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.
York U, HXOUSE collaborate to enhance urban design education
Author: Ashley Goodfellow Craig March 21, 2025 Toronto-based think-centre HXOUSE will offer a unique educational opportunity in urban design to students at York University. HXOUSE – co-founded by La Mar C. Taylor, Ahmed Ismail and Toronto-native The Weeknd – is
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York U professor champions multi-university collaboration in Black studies
Author: Alex Huls March 5, 2025 York University Professor Muna-Udbi Ali is highlighting the power of multi-university collaborations through an innovative Black geographies course and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded project, built upon working together with professors across Southern
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York U, Indigenous communities partner for climate science
Author: Alex Huls March 12, 2025 This March, York University is recognizing and participating in SDG Month Canada, a national initiative to advance collaboration, awareness and engagement around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Throughout the month, YFile will present
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Exploring death through multispecies and creative collaboration
MES student & artist, Sabrina Rose Capista, posed with works in Crossroads Gallery. MES student and artist, Sabrina Rose Capista showcased her research-creation project, Let Us Rot in EUC's 31st Eco Arts Festival from March 17-28, 2025 as part of
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Why bike lanes should remain on Ontario’s roads
A cyclist rides in a bike lane — one potentially up for removal — on University Avenue, Toronto, December 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Laura Proctor. by Mahtot Gebresselassie, Joanna Silva and Steven Lum In late 2024, the Ontario legislature passed Bill
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Deriving Ontario Municipal-level Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity data
by Peri Dworatzek, MES, PhD student and Partnership Coordinator for the International Ecological Footprint Learning Lab Peri Dworatzek Fall 2024 marked the release of the first Ontario municipal Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity dataset. This data presents a one-year snapshot of
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Alumni Spotlights
Bachelor in Environmental Studies 2019
Bachelor in Geography 2017
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