November 13, 2019
Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time
SOCAAR's Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivE) and Keith Van Ryswyk (PhD student) collaborated with researchers across Canada and found that a one-year increase in pollution exposure of 10,000 nanoparticles per cubic centimetre – the approximate difference between quiet and busy city streets – increased the risk of brain cancer by more than 10%. Read more
November 4, 2019
Engineering’s Jeffrey Siegel explains how to maintain air quality in indoor air vents
November 4, 2019
Engineering’s Arthur Chan comments on the air quality crisis in New Delhi
November 1-5, 2019
Engineering’s Greg Evans discusses his air quality research
SOCAAR, in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and Metro Vancouver conducted a two-year study into traffic-related pollutant concentrations near major roadways to evaluate the potential impacts on Canadians.
Media Coverage
(CBC Online--Quirks and Quarks) (kamloopsmatters) (CBC-Radio Toronto) (CJNI-FM – Halifax) (CHQR – Calgary) (The Trucking Network) (Vancouver Courier)
October 29-31, 2019
Greg Evans talks about his study on air quality near major urban roadways
SOCAAR, in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and Metro Vancouver conducted a two-year study into traffic-related pollutant concentrations near major roadways to evaluate the potential impacts on Canadians.
Media Coverage (in English)
(The Globe and Mail) (Toronto Star) (CBC TV: The National) (CBC News Network) (CBC Radio) (CBC News Online) (AAAS) (Q107) (Environmental News Network) (Tricity News) (Global News) (blogTO) (Truck News) (U of T Engineering News) (CBC The National) (CTV News Channel--Power Play) (Newstalk 1290 CJBK London)
Media Coverage (in French)
October 7, 2019
Catching up with Scott Allan Orr (ChemE 1T4)
Dr. Scott Allan Orr is profiled in CHEM ENG NEWS for his research to support conservation, access, interpretation, management, and engagement with heritage. Dr. Orr is an alumni of the Evans Research Group where he was a summer research assistant and completed his fourth year thesis. Read More
September 21, 2019
How hi-tech sensors on buildings, cars and in the sky could help keep Toronto's air clean
Next-generation sensing technology and high-powered data crunching systems were on display at the third annual Air & Odour Management Conference and Technology Showcase held at Hart House at the University of Toronto. The conference is co-chaired by Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou. Read More
September 13, 2019
Watch What You’re Breathing
If you’re in Southern Ontario, you might see a white truck emblazoned with the word “Maple” traveling the streets. Read More
July 4, 2019
Professor Jeff Brook delivers prestigious review at Air & Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition
Professor Jeffrey Brook (ChemE/DDLSPH) was invited to present a review on one of the most pressing economic and environmental issues in Canada, and one with global impacts: the Alberta Oil Sands. Read More
May 16, 2019
SOCAAR teams up with the City of Oshawa on air quality and traffic monitoring project
SOCAAR is teaming up with the City of Oshawa to launch a one-year TeachingCity research study that will monitor air quality and traffic movements in Oshawa’s downtown core. Read more
May 3, 2019
U of T Engineering honours outstanding faculty and staff at the 12th annual Celebrating Engineering Excellence event
Prof. Arthur Chan receives U of T Engineering Early Career Teaching Award at the 12th Annual Celebrating Engineering Excellence Event. Read more
February 17, 2019
Something In The Air
Profs. Greg Evans and Marianne Hatzopoulou talk to David Suzuki on The Nature of Things about their air quality research, measuring urban air pollution using a mobile lab in a cube van and portable air monitors. Watch the episode here
February 10, 2019
Trucks are raining soot on Clark Dr. — and it’s cost this Vancouver man his vegetable garden
Prof. Greg Evans co-authored a new study that found Vancouver's Clark Drive has similar levels of roadside pollution as Toronto's HWY 401. Clark Drive has 10x fewer traffic than the 401 but the high number of older transport trucks accessing the Port of Vancouver along Clark Drive results in roughly the same levels of pollution measured at the roadside. Read the full article in the Vancouver Sun
January 16, 2019
Fort McMurray homes had normal levels of indoor toxins after wildfire: study
Prof. Arthur Chan shares his findings on indoor contaminants that remain a year after the fire in Fort McMurray.
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