Ranked one of the top 5 Standout Environmental Studies programs in Canada by Maclean's Magazine (April 2025), the Geography and Environmental Management (GEM) at Waterloo engages in scholarly research and education through the study of physical and human environments from local to global scales.
Whether it is finding solutions to the climate emergency, understanding the relationship between economy and society, analyzing change in our physical environment, or developing novel technologies to better map our world, Geography bridges the social sciences (human geography), environmental information technologies (geomatics), and the natural sciences (physical geography) to find sustainable solutions to the problems that face our planet.
