Undergraduate Research

The  research reports posted here are the work of fourth year  students from various Centre undergraduate programs, working either in groups or independently.

ENV 421

2008 - 2009

• Sustainable Transportation on the University Campus
• Strategic and Structural Recommendations for University Governance Practices Promoting Sustainability
• Cultivating Green Student Engagement
• Exploring Sustainability in Campus Design and Greenspace: Lessons from Leading Universities
• Green Building Design (Part 1) (Part 2)
• Improving Energy Sustainability at Post-Secondary Institutions

2007 - 2008

• Environmental Literacy at the University of Toronto

2006 - 2007

• Sustainability of Health and Well-Being at the St. George Campus
• Sustainable Energy for a Sustainable Future
• An Assessment of the Sustainability of Current Land Use at the University of Toronto St. George Campus
• Sustainability Governance : Evaluating Policy Development and Implementation Structures at the University of Toronto

2005 - 2006

• Leisure Commuting Behaviours in the City of Vaughan

2001 - 2002

• Aesthetics in the City: Evaluating the Intensification of Bloor St.
• Citizens Participation in the Land Use Approval Process
• The Impacts of Intensification
• Assessing the Effects of Bloor Street Intensification on the Quality of Life of the Annex Community
• Evaluating the Impacts of the Proposed Bloor Street Intensification on Traffic

Independent Research Projects

2005 - 2006

• An Energy Audit at Credit Valley Conservation

For more information on undergraduate research please contact:

David Powell
Undergraduate Student Advisor and Placement Coordinator
Centre for Environment, University of Toronto
Earth Sciences Centre
33 Willcocks Street
Toronto, ON, M5S 3E8, Canada
Phone: 416-946-8100
Fax: 416-978-3884
Office: 1049A (Bancroft Wing of Earth Sciences)