About Broti Kar How would you describe your years at EUC, and did the program prepare you for your career? How? At EUC, I found my love for learning. All thanks to my professors, I left EUC with more questions than answers, and also with key skills that helped me kick-start my career. I believe […]
About Alison Milan Alison Milan (she/her) is a Policy Analyst for the Impact Assessment Division (IAD) for Natural Resources Canada, having worked there since graduating from York University in 2018 with her MSc, Geography. In her role, Alison is also a coordinator of Indigenous engagement for cumulative effects research conducted across the various Natural Resources […]
The administrative and professional staff in EUC are the heartbeat of our community. Together, this team of devoted passionate and resourceful individuals provide the essential services necessary for our Faculty to function and thrive. Dedicated to a student-centric model of service excellence, this team is small but mighty and will be available during office hours […]
The community of instructors and researchers at EUC includes a number of temporary appointment who hold positions as adjunct professors, visiting scholars and sessional instructors. Adjunct professors have an ongoing association with the Faculty and enhance its teaching and/or research. Visiting scholars are researchers and others whose experience, expertise or knowledge can enrich the Faculty […]
As our Faculty’s most effective ambassadors, our alumni – more than 12,000 strong – play a vital role in the University and beyond. These professionals and champions of sustainability and justice work in various roles as environmental educators, urban planners, lawyers, activists, research analysts, social advocates and more. They serve as inspiring mentors and advisors […]
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is home to two graduate programs, in Environmental Studies and in Geography. Both programs offer Masters and PhD degrees but differ in their faculty membership, program requirements and intellectual orientation. All together, EUC is home to about 250 active graduate students and they are an integral part of […]
About Szimbah Hanley What made you choose your program at York University? Why did you decide on your major? I chose to pursue a post graduate degree in Environmental Studies and Education. I was inspired by the teachings of His Imperial Majesty Haile' Selassie who said: "Education is a means of sharpening the mind of […]
About Tina Garnett Tina Garnett is 6th generation Canadian, the descendent of an escape slave John Henry who arrived at the Great Lakes Black Settlement in 1831. Tina has been developing human rights based equity and inclusion policies and services with marginalized communities for over two decades. She is the current Human Rights & Inclusion […]
Ottawa, 14 January 2021—The Auditor General of Canada, Karen Hogan, has appointed Jerry V. DeMarco (MES '04) to join her executive team as Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD). Mr. DeMarco will officially step into his new role with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) on 1 February 2021. Mr. DeMarco […]
By Joanna PachnerSpecial to the Star In 2018, Toronto’s scrappy chief planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, ran for mayor on a platform of creating a more affordable, sustainable, livable city — one experienced at “the scale of a neighbourhood,” as she puts it. Last year, the pandemic largely confined us to that scale, whether we liked it or […]