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.
Sustainability in action: York alumni named leaders for driving environmental change
Two York University alumni are among Canada’s 2025 Clean50 leaders for their innovative and lasting contributions to environmental impact and climate action. Read the full story on YFile: https://www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/10/29/sustainability-in-action-york-alumni-named-leaders-for-driving-environmental-change/
Youth Climate Assembly Spotlights Climate Risks, Accountability, Urges Oil and Gas Emission Cut
Read the full story on The Energy Mix: https://www.theenergymix.com/youth-climate-assembly-spotlights-climate-risks-accountability-urges-oil-and-gas-emission-cuts/
Critics call on Ford government to address rising hydro rates
Read the full story on CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.6975111
Using iPhone LiDAR scans for mixed forest mensuration
Tarmo Remmel by Tarmo Remmel A critical component of compiling forest stand inventories requires the determination of tree dimensions (height, diameter, volume) of single trees (both standing or fallen, alive or dead) along with their geographic locations, species, and other
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Building liveable futures in camps: Everyday placemaking practices of internally displaced persons in the Southern Philippines
Romeo Joe Quintero When does forced internal displacement end? And when does a structure become a home? These are some of the questions that Romeo Joe L. Quintero explores in this PhD dissertation, concerning the lives of internally displaced persons
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The challenge of delivering clean drinking water in Lusaka, Zambia
Hillary Birch By Hillary Birch, Theresa Hambokoma, and Trust Malawo Last year, I (Hillary Birch) completed my PhD fieldwork in Lusaka, Zambia, a city facing multiple challenges in access to safe drinking water, as rapid urbanization and climate change mean
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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