For over 50 years the Faculty of Environment has been dedicated to having a positive impact locally and globally. Our community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and industry partners make meaningful change happen in the classroom, the office, and in communities around the world, together. Our vision is to use our unique position as a leading teaching and research institute for the environment to create sustainable solutions needed to address the complex challenges facing our world.
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Departments and schools
Our five departments and schools offer environmental education from all angles and their activities are enhanced by our two support units: Environment Technology & Instructional Support and the Ecology Lab.
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Research excellence
Today, sustainability is a driver of modernization and profound changes are taking place in society as the pace of technological change accelerates, environmental concerns reach crisis levels, and demands for justice intensify. These changes provide an imperative to focus our research on the world’s most pressing challenges.
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TD Walter Bean Professorship
Building the knowledge and skills necessary for society to address complex environmental issues, the TD Walter Bean Professorship aims to attract top international research professors on the environment to campus to give public lectures, teach classes, and meet with professors and students.
Discover your story in Environment
Join the global movement advocating for a greener, more sustainable world. Get outdoors and protect vulnerable ecosystems. Command a boardroom and make environmentally responsible business decisions. Design livable communities close to home, or work toward economic global equality. How do you want to leave your eco-friendly mark on the world?
Your scholarship and funding opportunities
Your community
We know that our students are among the best and brightest, and our staff and faculty are here to help you to continue to grow and succeed. Find out about the current student resources, supports and services that are available to you.
News
New internship pilot creates opportunities for master’s students to make a positive climate impact
The Master of Climate Change internship program is piloting a graduate work-integrated learning internship in partnership with Co-operative and Experiential Education and Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs.
PhD candidate awarded prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Michelle Anagnostou, a PhD candidate in Geography and Environmental Management, has been awarded a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2024-2026. Michelle will join the Oxford Martin Programme on Illegal Wildlife Trade at the University of Oxford, the world's leading centre for research on illegal wildlife trade.
Ontario viticulture must plan for the changing climate
Jessica Williamson, a doctoral student in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, summarized the current and future state of the Niagara growing region under the context of climate change. Her research is now published in Canadian Journal of Plant Science.
Events
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