Welcome

Welcome to the Geography Department at York University, one of the largest and most diverse geography departments in Canada. You will find at York a range of challenging learning opportunities in the subfields of human geography, physical geography and geographic methods.

"It is geography that applies common sense to the statistical hysteria of the climatologists. It is geography that brings global warming into context and applies the test of feasibility to whatever political priorities are deemed necessary. It is geography that explains why each of us is located where we are, in neighbourhood, nation, continent and planet, and how fragile might be that location. Without geography's instruction, we are in every sense lost - random robots who can only read and count."

Simon Jenkins,The Guardian, UK

• Event: Guest lecturer Prof. Ming-ko Woo to debunk scientific myths of the North, Feb. 6
• Professor Robin Roth - Offering Higher Education to Refugees
• Contractually Limited Appointments in Human Geography - application deadline is 23 March
• Students, faculty and staff attended the Department of Geography's Annual Awards Ceremony for Undergraduate Students held on Thursday, 17 November 2011. Congratulations to all award recipients! Click here for event photos.
• The Dept. of Geography was front & centre at York's Spring Gala Event on Saturday, April 2
• Take a ride on the Magic LiDAR Bus (class presentation in GEOG 4440)
• Geography Students Take a Field Trip to Maui
• Awards granted to Geography Faculty, Graduate Students and Undergraduate Students in 2010

• Nina Hewitt on assisted migration to save endangered species
• Professor Rick Bello and students participate in Toronto Evaporation Project
• Geography Student Liz Miller wins northern research award
• Professor Ranu Basu on School Closures
• Professor Kathy Young leads fellow scientists on an Arctic adventure
• Dr. Peter Vandergeest discusses challenges in certifying seafood

• Click here to search and reserve a book