Biography:

Olalekan Onilude, PhD

Olalekan Onilude is a sessional lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environment Studies, and Environmental Applied Science and Management Graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University. He received his PhD and MASc in Environmental Applied Science and Management, and Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainability Management from Toronto Metropolitan University. He also obtained a Graduate Diploma in Project Management – Environmental at Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto. Prior to coming to Canada, he obtained a Master of Information Science, MSc Agricultural Economics, and BSc Agriculture from University of Ibadan Nigeria. His research and teaching interests involve environmental assessment, environment and sustainability, land use change and urbanization, environmental policy, climate change and adaptation.

He has some publications on land use and built environment, urban sprawl, and urban sustainability. Olalekan has been the recipient of the Toronto Metropolitan University Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Dennis Mock Leadership Award for 2020/21.