| Employment
Jobs
with the Department
Jobs
external to the Department
Future Career Opportunities
Jobs with
the Department:
Positions continually arise within the Department
at the professor, lecturer, researcher, post-doctoral fellow,
graduate and undergraduate levels. Please consult specific faculty
members about discipline-specific opportunities, or contact esse
@ yorku.ca for general information.
Jobs external
to the Department:
Notice of career opportunities are constantly being made to the
Department from a broad range of industrial and institutional
partners. Please consult specific faculty members about discipline-specific
opportunities, or contact esse
@ yorku.ca for general information.
Future Career Opportunities
Atmospheric Science:
Employment prospects for graduates at the B.Sc. and Certificate
in Meteorology levels are good. The Meteorological Service of
Canada has recruited many of our graduates who work as forecasters
in their weather offices across the country. In Toronto (Oakville),
the Weather Network (Pelmorex) operate their own forecast office
and have hired a number of our graduates as forecasters. At least
one of them is now regularly giving on air presentations. York
graduates have also been hired by CBC Newsworld. With continuing
concern for the environment and climate in Canada, research jobs
at the Meteorological Service of Canada and elsewhere regularly
come available, though often requiring MSc or PhD qualifications.
Private sector consulting companies and provincial governments
(e.g. Ontario Ministry of Environment) regularly hire our atmospheric
scientists. After completing a first degree about 1/3 of our graduates
opt to proceed to research degrees (MSc or PhD), either at York
or at other universities in Canada or abroad.
The background that students gain in analytical work and computing
in Atmospheric Science gives them desirable skills in many other
scientific, computing, data processing and business areas.
Earth Science:
Positions for employment in applied geophysics and geomatics
are being advertised at this time and the future is especially
promising in the geomatics area (also see Geomatics Engineering
below) and in the combined areas of exploration and environmental
assessment. Our graduating students who have chosen not to pursue
graduate studies are currently finding employment in companies
doing geomatics or geophysical work. At a recent geomatics conference
it was reported that there are an estimated 34,000 geomatics employees
in Canada, whose activities generate $4.5 Billion annually to
the Canadian economy.
Provincial legislation was established for registration of “Professional
Geoscientist” in Ontario in June 2000. Our Earth Science
specialized honours curriculum, taken with care, complies with
requirements for membership. Students wishing to become eligible
for such a profession are encouraged to discuss their course selection
with an advisor. It should be noted that admission to the ranks
of the Professional Geoscientist requires accumulation of appropriate
employment experience in addition to formal academic training.
Space Science:
Job opportunities for graduates exist within the aerospace industry,
the Canadian Space Agency, the Meteorological Service of Canada
and the rapidly growing "earth observation" industries,
as well as in universities for Ph.D. graduates. Students in our
programs receive an interdisciplinary training and develop skills
highly sought after by employers in both the private and public
sectors.
Geomatics Engineering:
Job opportunities for graduates exist within various industries
including federal and provincial government agencies, forestry,
agriculture, mining and mineral exploration, surveying, land information
systems and resource management, oceanography, hydrography, environmental
management, urban planning, public utilities, coastal zone management,
transport, navigation, defence, medical epidemiology, pollution
management, geomarketing, planning of education and health facilities,
dispatching and emergency measures, economic and financial projections
and insurance.
Over the last two years, our geomatics engineering graduates
have had many job opportunities and options to choose among different
employers. They have obtained employment with geomatics companies,
and with the provincial government in Ontario and elsewhere in
Canada; these jobs were offered and in hand well before their
graduation from our program! The booming economy in western Canada
has also attracted a number of our graduates who now work for
the oil industry in the Province of Alberta. Those graduates who
chose to pursue graduate studies and specialize in certain areas
of geomatics, joined either our graduate program or other programs
around the country. All these job placements have the strong characteristic
of diversity and multidisciplinarity and contribute to all socioeconomic
activities of the country.
Space Engineering:
Our activities in space are supported by a large global industry
that generates more than $120 billion in revenues annually. Canadian
industry is responsible for roughly 1% of the global market and
is growing rapidly. More than 5,000 people are employed in the
Canadian space industry with comparable numbers also employed
in the government and academic sectors. Well trained and qualified
personnel are highly sought after by all sectors and there are
many opportunities to work at home and abroad. More than 40 nations
are now developing space programs and the commercial market for
space products and services is expanding rapidly. It is anticipated
that with increasing access to space, the industry will continue
to grow over the next decade fuelling a further shortage of qualified
personnel to fill positions within the space industry and other
related high technology fields.
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