Changemakers for a Just and Sustainable Future
York University’s new Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change has been created as a call to action to respond to the most pressing challenges facing people and the planet.
As a community, we believe that making positive change requires bold and diverse thinking, ambitious action, and community engagement. We are research intensive, student centric, inclusive, and devoted to making the world a better place for all.
Join us as we strive to create a more just and sustainable future!
Why Study with Environmental & Urban Change at York University?
We are focused on ensuring our students receive a high-quality education in our undergraduate and graduate programs. We offer all students a unique learning experience within a supportive and inclusive learning environment. Our focus on fundamental knowledge, critical thinking, and hands-on experiences will prepare future global citizens & changemakers make positive change for a better world.
EUC Programs
Undergraduate Programs
We offer undergraduate programs in Cities, Regions, Planning (BES), Environmental Arts & Justice (BES), Environmental Science (BSc), Global Geography (BA) and Sustainable Environmental Management (BES).
Graduate Programs
We are home to two graduate programs, Environmental Studies (MES & PhD) and Geography (MA, Msc & PhD).
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is committed to providing accessible education, embracing diversity, and empowering all students as changemakers in their own lives and in the lives of others.
Mobilizing Knowledge for a Just and Sustainable Future
Our Faculty brings together geographers, physical scientists, social scientists, humanities researchers and artists whose innovative research seeks to advance sustainability and social justice. Using field-based science, policy analysis, critical social theory, planning skills, geomatics, and cultural and arts-based approaches, our researchers drive action to address the world’s environmental and urban challenges.
York researcher advances more equitable water science across the world
Researchers have long used hydrology – the science of water – to better understand everything from floods and droughts to watershed health and water security. Assistant Professor Adeyemi Olusola has contributed to a new international study that examines how colonial histories continue ...
FIFA Has Made World Cup Tickets a Financial Instrument
Read the whole story: socialeurope.eu/fifa-has-made-world-cup-tickets-a-financial-instrument
York research calls for more accessible cities
A new study co-authored by York University's Mahtot Gebresselassie calls for a more integrated approach to planning communities that support people of all ages and abilities. Read the whole story: yorku.ca/yfile/2026/07/24/york-research-calls-for-more-accessible-cities/
Understanding how economies depend on energy, resources and the environment
Oleksandr Galychyn EUC warmly welcomes Dr. Oleksandr Galychyn as a postdoctoral visitor from Ukraine. Dr. Galychyn’s research explores how economies depend on energy, materials, water, and ecosystems. His work brings together ecological economics, environmental accounting, life cycle assessment, and systems modelling to ...
Las Nubes Summer Study Abroad Program offers immersive learning experience
Felipe Montoya (right) welcomes students to the rainforest reserve. Taking place within the forests of the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor in Southern Costa Rica, York University’s Las Nubes Study Abroad Program offers an incredible, hands-on education opportunity surrounded by rich ...
Mapping flood exposure inequities across river basins in Southern Ontario
Adeyemi Olusola Rivers are not merely channels for water conveyance but function as dynamic corridors where the atmosphere, ecosystems, and human floodplains continuously interact. In specialized research on how these complex river processes shift within a rapidly changing global environment, ...
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Land Acknowledgement
We recognize that many Indigenous Nations have longstanding relationships with the territories upon which York University campuses are located that precede the establishment of York University. York University acknowledges its presence on the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat. It is now home to many First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities. We acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes Region