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!
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Why Study with Environmental & Urban Change at York University?
We are focused on ensuring our students receive a high quality education in our programs, providing knowledge, skills and training to support their future endeavors. We offer students a unique learning experience a supportive and inclusive learning environment that is focused on bringing hands-on experiences and opportunities to interact with employers and community partners into all of our courses.
As the smallest Faculty in the 4th largest University in Canada, we offer exclusive career development services, financial assistance & scholarships and one-on-one advising for all EUC students.
Our Programs
We empower, educate and train future changemakers through innovative and hands-on programs for graduate and undergraduate study. Our new programs will empower students with fundamental knowledge, critical thinking skills, hands-on experience, and global perspective to become problem solvers, policymakers, planners, and leaders.
Our People
We bring together world class scientists and scholars who are producing research on the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, intensive urbanization and how these dynamics impact the most vulnerable among us. Our professional and supportive administrative staff offer students, alumni and community partners unique and dynamic opportunities to learn and to collaborate for positive change.
EUC Impact Report 2023-2024
We are pleased to present our EUC IMPACT REPORT, showcasing the significant and meaningful progress we've made this past year. Throughout this year, our efforts have been dedicated to advancing a fair and sustainable future for cities and urban regions, both locally in Canada and globally.
‘A truly poisonous intervention’: What will Doug Ford’s bike lane limits do to Toronto’s climate goals?
Authors: Kate Allen, Climate Change Reporter Mahdis Habibinia, City Hall Bureau September 26, 2024 Premier Doug Ford’s government plans to introduce legislation in October that would block the construction of new bike lanes if it means losing a lane for
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The food-processing industry keeps crying about labour shortages. Is it really true?
Authors: Bronwyn Bragg, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Environment, University of Lethbridge Jennifer Hyndman, Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada September 29, 2024 Cars sit parked at a Cargill Inc. turkey processing plant on Aug.
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York U students engage in experiential learning in Costa Rica
September 3, 2024 York University students are stepping out of the traditional classroom to experience the principles of sustainability and ecology first-hand at the University’s Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica. This summer, 25 students in the Faculty of Environmental
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Comparing trail camera images with passive acoustic monitoring to measure predator disturbances in a double-crested cormorant colony at Tommy Thompson Park
by Meetkumar Patel Meetkumar at Tommy Thompson Park holding a trail camera with a cormorant colony in the background. For my EUCURA research project, I studied predator disturbance events at a ground-nesting double-crested cormorant colony at Tommy Thompson Park with Professor
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Ghanaian researchers visit York for collaborative project on women's health and trade
Ghanaian research team with York faculty members. The Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change recently hosted a renowned group of visitors from Ghana as part of an ongoing collaboration, marking a significant step in their collaborative project under the IDRC
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Bringing degrowth to York University
From Fall 2023-Summer 2024, a series of monthly webinars titled "Aim High, Degrow: Dialogues on Degrowth" was held that brought together degrowth scholars from various countries with EUC faculty as moderators for virtual discussions on degrowth. The seminars explored definitions
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Alumni Spotlights
Bachelor in Environmental Studies 2019
Bachelor in Geography 2017
Master in Environmental Studies 2003
Bachelor in Environmental Studies 2013
Bachelor in Environmental Studies 2020
Master in Environmental Studies 2022
Bachelor in Geography 2014
Bachelor in Environmental Studies 2012
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