Environment & Sustainability

Sustainability is an overarching value of the university and a central area of focus, led by the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development and the Centre for Livelihoods & Ecology. Research includes: community vitality and resilience; natural resource based enterprise and livelihoods; local and sustainable food systems; paleo-climatic/ceanic/seismic studies of the BC west coast; soil toxicology and persistent organic pollutants; hummingbird migration; urban and post-industrial landscapes and sustainability; community responses to green/sustainability intiatives; environmental citizenship; and research in China and Mongolia on economic development, land and agriculture.