The Jarislowsky Fellows, along with the course instructors, Dr. Brendon Larson (Professor and Associate Dean – Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Environment) and Dr. Angela Carter (Associate Director, Arts First, AssociateÌýProfessor, Political Science) aim to equip students with the critical skills and know-how so as to be prepared to engage in shaping the future of nature.
Ìýis regarded as one of the world's most accomplished contemporary photographers. His remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes are included in the collections of over sixty major museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Tate Modern in London, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California. His imagery explores the collective impact we as a species are having on the surface of the planet; an inspection of the human systems we've imposed onto natural landscapes.
Burtynsky’sÌýdistinctions include the TED Prize, The Outreach award at theÌýRencontres d’Arles, the Roloff Beny Book award, and the Rogers BestÌýCanadian Film Award. He sits on the board of directors for CONTACT:ÌýToronto’s International Photography Festival, and The Ryerson GalleryÌýand Research Center. In 2006 he was awarded the title of Officer of theÌýOrder of Canada; in 2016 he received the Governor General’s Award inÌýVisual and Media Arts.ÌýIn 2018 he was named Photo London's Master of Photography and the Mosaic Institute's Peace Patron. Most recently he was honoured with the 2019 Arts & Letters Award at the Canadian Association of New York’s annual Maple Leaf Ball. He currently holds eight honorary degrees.
is Professor Emeritus at the University California, Riverside, and a writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian. Holding numerous awards and honours, Professor Davis is the author of more than 20 books of fiction and non-fiction, and more than 100 book chapters and essays in the scholarly and elite popular press. His scholarly interests span urban studies, the built environment, economic history and social movements. One of his most well known books, City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles is translated into eight languages and was named a best book in urban politics by the American Political Science Association, and won the Isaac Deutscher Award from the London School of Economics.
He was a 1996–1997 Getty Scholar at theÌýGetty Research InstituteÌýand received aÌýMacArthur Fellowship AwardÌýin 1998.ÌýHe won theÌýLannan Literary Award for NonfictionÌýin 2007.