CUC Universities
The University of British Columbia (UBC)
UBC is one of Canada's largest universities and has strong interests and many diverse
activities focused on Asia. Members of four faculties (Applied Science, Graduate Studies,
Forestry and Science) have participated in the first and second phases of the CUC
UEM Project at AIT (the CUC–AIT.PP, 1988 – 1995, and the CUC
UEM Program at AIT and TTTP, 1996 – 2001), in addition to several practitioners
from the Vancouver region. UBC has great strengths in collaborative research and creative
professional practice – strengths which are well suited to addressing environmental
problems in the rapidly growing urban areas of South and Southeast Asia.
For more information, please visit the UBC web site: http://www.ubc.ca
The University of Calgary (U of C)
The Faculty of Environmental Design at the U of C has strongly supported the first two
phases of the Project by seconding faculty, sending graduate students to AIT, and
supplying administrative support through the Calgary Secretariat. The Faculty is a
professional graduate faculty that includes program streams in Architecture, Planning,
Industrial Design and Environmental Science – all of which stress interdisciplinary
approaches.
The Faculty of Environmental Design has over 25 years of experience in
interdisciplinary professional education and practice. This experience has allowed the
faculty and its students to gain considerable international exposure in many areas of
environmental practice, including major projects in Peru, Ecuador and China. Many faculty
members have worked in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, the Middle East and the former
Eastern Europe, and many are now involved in environmental planning and management.
For more information, please visit the U of C web site: http://www.ucalgary.ca
L'Universite de Montreal (UM)
The University of Montreal, with over 45,000 students, is the largest French-speaking
university in North America. With its two affiliated schools, Management and Engineering,
UM covers the entire spectrum of urban environmental management studies. Particularly
strong are urban transportation system management, environmental and urban health
management, and urban environmental planning and management. Urban environmental concerns
are present in almost every program. The UM's School of Urban Planning has a strong area
of specialization in UEM, developed in cooperation with architects, landscape architects,
urban geographers and civil engineers.
The University of Montreal maintains a worldwide presence, and during the 1970's and
80's it built strong networks in Africa, South America and the Caribbean countries It is
currently maintaining a strong presence in Asia (especially China, Vietnam and Laos). The
UM brings strong Euro-American ties to the CUC with established ties in the private and
municipal sectors. It can offer a broad range of expertise, including "Montreal
International," of which it is a leading partner, to the CUC and to students and
scholars at AIT and from around Asia.
For more information, please visit the University of Montreal web site: http://www.umontreal.ca
The University of Waterloo
The Faculty of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo comprises two
academic units and two professional schools, which embrace a mixture of professional,
academic and interdisciplinary programs. It brings together the related disciplines of
architecture, environment and resource studies, geography and planning, and focuses them
on the inter-relationships of the human and ecological attributes of the environment, with
links to design, management, planning and policy considerations.
The research centres, outside the Faculty, whose applied mandates are particularly
relevant to the mission of AIT and the UEM Program are the Institute for Risk Research,
the Institute for Groundwater Research, and the Transport Engineering Group. The Faculty
of Environmental Studies also has extensive connections with Asia – principally
through CIDA projects in Indonesia, China, and India.
For more information, please visit the University of Waterloo web site: http://www.uwaterloo.ca
York University
York is recognized for its strong emphasis in interdisciplinary Social Science-based
programs. Many of York's programs and centres have extensive international development
experience, including work with institutions and organizations in Asia. The units which
have been most active in Asia include the Joint Centre for Asia and the Pacific, the
Faculty of Administrative Studies, and the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES).
The FES has been involved in an array of funded international development projects over
the past 20-odd years, either as the lead agency or as a partner in a consortium
arrangement. The FES is currently involved with projects in East Africa, the Caribbean,
Indonesia and Thailand.
For more information, please visit the York web site: http://www.yorku.ca
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