Assistant Professor, School of the Environment
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Humanities
- Worldviews & Beliefs
Areas of Interest
• Ecoanxiety and pedagogies of hope
• Environmental epistemologies
• Social and environmental ethics
• Liberation philosophies
Biography
Simon Appolloni received his doctorate in the Study of Religion, in conjunction with the Collaborative Program in Environmental Studies, School of the Environment, University of Toronto. He has taught at the School of the Environment, Humber College and at Brock University. His current research interest lies in understanding and utilizing pedagogies of hope that build resilience within students as they navigate paths toward sustainability. Simon has maintained his pre-doctoral volunteer work within the environmental-social justice not-for-profit sector.
Education
Ph.D. Religious Studies & Environmental Studies, University of Toronto
Master of Divinity, University of St. Michael’s College
B.Ed., Queen’s University
B.A., Ottawa University
Awards
- 2023 Institutional Grant (SIG) SSHRC
Publications
- How to stay hopeful in a world seemingly beyond saving ( : 2024)
- Generation Laudato Si’: Catholic Youth on Living Out an Ecological Spirituality (Novalis : 2023)
- 6 ways to build resilience and hope into young people’s learning about climate change ( : 2022)
- Engendering a Canadian Catholic Conversation about Care for Our Common Home (Novalis : 2020)
- The Green Bible: Words of Love for a Suffering Planet (Novalis : 2020)
- Convergent Knowing: Christianity and Science in Conversation with a Suffering Creation (McGill-Queen's University Press : 2019)
- Eco-Tethered Liberation: A New Spirituality for the Anthropocene ( : 2018)
- Wondering about Wonder as a Possible Antidote to Our Violence against Earth (Equinox Publishing Ltd. : 2016)
- In Search of an Authentic Pax Gaia: Connecting Wonder, the Moral Imagination and Socio-Ecological Flourishing ( : 2016)
- The Roman Catholic Tradition in Conversation with Thomas Berry’s Fourfold Wisdom ( : 2015)
- Religions and Ecology in Canada ()