Faculty Member

Martin J Bunch

Professor Credentials PhD Geography, University of WaterlooMA (Geography), University of WaterlooBA Geography, York University Research Keywords Ecohealth & Ecosystem Approaches; Adaptive Management; Watershed Management; Complex Systems; Systems Approaches To Problem Solving; Geographic Information Systems; Ecological Footprint; Sustainability. Contact Information 4700 Keele StreetToronto, ON M3J 1P3 416 736 2100 bunchmj@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/bunchmj/ Research Interests My educational background is in the discipline of geography. However, […]

Alison L Bain

Professor Graduate Program Director (Geography) Credentials PhD Geography, University of CambridgeMA Geography, University of TorontoBA (Honours) Geography, Queen's University Research Keywords Urban social geography; Arts-led urban development; Geographies of artistic labour & creative practice; Geographies of sexuality; Queer geographies; Feminist pedagogies. Contact Information 4700 Keele StreetToronto, ON M3J 1P3 416 736 2100 abain@yorku.ca  Research Interests […]

Ranu Basu

Professor Credentials PhD Human Geography, University of TorontoMA Human Geography, University of TorontoBA Geography, University of Bombay Research Keywords Urban Social and Political Geography; Anti-Imperialism and Postcolonial Geographies; Critical Geographies of Education; Urban Geographies of Migration and Displacement; Theories of Collective Action and Community Organization; Spatial Methodologies including Phronesis and Critical Geographic Information Systems (GIS); […]

Sheila R. Colla

Professor (b.1982 – d.2025) Credentials PhD, Biology BSc Honours, Zoology Research Keywords Pollinator Conservation; Endangered Species; Community Science; Environmental Policy; Bumblebees. It is with deep sorrow that we are sharing the sad news about the passing of Dr. Sheila Colla. A Professor at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Dr. Colla was a pioneering conservation scientist and educator […]

Postdoctoral Researchers

Postdoctoral researchers are early-career researchers who work under the general supervision of a faculty member, but who are also developing self-directed research programs of their own. At York, postdoctoral fellows hold external awards, for example from one of Canada’s research councils. Postdoctoral visitors hold positions that are funded internally at the university, either through research […]

Emeritus Faculty

Many of our retired faculty members are active scholars, engaging in research, holding external grants, and supervising graduate students. They are also important members of our community and provide an important link to EUC’s two principal legacy units - the Department of Geography and the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York. Our Emeritus Faculty Richard […]

Full-time Faculty

Our faculty members are trained in a wide array of fields (including Agriculture, Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Geography, Health, History, Law, Planning, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology). Together we form a community of urban, environmental and geographical researchers addressing some of the planet’s most pressing problems and challenges. Our Full-time […]

EUC Dean Alice Hovorka co-edits new book on animal geographies

Alice Hovorka, dean and professor in York University’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, has co-edited a new book, A Research Agenda for Animal Geographies (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021), with Sandra McCubbin from the Government of Canada and Lauren Van Patter from Queen’s University. Launched at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers on April […]