Triple honours for EnSciMan PhD grad

Environmental Applied Science and Management graduate, Dr. Amber Grant, received three awards at Toronto Metropolitan University's Fall 2024 Convocation. 

The Board of Governors Leadership Award and Medal is one of the most prestigious university-wide awards. Grant was selected on the basis of outstanding academic achievement, participation in co-curricular and extracurricular activities within Toronto Metropolitan University and community-at-large and most importantly, the leadership qualities exhibited during Grant's Toronto Metropolitan University career.

Grant also received the 2024 Toronto Metropolitan University Gold Medal for the Interdisciplinary Studies based on academic merit. 

Finally, Grant was named the recipient of the 2024 Governor General Gold Medal. The Medal is provided by The Chancellery of Honours in the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada.

Grant's research areas focused on social justice in urban environments--particularly in urban forestry planning and practices. 

Read the full feature here: https://www.torontomu.ca/graduate/news-events/2024/10/triple-honours-for-ensciman-phd-grad-amber-grant/

Papers in Refereed Journals:

1. Grant, A., Edge, S., Millward, A.A., Roman, L. A., & Teelucksingh, C. (2024). Centering community perspectives to advance recognitional justice in urban environments: Lessons from urban forest practice. Sustainability, 16(12), 4915. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16124915

2. Pearsall, H., Riedman, E., Roman, L. A., Grant, A., Davis, A. L., Dentice, D., Ifill, T., Maslin, M. & Samaha, J. (2024). Barriers to resident participation in tree-planting initiatives across a metropolitan area. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 95, 128326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128326

3. Grant, A., Millward, A. A., & Edge, S. (2023). Pursuit of environmental justice in urban forest planning and practice. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5, 1233878. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2023.1233878

4. Grant, A., Millward, A. A., Edge, S., Roman, L. A., & Teelucksingh, C. (2022). Where is environmental justice? A review of US urban forest management plans. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 127737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127737

5. Ordóñez, C., Grant, A., Millward, A.A., Sabetski, V., Steenberg, J.W.N. (2019). Developing Case-Specific Performance Indicators of Nature-Based Solution Projects in Urban Areas: The Case of Trees in Revitalized Commercial Spaces. Cities and the Environment. 12(1): 1-23. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol12/iss1/1

6. Ordóñez, C., Sabetski, V., Millward, A.A., Steenberg, J.W.N., Grant, A., Urban, J. (2018). The influence of abiotic factors on street tree mortality and condition patterns in a commercial urban space revitalized with structural soil cell technology in Toronto, Canada. Arboriculture and Urban Forestry. 44(3): 133-145. https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2018.011