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.
When the exception becomes the rule in world politics
Read the full story: https://theloop.ecpr.eu/when-the-exception-becomes-the-rule-in-world-politics/
Canada wants to expand its LNG business. Critics raise red flags
Read the whole story: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/longform/2026/10/21/canada-wants-to-expand-its-lng-business-critics-raise-red-flags-2
What are lakes revealing about the impacts of permafrost thaw?
Read the whole story: https://futurumcareers.com/what-are-lakes-revealing-about-the-impacts-of-permafrost-thaw
CITY-EUC welcomes new postdoctoral researcher
Dr Tilen Kolar Dr Tilen Kolar is a critical human geographer at the CITY Institute and the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. Tilen recently completed his PhD at the University of Leeds (UK) on queer mobilities and spatial scale ...
Expanding the Greenbelt in an expanding city
Ute Lehrer introducing Eva Schwab EUC recently welcomed Assistant Professor Eva Schwab from the Faculty of Architecture at TU Graz, Austria on the invitation of EUC Professor Ute Lehrer as a short-term visiting scholar at York. This September, she delivered ...
Assessing the adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems
Jaqueline Aparecida Bória Fernandez EUC recently welcomed Assistant Professor Jaqueline Aparecida Bória Fernandez from the Instituteof Cities, Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil, where she also serve as a researcher in theResearch Group on Landscape, Society, and Urban Dynamics. ...
Events
Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2027
The 77th annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers will be hosted by the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change on May 31 - June 3, 2027. The conference will consist of four days of sessions, posters, field trips, social events and keynote lectures. Geographers and allied researchers from across the discipline and around the world are warmly invited. The conference will be in-person only, with no online or hybrid formats.
The overall conference theme is ‘Geographical Stories / Récits Géographiques’ - a theme that signals the diverse forms of geographical knowledge production that the conference will encompass; and, the importance of translating and mobilizing geographical research through compelling stories.
Further details can be found on the main conference website.
Inquiries can be sent to CAG2027@yorku.ca
Land Acknowledgement
First Nations peoples have lived on this part of Turtle Island for millennia, stewarding the land, the water and all that contributes to life in this region. Today, the culture and presence of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples enrich the lands and people of this territory.
More than two centuries ago, the Mississauga people welcomed settlers to this territory, providing sustenance and engaging in trade and commerce. Between 1781 and 1820, eight treaties were signed between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, who opened their territory to settlement. Today, York University’s Keele Campus is located on Toronto Purchase Treaty, No. 13 lands and is situated on the traditional territory of the Wendat and Haudenosaunee.
Treaty history is foundational, and it is our collective responsibility to honour the land, as we honour and respect those who have gone before us, those who are here and those who have yet to come. We are grateful for the opportunity to be learning, working and thriving on this land, and we commit to learn the truth and be active in the process of reconciliation.