Global Geography explores how human societies and physical environments are deeply connected and constantly changing. Learn how to analyze global processes including urbanization, uneven development and inequality, migration and identity formation, and environmental change. Combine approaches from the social sciences, humanities, and physical sciences to identify solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. […]
Explore some of the most critical issues facing the earth today: the climate crisis, the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, waste management, energy consumption and sustainable solutions. In the Sustainable Environmental Management program, you will investigate how the environment and natural resources are managed, and how we can transition toward more just and sustainable […]
We live in an urban world. Cities and city-regions around the globe face pressing social and environmental challenges linked to the climate crisis, emerging infectious disease, global displacement and migration, and deepening inequalities and racial divides. But cities are also the places where solutions to these problems can be found. In Cities, Regions, Planning, you […]
We offer flexible full-time and part-time certificate programs to enhance your learning. Whether you are completing one of our degree programs, seeking options to enhance your current skills or looking to make a career change, our continuing studies programs may be right for you. Programs Certificate in Climate Solutions and Sustainable Energy Certificate in Geomatics: […]
Maureen Owino, environmental studies Maureen Owino Owino’s research, titled "When HIV and COVID-19 Pandemics Collide in Black Communities in Canada," confronts issues relating to pandemic responses that impact already vulnerable communities. Through institutional ethnography, the research will examine the cumulative impacts of existing and emerging social and public health policies on Black people’s health and […]
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is home to two graduate programs, Environmental Studies and Geography, both of which offer Master's degrees and the PhD, as well as two graduate diplomas. Our graduate degree programs are designed to train and empower diverse thinkers through multi-disciplinary approaches and hands-on learning opportunities to make positive change. […]
Congratulations! You have been admitted to Cities, Regions, Planning (BES) with the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at York University. We are dedicated to making positive change for people and the planet and are very excited to have you join our dynamic, diverse and dedicated community of changemakers. WELCOME TO EUC!
The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change is dedicated to enhancing environmental education at all levels and offers many high school outreach activities. We provide Reach Ahead resources and hands-on skill building to support and foster environmental, sustainability, and social justice education for the next generation. With our increasingly interconnected world and booming population, the […]
As of Aug. 31, York University has a new and dynamic Faculty – the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) – ready to take up the challenges of the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and increased urbanization, and their impact on people and the planet. EUC will prepare students to take on some of the most difficult challenges in […]
Turn your passion into a profession and set out on a career pathway for a better world. Become a changemaker for a sustainable and just future. Apply now to study at EUC. 12,000+ Alumni worldwide 600+ Undergraduate students 300+ Graduate students 200+ Courses with hands-on learning Why Choose EUC As one of our students, you […]