make use of this technology. Still in progress, when fully developed, web site can be found at: A tutorial has recently been developed this system will allow all IES alumni to http://www.utoronto.ca/env for this courseware. To view the course enter their own current information. To pages, update your page and view the view the input page go to: Content Management tutorial, go to: http://ies.utoronto.ca/alumni/ Systems/Database Driven http://ies.utoronto.ca/iescourseware alumnipage.htm. Current information can be found at: Web Sites 3.The Environmental Research http://ies.utoronto.ca/alumni/list.asp. Most of our efforts for the last year have and Teaching at Selected For more information on IES alumni, centred on the further development of four Universities Database please go to Database Driven Web Sites. These may be This is a large matrix of environmental www.utoronto.ca/env/ies/people.htm viewed at: http://ies.utoronto.ca/ undergraduate and graduate degree then click on students). programs and research listed by faculty/ 1.The Environmental Research department/centre or institute at various and Teaching at U of T different Canadian, U.S. and European Work/Study Program Faculty and Staff Directory universities. The goal is to provide Undergraduate computer science student This database includes contact current, easily accessible information for Bencher Zhu was hired for 2002/2003 information and research interests of prospective students and researchers through the Work/Study program of U of T approximately 300 members of faculty around the world. The interactive part Admissions and Awards. He worked for and staff of the University of Toronto of this database is still in development the most part on the Environmental who are involved in environmental but partial information can be viewed at Research and Teaching at Selected research (http://ies.utoronto.ca/envstaff). http://ies.utoronto.ca/universities/ and is Universities Database (see above). The new interactive feature allows being updated manually. It is hoped that individuals to update their own the database will be expanded to include Judith Wilson has taken early retirement information. as many universities as want to and continues to assist IES’ participate and to ensure the information Environmental Information Office. (See 2.The IES Courseware Site is current by giving each department the article on her 25 years at IES on page 7.) Research in previous years indicated that ability to update their own information. For more information, please contact faculty need an intuitive, simple Currently, all universities listed or Judith at [email protected] or program to create and update web interested in participating are invited to 250-754-4754.

Examples of various web pages and databases created by the Environmental Information Office. LEFT: Environmental Research and Teaching at U of T: http://www.utoronto.ca/env CENTRE: IES’ courseware site enables instructors to update and upload course information: http://ies.utoronto.ca/iescourseware RIGHT: A database that provides links and compares environmental research and teaching at selected Canadian and international universities: http://ies.utoronto.ca/universities

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By Mona El-Haddad In September 2002, we said goodbye to Judith (“Judy”) Wilson just before she headed out to beautiful Vancouver Island. Judy moved to Nanaimo with her partner, John Holmes, who was offered the position of research scientist at the Pacific Biological Station of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. During the last year, she continued working for IES “at a distance” until her early retirement in July 2003. She now continues to work on a casual basis for IES while living happily on the side of Mount Benson with John and their dog and two cats. Judy started at IES in 1973 just before it changed its name from “the Institute for Environmental Sciences and Engineering”. She managed the extensive collection at Judy Wilson, her partner John Holmes and new puppy Natasha “Natty”, on their property in IES’ Resource Centre until its closure in Nanaimo. Mount Benson is in the background. (Photo by John Holmes.) 1995 when IES moved from the Haultain Building to the Earth Sciences Centre. many years of service on behalf of Governing Council in 2000 and ran Before the Resource Centre was closed, administrative staff. She served as successfully for the position of Trustee on she developed the Environmental Database President of the U of T Staff Association the newly formed Steelworkers Local 1998 and Networking Initiative (later renamed from 1990 to 1993. She was then elected Executive Committee and also worked as a the Environmental Information Office) to the University's Governing Council in Steward for the local until 2003. In which “virtually” pulls together U of T’s 1995 as an administrative staff repre- November 1998, when she received a pin varied environmental research and sentative where she was a member of the for her 25 years at U of T, Judy was asked teaching activities. Judy also created and Council's Executive Committee, Business to give a small speech on behalf of managed the IES’ web site as well as many Board, Planning and Budget Committee administrative staff to a full house in Hart web sites for IES collaborative partners. and Elections Committee. She also served House's Great Hall. (See page 6 for more information.) on U of T's Environmental Protection We truly miss her and wish her and her Others at U of T know Judy for her Advisory Committee. She resigned from family much happiness in B.C.!

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 7 FACULTY Graduate Faculty The following are members of IES Graduate Faculty; primary affiliations or departmental appointments are shown. Research profiles of faculty who held administrative appointments, were Instructors of IES courses and/or Prinicipal Investigators of IES research grants and contracts in 2002/03 are on pages 9-17 and 26-27.

Full Members: Ulrich Krull, Chemistry Paul Bozek, Gage Occupational & Jonathan Abbatt, Chemistry Hy van Luong, Anthropology Environmental Health Unit Barry Adams, Civil Engineering Scott Mabury, Chemistry Donald Cole, Public Health Sciences Robert Andrews, Civil Engineering John MacDonald, Physiology David Etkin, Environment Canada David Bagley, Civil Engineering Laurel MacDowell, History A.P. (Lino) Grima, Geography Spencer Barrett, Botany Virginia Maclaren, Geography H. Roland Hosein, GE Canada Inc. Terry Blake, Forestry (IES Associate Director, Research) Andy Kenney, Forestry Rorke Bryan, Forestry Heather MacLean, Civil Engineering (IES Graduate Coordinator, Michael Bunce, Geography, Scarborough Jay Malcolm, Forestry Environmental Studies Graduate Frances Burton, Anthropology Loraine Marrett, Public Health Sciences Program) *Phil Byer, Civil Engineering David Martell, Forestry Sonia Labatt Terry Carleton, Forestry/Botany Andrew Miall, Geology Abdel Maarouf, Environment Canada Catherine Chalin Clark, Public Health William Michelson, Sociology Douglas Macdonald, Innis College Sciences G.W. Kent Moore, Physics Patricia McCarney, Political Science Jing Chen, Geography Glenn Morris, Zoology Monirul Mirza, Environment Canada Joan Cherry, Information Studies D. Scott Munro, Geography, Mississauga Paul Muldoon, Canadian Environmental Rhonda Cockerill, Health Administration Edmund O'Sullivan, Adult Education, Law Association Paul Cooper, Forestry Community Development & Barbara Murck, Earth Sciences, Paul Corey, Public Health Sciences Counselling Psychology (OISE/UT) Mississauga Ferko Csillag, Geography, Mississauga James Purdham, Public Health Sciences David Powell, Innis College Helene Cyr, Zoology Helen Rodd, Zoology *Scott Prudham, Geography Amrita Daniere, Geography Rowan Sage, Botany Pamela Robinson, Innis College Anthony Davis, Geography Mohini Sain, Forestry Stefan Salbach George Dei, Sociology & Equity Studies K. Richard Sandbrook, Political Science Marie Sanderson, Environment Canada in Education (OISE/UT) Andrea Sass-Kortsak, Public Health Beth Savan, Innis College Donald Dewees, Economics Sciences Stephen Scharper, Religion Miriam Diamond, Geography Lawrence Sawchuk, Anthropology, M. Ronald Shimizu James Eckenwalder, Botany Scarborough Lesbia Smith, Public Health Sciences Margrit Eichler, Sociology & Equity David Selby, Curriculum Teaching and Roger Street, Environment Canada Studies in Education (OISE/UT) Learning (OISE/UT) Peter Telford Mark Engstrom, Zoology/ROM Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Geology Peter Timmerman, York University Greg Evans, Chemical Engineering & Krystyna Sieciechowicz, Anthropology Douglas Whelpdale, Environment Canada Applied Chemistry Frances Silverman, Medicine Martin Whittaker, Innovest Strategic Value Roberta Fulthorpe, Botany (IES Associate Director; Director, Advisors William Gough, Environmental Science, Environment & Health Grad Program) Mark Winfield, Division of the Scarborough Grace Skogstad, Political Science Environment Hugh Gunz, Management Sandy Smith, Forestry Cindy Woodland, Pharmacology *Roger Hansell, Zoology W. Gary Sprules, Zoology Barbara Zimmerman, Forestry Patricia Harper, Hospital for Sick Ingrid Stefanovic, Philosophy Children Richard Stren, Political Science Members Emeriti: L. Danny Harvey, Geography Susan Tarlo, Public Health Sciences Vic Timmer, Forestry Paul Aird, Forestry Grant Henderson, Geology Ian Burton, Environment Canada D. Linn Holness, Public Health Sciences Carolyn Tuohy, Political Science *Willem Vanderburg, Mechanical & James Dooley Tad Homer-Dixon, University College David Dunham, Zoology Susan Horton, Economics Industrial Engineering Frank Wania, Physical Sciences, Donald Mackay, Chemical Engineering Ken Howard, Physical Sciences, Scar. and Applied Chemistry Reiner Jaakson, Geography Scarborough *Rodney R. White, Geography (currently at Trent University) Charles Jia, Chemical Engineering & Robert E. (Ted) Munn Applied Chemistry (IES Director) Ann Zimmerman, Zoology David Nowlan Shashi Kant, Forestry Henry Regier Bryan Karney, Civil Engineering D.N. Roy, Forestry Chris Kennedy, Civil Engineering Associate Members: Joseph Whitney, Geography J. Gary Knowles, Adult Education, David Balsillie, Forestry G. Ronald Williams, Biochemistry Community Development & Brad Bass, Environment Canada Counselling Psychology (OISE/UT) Reina Bendayan, Pharmacy *Administrative cross-appointment to IES Nancy Kreiger, Public Health Sciences Alana Boland, Geography 8 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies RESEARCH PROFILES FACULTY

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J Philip Byer Jing Chen Miriam Diamond Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Geography, Department of Geography, 100 St. George 35 St. George St.; 100 St. George St.; tel: 416-978-1586; fax: St. (Office: Room 201c, 45 St. George St.) tel: 416-978-5980; fax: 416-946-7632; 416-946-3886; [email protected]; tel: 416-978-1586; fax: 416-946-3886, [email protected]; www.geog.utoronto.ca/info/faculty/ [email protected]; www.utoronto.ca/env/Phil_Byer/ Chen.htm www.geog.utoronto.ca/deptinfo/mld.html Phil_Byer.html B.Sc. (Meteorology), Nanjing Institute of B.Sc. (Biology), Toronto; M.Sc. (Zoology), S.M. (Civil Eng.), S.B. (Electrical Eng.), Meteorology, China; Ph.D. (Meteorology), Alberta; M.Sc.Eng. (Mining Eng.), Ph.D. (Civil Eng.), Mass. Inst. of Reading University, UK Queen's; Ph.D. (Chemical Eng. and Technology Professor, Department of Geography. Applied Chemistry), Toronto. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Professor, Department of Geography, IES; Chair, Division of Environmental Research Interests: U of Toronto; Full member, IES Graduate Engineering. Remote sensing, geographical information Faculty. Instructor of joint Geography/IES Co-Instructor of IES 1001H Environmental systems, biogeochemical cycle modelling, course JGE 1212H Contaminants in the Decision-Making. hydrology, micro-meteorology. Principal Environment. investigator of IES/Geography/Forestry Research Interests: Research Interests: project Combating global warming: Fate and transport of inorganic and organic Environmental planning and decision enhancing China's capacity for carbon contaminants in the environment, making; multiobjective project evaluation; sequestration (see pages 22-23). particularly lakes and urban areas; environmental assessment; development of mathematical fate models, risk management; environmental policy Recent Publications: measurement of contaminants and fate development; solid waste management. Chen, J. M., J. Liu, S. G. Leblanc, R. processes in the environment. Lacaze, and J.-L. Roujean. 2003. Multi- Recent Publications: Recent Publications: angular optical remote sensing for Hodge, E.M., M.L. Diamond, B.E. Tam, E.K.L. and P.H. Byer. 2002. assessing vegetation structure and carbon McCarry, G.A. Stern and P.A. Harper. Remediation of contaminated lands: a absorption. Remote Sensing of 2003. Sticky windows: chemical and decision methodology for site owners. Environment 84: 516-525 biological characteristics of the organic Journal of Environmental Management Chen, J. M., W. Ju, J. Cihlar, D. Price, J. film derived from particulate and gas- 64(4): 387-400. Liu, W. Chen, J. Pan, T. A. Black, and A. phase air contaminants found on an Byer, P. and E. Tam. 2001. Addressing Barr. 2003. Spatial distribution of carbon urban impervious surface. Archives of new directions of globalization, sources and sinks in Canada's forests Environmental Contamination and environmental management systems and based on remote sensing. Tellus B 55(2): Toxicology 44: 421-429. sustainable development in the 622-642. Liu, Q.-T., R. Chen, B.E. Mccarry, M.L. curriculum. Proceedings, 12th Canadian Chen, J.M., G. Pavlic , L. Brown, J. Cihlar, Diamond, B. Bahavar. 2003. Conference on Engineering Education, S.G. Leblanc, H.P. White, R.J. Hall, D. Characterization of polar organic University of Victoria, August 23-25, Peddle, D.J. King, J.A. Trofymow, E. compounds in the organic film on indoor 2001, pp. 313-317. Swift, J. Van der Sanden, and P. Pellikka, and outdoor building glass windows. Pontarollo, J., D. Hooton and P. Byer. 2002. Validation of Canada-wide leaf Environmental Science and Technology 2000. Environmental life-cycle cost area index maps using ground 37: 2340-2349. analysis of asphalt and concrete measurements and high and moderate Helm, P.A., M.L. Diamond, R. Semkin, pavements, CSCE 2000, 6th resolution satellite imagery. Remote Strachan, C. Teixeira and D. Gregor Environmental Specialty Conference, Sensing of Environment 80:165-184. 2002. A mass balance model describing London, June 7-10, 2000. the multi-year fate of organochlorine compounds in a high arctic lake. Environmental Science and Technology 36: 996-1003.

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 9 James Dooley Adam Fenech A.P. Lino Grima tel. 416-499-9296; IES Office: 1047A Earth Sciences Centre; Institute for Environmental Studies, 1048B [email protected] tel: 416-946-5335; [email protected]; Earth Sciences Centre; tel: 416-978-3486; B.A.Sc. Hons. (Mechanical Eng.), M.A.Sc. mailing address and fax on inside cover. [email protected]; and Ph.D. (Industrial Eng.) Toronto. Environment Canada Office: Atmospheric http://myprofile.cos.com/grima; Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. and Climate Science Directorate, mailing address and fax on inner cover. Co-Instructor IES 1704H Risk Analysis Meteorological Service of Canada, B.A. Hons. (Geography), Manchester; and Management. 4905 Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario, Dip. Ed., London; M.A. and Ph.D. M3H 5T4; tel:416-739-4267; fax: 416- (Geography), Toronto. Research Interests: 739-4265. Associate Member, Geography/IES Development of a unified set of concepts B.A. (Hons.), Toronto; M.E.S. Graduate Faculty. in the risk field encompassing analysis, (Environmental Studies), York. Instructor of IES 1703H Water Resources management, and policy applicable to a Ph.D. Candidate (Geography and IES), Management and Co-Instructor of IES broad range of situations including health, Toronto. 1704H Risk Analysis and Management. safety, and the environment. Application Science Advisor, Office of the Director areas include: corporate risk management; General, Atmospheric and Climate Science Research Interests: and environmental policy formulaton in Directorate, Meteoro-logical Service of Market mechanisms for sustainable S.E. Asia. Recent research is the Canada. development; water resource management; examination of the socio-economic and demand management (water and energy environmental impact on villages as Research Interests: resources); risk communication and traditional craft textiles evolve into a more Integrated environmental modelling; management; public participation; traditional economic sector in Thailand, ecosystem changes; international environmental education; Great Lakes; Laos, and Vietnam. environmental agreements; valuing ecological economics. Member of ecosystems and biodiversity; land-use research team of IES project Water Publications: change; atmospheric change; impacts of Resources Management Policies for the Dooley, J. 1996. Risk Analysis and climate change on ecosystems; monitoring Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Region (see page Management Training Manual, prepared biodiversity; environment and the media; 23). for the Environmental Studies Centres ecological monitoring networks; and Development in Indonesia Project. environmental information management. Recent Publications: (Translated into Bahasa, Indonesia). Co-Director, Integrated Mapping Grima, A.P., S. Horton, S. Kant. 2003. Dooley, J. 1995. Regulations and Assessment Project lab at IES (see page Introduction: natural capital, poverty and Infrastructure to Monitor Compliance. 24). development. In S. Horton, S. Kant, A.P. Report for the Canadian-ASEAN Centre, Recent Publications: Grima and A. Fenech (eds.) Natural Academic Support Program. Fenech, A., J. Foster. K. Hamilton and R.I. Capital, Poverty and Development, Dooley, J. 1990. Risk Analysis for Health Hansell. 2003. Natural capital in ecology special issue of Environment, and Environmental Management. and economics: an overview; and R.I. Development and Sustainability, pages 1- Environmental Management Hansell, T.M. Hansell and A. Fenech. 18. (In press.) (See page 18.) Development in Indonesia Project, 2003. A new market instrument for Grima, A.P. 2001. Demand management; Dalhousie University. sustainable economic and environmental Effluent charges; IJC Environmental development. Environmental Monitoring Programs and Action Plans; State-of-the and Assessment 86(1-2): 3-17; 203-209. Environment Reporting. Encyclopaedia Lumb, A, A. Hopkin, H. Shear, A. Fenech of Global Environmental Change, Vol. 4. and Hague Vaughan (eds). 2003. John Wiley & Sons Chichester, U.K. Monitoring Ecological Change in Canada Part - II, special Issue of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 88(1-3). (In press.) 10 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Roger Hansell Ken Howard Charles Jia Department of Zoology, 25 Harbord St., Department of Physical and Environmental Department of Chemical Engineering and tel: 416-978-5031; Sciences, U of T at Scarborough; Applied Chemistry, Room WB329, [email protected]; tel: 416-287-7233; fax: 416-287-7279; 200 College Street, tel: 416-946-3097; www.utoronto.ca/env/hansell/hansell.htm [email protected]; fax: 416-978-8605; B.Sc. Hons. (Biology), Toronto; www.scar.utoronto.ca/~gwater/ [email protected]; Ph.D., California, Riverside. B.Sc. Hons.(Physics & Geography), www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/~cqjia/ Professor, Department of Zoology and Exeter; M.Sc. & Ph.D. (Hydrogeology), B. Eng., M.Eng. (Material), Chongqing, IES. Instructor of IES course 1433H Birmingham. China; Ph.D. (Material Sci. and Regional Resource Ecology. Professor, Physical and Environmental Eng.), McMaster. Associate Professor, Sciences Division, U of T at Scarborough Chemical Engineering and Applied Research Interests: (Groundwater Research Group). Full Chemistry. Full Member, IES Graduate Natural Capital and sustainability of Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Instructor Faculty. Instructor of joint Chemical ecosystem processes; evolution of complex of joint Geology and IES course JGN Engineering and IES course JNC2503H systems: analysis of the processes by 2607H Advanced Techniques in Environmental Pathways. which systems increase in complexity Hydrogeology. through time; response of Arctic and tree- Research Interests: line communities to environmental change; Research Interests: Environmental applications of inorganic the ecology and energetics of cities: All aspects of hydrogeological research sulphur chemistry, sulphate-reducing vertical gardens and green canopies for related to groundwater resources in bacteria (SRB), treatment and utilization of urban environments. Canada, U.S., U.K., Mexico, the industrial wastes, fate and transport of Recent Publications: Caribbean, Australia and pollutants in multimedia environments, Hansell, R.I.C., T.M. Hansell and A. Africa. Major ion, minor ion, and chemical kinetics and thermodynamics of Fenech. 2003. A new market instrument environmental isotope hydrochemistry; multi-phase systems. for sustainable economic and contaminant migration; borehole and environmental development. surface geophysics; recharge assessment; Recent Publications: Environmental Monitoring and groundwater flow modelling; impacts of Bejarano, C., C.Q. Jia, K.H.Chung. 2003. Assessment 86:203-209. urbanisation on groundwater resources and A mechanistic study on kinetics of Scott, P.A., R.I.C. Hansell. 2003. Arctic approaches to the management and carbothermal reduction of SO2(g) by oil ecotone, Churchill, Manitoba. Arctic 21 protection of aquifers. sand fluid coke. Industrial and pages. (In press.) Engineering Chemistry Research. (In Fenech, A., B. Taylor, R. Hansell and Recent Publications: press.) G. Whitelaw. 2002. Major road changes Howard, K.W.F. and R. Israfilov (eds.). Ahmed, I. B., P.K. Gbor, and C.Q. Jia. in southern Ontario 1935-1995: 2002. Current Problems of Hydrogeology 2002. Effects of O2 on aqueous SO2 implications for protected areas. In in Urban Areas, Urban Agglomerates and leaching of Co, Cu and Ni from discard Bondrop-Nielsen et al., Managing Industrial Centres. NATO Science Series: smelter slag, Canadian Journal of Protected Areas in a Changing World, IV Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering 80(3): 410-420. Science and Management of Protected Volume 8. Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Gbor, P.K., I.B. Ahmed and C.Q. Jia. 2002. Areas Association, Acadia University, Netherlands. 504 pages. (See page 18.) Evaluation of contribution of acid and Wolfville, Nova Scotia, pages 365-383. Gerber, R.E. and K.W.F. Howard. 2002. ligand to Ni, Co and Fe dissolution from Fenech, A., R. Hansell, A. Isla and S. Hydrogeology of the Oak Ridges non-ferrous smelter slags in aqueous Thompson (eds.). 2000. Natural Capital: Moraine aquifer system: implications for sulphur dioxide. Industrial and Views from Many Perspectives. Report protection and management from the Engineering Chemistry Research 41(7): of an April 23, 1999 Workshop. Duffins Creek watershed. Canadian 1861-1867. Environmental Monograph No. 16. Journal of Earth Sciences 39: 1333-1348. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto. 22 pages. Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 11 Andy Kenney Scott Mabury Virginia Maclaren Faculty of Forestry, Room 1019, Department of Chemistry, 80 St. George Department of Geography, 100 St. George Earth Sciences Centre, 33 Willcocks St., St., tel: 416-978-1780; fax: 416-978-3596; St.; tel: 416-978-1594; fax: 416-946-3886; tel: 416-978-0474; fax: 416-978-3834; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; www.chem.toronto.edu/people/academic/ http://www.geog.utoronto.ca/info/faculty/ www.forestry.utoronto.ca/ac_staff/ maburys.html Maclaren.htm current/kenney.htm B.S. (Chemistry), Northland College, B.A. (Geography), Bishop’s; B.Sc.F. (Forestry), Lakehead; M.Sc. Wisconsin; Ph.D. (Agricultural and M.Pl. (Regional Planning), Ottawa; (Environmental Biology), Guelph; Environmental Chemistry), California, M.S., Ph.D. (Regional Science), Cornell. Ph.D. (Forestry), Toronto. Davis. Associate Professor, Department of Senior Lecturer, Forestry. IES Graduate Associate Professor and Chair, Department Geography. IES Associate Director, Coordinator, Environmental Studies of Chemistry. Research. Full Member, IES Graduate Graduate Program. Associate Member, Full Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Faculty. Instructor of joint Geography/IES IES Graduate Faculty. Instructor of IES 1410H Analytical course JGE 1420H Urban Waste Environmental Chemistry. Managment: An International Perspective. Research Interests: Research Interests: Impacts of urban development on Research Interests: Urban waste management; environmental woodland ecosystems and relationship Environmental photochemistry; aqueous reporting and indicators; environmental between urban design and extent of urban oxidants, their reactivity towards pesticides impact assessment; environmental forest canopies; strategic planning in urban and concentrations under realistic management in developing countries forestry and the involvement of environmental conditions; role of fluorine (Southeast Asia). Principal Investigator of stakeholder groups in its management; in environmental fate of fluorinated IES project Waste-Econ in Vietnam, Laos computerized urban forest inventory pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and industrial and Cambodia (see pages 20-21). system used by community groups to chemicals; analytical environmental Member of research team of project on assess structure and condition of their chemistry and development of new China's capacity for carbon sequestration urban forest. methods of trace analysis. (see pages 22-23). Recent Publications: Recent Publications: Tsarouhas, V., W.A. Kenney, and L. Zsuffa. Recent Publications: Maclaren, V.W. and A.T.T. Nguyen (eds.). 2001. Variation in freezing resistance Lam, M., K. Tantuco and S.A. Mabury. 2003. Gender and Waste Management: during different phonological stages in 2003. PhotoFate: a new approach in the Vietnamese and International some Populus and Salix clones: measurement of direct and indirect Experiences. National Political Publisher, implications for clonal selection. Silvae photolysis. Environmental Science and Hanoi, Vietnam. 140 pages. (See page Genetica 50(2):54-63. Technology 37:899-907. 18.) Kenney, W.A. 2000. Leaf area density as Martin, J., S.A. Mabury, K.S. Solomon, Maclaren, V.W. 2002. Blighted or an urban forestry planning and D.C.G. Muir. 2003 Bioconcentration and booming? An evaluation of community management tool. Forestry Chronicle tissue distribution of perfluorinated acids indicators and their creation. Canadian 76(2): 235-239. in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Journal of Urban Research 10(2): 275- Kenney, W.A. and C. Idziak. 2000. The mykiss). Environmental Toxicology and 291. state of Canada's municipal forests - Chemistry 22:196-204. Maclaren, V.W. 2002. Concern for the 1996 to 1998. Forestry Chronicle 76(2): Ellis, D.A., J.W. Martin, D.C.G. Muir, and environmental effects of trade in 231-234. S.A. Mabury. 2003. The use of 19F Canadian communities: evidence from Puric-Mladenovic, D., W.A. Kenney and F. NMR and mass spectrometry for the local indicator reports. In J.J. Kirton and Csillag. 2000. Land development elucidation of novel fluorinated acid and V.W. Maclaren (eds.) Linking Trade, pressure on peri-urban forests: a case atmospheric fluoroacid precursors Environment and Social Cohesion: study in the Regional Munic. of York. evolved in the thermolysis of North American Experiences, Global Forestry Chronicle 76(2): 247-250. fluoropolymers. Analyst 128:756 -764. Challenges. Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, pages 265-275. 12 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Paul Muldoon Robert (Ted) Munn David Powell Canadian Environmental Law Association, Institute for Environmental Studies, 1048B Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue; 517 College St., Suite 401, Toronto, Earth Sciences Centre; tel: 416-484-6551; tel: 416-971-5141 or 416-946-8100; Ontario, M6G 4A2, tel: 416-960-2284 [email protected]; fax: 416-271-2078; x219; fax: 416-960-9392; www.utoronto.ca/env/munn/munn.htm; [email protected]; [email protected]; www.cela.ca mailing address and fax on inner cover. http://www.utoronto.ca/envstudy/ B.A. Hons. (Political Sci.), Wilfrid Laurier; B.A., McMaster; M.A., Toronto; B.Sc and M.B.A., Toronto. LL.B., Ottawa; M.A. (Political Sci.), Ph.D., Michigan. Program Counsellor and Placement McMaster; LL.M., McGill. Professor Emeritus, IES. Coordinator, Environmental Studies Executive Director, Canadian Program, Innis College. Associate Environmental Law Association, Toronto. Research Interests: Member, IES Graduate Faculty; Instructor Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Global environmental change; air of IES 1705H Corporate Perspectives on Instructor of IES 1701H Environmental pollution; environmental policy; the Environment. Law. environmental impact assessment. Research Interests: Research Interests: Recent Publications: Environmental management systems and Environmental law and policy; regulation Munn, R.E. and A. Maarouf. 2004. voluntary industry initiatives. of toxic chemicals; public participation in Bioclimatology. In J. Oliver (volume ed.) Environmental management consultant environmental decision-making, Encyclopaedia of World Climates. who provides strategic planning advice, environmental rights both federally and Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. program assessment, management provincially. (In press.) education, and research services to Maarouf, A. and R.E. Munn. 2004. Global organizations that want to become more Recent Publications: environmental change impacts on environmentally responsible. For the past Muldoon, P. 2003. Bilateral and humans and the biosphere. In J. Oliver ten years, he has worked on contract to the multilateral dimensions of international (volume ed.) Encyclopaedia of World Canadian Chemical Producers' Association environmental law. In E. Hughes, A. Climates. Kluwer, Dordrecht, The (CCPA) to assist it with the initial Lucas, W. Tilleman (eds.) Environmental Netherlands. (In press.) development, implementation, and ongoing Law and Policy. Emond Montgomery Munn, R.E. (Editor in Chief) 2001. updating of a protocol to verify that its Publications, Toronto. (In press.) Encyclopaedia of Global Environmental member companies have successfully Muldoon, P. and R. Nadarajah. 1999. A Change, 5 volumes, 650 pages each. implemented the codes of practice under sober second look - the regulatory John Wiley and Sons, United Kingdom. the CCPA's Responsible Care Program for approach looks better when the context environment, health and safety. He is and consequences of voluntary initiatives currently working as a verifier of CCPA are taken into account. In R.B. Gibson member companies under this program, (ed.) Voluntary Initiatives - The New and periodically assists in the development Politics of Corporate Greening, and delivery of training workshops for Broadview Press, Peterborough, pages other verifiers and for member-company 51-65. representatives. He is a member of the Billups, S. T. Eder, J. Jackson, P. Muldoon Canadian Advisory Committee to ISO and M. Murray. 1998. Treading water: a TC207/SC1, Environmental Management review of government progress under the Systems, which provides Canada's official Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, input to the Organization of International Part I; and Part II. Toledo Journal of Standards on ISO 14001 and 14004. Great Lakes' Law, Science and Policy 91: 245.

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 13 W. Scott Prudham Pamela Robinson Stefan Salbach Department of Geography, Room 5028, Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue, tel: 416- tel & fax: 416-491-2192; 100 St. George Street; tel: 416-978-4975; 978-3032; fax: 416-971-2078; [email protected] fax: 416-946-3886; [email protected] B.A.Sc. (Civil Engineering), Toronto; [email protected]; B.A. (Hons. Political Studies), M.Pl. M.A.Sc. (Sanitary Engineering), Toronto. www.geog.utoronto.ca/info/faculty/ (Community and Environmental Planning), Environmental Consultant. Prudham.htm Queen's; Ph.D. (Geography), Toronto. Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty; B.A.&Sc., McMaster; M.A. (Geography), Lecturer, Urban and Environmental Instructor of IES 2501H Pollution Victoria; Ph.D. (Energy and Resources), Studies Program, Innis College; Associate Prevention and Control. California, Berkeley. Member, IES Graduate Faculty; Instructor Assistant Professor, Department of of IES 2001H Environmental Governance Research Interests: Geography and IES. in the New City of Toronto, 2002/03. With Ontario government, many years of Co-Instructor of IES 1002H Environmental On leave until December, 2003. experience in environmental management Decision-Making. (See article on page 4.) with special interests in pollution control On leave January - June, 2004. Research Interests: and water resources management; Public engagement; organizational change currently consultant. Research Interests: for sustainability; governance; land use Political economy; social theory and the and environmental planning; Consulting Experience: environment; human aspects of environmental design; use of integrated As an independent consultant he provides environmental change; environmental assessment models in public engagement services in the environmental field, justice; environmental policy and processes; community and individual specializing in water resources regulation; biotechnology politics and response to climate change; growth management, water supply and pollution regulation; globalisation and environment; management and long range planning control. For example, he has provided politics of natural resource use and policy development. advice on the policies and technical management. As an active contributor to the City of procedures used for the rehabilitation of Toronto's Sustainability Roundtable soil contamination. Technical critiques Recent Publications: through membership in the Governance were prepared for the International joint Prudham,W.S. 2004. The Nature of working group and as instructor of IES Commission on Remedial Action Plans. Capital: Political Ecology on the Pacific 2000, she is currently involved in the He prepared a strategic plan on water Slope. Routledge Press, New York, New development of a new series of quality/water supply/waste treatment York. (In press.) sustainability indicators and working with problems of several municipalities around Prudham, W.S. 2003. Taming trees: City staff to develop more meaningful Lake Sapanca, and area 139 km east of capital, science, and nature in Pacific public engagement activities. She is also Istanbul, Turkey, including an analysis of Slope tree improvement. Annals of the teaching a new Urban Sustainability course the jurisdictional complexities governing Association of American Geographers. at Innis College. She also continues to be environmental management. In China, he (In press.) involved in the GTA-QUEST (Community provided advice for pollution control Prudham, W.S. 2002. Regional science, Dialogues toward Creating a Sustainable options for a pulp and paper mill. In political economy, and the environment. Greater Toronto Region) project. The goal Romania, he provided advice to several Canadian Journal of Regional Science of this project is to engage stakeholders in municipalities about their municipal waste 25(2): 171-206. the Greater Toronto Area in discussions treatment and the development of a Prudham, W.S. 2002. Downsizing nature: about defining and sharing their vision(s) municipal sewer use by-law. managing risk and knowledge economies of a sustainable future, how this vision through production subcontracting in the could be implemented and to help connect Oregon logging sector. Environment and citizens with others in the GTA who are Planning A 34: 145-166. taking action toward similar sustainable futures.

14 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Beth Savan Frances Silverman Lesbia Smith Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave., tel:416-978- Gage Occupational & Environmental 416-968-3841; [email protected] 7458; fax:416- 971-2078; Health Unit, University of Toronto, B.Sc., City College of New York; M.D., [email protected]; 223 College St., Toronto, Ontario, M5T State University of New York, Buffalo. http://www.utoronto.ca/envstudy/ 1R4; tel: 416-978-5883; fax: 416-978- Assistant Professor, Department of Public B.Sc. Hons., Toronto; Ph.D., London,U.K. 2608; [email protected] Health Sciences and Gage Occupational Director, Environmental Programs and B.Sc., M.Sc. (Physiology) and Ph.D. and Environmental Health Unit; Senior Lecturer, Innis College; Assistant (Respiratory Physiology), McGill. Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Professor, Department of Geography. IES Associate Director - Environment & Co-Coordinator of joint Medical Science Associate Faculty Member, IES. Health; Director of IES’ Collaborative and IES course MSC 4000H Seminars in Instructor of IES 2002H Community Based Graduate Program in Environment and Environment and Health and its Ph.D. Environmental Research, Spring 2004. Health; Associate Professor, Department equivalent IES 4001H. of Medicine, Dept. of Public Health Research Interests: Sciences, Inst. of Medical Science, Faculty Research Interests: Sustainability planning, climate change, of Physical Education and Health. Medical and technical consultant with environmental education; Co-Chair of the Full Member, IES Graduate Faculty. numerous projects in environmental and Sustainability Round Table and Member of Co-Coordinator of joint Medical Science occupational health and public health to the Board of Directors of the Toronto and IES course MSC 4000H Seminars in industry, government and public health Atmospheric Fund of the City of Toronto; Environment and Health and its Ph.D. agencies. Former Head of Environmental President of Citizens Environment Watch, equivalent IES 4001H. Health and Toxicology Unit of the Public a student and citizen-run environmental Health Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health, monitoring project. Principal investigator Research Interests: managing issues in consultative and of IES project Capacity Building for Adverse respiratory and systemic health technical capacities in environmental Climate Change in Cuba (see page 19). effects of inhaled irritant environmental health, environmental medicine, contaminants; inhalation toxicology occupational health, and public health Recent Publications: (controlled environmental facility); studies programs. Consultant to the study of the Savan, B.I. and D. Sider, D. 2003. directed at the understanding, diagnosis, East Side Residents of Port Colborne Contrasting approaches to community treatment and potential prevention of (2001) for the Niagara Health Unit; lead based research and a case study of adverse health effects of inhaled irritants and arsenic biological marker population community sustainability in Toronto, and role they play in development of screening in various communities in Canada. Local Environment. (In press.) disease. Canada; and currently working with the Savan, B.I., A.J. Morgan, and C. Gore. Sudbury Soils Study consulting 2003. Environmental monitoring and the Recent Publications: consortium on human health risk role of the universities: the case of Brook, R., J. Brook, B. Urch, R. Vincent, assessment from metal in the environment Citizens' Environment Watch. S. Rajagopalan, and F. Silverman. 2002. of the Sudbury Region. Environmental Management. (In press.) Inhalation of fine particulate air Savan, B.I. 2003. Community-university pollution and ozone causes acute arterial Recent Publications: partnerships: linking research and action vasoconstriction health adults. Smith, L. and H. Phillips (for SENES for sustainable community Development. Circulation 105(13):1534-1536. Consultants) 2002. Arsenic in Drinking Community Development Journal. (In Alexis, N. B. Urch, S. Tarlo, P. Corey, D. Water of Chapels Cove: Analysis, Risk press.) Pengelly, P. O'Byrne P, and F. Silverman. Assessment and Public Health Response. Savan, B.I. and D. Bell. 2002. Curriculum 2000. Cycloozygenase-1 metabolites Lesbia F. Smith, L.F., H. Phillips, and M.T. development for community play a different role in ozone-induced Do (for SENES Consultants) 2002. sustainability. In W. Filho (ed.) Teaching pulmonary function decline in asthmatics Critical Review of the Epidemiology Sustainability at Universities: Towards compared to normals. Inhalation Literature on non-bladder cancer and Curriculum Greening. Peter Lang, Toxicology 12 (12): 1205-1224. THMs. Frankfurt, pages 303-321. Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 15 Ingrid Leman Richard Stren Peter Timmerman Stefanovic Department of Political Science, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Division of the Environment, Room 1020, 100 St. George Street, Toronto M5S 1A1. York University, tel: 416-739-2100 Earth Sciences Centre tel: 416-978-3344; fax: 416-978-5566; x 33033, fax: 416-736-5979; tel: 416-978-3475; [email protected] [email protected] or [email protected]; www.chass.utoronto.ca/~stren/ [email protected] www.utoronto.ca/env/Ingrid_Stefanovic/ B.A. (Political economy), Toronto; U. of Toronto: Rm. 1048A Earth Sciences Ingrid_Stefanovic.html; mailing address M.A. and Ph.D. (Political science), Centre, tel: 416-978-6792, mailing address and fax on inside cover. California, Berkeley. and fax on inner cover. B.A., M.A. and Ph.D (Philosophy), Professor, Political Science. B.A., M.A., Toronto. Toronto. Instructor of joint Political Science and Assistant Professor and MES Co-ordinator, Associate Professor, Department of IES course, JPV1201H Politics, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York Philosophy; From July 1, 2003: Director, Bureaucracy and the Environment. University. Division of the Environment; On leave Fall 2002. Associate Faculty Member, IES. Full Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Co-Instructor of IES 1002H Environmental Co-Instructor of IES 1001H Environmental Research interests: Management Case Studies. (See article on Decision-Making and Instructor of joint Urban politics; comparative public page 4.) Philosophy and IES course JVP 2147H administration and organization theory; Environmental Philosophy. urbanization and urban planning in Research Interests: developing countries; current teaching and International scientific research Research Interests: research on African and Latin American collaboration on global environmental Environmental philosophy, environmental urbanization and sustainable urban change issues; social and economic and architectural phenomenology, development. dimensions of climate change; philosophical foundations of sustainable management of coastal cities; resolution of development policies. Recent publications: very long-term issues, e.g. high-level McCarney, P.L. and R.E. Stren (eds.) nuclear fuel waste management and Recent Publications: Governance on the Ground: Innovations emerging concerns of the 21st century. Stefanovic, I. 2003. The contribution of and Discontinuities in Cities of the philosophy to hazards assessment and Developing World. Woodrow Wilson Recent Publications: decision making. Natural Hazards 28: Center Press, Washington and Johns Timmerman, P. (ed.) 2002. Social and 229-247. Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Economic Dimensions of Global Stefanovic, I. 2002. Remembering the (In press: October 2003.) Environmental Change, Volume 5 and mystical in dwelling. In J. Goering and F. Montgomery, M., R.E. Stren, B. Cohen selected articles in Encyclopaedia of Guardiani (eds.) Mystics, Visions and and H. Reed. 2003. (authors and editors). Global Environmental Change. John Miracles. Legas, Ottawa, pages 51-60. Cities Transformed. Demographic Wiley and Sons, United Kingdom. Stefanovic, I. 2001. Environmental Change and its Implications in the Munn, R.E., P. Timmerman, and A. Whyte philosophy: phenomenological ecology. Developing World. National Academies (eds.) 2000. Emerging Environmental In R.E. Munn (ed. in chief) Encyclopedia Press, Washington. (In press: Oct 2003.) Issues for the 21st Century: A Study for of Global Environmental Change, Gross Stein, J., R. Stren, J. Fitzgibbon and GEO-2000. UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya. Volume 5. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., M. MacLean. 2001. Networks of Timmerman, P., P. Harries-Jones and A. London, pages 253-257. Knowledge: Collaborative Innovation in Rotstein. 1999. A signal failure: Stefanovic, I. 2000. Safeguarding Our International Learning. University of ecology and economy after the Earth Common Future: Rethinking Sustainable Toronto Press, Toronto. 176 pages. Summit. In M.G. Schechter (ed.), Future Development, State University of New Freire, M. and R.E. Stren. 2001. The Multilateralism United Nations York Press, New York. 272 pages. Challenge of Urban Government. The University Press, Toyko. World Bank, Washington, D.C. 442 pages. 16 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Willem Vanderburg Rodney White Martin Whittaker Centre for Technology and Social Institute for Environmental Studies, Room Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, 225 East Development, 4 Taddle Creek Rd; 1021 Earth Sciences Centre; tel: 416-978- Beaver Creek Rd., Suite 300, Toronto, tel: 416-978-2924; fax: 416-978-3453; 6526; [email protected]; Ontario, L4B 3P4; tel: 905-707-0876; [email protected] www.utoronto.ca/env/white.htm; fax: 905-707-9084; [email protected] B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D (Mechanical mailing address and fax on inner cover. www.innovestgroup.com Eng.), Waterloo. B.A. Oxford; M.Sc., Pennsylvania State; B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. (Analytical Associate Professor, Department of Ph.D. (Geography), Bristol. Chemistry), McGill; Ph.D. (Environmental Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor, Geography and IES; Risk Assessment & Management), (MIE) and IES; Director, Centre for IES Director. Co-Instructor of IES Edinburgh; M.B.A. (International Finance), Technology and Social Development. 1704H Risk Analysis and Management and London. Instructor of joint MIE and IES course JEI Co-Coordinator of joint Medical Science Managing Director, Innovest Strategic 1901H Technology, Society and the and IES course MSC 4000H Seminars in Value Advisors. Associate Member, IES Environment. Environment and Health and its Ph.D. Graduate Faculty. Instructor of IES 1707H equivalent IES 4001H. Environmental Finance: Risk Management Research Interests: and Business Opportunities. (See article Ecology of technology: how technology Research Interests: on page 5.) fits into, depends on and interacts with Environmental implications of human life, society and the biosphere; urbanization; environmental change and Research Interests: preventive engineering and management: urban design; infrastructure planning (rural Leads Innovest’s research in the energy and adjusting theory and practice to help create roads and water supply); the implications mining sectors, and spearheads the carbon cleaner and greener technologies; areas of of environmental change for the financial finance and private equity activities; application (life cycle design of materials, services sector. Principal Investigator of former environmental consultant and oil processes and products, preventive energy IES project Water Resources Management industry professional with Elf Aquitaine, end-use strategies, healthy workplaces and Policies for the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan the French oil multinational; has authored cities); relationship between culture of Region (see page 23). Member of research numerous articles and studies on society and “cultures” of science and teams of IES projects Waste-Econ in sustainability and finance, and contributes technology, with emphasis on embedded Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (see pages regular analysis and commentary on these values, beliefs and world-views. 20-21) and China's capacity for carbon issues for private clients, at public fora and Recent Publications: sequestration (see pages 22-23). in the national and international media. Vanderburg, W.H. 2002. Preventive approaches for the engineering and Recent Publications: Recent Publications: management of technology: bridging the Labatt, S. and R.R. White. 2002. Whittaker, M. 2003. Carbon Finance and gap between intellectual cultures. In Jim Environmental Finance: A Guide to the Global Equity Markets. London: Downey and Lois Claxton (eds.), What Environmental Risk Assessment and Carbon Disclosure Project Secretariat. 72 We Need to Know: Essays by Leading Financial Products. John Wiley and pages. (www.cdproject.net) Canadian Researchers, Canadian Sons, U.S. 366 pages. (See page 18.) Whittaker, M. 2003. Specter of HIV Aids: Foundation for Innovation/Key Porter Zetter, R and R.R. White (eds.) 2002. a growing concern for emerging market Books, Toronto, pages 194-201. Planning in Cities: Sustainability and investors. Investor's Digest of Canada, Vanderburg, W.H. 2001. Is a second Growth in the Developing World. Urban February 2003. negawatt revolution within reach? Management Series, ITDG Publishing, Whittaker M., Sustainability and Finance Bulletin of Science, Technology and London. 247 pages. (See page 18.) in the Global Mining Industry. Invited Society 21(6): 431-442. White, R.R. 2002. Building the Ecological presentation and client report, World Vanderburg, W.H. 2001. Comments on the City. Woodhead Publishing Ltd. 238 Bank, Washington, D.C. January 2002. empire of non-sense: art in a technique- pages. dominated society. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 21(1): 38-54. Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 17 FACULTY BOOKS

The following are recently published experiences of researchers and groundwater Monirul Mirza books written by some members of professionals who have worked on urban M. Monirul Q. Mirza, Ajaya Dixit and IES’ graduate faculty. groundwater issues in developed and Ainun Nishat (eds.) 2003. Flood Problem lesser-developed nations around the world. and Management in South Asia. Kluwer Sue Horton, Shashi Kant They reveal the magnitude and scope of the Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, problem; but they also identify future 210 pages. http://www.kluweronline.com/) and Lino Grima challenges, potential courses of action, and S. Horton, S. Kant, A.P. Grima and A. The 10 articles in this edited book emerging technologies that give hope for (reprinted from Natural Hazards, 28(1)) Fenech (eds.) 2003. Natural Capital, the future. Poverty and Development, special issue of focus on both the hazard and the Ken Howard, Professor, Physical Sciences, vulnerability aspects of floods in South Environment, Development and UT Scarborough Sustainability. Kluwer, The Netherlands Asia from a multidisciplinary approach, (In press.) This book includes papers from examining the characteristics and nature the Conference on Natural Capital, Poverty Virginia Maclaren of the flood problem and its management and Development held September 5-8, Maclaren, V.W. and Nguyen Anh Thu aspects. It suggests that flood control and 2001. The concept of Natural Capital eds. 2003. Gender and the Waste Economy management focused on structural seems to hold a lot of promise to reconcile - Vietnamese and International solutions are insufficient and that effective the often conflicting views of environ- Experiences. National Political solutions require major restructuring of mentalists and economists. It opens a Publishers, Hanoi, Vietnam, 140 pages. both legal systems and institutions middle ground for constructive discussion This publication was produced by the responsible for management. For those of policies which could enable progress Waste-Econ Program (Making Waste for the people living in the vast flood plains of towards goals of both sustainable Economy (Waste-Econ) in Vietnam, South Asia to be able to overcome social, development (sustainable in environmental Cambodia and Laos), a 5-year project at economic and environmental terms) and poverty alleviation. Can IES and the Department of Geography. vulnerabilities, an adaptive approach to development occur without running down The publication is based on papers management of flood risks that identifies natural resources in an unsustainable way? presented at a workshop held in Danang, specific strategies is needed. Four aspects are examined: 1. the role of Vietnam on February 21, 2002. Gender Monirul Mirza, Researcher, Adaptation institutions in facilitating sustainable and waste researchers from Vietnam, India, and Impacts Research Group at IES; development; 2. examples of (eco)tourism the Netherlands and Canada presented Ajaya Dixit, Water Conservation that illustrate the potential and limits of the different perspectives on gender and waste Foundation (NWCF), Kathmandu, Nepal; concept’s applicability; 3. measurement management. It is available in .pdf format Ainun Nishat, IUCN, The World issues for natural capital; and 4. the on the Waste-Econ Program’s website: Conservation Union, Dhaka, Bangladesh. concept applied to agricultural strategy in http://ots.utoronto.ca/users/WasteEcon/ fragile lands. (For info on the conference, Virginia Maclaren, Associate Professor, Rodney White see http://ies.utoronto.ca/ncpd/focus.htm.) Geography. Roger Zetter and Rodney R. White (eds.) Sue Horton, Interim Vice-Principal 2002. Planning in Cities: Sustainability (Academic) and Dean, UT Scarborough; Sonia Labatt and and Growth in the Developing World. Shashi Kant, Associate Professor, Forestry; Rodney White Urban Management Series, ITDG Publishing, London. 247 pages. A.P. Lino Grima, Associate Faculty Sonia Labatt and Rodney R. White. (http://www.itdgpublishing.org.uk/) Member, IES; Adam Fenech, 2002. Environmental Finance: A Guide to Globalization and the neo-liberal economic Meteorological Service of Canada and Environmental Risk Assessment and development paradigm are the driving Ph.D. candidate, IES. Financial Products. John Wiley & Sons. forces of urbanization in the developing 366 pages. world in the 21st century. These processes This book opens with a discussion of the Ken Howard question the extent to which the concepts and tools used by financial Howard, K.W.F. & Israfilov, R. (eds.). increasingly rapid scale and speed of city institutions to develop environmental 2002. Current Problems of Hydrogeology growth is sustainable. It is an innovative policies and products, and then details how in Urban Areas, Urban Agglomerates and study which bridges theory and practice to recent changes in the financial services Industrial Centres. NATO Science Series: explore these conflicting challenges. Part I sector have affected the capacity of IV Earth and Environmental Sciences 8, explores the changing paradigms of companies to respond to the environmental 504 pages. Kluwer, The Netherlands. development and environmentalism and challenge. It introduces innovative new In May 2001, a NATO Advanced Research their impacts on urbanization and the products such as tradable pollution permits, Workshop on Current Problems of emerging debates on the sustainability of weather derivatives, catastrophe bonds, and Hydrogeology in Urban Areas, Urban cities. Part II focusses on case studies many other market-based solutions that are Agglomerates and Industrial Centres was from different countries and different urban being created in response to every type of held in Baku, Azerbaijan on the policy sectors and investigates the design environmental problem - from hurricanes understanding that many urban and implementation of planning policies to asbestos. groundwater problems are not unique to and ways of improving urban governance (See articles on IES’ iniative on any one region and there is much to be to support sustainable urban growth. Environmental Finance and the new IES gained by scientific co-operation on an Roger Zetter, Professor and Deputy Head, course on pages 5 and 27.) international scale. The products of that School of Planning, Oxford Brookes Sonia Labatt, Associate Faculty Member, workshop are presented in this volume. University, United Kingdom; Rodney IES; Rodney White, Professor, Geography Some of the case studies have never before White, Professor, Geography and Director, and Director, IES. been described in the English language. IES. Overall, the papers represent the work and 18 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies CUBA RESEARCH New CIDA-funded project to develop climate action plan for Cuba

National GHG inventory (3), 1990 and 1994 The project activities involve the CO2 and C emissions preparation and delivery of two multimedia modules for use in sector-specific workshops throughout Cuba. Together with Cuban colleagues, Dr.Abel Centella and Dr. Luis Paz Castro of the Instituto de Meteorologia, Dr. Juan Llanes Regueiro 3.31 of the Universidad de la Habana, and Dr. 3.5 2.04 Julio Torres Martinez of the Ministerio de 3 Ciencia Technologia y Medio Ambiente, as

2.5 well as David Heeney, Judy Simon and 0.56 Raegan Bunker of IndEco Strategic 2 0.9 Consulting in Toronto, the first module on 1.07 the science and policy of climate change 1.5 -0.1 0.29 has been designed. Interactive sessions, 1994 t C/hab 1 -0.38 such as the inaugural workshop in 1994 t CO2/hab 0.5 September 2003, will explore the 1990 t C/hab implications of climate change for the 0 Ministry of Basic Industry (MINBAS), 1990 t CO2/hab -0.5 which manages electricity generation and ExcludingExcluyendo changes cambio in de IncluyendoIncluding changes cambio dein uso distribution, mining and manufacturing. land useuso and de laforest tierra cover y landde la use tierra and y silviculturaforest cover silvicultura Following a period during which senior managers and policy advisors in the There has been a reduction in CO2 and C emissions from 1990 to 1994. The economic decline due to the US blocade was reflected in reduced emission of greenhouse gases which have since MINBAS complete work on climate increased, although an intensive reforestation program (reflected on right side) has also resulted change impacts and opportunities, the team in minimal net emissions. (Courtesy of Abel Centella, Cuban Ministry of the Environment.) will reconvene for a second workshop, in December 2003, aimed at interactively By Beth Savan increased number or increased severity of developing a sectoral strategic plan for storms due to climate change raises the prevention, mitigation and adaptation to Cuba is an archipelago composed of two potential for human harm and property climate change. major islands (Cuba and Isla de la damage and could prove detrimental to The goal is to develop flexible engaging Juventud) and 1600 keys, with a total area Cuba's vibrant tourist industry. Likewise, modules, which can be used throughout of 110,860 km2. Cuba enjoys high literacy, an increase in ocean levels in concert with Cuba and even in other countries, to assess low infant mortality, and high life extreme weather events reinforces the need and address the impacts of climate change expectancy rates. The Cuban economy for the tourist industry and coastline on particular economic sectors in depends on tourism, manufacturing and the populations to take measures to adapt to interactive workshops. It is hoped, also, to agricultural sector. A dramatic drop of these likely shifts. While uncertainty and explore the broader goal of contributing to about 35% in gross domestic product complexity therefore dominate the issue of a national climate change strategy through followed the collapse of the soviet bloc, severe weather events, planning for and an investigation of the potential for with an accompanying reduction in trade of establishing the institutional and policy Canadian originated Clean Development 80%. The continued US blocade has capacity to manage and adapt to these Mechanisms to contribute to Cuba's energy slowed economic recovery, but since 1995 potential changes remains a priority. efficiency and sequestration efforts. the economy has nonetheless turned A great deal of technical information on This project is off to a great start, around, fuelled largely by intense these subjects has been and continues to be following the initial mission to Cuba in investment in tourism. The economic collected by the Cuban Ministry of the February 2003. In June 2003, the project’s decline was reflected in reduced emission Environment. For this reason, the new Cuban colleagues visited Toronto where of greenhouse gases which have since CIDA-funded project Capacity Building they presented a seminar at U of T and met increased, although an intensive for Climate Change in Cuba, administered Canadian experts on climate change reforestation program has resulted in at the Institute for Environmental Studies, modeling, potential clean development minimal net emissions (see figure above). aims to facilitate the Cuban government's mechanisms, and the meteorology of Like other small island states, the efforts to integrate and translate this climate change. consequences of a rise in the Earth's mean specific information into a broader national temperature is a complicated and alarming climate change plan, while focusing Beth Savan is the Director of issue for Cuba. Among the most important specifically on the development of sector Environmental Programs at Innis College consequences of global warming are severe specific action, awareness, and adaptation and the Director of this project. For more weather events. Tropical storms and strategies through the development and information, please contact her at hurricanes routinely pass near or make implementation of strategic planning [email protected] or 416-978-7458. landfall in Cuba, and concern over the exercises and training modules.

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 19 RESEARCH VIETNAM, LAOS & CAMBODIA ‘Waste-Econ’ Program launches pilot project research, training and seminars

purchase equipment and/or storage space for recyclables, which allows them to collect a greater volume of recyclables and helps them to obtain a better resale price from dealers. Katharine Rankin and Geography Ph.D. candidate Yogendra Shakya are conducting comparative research on microfinance programs in Vietnam and Nepal. The Waste-Econ Haiphong microfinance program is one of twelve cases included in their research.

3. Managing Organic Waste in a Tourism Destination, Bai Chay Beach, Halong Bay Tran Hieu Nhue (Hanoi University of Civil Engineering) and Murray Haight (University of Waterloo) have implemented significant improvements in managing tourism waste in Halong Bay, which is one of the most important eco-tourism destinations in Vietnam and also a World Heritage Reserve. Their Community members participate in clean up of Vietnam’s tourist area of Halong Bay (Photo: Tran project identified the amount of waste Hieu Nhue.) generated through tourism in the area (both on- and off-shore) and By Virginia Maclaren, Project Director outreach. The following are highlights of opportunities for reduction of that waste and Cheryl Gonsalves, Communications three of the Vietnamese pilot projects. through recycling and composting. Officer. 1. Solid Waste Landfill Siting and Best Community participation in the project Management Practices in Danang has added to the success and The CIDA-funded Waste-Econ Program Led by Bui Van Ga (Danang University) sustainability of this work. This strong (Making Waste for the Economy in Vietnam, and Phil Byer (Civil Engineering/IES, U community support is prompting the Cambodia and Laos), led by Virginia of T), this project has explored Waste-Econ Program to develop a full Maclaren of Geography, is a 5-year project opportunities for improving landfill- scale Integrated Waste Management plan at IES and the Department of Geography. siting procedures. The success of a 2- for the site. It has completed its third year of operation day workshop on Landfill Siting led by with a successful expansion of the program Phil Byer in February 2003 has The other pilot projects in Vietnam and from Vietnam to Cambodia and Laos. generated interest for future workshops their leaders are: Program activities included pilot project of this nature. Graduate students Laura 1. Industrial Eco-Efficiency in Ho Chi research and training in Vietnam, Canadian McNally and Luu Duc Cuong from Minh City: student field studies in Vietnam, Laos and Civil Engineering assisted in the Lam Minh Triet (National University of Cambodia, 2-week training courses in delivery of the workshop, applying some Ho Chi Minh City), Murray Haight Vietnam, 6-week training courses in of the results from their summer (University of Waterloo), Virginia Cambodia and Laos, and a seminar series research projects in Vietnam. Maclaren, (Geography, U of T), and at Toronto. Viive Wark (Ontario Centre for 2. Micro-Finance Initiatives for Female Environmental Technology Pilot Project Activities Entrepreneurs in Haiphong Advancement, OCETA). New projects will begin in Laos and C.H. Van (Vietnam Women's Union), 2. Improving Hazard Awareness and Cambodia in 2003 on Waste Separation Katharine Rankin (Geography at U of Educational Opportunities for Child and Composting of Market Waste in T, Lynne Milgram (an Associate at the Waste Pickers in Hanoi: Vientiane, Laos and Community-based Asian Institute), and Bella Lam (Gems Pham Bang (Vietnamese Youth Waste Management in Siem Reap, of Hope) continue to be involved in the Research Institute) and Catherine Cambodia. micro-credit program for female plastics Chalin Clark (Public Health Sciences, Most of the pilot projects in Vietnam waste processors in Haiphong. Through U of T), and Susan Ruddick have completed their first phase and are this program, over 100 women have (Geography, U of T) now concentrating on publishing and received loans of up to $150 US to

20 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Student Research in week training courses were offered to 30 Vietnam participants in each of Cambodia and Laos. Two Vietnamese faculty members also During the past year, the following eight U assisted with the lectures for these of T students travelled to Vietnam, countries. Canadian instructors included: Cambodia and Laos to conduct field Phil Byer (Civil Engineering/IES), Sue research: Horton (Economics), Shashi Kant • Carrie Mitchell (recent Master’s (Forestry), Amrita Daniere (Geography graduate in Program in Planning): and Planning), Jim Dooley (IES), Hy Van Cleaner Production in Ho Chi Minh Luong (Anthropology), Murray Haight City; supervised by Virginia Maclaren; (University of Waterloo), Catherine • David Richardson (recent Master’s Chalin Clark (Public Health Sciences), graduate in Forestry): Community-based Donald Cole (Public Health Sciences), and Solid Waste Management Systems in Virginia Maclaren (Geography). Hanoi; supervised by Shashi Kant; • Laura McNally (recent Master’s graduate in Civil Engineering): U of T Seminar Series Protection of Water Resources in The Waste-Econ Program held a series of Landfill Siting in Vietnam; supervised by five public seminars during the past year Philip Byer; with presentations by students Nguyen • Curtis Puncher and Esther Rootham Quan Tuan, David Richardson, Laura are entering the final year of McNally, Nguyen Van Ha and Carrie undergraduate degree in International Mitchell (see above section on Student Development Studies and are working in Research for topics). Carrie Mitchell’s Cambodia and Laos respectively; research on Cleaner Production in Vietnam supervised by Virginia Maclaren. was also accepted as a paper for presentation at the Canadian Pollution The Waste-Econ program also sponsored Prevention Roundtable held in Calgary in the following three Vietnamese students: June 2003. • Nguyen Quang Tuan (Ph.D. program in The Waste-Econ Program will resume its presentation of seminars by returning A Vietnamese waste collector and his bicylce, Geography): Local Community used for collecting old plastic and metal oil Concerns about Landfills in Hanoi; students and faculty involved in the containers (photo: Joey Herrington) supervised by Virginia Maclaren; program in the fall of 2003. Details of the • Nguyen Van Ha (Ph.D. program in upcoming series will be available on its web site: the country before deciding how to Forestry): Social Capital and Paper proceed. Making Craft Villages in Vietnam; http://ots.utoronto.ca/users/WasteEcon. supervised by Shashi Kant; and • Luu Duc Cuong (recent Masters Curriculum Development Publication of Gender graduate in Civil Engineering): Through the first three years of the project, Workshop Papers Institutional Issues for Landfill Siting in our Vietnamese partners have been working The following new publication is based on Vietnam; supervised by Philip Byer. on developing a new undergraduate-level papers presented at a workshop held in waste management curriculum. The new Danang, Vietnam on February 21, 2002. Training Workshops and curriculum will be integrated into Maclaren, V.W. and A.T. Nguyen (eds.). Courses in Vietnam environmental curricula at all universities 2003. Gender and the Waste Economy - in Vietnam and focus on the technical, Vietnamese and International In the first year of the project, Canadian economic, environmental and social aspects Experiences. National Political faculty offered a six-week training course of waste management. Publishers, Hanoi, Vietnam, 140 pages. on Waste Economy and Integrated Waste The proposed curriculum must now be Gender and waste researchers from Management to help establish a solid submitted to the Ministry of Education and Vietnam, India, the Netherlands and understanding of waste management issues Training for approval and may then be Canada had presented different and their connections to the economy. This adopted by the various educational perspectives on gender and waste course was presented in Hanoi in the institutions. Work will begin this year on management. One of the speakers was summer of 2000. The Vietnamese faculty developing the specific courses and Catherine Chalin Clark who discussed and researchers who had assisted with this materials needed to actually teach the issues related to the health of women and training have condensed the course material programme. child waste pickers in Vietnam. It is to create a shorter, two-week version of the In Cambodia and Laos, discussions have available on the program’s web site below. training, tailored to local regions. To date just started about how best to develop they have offered this training in five waste management curricula in those For more information on the provinces across Vietnam to over 150 countries. As a start, both countries are Waste-Econ Program, its partners, participants from government and non- translating and editing materials developed publications and seminars, governmental agencies associated with for the 6-week training courses held in the visit its web site at: waste management. summer of 2002. In Laos, the partner http://ots.utoronto.ca/users/WasteEcon Waste-Econ then extended training to institution expects to carry out a survey of or contact Virginia Maclaren at Cambodia and Laos using a similar environmental courses currently offered in [email protected] protocol. In the summer of 2002, the 6- Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 21 RESEARCH CHINA Enhancing China's capacity for carbon sequestration: Year One update

LEFT: Sean Thomas of the Faculty of Forestry (kneeling in centre) leads forest fieldwork in Jiangsu, China. (Photo by Julia Pan.) RIGHT: The red soil county Xingguo in southeast China, one of the sites for carbon modelling. (Photo by Prof. Shi Xuezheng.)

By Julia Pan, Project Manager training workshops were held each relating to one of the three major project components mentione above. Thorough data have The CIDA-funded project Confronting Global Warming: already been collected for one core site in Liping of Southwest Enhancing China’s Capacity for Carbon Sequestration has just China, and an auxiliary site Baoying in East China. Regretfully, finished its first year. It is a project in partnership with the with the occurrence of the SARS outbreak in the spring of 2003, Institute for Environmental Studies, the Department of Geography the project’s training workshop schedule in China was postponed and the Faculty of Forestry, it applies Canadian modelling and until the summer of 2003. Instead, the Institute for Environmental remote sensing technology to understanding the role of land-use Studies received four Chinese scholars from March to August change in China's carbon cycle. The goal of the project is to 2003: Dr. Wang Shaoqiang and Ms. Feng Xianfeng from Institute contribute to the global effort of reducing net greenhouse gas for Geographical Sciences and Natural Resource Research, emissions by enhancing China's capacity to sequester carbon in Professor Tian Qingjiu from Nanjing University, and Dr. Sun natural sinks, thereby supporting environmentally sustainable Rui from the Centre of Remote Sensing of Beijing Normal development in China. The three main components of the proejct University, who performed carbon modeling work with Jing Chen include: 1)remote sensing and GIS/carbon cycle modelling, 2) and Canadian team members. All visitors achieved steady forest assessment and ground-truthing, and 3) integrated progresses in BEPS and INTEC carbon cycle modelling with the assessment. It is hoped that China will possess enhanced ability to interface of Chinese data from the designated research forest areas. increase ecosystem carbon stocks through the development of technical and human resources and more effective land-use and Progress Reports, Workplans Approved afforestration planning and policies. A Joint Project Steering Committee (JPSC) meeting was held in University of Toronto project team members include: Principal Beijing in April 2003. Both Canadian and Chinese project Investigator Jing Chen of the Department of Geography; Rorke directors made project progress reports to the committee composed Bryan, Sean Thomas and John Caspersen of the Faculty of of members from CIDA, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Bureau Forestry; Danny Harvey and Virginia Maclaren of Geography, of Science and Technology of Natural Resource and Environment and Rodney White of Geography and IES. Other partners in of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese National Canada include the Adaptation and Impacts Research Group of Development and Reform Commission. Presentations by Environment Canada, the Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing, Professors Jing Chen of U of T and Liu Jiyuan of China’s CAS and the Canadian Forestry Service. The Chinese network, led by were well received with many positive comments on the the Institute of Geography and Natural Resources Research of the significance of the project, the sound "results-based management" Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), includes Beijing Normal strategy and the progress to date. In terms of future direction, the University and five research groups in Nanjing (southeast China) JPSC committee would like to see increasing attention paid to the and Lanzhou (northwest China). integration between scientific research and national policy. Specifically, the project outputs and contents should serve for Planning and Training Workshops national policy for land use and land reform. The JPSC committee The project has made considerable progress in Year 1, and has met accepted and approved the Year 1 Project Report and the Project nearly all the planned targets. Three successful planning and Year 2 Annual Workplan.

22 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Field Studies to be Conducted Project Web site launched With the project's excellent start in Year 1, preparing the The project launched its web site early in 2003. It includes general groundwork for the tasks will be continued this year. Because of information of project purposes and objectives, five research sites the interactive nature of the project, there are strong linkages in China (with image and narrative captions), information of among each of its three major components mentioned above. working reports, news and events and upcoming research papers. Progress in any component is dependent on advances made in the Please see: http://www.utoronto.ca/cccs2002/ others. The major objective of work in Year 2 is to ensure that progress in each component is commensurate with the Canada joins International Carbon requirements of the others to produce a seamless integration Sequestration Agreement process. On a very positive note, the Government of Canada, signed an To achieve this objective, the work of the second component of International Carbon Sequestration Agreement in June 2003, Forest Assessment and Ground Truthing, will complete the field thereby joining a group of countries and the European studies in the remaining two core areas, Changbaishan and Heihe. Commission in cooperating in the development and deployment of These studies will provide data for ground truthing that will enable carbon sequestration and related technologies. The Honourable calibration and completion of the remote sensing/GIS, vegetation Herb Dhaliwal, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, signed the canopy and carbon cycle modelling and mapping. Charter for the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) By the same logic, field work to be conducted by the Integrated while attending the first meeting of this initiative, which is led by Assessment (IA) component at the three core sites will provide the United States. Other signatories include Australia, Brazil, information at the household level on gender and minority peoples' China, Colombia, India, Italy, Mexico, Russia and the United sensitivity to potential tree species and forest practices that might Kingdom. be adopted for carbon sequestration maximization. This information will be shared with both of the other three components Julia Pan is the Project Manager of the carbon sequestration (Remote Sensing/Carbon Cycling and the Forest Assessment and project. For more information, please contact her at Ground Truthing), respectively so that the outcome of their work [email protected], 416-946-8686 or see the project’s web will be informed by socio-economic as well as by purely scientific site: http://www.utoronto.ca/cccs2002/ considerations. The IA group will also deliver policy workshops on the impact of carbon sequestration. Sustainable water management in Northern China: extended due to SARS

By Rodney White, Project Director

The University of Toronto is a member of a research consortium of seven Canadian and Chinese universities that are cooperating on a CIDA-funded project developing models for sustainable water management in the Beijing-Tianjin Region of Northern China. The various project tasks have been allocated to teams that include one Canadian and one Chinese university. The University of Toronto is paired with Tsinghua University to work on water supply and treatment and water pricing. The other components of the study include: demand estimation and forecasting (McGill University and Nankai University), institutional analysis (University of British Columbia and Peking University), environmental impact assessment (Université de Montréal and Nankai University), and GIS (Montréal and Peking). Each of the topics will become a chapter in a book which will summarise the main research findings. The University of Toronto team is comprised of faculty and students from Geography, IES, and Civil Engineering, including Barry Adams (Chair, Civil Engineering), Lino Grima and Rodney White (Geography and IES), Alana Boland (Geography) and Chris Kennedy (Civil Engineering). Elisa Tseng (Ph.D. candidate in Geography) had already completed a Masters degree on the project Feeding one of the two major natural water reservoirs that supply the while at UBC (1997) and is now pursuing a Ph.D. on Institutional Beijing -Tianjin region, the Miyun Canal is a strategic waterway marked Capacity and the Management of Groundwater Resources in the for improvements and capacity upgrade in 2004. (Photo by Eve Hou) Beijing-Tianjin Region. Plans for a final workshop in Beijing in May 2003 were cancelled because of the travel ban due to the SARS outbreak which affected For more information on this project, please see its web site: both China and Canada. The project timeline has been extended http://www.chs.ubc.ca/china/index.html and we hope to complete all activities in the 2003-04 academic year.

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 23 RESEARCH IMAP

Integrated Mapping Assessment Project Update Liu, a Ph.D. student in Physics and IES, in collaboration with Heather Auld, Adam Fenech, Joan Klassen, Don MacIver of the Meteorological Service of Canada, Dominique Charron of the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and Roger Hansell of Zoology and IES. Changing Landscape of Southern Ontario since European Settlement As European settlement in southern Ontario occurred, land was prepared for A comparison of southern Ontario land cover between pre-European settlement (left) and modern agriculture by draining wetlands and day (right) reveals a decrease in forested area from 80 to 20 percent. The map on the left is a removing trees, leading to altered and first approximation of cover in 1795-1850: black areas represent forest and white areas are continually stressed ecosystems. To wetlands; grey areas have no data. In the present day map on the right, the black areas illustrate the changing landscape, Sadia represent forest and white areas, developed land. (Maps created by Sadia Butt.) Butt (a recent Masters graduate in Forestry and IES), Preeti Ramprasad (a Ph.D. By Adam Fenech, Don MacIver and climate is one of many variables affecting student in Forestry and IES) and Adam Heather Auld, Co-Directors of IMAP the spread and severity of the virus. As the Fenech used GIS to create a first virus has been shown to propagate in approximation map of the pre-European The Integrated Mapping Assessment temperatures above 30°C, a climate landscapes of southern Ontario. These Project (IMAP) Lab is involved in three indicator such as a "West Nile Virus were derived from paper survey maps by main activities: 1. collecting published Infection Threshold Alert" is recommended Peter Finlay, a former University of maps; 2. mapping components of the to provide early warnings to the public. Waterloo student, using the notes of the natural environment, or the human impacts original land surveys of European on the natural environment; and Linking Excessive settlement completed from 1798-1850. 3. functionally linking and integrating these Rainfall to the When compared to a modern day map of map surfaces together on specific issues. Walkerton Tragedy landscape coverage, results show a The maps are then made available on the decrease in forested land from more than IMAP web site: www.utoronto.ca/imap. This study focused on the occurrence of excessive rainfall over a five-day period 80 percent to less than 20 percent. The Projects conducted during the last year are implications are decreasing forest diversity described as follows. between May 8-12, 2000 that resulted in one of Canada's worst waterborne disease and loss of forest cores to support sensitive wildlife species resulting in significant West Nile Virus in Ontario outbreaks, killing seven people with thousands becoming ill in Walkerton, changes in the overall forest ecology. This study traced the spread of the West Ontario. The five-day cumulative rainfall Nile virus over the summers of 2000 to was unusually high and would, on average, Future Studies 2002, applied a risk analysis framework to be expected only once every 60 years or Further development of the Lifestyle the virus, and associated climate variables more. Drinking water from groundwater Meteorology project will be undertaken by to the spread and severity of the virus wells that are under the influence of Don MacIver, Heather Auld and Adam across Ontario. This virus is a member of surface water can be particularly vulnerable Fenech. This project is developing the Japanese encephalitis virus that can be during excessive rainfall events. leading-edge software and an internet tool spread to humans from birds through A study across the United States by allowing users to identify environmental mosquito transmission. There have been Curriero et al. in the American Journal of risks and find areas that are compatible infrequent human outbreaks, but more Public Health, identified that in more than with their lifestyle criteria and decide recently including the first outbreak in 51% of cases, there was a direct where to work, live, play or recreate. North America in New York City in 1999. relationship between the upper 10th Anthony Liu is working with Don Using Health Canada maps and a percentile threshold for extreme MacIver, Heather Auld and Adam Fenech Geographic Information System (GIS), precipitation events and waterborne and the University of Regina on a climate Adam Fenech hypothesized that the virus diseases. Using a similar approach, the change and electricity demand model for would be exacerbated by warmer winters IMAP study revealed that the five-day Ontario using MARICAL models and allowing infected mosquitoes to survive the cumulative rainfall exceeded the 90th climate change scenarios. winter or migrating birds to winter in percentile of the 30-year rainfall mean for Ontario; by spring or early summer warmth Walkerton. In the future, it may be to support bird migrations from virus possible to develop a WellHead Protection For more information, please see the infected areas of North America; and by Alert System that could provide advisories IMAP web site www.utoronto.ca/imap or summer heat to allow for virus incubation in advance of the risk of excessive rainfall. contact Adam Fenech, 416-946-5335 or and transmission. The study concludes that The study was conducted by Anthony 416-739-4267, [email protected]

24 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies AIR GROUP RESEARCH

Adaptation & Impacts Research Group Update By Brad Bass, David Etkin, Grace Koshida, Monirul Mirza, general audience. Most of the technical background papers Marie Sanderson and Roger Street. have been published in Natural Hazards Vol. 28, No. 2-3.

Research efforts of Environment Canada’s Adaptation and Impacts 5. Quick Response Assessments after Weather Disasters in Research (AIR) Group are directed towards understanding the Canada (Grace Koshida): Other countries such as the U.S. impacts of weather, climate, air quality and related environmental have the capacity to enable researchers to go to the site of a impacts on human health and safety, economic prosperity and disaster immediately after the event in order to assess impacts, environmental quality and adaptation thereto. A key element of response and recovery. The objective of this project is to the research agenda continues to be carried out through develop methodologies to enable a similar assessment capacity partnerships and collaborations, such as the formal arrangements in Canada with special emphasis on assessing the value of with specific universities: University of British Columbia, Environment Canada's weather products and services in University of Waterloo, York University and the University of reducing disaster impacts, mortality and morbidity rates. Toronto, where the group has a co-operative research relationship with IES. The AIR Group's agreement with U of T and IES has 6. Canadian Droughts of 2001 and 2002: Causes, Impacts and served as a jumping-off point for many collaborative research Adaptations (Grace Koshida): projects and initiatives. The IES-AIR Group collaborative research Supported by the Saskatchewan Research Council and focusses on impacts and adaptations in the context of hazardous Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, this research summarizes and anomalous weather in urban environments: defining hazardous the climatology of the 2001-02 drought in Eastern Canada. and anomalous weather and climate, identifying the value of Detailed analyses of the impacts and adaptations of the drought weather information, identifying vulnerabilities and changing on crop production, livestock production, pastureland and water vulnerabilities under climate change, assessing the impacts of resources were conducted. This information may aid in the hazardous and anomalous weather and climate in urban areas, and development of regional and provincial drought risk assessing adaptive strategies. For more information, please see management plans to reduce vulnerability to future droughts. http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/airg. The current Acting Director of the AIR Group is Don MacIver ([email protected]). 7. Historical and Future Climates for the Assessment of Energy Sector Impacts in Canada (Monirul Mirza): Ongoing Research Projects Funded by the Program on Energy Research and Development, The following ongoing research projects involve AIR Group staff the major objectives of this project are to develop, make at IES. (See pages 26-27 for contact information and profiles.) available, and provide guidance to impact researchers/users, a 1. Complexity and Nonlinearities (Brad Bass): This research nationally-consistent set of energy sector scenarios of historical program uses the simulation platform, COBWEB (Complexity and future climate for the energy sector impact researchers. and Organized Behaviour Within Environmental Bounds) to explore the adaptation in complex systems and the emergence 8. Climate Change and Water Resources in South Asia of nonlinearities during adaptation. New applications have (Monirul Mirza): South Asia is a water scarce region focused on invasive species, transportation, sprawl and climate especially in the dry season. In future, increased water supply change. will be needed for agriculture, industry, rural and urban sectors mainly driven by increases in population and economic growth. 2. The Impact of Climate Change on Regional Energy Systems Climate change and water resources problems in this vulnerable (Brad Bass): The impact of climate change on regional energy region are being addressed in this book project. Swets and systems in Saskatchewan and the Toronto-Niagara Region has Zeitlinger publishers in the Netherlands will publish this edited been evaluated with the Canadian Regional Energy Model, book in early in 2004. developed in conjunction with Dr. Guohe Huang and students in Environmental Engineering at the University of Regina. 9. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Project (Monirul Mirza): This is the most extensive study of the 3. Adapting Urban Environments (Brad Bass): linkages between the world's ecosystems and human well-being. This study looks at the role of green walls and roofs in The assessment was launched by UN Secretary General Kofi mitigating the urban heat island effect, improving air quality, Annan in 2001. Monirul Mirza is contributing as a lead author and storm water retention. The next phase will explore the use of a chapter on Flood and Storm Protection in a UN Report. of urban forestry in conjunction with green roofs and vertical gardens and its integration in a neighbourhood to reduce the 10.Weather and Climate in Southern Ontario (Marie use of air conditioning. Sanderson): This two-year project has now been completed. A book Weather and Climate in Southern Ontario is to be 4. Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada published as part of the Geography Publication Series of the (David Etkin): The aim is to assess our existing understanding Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, late in 2003, of the causes and consequences of natural hazards and and is aimed at the general public, comprehensively describing disasters, and to identify gaps in both knowledge and action, the climate of Southern Ontario and updating the work done by with the hope of illustrating ways to develop resilient Putnam and Chapman (1937) and Chapman and Brown (1965). communities and good policies to reduce the impact of natural The book includes data on temperature, precipitation, wind and disasters in Canada. A set of background papers will be sunshine, as well as information on extreme events such as developed to serve as the basis for a publication aimed at a tornadoes, ice storms and floods. Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 25 Brad Bass David Etkin Grace Koshida Current contact information during leave: Institute for Environmental Studies, Institute for Environmental Studies, Smart Growth Secretariat, Ministry of Room 3040 Earth Sciences Centre, Room 3046 Earth Sciences Centre, tel: Municipal Affairs and Housing, 777 Bay tel: 416-978-6310; [email protected]; 416-978-0309, [email protected]; Street, 16th Floor, Toronto, Ont, M5G 2E6; mailing address and fax on inner cover. mailing address and fax on inner cover. tel: 416-585-6130; fax: 416-585-7639; B.Sc. and M.Sc., York; B.Ed., Toronto. B.E.S. (Geography), Waterloo; [email protected] Natural Hazards and Risk Analyst, Researcher, Adaptation and Impacts http://www.smartgrowth.gov.on.ca Adaptation and Impacts Research Group. Research Group at IES. B.A. (Geography), Toronto; M.Sc. and Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Ph.D. (Geography), Penn State. Co-Instructor of IES 1706H Natural Research Interests: Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Hazards and Natural Disasters. Drought/heat wave hazards in Canada; From January 2003 (on leave from AIR high-impact weather events; climate Group): Manager, Trends and Innovations, Research Interests: change impact indicators; disaster Smart Growth Secretariat, Ontario Natural hazards and natural disasters, mitigation; climate change impacts on Ministry of Municipal Affairs and dealing with risk and how we adapt to it; Canadian water resources; historical Housing. focussing on Canada, research ranges from analogues. (Also see page 25.) the spatial distribution of hazards, to Research Interests: mitigation; currently leading a national Recent Publications: Smart Growth (policy innovations, policy assessment of natural hazards. (Also see Koshida, G. 2003. Series of Saskatchewan assessment, analysis of trends); simulating page 25.) Research Council (SRC) reports in: adaptation with to environmental change Wheaton, E., V. Wittrock, and with artificial intelligence and anticipatory Recent Publications: S. Kulshreshtha (eds.) Canadian computing; simulating the performance of Dore, M., I. Burton, and D. Etkin. 2003. Droughts of 2001 and 2002: regional energy system; ecological Natural disasters, adaptive capacity and Climatology, Impacts and Adaptations: engineering including vertical gardens, development in the 21st Century. In M. • Climatology of the 2001-2002 Droughts green roofs and living machines. (Also see Pelling (ed.) Natural Disasters and in Ontario and Quebec. SRC Publication page 25.) Development in a Globalizing World. No. 11602-25E03. 21 pages. Routledge, London, Chapter 5, pages 75- • Comparison of the 2001-2002 Droughts Recent Publications: 92. (In press.) in Ontario and Quebec with Past Bass, B. 2003. Understanding surprise. Etkin, D., Haque, E. and Brooks, G. (eds.). Droughts. SRC Publication No. 11602- Environmental Peace. (In press.) 2003. An Assessment of Natural Hazards 26E03. 6 pages. Bass, B., V. Economou, C. Lee, T. Perks, S. and Disasters in Canada. Special issue • Crop Production Impacts and Smith and Q. Yip. 2003. The interaction of Natural Hazards. Kluwer, The Adaptations in Ontario and Quebec. SRC between social-psychological factors in Netherlands. 28(2-3) (See page 25.) Publication No. 11602-30E03. 28 pp. indoor environmental health. Journal of Etkin, D., Haque, C.E. and Brooks, G.R. • Print Media Survey of Impacts and Environmental Monitoring and (2003) Editorial: Towards a better Adaptations to the 2001-02 Drought, Assessment 85: 199-219. understanding of natural hazards and Eastern Canada. SRC Publication No. Bass, B., J. Hill and N. Suh. 2003. Disasters in Canada. In An Assessment 11602-27E03. 12 pages. Simulating adaptation to environmental of Natural Hazards and Disasters in • Water Resource Impacts and Adaptations change with COBWEB. Journal of Canada (see above reference). in Ontario and Quebec. SRC Publication Computing Anticipatory Systems. (In Etkin, D., S.E. Brun, S. Chrom, and P. No. 11602-28E03. 19 pages. press.) Dogra. 2002. A Tornado Scenario for Koshida, G. 2002. Literature Review and Bass, B. 2001. Addressing urban Barrie, Ontario. Institute for Evaluation of Existing Quick Response environmental problems with green Catastrophic Loss Reduction Research Models. Office of Critical Infrastructure roofs. Encyclopaedia of Global Paper, ICLR Research Paper Series #20. and Emergency Preparedness, Ottawa. 59 Environmental Change, Vol.3. John 13 pages. pages. Wiley & Sons, Chichester, U.K. 26 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Monirul Mirza Marie Sanderson Roger Street Institute for Environmental Studies, Room Institute for Environmental Studies, Current contact information during leave: 3041 Earth Sciences Centre, tel: 416-978- Room 1049 Earth Sciences Centre, Room 2N114, Meteorlogical Service of 6201; [email protected]; tel: 416-978-5665; Canada, 4905 Dufferin St., Downsview, mailing address and fax on inner cover. [email protected]; Ontario M3H 5T4; tel: 416-739-4536; B.Sc.Eng., M.Sc.Eng., Bangladesh U. of mailing address and fax on inner cover. fax: 416-739-4721; [email protected] Engineering & Technology; Ph.D. (Global B.A. (Hons.), Toronto; M.A. (Geography) B.Sc. (Physics & Mathematics), Guelph; Change) Waikato, New Zealand. Maryland; Ph.D. (Geography), Michigan. M.Sc. (Physics), Toronto. Researcher, Adaptation and Impacts Guest scientist/researcher, Adaptation and On leave as Director of AIR Group. Research Group. Impacts Research Group. Current position: Acting Regional Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Director, Meteorological Service of Co-Instructor of IES 1706H Natural Canada - Ontario Region. Hazards and Natural Disasters. Research Interests: Associate Member, IES Graduate Faculty. Climate change and water; geographic Research Interests: biographies. She has served as Editor of Research Interests: Water resources modelling and assessment, the Canadian Water Resources Journal for Socio-economic impacts of climate change hydro-meteorological analyses, analyses of 9 years (until December 2003); it is a and variability and adaptations to these extremes and natural hazards, river refereed quarterly publication of the impacts, with particular emphasis on engineering and sediment transport, Canadian Water Resources Association. natural ecosystems and the associated environmental management, environmental resource sectors; adaptation as a response impacts assessment, climate change Recent Publications: towards achieving sustainable scenario construction, climate change and Sanderson, M. 2003. Weather and Climate development; and impacts and adaptation sea-level rise impacts and adaptation, in Southern Ontario. Geography methodologies and tools (e.g. climate greenhouse gas emissions assessment, Publication Series. Department of scenarios). development of statistical and management Geography, University of Waterloo. (In application tools and application of GIS. press.) (See page 25.) Publication: (Also see page 25.) Sanderson, M. 2001. North America’s Smit, B, I. Burton, R. Klein and R. Street. Recent Publications: sweetwater seas, in T. McKnight (ed.) 1999. The science of adaptation: a Mirza, M.M.Q. 2003. Climate change and Regional Geography of the United States framework for assessment. Mitigation extreme weather events: can developing and Canada. Prentice-Hall, pages 14-15. and Adaptation Strategies for Global countries adapt? Climate Policy. (In Sanderson, M. 2001. Donald Fulton Change 4: 199-213. press.) Putnam 1903-1977 in P. Armstrong and Mirza, M.M.Q., A. Dixit and A. Nishat G. Martin (eds.) Geographers (eds.). 2003. Flood Problem and Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 18. Management in South Asia. Kluwer Mansell, London and Washington, pages Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, 72-84. 210 pages. Sanderson, M. 2001. Charles Warren Mirza, M.M.Q., R.A. Warrick and N.J. Thornthwaite. In R.E. Munn (ed.) The Ericksen. 2003. The implications of Encyclopaedia of Global Environmental climate change on floods of the Ganges, Change Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers in U.K., pages 581-582. Bangladesh. Climatic Change 57: 287- Sanderson, M. and R.G. Putnam. 2000. 318. Down to Earth: A Biography of Mirza, M.M.Q. 2003. The three recent Geographer Donald Fulton Putnam. extreme floods in Bangladesh: a hydro- The Department of Geography, meteorological analysis. Natural Hazards University of Toronto. 144 pages. 28(1): 35-64. Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 27 MEETINGS Lessons learned from Walkerton: Justice O’Connor meets with U of T researchers water supply following the contamination event at Walkerton in the summer of 2000, which led to 1,300 confirmed cases of illness and seven deaths, mostly associated with a virulent strain of E. Coli. The enquiry was held to establish the facts of the case and to offer recommendations for water policy in the province, with the following principle recommendations: 1) planning should be done by the Ministry of the Environment on a watershed basis, 2) plans would be binding, 3) water managers must have the requisite level of management competence with mandatory accreditation, and 4) there should be provincial oversight from “source to tap”. Justice O'Connor's presentation was followed by questions from the researchers concerning the interdisciplinary nature of the enquiry, involvement of the university, public access to the process, budget provisions and so on. It became clear that the situation within the university with regard to expertise in water management mirrored that of society at large. There are many types of expertise but we lack the means to integrate them effectively. Justice Dennis O’Connor (middle), Commissioner of the Walkerton It was widely felt that Walkerton had exposed the fact that our Enquiry, is joined by Doug Macdonald of Innis College (left) and Rodney society's failure is not due to a lack of science and technology but White of IES (right) at a meeting with U of T researchers. is due to a lack of connection between knowledge and application. Over the last 20 years, conditions in the province have deteriorated By Rodney White, Meeting Rapporteur through cutbacks and downloading of responsibilities. Perhaps ironically, the situation in the university may be similar in that the University of Toronto environmental researchers met with Justice water governance issue does not appear to be a salient interest. Dennis O'Connor, Commissioner of the Walkerton Enquiry, on The university and the province (potentially) would benefit if October 17 2002 for a meeting entitled Water and Drinking Water we could improve communication within the water community at Teaching and Research at the University of Toronto: Lessons the university and with colleagues at all levels of government. The from the Walkerton Enquiry. It was sponsored by the Department least we can do is to improve the interdisciplinary linkages related of Geography, Division of the Environment (DOE), Division of to water and to advertise those that already exist. We could begin Environmental Engineering, Innis College's Environmental Studies to do this by setting up a post-Walkerton working group to assess Program, and IES. the success with which the recommendations of the enquiry are The meeting began with an address by Justice O'Connor in implemented. which he stressed that the purpose of the provincial public enquiry For more information, please contact Doug Macdonald, was to address the lack of public confidence in the province's Innis College, [email protected] Environmental Finance 2004: conference to invite CFOs of resource-based companies By Rodney White creating this new field - both the users and been completed - mostly notably the the providers of environmental financial enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol. The Following the launch of the book products. These products include tradable target audience is Chief Financial Officers Environmental Finance: a Guide to credits for emissions reduction for SOx, of the large resource-based companies that Environmental Risk Assessment and NOx and CO2, weather derivatives, have the most impact on the environment, Financial Products written by Sonia catastrophe bonds, environmental including the emissions of greenhouse Labatt and Rodney White (John Wiley & impairment insurance, credits for gases, such as companies from oil and gas, Sons, 2002) and the offering of a new IES producing electricity from renewable utilities, iron and steel, pulp and paper, course, IES 1707H Environmental energy, venture capital for environmentally chemicals, cement, smelters and mining. Finance: Risk Management and Business friendly projects under the Kyoto Protocol, The conference, Environmental Finance Opportunities, we were encouraged to take and many more. 2004: Emerging Environmental Risks, the Environmental Finance “message” to Speakers will be drawn from companies Strategies and Opportunities will be held the broader community in business and that have gained experience in the on April 21-22, 2004, at U of T under the government. development of these products, most of auspices of the university's newly With the help of an advisory committee which has happened in the last five or six established Risk Management Institute and drawn from the environmental finance years. Many have been prepared for IES. community in Toronto, we began planning markets that are still nascent in the sense for a conference that would bring together that the regulatory framework that Further details are available at: representatives of all the players that are provided the need for them has not yet www.environmental-finance.utoronto.ca

28 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies SEMINARS

See www.utoronto.ca/env/seminars.htm for schedules of IES seminars and other U of T environmental seminars. To receive email notification or more information, please contact Mona El-Haddad, [email protected] 2002-03 Environmental Studies of the North Pacific as expressed in a 300 Michael Jerrett, Assistant Professor, School Seminar Series year long ice core from Mount Logan, Yukon. of Geography and Geology, McMaster U. Jonathan Abbatt, Professor, Chemistry, Jane Rigby, Associate Vice-President, Spatial analysis of the air pollution-mortality U of T. The chemistry of atmospheric CO2e.com, Toronto. The carbon market: association in the context of ecologic aerosols: impact on climate and air quality. what is it and how does it work? confounders. David Bell, Professor, Environmental Studies; Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Professor, Pam Kaufman, Lecturer, Public Health Director, Centre for Applied Sustainability, Geology, U of T. New tools for tracking Sciences, U of T. Exploring physical and York U. Governance for sustainability. groundwater contamination. social factors that influence smoking Bernard Fleet, Senior Advisor - Technology, Kimberly Strong, Associate Professor, behaviour in outdoor public place. Electrovaya Inc. Physics, U of T. Stratospheric ozone loss in Gary Liss, Assistant Professor, Public Health The role of information technology & GIS in the Arctic as measured by ground-based Sciences, U of T. Comparison of medically environmental management. remote sounding. unexplained symptoms between Richard Gilbert, Urban issues consultant. radiographers and physiotherapists. Hong Kong: the most sustainable affluent 2002-03 Environment and Loraine Marrett, Scientist, Preventive city. Health Seminar Series Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario; and Cheryl Stanley Griffin, President and CEO, Joint with the Gage Occupational and Rosen, Head of Dermatology, Toronto Insurance Bureau of Canada. Environmental Health Unit Western Hospital. Ultraviolet radiation and Natural disasters: what are insurers doing? Gail Eyssen, Professor, Public Health skin cancer: mechanisms, epidemiology and Charles Hall, Professor, Environmental and Sciences, U of T. Environmental sensitivity: prevention. Forest Biology, SUNY ESF, Syracuse. an approach to research from environment to Mark Raizenne, Science Manager, Air Health 1. The myth of sustainable development. physiologic mechanisms. Effects Division, Health Canada. (Joint with Depts of Botany and Zoology); David Gannon, Head, AstraZeneca Air pollution and children's health. and 2. Predicting future oil supplies. (Joint Environmental Laboratory, Mississauga. Stephen Bede Scharper, Assistant Professor, with the Dept. of Zoology) Pharmaceuticals in the environment: the Dept. & Centre for Study of Religion, Andy Kenney, Assistant Professor, Forestry, issues and the search for solutions. U of T. The role of values and worldviews in U of T. The role of Toronto's urban forest in Patricia Harper, Scientist, Hospital for Sick environment and health. carbon sequestration and air pollution Children, Toronto. Individual variation and Sarah Wakefield, Assistant Professor, mitigation. the response to environmental contaminants. Geography, U of T. Individual and Kent Moore, Associate Professor, Physics, Eric Holowaty, Head of Surveillance, Cancer community responses to environmental health U of T. Trends and variability in the climate Care Ontario. Spatial surveillance of cancer threats: coping in a risk society. in Ontario. Special Research Seminars Joint IES and Sustainable Toronto Seminars IES Research Day IES is pleased to co-host seminars with the Sustainable Toronto Held annually in early May, IES Research Day is a small sampling Project, directed by Beth Savan of Innis College. These seminars of the variety of research conducted by IES faculty and students. are held as part of IES’ Environmental Studies series (see above). This half-day event features presentations by faculty and graduate This past year, two seminars were presented: students as well as a graduate students' award presentations and • Shifting organizational culture toward sustainability: Panel discussion poster exhibit. See pages 32-36 for abstracts of student with Anne Mitchell, Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and presentations and posters; see page 37 for awards and Policy (CIELAP); Lisa King, Toronto and Region Conservation recipients. For more information, please contact Mona Authority; Pamela Robinson, Innis College, University of Toronto; El-Haddad, [email protected] and Meg Shields, City of Toronto; and • Monitoring for sustainability: engaging citizens in collecting, mapping and taking action on ecological data: presented by Jeff Waste-Econ Program Seminar Series Borisko, formerly of Citizens Environment Watch, and John Sorrell, Making Waste for the Economy (Waste-Econ) in Vietnam, Centre for Applied Sustainability, York University. Cambodia and Laos is a 5-year project at IES and the Department For more information on Sustainable Toronto, please see of Geography. The Program held a series of seminars in 2002/03: www.sustainabletoronto.ca or contact Beth Savan at • Local Community Concerns about Landfills: a case study in Hanoi, [email protected] Vietnam by Nguyen Tuan Quang (Ph.D Candidate, Geography) • Community-Based Solid Waste Management Systems in Hanoi, Capacity Building for Climate Change in Cuba Vietnam by David Richardson (Master's Candidate, Forestry) • Protection of Water Resources in Landfill Siting in Vietnam by Laura As part of IES’ new CIDA-funded project on Climate Change in McNally (Master’s Candidate, Civil Engineering) Cuba led by Beth Savan of Innis College, project team members • Social Capital and Paper Making Craft Villages in Vietnam by from Cuba were invited to U of T to give a seminar on Adaptation Nguyen Van Ha (Ph.D Candidate, Forestry) and Mitigation of Climate Change-Prospects and Opportunities: • Promoting Cleaner Production in Vietnam: The Role of Training and The Case of Cuba. Presenters were: Abel Centella of the Instituto Education in Strengthening Industry's Environmental Behaviour by de Meteorologia, Juan Llanes Regueiro of the Universidad de la Carrie Mitchell (Master's Candidate, Planning) Habana; and Julio Torres Martinez of CITMA Ministerio De Seminars will resume in the fall of 2003. Ciencia Technologia y Medio Ambiente, Cuba. For more For information on the program, see pages 20-21, information on this project, please see page 19 or contact Beth http://ots.utoronto.ca/users/WasteEcon, or contact Virginia Savan at [email protected] Maclaren at [email protected]

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 29 STUDENTS GESA Graduate Environmental Students’ Association: a year of new initiatives

By Heather Jones-Otazo, GESA President

The Graduate Environmental Students' Association (GESA) has had a school year jam-packed with fun and exciting events! This year, GESA negotiated for and secured funding from the Institute for Environmental Studies (IES) and the Division of Environmental Engineering, which gave GESA the ability to plan for many stimulating activities and events throughout the school year. It was the GESA executive’s initiative to include both IES and Environmental Engineering students in its activities, in order to strengthen U of T's environmental graduate student community. 2002-03 Events Online Elections Elections for the GESA Executive occurred online in September 2002 on the GESA Students at the 2002 Fall Retreat at Hart House Farm. TOP L-R: Forrest (guest of GESA), Tarek website: www.utoronto.ca/env/ies/gesa/, Ayesh (Environmental Engineering), Luke Garnham (Geography/IES), Stuart Storey (guest of GESA); BOTTOM L-R: Lisa Lachuta and Helen Zhang (both Environmental Engineering); offering students a more accessible way of Josephine Archbold, Heather Jones-Otazo, Tanya Labencki (all Geography/IES). Absent: David voting. The GESA 2002-03 Executive was: Sandomierski (Political Science/IES), Joaquin Otazo. (Photo: Heather Jones-Otazo.) • President and Treasurer: Heather Jones-Otazo, M.Sc. student, generated through the levy will be put of lasagnas, enjoyed various games and Geography/IES Environment & Health; towards university greening initiatives on libations, and fun was had by all around a • Vice-President and Environmental all three campuses. (For more details, see group campfire. The crisp autumn breeze Engineering Representative: http://utern.sa.utoronto.ca) and cloudless skies allowed for a clear view Nilima Gandhi, M.A.Sc. student, of the stars, and beautiful fall colours Chemical Engineering/Environmental IES Orientation and BBQ dominated the forests. Engineering; The 2002-03 school year got off to a good The winter retreat began in true • Secretary and Environmental Studies start at the IES Orientation and BBQ in environmental style with a stroll along the Representative: early September 2002. The orientation Bruce Trail, fully blanketed in dazzling Tanya Labencki, M.Sc., student, session offered new and returning IES white snow. Students revisited the Finnish Geography/IES Environmental Studies; students the opportunity to meet and greet sauna and twig teepee from their last • Communications Director: other students, staff and faculty while retreat in October, made snow angels and Anthony Liu, Ph.D. student, Physics/IES enjoying a sumptuous BBQ. A similar those brave (or crazy) enough had their try Environmental Studies; event will be held in September 2003. at Frisbee tobogganing! Back at the farm, • Social Director: they warmed up with hot chocolate and a Tarek Ayash, M.A.Sc. student, Chemical Library Information Sessions delicious pot-luck dinner. After dinner they Engineering/Environmental Engineering; Library orientation sessions that focused on played many rounds of a murder mystery • GSU Representative: library skills necessary for environmental game, showcasing GESA's best and Satyendra Bhavsar, M.A.Sc. student, students took place in the fall of 2002. upcoming actors and detectives! The Chemical Engineering/Environmental One session was geared towards library following morning, Paul Aird, Professor Engineering; skills for IES students, while another was Emeritus of Forestry, gave a very • GESA Representative on UTERN: adapted towards environmental engineering informative talk on the natural features, Amanda Mongeon, M.A. student, students. wildlife and history of the area. They then OISE/IES Environmental Studies. explored the limestone caves of the Niagara Hart House Farm Retreats Escarpment. GESA Presence on UTERN GESA organized two weekend retreats to Board of Directors Hart House Farm in October 2002 and Winter Holiday Party Amanda Mongeon represented GESA as a January 2003. In the fall, activities that The Winter Holiday Party, held in January board member of the U of T Environmental were part of the retreat included casual 2003, was organized by Satyendra, Nilima Resource Network (UTERN) working on sports, hiking near the Niagara Escarpment and Heather. It was a fun and relaxing the environmental levy and designing the and exploring the region's caves. At night, opportunity to enjoy tasty niblets and get new UTERN structure. The funds students partook in a delicious group meal together with the IES and environmental

30 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies LEFT: The environmental exposition of Environmental Career Day 2003 provided an opportunity for students to network with potential employers. (Photo: Donna Workman.) RIGHT: Students enjoy the BBQ following the September 2002 IES/GESA orientation session. (Photo: Heather Jones- Otazo.) engineering community in the Galbraith Director of Canadian Institute for given off as raffle prizes to those in building. Environmental Law & Policy: careers in attendance. environmental law and ENGOs; Martin Environmental Career Day Whittaker of Innovest Strategic Value Algonquin Park Trip U of T’s second annual Environmental Advisors: careers in environmental finance; Geography student Sarah Gewurtz and Career Day was an overwhelming success. Loren Vanderlinden of Toronto Public Forestry/IES student Levi Waldron teamed Over 300 students and over 30 potential Health: careers in environment & health; up with GESA to organize this escape-the- employers braved the snowstorm and and Joy Williams of ICF Consulting big-city foray into the bush in June 2003. attended the event on March 5th, 2003 at Canada: careers in environmental The weather was beautiful, the campsite on Hart House. To organize it, IES and GESA engineering. Mew Lake was scenic, and the hike near worked closely for over six months with Over 30 environmental groups the Highland trail led them into close the Division of Environmental Engineering, participated in the afternoon's contact with a spruce grouse and a white- Division of the Environment, environmental exposition, filling the Hart tailed deer. However, the black flies were Environmental Students Union (ENSU), House Great Hall to capacity. These the worst some have ever experienced (i.e. Toronto Undergraduate Geography Society groups, which included representatives Benadryl and zillions of bites were had by (TUGS), Department of Geography, Innis from municipal, provincial and federal all). Next time GESA will plan camping College's Environmental Studies Program, government bodies, environmental trips for later on during the summer! the Faculty of Forestry, Students' consulting groups, ENGOs and industry, Administrative Council, School of set up displays and shared information Upcoming Events in Graduate Studies, and the Scarborough about current and future opportunities 2003-04 Campus' Science Co-op Program. within their organization. The exposition GESA would like to thank all students, This year's event built on last year's provided both students and group staff and faculty in IES and Environmental success of inviting all environmental representatives with one-on-one networking Engineering for their active participation in graduate and undergraduate students, from opportunities. all of our events this year. We look all three campuses, to attend the morning Environmental Career Day 2003 not only forward to an exciting and fun-filled new speakers session, the afternoon gave students an opportunity to network school year and hope to see all new and environmental exposition, and a reception. with potential employers, but also returning students, staff and faculty at An invitation-only lunch was also held. contributed to environmental community upcoming events, which will include: This event provided students with the building at U of T. Fall: IES Orientation and BBQ chance to explore opportunities and make GESA would like to thank everyone who Executive online elections contacts in the environmental sector. It participated in organizing the event for Hart House Retreat also highlighted U of T's first-rate their hard work and dedication. We look Library info sessions environmental graduates and strengthened forward to an even more successful Dec/January: Winter Holiday Party its environmental network. Environmental Career Day in 2004! March: Environmental Career Day The speakers session was characterized For more information on May: End-of-Year Party by advice from a wide variety of Environmental Career Day 2003, see: environmental professionals who provided www.ies.utoronto.ca/careerday2003 students with guidance on ways to achieve Heather Jones-Otazo was GESA President different environmental career goals. End-of-Year Party in 2002-03 and a M.Sc. student in Speakers and their topics included: David GESA's End-of-Year Party, held in May Geography and IES’ Environment and Balsillie of U of T's Faculty of Forestry: 2003, was planned by Nilima, Tanya and Health Program. careers in academia; Ray Clement of the Heather and brought us together for For more information on GESA, please Ontario Ministry of the Environment: socializing and feasting. Many email [email protected] or visit careers in government; Anne Mitchell, environmentally-friendly products were www.utoronto.ca/env/ies/gesa

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 31 STUDENTS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

The following is a list of graduates, as well as new and continuing students enrolled in IES’ Environmental Studies collaborative graduate program in 2002/03. For more information, please see www.utoronto.ca/env/ies, or contact Donna Workman, [email protected], 416-978-7077. 2002-03 GRADUATES Chemical and physical characterization biotic and abiotic variables on microbial Yang Ching Au, M.A., Geography/IES; of organic films on an impervious communities of the hyporheic zone. supervisor: Rodney White, Geography/ surface. (Winner of a Labatt fellowship; IES. Social isolation and environmental see page 37.) vulnerability: Toronto's hot weather Kabita Chakraborty, M.A., South Asian 2002-03 response plan. Studies/IES; supervisor: Sashi Kant, NEW & CONTINUING Todd Barr, M.Ed., OISE/UT (Adult Forestry. Voices: street children's Education, Community Development & thoughts and perceptions of the STUDENTS Counselling Psychology)/IES; environment. Sarah Ann Augustine, M.Ed., OISE/UT supervisor: Ed O'Sullivan, Adult Luke Garnham, M.A., Geography/IES; (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; Education. Course work only program. supervisor: Rodney White, Geography/ supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, (Winner of a Gordon Cressy Award for IES. Reclaiming the roof: an assessment Teaching & Learning. Student Leadership; see page 37.) of green roofs, agriculture and the Education and the environment. Adrianna Beemans, M.A., Political ecological city in Toronto. Robert Aurich, M.Ed., OISE/UT Science/IES; supervisors: H. Donald Angela Morris, M.A., Geography/IES; (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; Forbes/Richard Stren, Political Science. supervisor: Scott Prudham, Geography/ supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, Participation, criteria and bears, Oh my! IES. Public participation in the Teaching & Learning. Environmental Evaluating public participation Canadian Biotechnology debate: the effects on student learning. mechanism in regards to the Canadian response of NGOs. Martha Barriga, M.A., OISE/UT (Adult Biotechnology Advisory Council. David Preszler, M.A., Political Science/ Education, Community Development and Judith BenDavid, M.A., Geography/IES; IES; supervisor: Richard Stren, Political Counselling Psychology); supervisor: supervisor: Danny Harvey, Geography. Science. A proposal for confidence Daniel Schugurensky, Adult Education. Corporate epistemic communities building in the Middle East: the water Immigration from the perspective of adult affecting global environmental change: a crisis and the need for an infrastructure environmental education: sense of case study of the partnership for climate based solution. community and place, environmental action. Lucie Sliva, M.Sc., Zoology/IES; action at the personal and social level, Craig Butt, M.Sc., Geography/IES; supervisor: Dudley Williams, Zoology. and environmental knowledge. supervisor: Miriam Diamond, Geography. Exploration of riffle scale influences of Chris Gore studies policy of Ugandan electricity

Electricity in Uganda: the distribution and generation the politics of policy components, introducing new law and implementation policy, improving distribution networks, and investing in new generation sources. By Chris Gore, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of The presentation focussed on one Political Science/IES Environmental component of the overall reform process in Studies Program. (Supervisor: Richard Uganda – the deliberation over the Stren, Political Science.) construction of a new 200 megawatt hydroelectric dam near the headwaters of Abstract of presentation at the Nile. Specifically, it examined the IES Research Day on May 1, 2003: character of the dam’s environmental In the East African country of Uganda, assessment process to reveal a unique recent figures show that less than 3% of outcome: the key debate and criticism of the total population of 24.7 million people the project was not centered on the has access to electricity – one of the environmental or social impacts, but the lowest levels in the world – and close to failure of the process to formalize debate 95% of the population relies on biomass. over the economic dimensions of the Moreover, at times, total electricity system project. The presentation also considered losses have exceeded 30%. It comes as no explanations for this outcome, particularly surprise then that in recent years the focusing on the relationship between Government of Uganda, at the access to information, participation in the encouragement of international donors, process, and the structure of the process has attempted to reform this sector. This itself. reform process has included the For more information, please contact Chris Gore presenting his research at IES unbundling of the state utility, privatizing Chris at [email protected] Research Day.

32 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Robert Barwell, M.Ed., OISE/UT (Adult qualitative research methods (especially Stephanie Graham, M.A., OISE/UT Education, Community Development & phenomenology). (Sociology & Equity Studies in Counselling Psychology)/IES. Richard Christie, M.A., OISE/UT Education)/IES. Course work only program. (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES. James Gray-Donald, Ph.D., OISE/UT Hafeeza Bassirulah, E.D.D., OISE/UT Arden Court, M.Ed., OISE/UT (Adult Education, Community (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; Development & Counselling supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, Psychology)/IES; supervisor: David Teaching & Learning. Teaching & Learning. Selby, Curriculum, Teaching & Learning. Jamie Bradburn, M.Sc., Geology/IES. Patrick Darkhor, Ph.D., OISE/UT Stories of transformation: experiences of Course work only program. (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; facilitation and change within a novel Teri Burgess, M.A., OISE/UT supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, environmental education program in El (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; Teaching & Learning. Agustino (Lima, Peru). (See abstract of supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, Eric Dunbar, M.Sc., Botany/IES; his research poster presented at IES Teaching & Learning. Development of supervisor: James Eckenwalder, Botany. Research Day below.) an intermediate level global education Ulmus pumila, an alien in Toronto. Sarah Hartley, Ph.D., Political program within the public education José Etcheverry, Ph.D., Geography/IES; Science/IES; supervisor: Grace Skogstad, system. supervisor: Danny Harvey, Geography. Political Science. A comparison of policy Leon Chartrand, Ph.D., Theology, St. Renewable energy for productive uses: responses to environmental risk: the case Michael's College/IES; supervisor: strategies to enhance environmental of agricultural biotechnology in Canada Stephen Dunn, Theology, St. Michael's protection and the quality of rural life. and the UK. (Winner of a Labatt College. Sacredness of Grizzly Bear (Winner of a Gordon Cressy Award for fellowship; see page 375.) encounters: a phenomenological path to Student Leadership; see page 37.) Munya Kabba, Ph.D., OISE/UT Grizzly Bear recovery and reintroduction Adam Fenech, Ph.D., Geography/IES; (Sociology & Equity Studies in efforts in the Bitterroot and Greater supervisor: Rodney White, Geography. Education)/IES. Yellowstone Ecosystems (Wyoming- Integrated assessment modelling to assist Jennifer Kalnins, L.L.B., Law/IES; Montana-Idaho). municipalities in reducing greenhouse supervisor: Donald Dewees, Economics. Anna Chase, Ph.D., OISE/UT gas emissions. Course work only program. (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; Chris Gore, Ph.D., Political Science/IES; Mary Kearney, M.Sc., Geology/IES. supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, supervisor: Richard Stren, Political Course work only program. Teaching & Learning. Science. Energy sector reform in Outdoor environmental education, Uganda. (See abstract of his research on page 32.) Continued on page 34 ... James Gray-Donald: Peru’s environmental citizenship

Experiences of environmental citizenship in El Agustino, Peru: a call for self-reflection in environmental education academia

By James Gray-Donald, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology (OISE)/IES Environmental Studies Program. (Supervisor: David Selby, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning.)

Abstract of poster at IES Research Day on May 1, 2003: This poster aimed to represent an aspect of my development as an environmental educator. I argue that there are deep structural parallels between my development and that of environmental education academia. My recent move to Lima, Peru and work in the marginalized inner urban municipality of El Agustino has affirmed recent evolutions in my environmentalism. While James Gray-Donald (left) explaining his poster at IES Research Day. environmentalism emerged in North America from the reflection as a tool to understand one’s place: ecological place, conservation and preservation movements, it has consistently historical place, political place and spiritual place. I use semi- broadened its scope to include urban areas, health issues, and structured workshops with community members to inspire recently environmental justice, racism and the interwoven dialogue around self-hood and place. This discussion naturally dimensions of inner and outer peace. Throughout this leads to notions of citizenship, responsibility, inter-generational development, environmentalists and environmental educators have equity, and to avenues of action that community members feel are had a highly mixed image, sometimes selfless saints and more appropriate. often misguided and misinformed social depressants. I For more information, please contact James at understand these labels and identify useful pathways to move [email protected] beyond them. My grounding methodology focuses on self-

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 33 ... continued from page 33. Severe winter weather over southern James McKenzie, Ph.D., OISE/UT (Adult Ontario. Education, Community Development and Angela Loder, M.A., Political Counselling Psychology)/IES; supervisor: Martin Kijazi, Ph.D., Forestry/IES; Science/IES; supervisor: Richard Stren, Roxana Ng, Adult Education. supervisor: Sean Thomas, Forestry Political Science. Leah McMullin, M.Ed., OISE/UT (Adult A comparative analysis of the Course work only program. Education, Community Development and characteristics of endemic vs. widespread Elizabeth Lundy, M.A., OISE/UT Counselling Psychology)/IES. tree flora in the Eastern Arc Biodiversity (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; Course work only program. hotspot, Africa. (See abstract of his supervisor: David Selby, Curriculum, Brian Milani, Ph.D., OISE/UT (Adult research below.) Teaching & Learning. Education, Community Development and Sarah King, Ph.D., Religion/IES; Establishing a connection to nature. Counselling Psychology)/IES; supervisor: supervisor: Ingrid Stefanovic, Philosophy. Amy Mader, M.A., Economics/IES; Edmund O'Sullivan, Adult Education. A qualitative investigation into the supervisor: Don Dewees, Economics. Building materials in a green economy: religious dynamics involved in Canadian Economic issues with renewable portfolio community-based strategies for environmental conflict. standards in electricity markets. dematerialization. Kristen Knoepfli, M.Sc., Zoology/IES; Silvia Mancini, Ph.D., Geology/IES; Amanda Mongeon, M.Ed., OISE/UT supervisor: Mark Engstrom, Zoology. supervisor: Barbara Sherwood Lollar, (Adult Education, Community Biogeography and systematics status of Geology. Monitoring biodegradation of Development and Counselling the Chiapan deer mouse, Peromyscus benzene in groundwater systems using Psychology)/IES; supervisor: Roxana Ng, gymnotis. carbon and hydrogen compound specific Adult Education. Tanya Labencki M.Sc., Geography/IES; isotope analysis. Course work only program. supervisor: Miriam Diamond, Geography. Jennifer McDonald, M.Sc., Geology/IES; Melanie Murphy, M.A., Geography/IES; Characterization of washoff from urban supervisor: Ken Howard, Physical and supervisors: Philip Byer, Civil impervious surfaces. Environmental Sciences, Scarborough. Engineering/IES; Scott Prudham, Kara Lefevre, Ph.D., Zoology/IES; Hydrogeology of Nova Scotia. Geography/IES. supervisor: Helen Rodd, Zoology. Jennifer McKelvie, Ph.D., Geology/IES; The uncertainties of climate change in Ecological impacts of habitat supervisor: Barbara Sherwood Lollar, environmental impact assessment. disturbance. Geology. Stable isotope fractionation as Ernest Opoku-Boateng, Ph.D., Leslyn Lewis, Ph..D., Sociology/IES. an indicator of fuel oxygenate Geography/IES; supervisor: Rodney Anthony Liu, Ph.D., Physics/IES; biodegradation at gasoline release sites. White, Geography/IES. supervisor: Kent Moore, Physics. (Winner of Labatt fellowship; see p. 37.)

Martin Kijazi studies African endemic tree species

hotspots”, as an area of high conservation priority, with high concentration of endemic species and a high threat of human disturbance. A thorough understanding of characteristics of species of conservation interest is important for appropriate formulation of biodiversity conservation plans. Patterns of co- variation were analyzed among morphological and life history traits for 393 woody taxa in the East Usambara portion of the Eastern Arc. Compared to widespread taxa, narrow endemic taxa (i.e. restricted to Usambara Mountains) showed higher than expected frequencies of self-dehiscent (not animal dependent) seed-dispersal, habitat preference for primary forest, and were preferentially distributed in the sub-montane habitat zone. The frequency of dioecious mating systems among narrow endemic taxa was lower than expected, while that of hermaphrodite mating Martin Kijazi (right) and Professor Emeritus Paul Aird at IES Research systems higher than expected. Near-endemic taxa (taxa restricted Day. to Eastern Arc and East African coastal forests) showed traits A comparative analysis of the characteristics intermediate to those of endemic and widespread taxa. The of endemic vs. widespread tree flora in the frequency of treelets and shrubs among endemic taxa was higher Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot, Africa than expected. These findings suggest that long-term selection pressure for persistence in a naturally fragmented system has By Martin Kijazi, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Forestry/IES resulted in the suite of traits that now characterize narrow Environmental Studies Program. (Supervisor: Sean Thomas, endemic taxa. Within-patch disturbance and patch clearing may Faculty of Forestry.) presently be more critical threats to woody species than forest fragmentation per se and protection of forest remnants in the E. Abstract of poster at IES Research Day on May 1, 2003: Usambara may be an effective long-term conservation strategy. The “Eastern Arc” region of Tanzania and Kenya has been For more information, please contact Martin at identified as one of the world's leading “global biodiversity [email protected]

34 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies Urban environmental financing: facing Political Science. international environmental impact the challenges of the future. Course work only program. assessment. Albert Osei, Ph.D., OISE/UT (Curriculum, Marli Santos, M.A., OISE/UT Amar Wahab, Ph.D., OISE/UT (Sociology Teaching & Learning)/IES; supervisor: (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)/IES; & Equity Studies in Education)/IES; David Selby, Curriculum, Teaching & supervisor: Ed O'Sullivan, Adult supervisor: Margrit Eichler and Alissa Learning. A comparative study of the Education. Trotz, Sociology & Equity Studies. role of education in aboriginal/ Saeed Sheshehgar, M.S.W., Social Gender and environmental activism: the indigenous fisheries management in Work/IES. role of women in environmental NGOs in Canada (Antigonish) and Ghana David Sider, Ph.D., Geography/IES; the Caribbean. (Moree). supervisor: Virginia Maclaren, Levi Waldron, Ph.D., Forestry/IES; Kathryn Palmer, M.A., Geography/IES; Geography. Community based supervisor: Paul Cooper, Forestry. supervisor: Scott Prudham, Geography/ environmental management in India. Modeling the leaching of inorganic wood IES. The role of ENGOs in the land use Nicki Simms, M.A., Geography/IES; preservative components from pressure- planning process in Ontario, case study: supervisor: Scott Prudham, treated wood. (See abstract of his the Oak Ridges Moraine. Geography/IES. First Nations' research below.) David Partlow, M.A., Geography/IES; indigenous knowledge and community Adam Watson, M.A., Geography/IES; supervisor: Scott Prudham, Geography/ forestry. supervisor: Alana Boland, Geography IES. Community issues related to BC Luciana Sivertson, Ph.D., Anthropology/ An evaluation of Vietnam's urban waste forest policy. IES; supervisor: Krystyna Sieciechowicz, management sector, with a specific focus Preeti Ramprasad, Ph.D., Forestry/IES; Anthropology, Scarborough. Watershed on the role for capacity building in supervisor: D.N. Roy, Forestry; Rodney ecology management: the Sibun Bio- improving the efficacy of Vietnam's waste White, Geography/IES. Exploring the Region, Belize, Central America. management policy initiatives. impacts of transport infrastructure Kymberley Snarr, Ph.D., Anthropology/ Bob Willard, Ph.D., OISE/UT (Adult development on local forest ecosystems in IES; supervisor: Frances Burton, Education, Community Development and the Niagara Escarpment Ontario. Anthropology. The howling monkeys of Counselling Psychology)//IES; Carolyn Richardson, Ph.D., Cuero y Salado: life in fragmentation on supervisor: J. Gary Knowles, Adult Philosophy/IES; supervisor: Ingrid the north-coast of Honduras. Education. Why some companies Stefanovic, Philosophy. Nature writing (Winner of a Gordon Cressy Award for embrace sustainability, why others do and philosophical thinking. Student Leadership; see page 37.) not, and how to convince the second David Sandomierski, M.A., Political Kevin Tuohy, L.L.B., Law/IES. group. Science/IES; supervisor: Richard Stren, The international obligation to conduct

Levi Waldron studies leaching of wood preservatives

Prediction of wood preservative leaching from pressure-treated wood

By Levi Waldron, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Forestry/IES Environmental Studies Program. (Supervisor: Paul Cooper, Faculty of Forestry.)

Abstract of presentation at IES Research Day on May 1, 2003: Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is the most widely used industrial wood preservative in the world. The greenish tinge it imparts to wood is a familiar sight in decks, fences, utility poles, playground equipment, and many other applications. The recent controversy surrounding the safety of CCA pressure-treated wood and its planned replacement with alternative preservatives comes amidst a general lack of understanding or agreement on how any of these preservatives are lost from wood or how to assess the potential hazards. This paper presents a brief background on wood preservation, its advantages and problems, and a physical Levi Waldron presenting his research at IES Research Day. model which provides better understanding of the leaching process and improved methods for assessing leaching hazards of Azole, and Ammoniacal Copper Quat (ACQ). The model is new and present wood preservatives. When wood is treated with useful for predicting approximate leaching rates and for CCA, a fixation reaction occurs which is critical to the efficacy understanding how factors such as temperature, sample size, and and safety of the finished product. Variations of the model are duration affect leaching. applied to the reagent Cr-VI during the fixation stage, to the For more information, please contact Levi at products Cr-III, As-V, and Cu-II in the final post-fixation stage, [email protected] and to some of the potential alternatives to CCA: Boron, Copper

Institute for Environmental Studies 2002/03 Annual Report 35 STUDENTS ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

The following is a list of graduates, as well as new and continuing Heather Jones students enrolled in IES’ Environment and Health collaborative develops a model to graduate program in 2002/03. For more information, please consult the IES web site, assess health risks www.utoronto.ca/env/ies, or contact Donna Workman, from contaminants 416-978-7077, [email protected]

Development of a screening-level 2002-03 GRADUATES environmental risk assessment Nadia Abu Zahra model for urban areas M.A., Geography/IES; supervisor: Amrita Daniere, Geography. To HGIS or not to HGIS? What are the potential and actual applications in By Heather Jones, M.Sc. Student, Department of low- to middle-income countries of health-based geographic information Geography/IES Environment and Health Program. systems (HGIS)? (Supervisor: Miriam Diamond, Geography.) James Doherty M.Sc., Community Health/IES; supervisor: Susan Tarlo, Public Health Abstract of poster at IES Research Day on Sciences. May 1, 2003: Evaluation of work-related symptoms, asthma, sensitization and exposures A generic, screening-level and predictive risk among x-ray technologists. assessment model for chemical contaminants is being developed to support decision-making Marcy Erskine regarding urban development. The model accounts Ph.D., Anthropology/IES; supervisor: Larry Sawchuk, Anthropology. for risks from multiple contaminants, multiple Adoption of preventative health technology in rural Malawi, Africa. endpoints, multiple exposure routes, multiple receptors and life stages, and temporal trends, and David Wasserstein incorporates multiple risk characterization M.Sc., Medical Science/IES; supervisor: Frances Silverman, Medicine/Gage techniques summed up using a weight-of-evidence Occupational and Environmental Health Unit. approach. Contaminants considered by the model The effect of controlled ambient air pollutant exposure on inflammatory include semi-volatile organic compounds (SOCs). mediator release in humans. (Winner of a Labatt fellowship; see page 37.) Receptors considered include humans at different life stages and with different lifestyles. The model Tammy Wong is comprised of exposure and risk modules that are M.H.Sc., Public Health Sciences/IES; supervisor: Andrea Sass-Kortsak, Public coupled to MUM – Multimedia Urban Model, a Health Sciences. fugacity-based fate and transport model that Professional degree in Occupational and Environmental Health (Occupational predicts multimedia contaminant concentrations in Hygiene). urban environments. Exposure estimates are made for humans using, for example, population-specific intake rates and empirically-derived uptake factors. 2002-03 Case studies are being performed for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and for Kampala, Uganda. NEW & CONTINUING STUDENTS Nita Chaudhuri Ph.D., OISE/UT (Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology)/IES. Heather Jones explaining her poster at IES Research Environmental health in the community context. Day. Heather Jones-Otazo M.Sc., Geography/IES; supervisor: Miriam Diamond, Geography. Development of a screening-level environmental risk assessment model for urban areas. (See abstract on this page. Winner of the Langford Prize, Brown Prize, Labatt fellowship and Gordon Cressy Award; see page 37.)

Larissa Lisnevskaia M.Sc., Medical Science/IES; supervisor: Frances Silverman, Medicine/Gage Occupational and Environmental Health. Effects of air pollution on cardiorespiratory health.

Shehrina Tabassum M.Sc., Medical Science/IES; supervisor: Frances Silverman, Medicine/Gage Occupational and Environmental Health. Symptoms related to exposure to air pollutants.

36 2002/03 Annual Report Institute for Environmental Studies AWARDS STUDENTS

By Mona El-Haddad

Congratulations to the recipients of the following graduate environmental awards presented at IES Research Day on May 1, 2003. For more information on awards, please contact Donna Workman, 416-978- 7077, [email protected] or see http://www.utoronto.ca/env/ies George Burwash Langford Prize This annual prize provides support and encouragement for student service and LEFT: Labatt Fellowship recipients left to right: Anthony Liu, Heather Jones-Otazo (also winner of research at IES. This year, $350 was George Langford and John Brown Prizes), Craig Butt, Sarah Hartley and David Wasserstein, awarded to Heather Jones-Otazo, an joined by IES Director and award presenter Rodney White. Absent: Jennfier McKelvie. M.Sc. student in Geography and IES’ RIGHT: Sperrin Chant Toxicology Award winner Josephine Archbold with award presenter Roger Hansell. Environment & Health Program and President of the Graduate Environmental Sperrin Chant Masonic awarded annually to support IES students Students Association. For her research, she Award in Toxicology who demonstrate academic excellence and is developing an integrated ecological and financial need. Applicants wrote a paper Members of IES and the university, with human risk assessment model for urban exploring practical based solutions to members of the University Lodge A.F. and areas (see page 36 for an abstract). environmental issues and/or examining the A.M., initiated this new award, given to marketplace for solutions to environmental students doing research in toxicology who issues. Six recipients were awarded $4150 John Brown Prize demonstrate academic excellence, strength each: This prize is awarded for the best applied of character, and financial need. This year, Craig Butt, M.Sc. student, Geography/IES research project dedicated to the analysis Josephine Archbold, an M.Sc. student in Environmental Studies; and improvement of occupational or Geography and IES’ former Toxicology Sarah Hartley, Ph.D. student, Political environmental health to students in the Program, was awarded $1500. She was Science/IES Environmental Studies; Gage Occupational and Environmental developing a decision-support tool to Heather Jones-Otazo, M.Sc. student, Health Unit (Community Health), the conduct a screening-level ecological risk Geography/IES Environment and Health; Department of Chemical Engineering and assessment of contaminants in an urban Anthony Liu, Ph.D. student, Physics/IES Applied Chemistry, the Department of environment. Public Health Sciences, and/or IES. This Environmental Studies; year, $1000 was awarded to Heather Arthur and Sonia Labatt Jennifer McKelvie, Ph.D. student, Jones-Otazo of Geography and IES’ Geology/IES Environmental Studies; and Environment and Health Program (see Graduate Fellowships David Wasserstein, M.Sc. graduate above). Through a generous donation of Arthur (November 2002), Medical Science/IES and Sonia Labatt, these fellowships are Environment and Health. IES students receive Cressy leadership awards By Mona El-Haddad We are pleased to congratulate four IES graduate students who were amongst the recipients of the 2003 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award: Todd Barr, José Etcheverry, Heather Jones- Otazo, and Kymberley Snarr. The awards, presented during a ceremony on April 2 2003 at Hart House, recognize students for their outstanding contributions to the university through extra- curricular involvement. Todd Barr (M.Ed. student, OISE/IES) has been an active member of the Graduate Environmental Students’ Association (GESA) and the U of T Environmental Resource Network (UTERN). José Etcheverry (Ph.D. student, Geography/IES) was a founder of the Sustainable Energy Group and past president of GESA. Heather Jones-Otazo (M.Sc. student, Geography/IES) is GESA’s current Gordon Cressy joins IES recipients of the student leadership award president and an active member of UTERN. Kym Snarr (Ph.D named in his honour. Left to right: Kymberley Snarr, José Etcheverry, student., Anthropology/IES) has helped coordinate environmental Gordon Cressy, Heather Jones-Otazo. Absent: Todd Barr. conferences and is developing distance education courses at IES. (Photo: Donna Workman.)

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