PhD in Environmental Studies in Toronto Canada | York University

The Environmental Studies graduate programs employ an interdisciplinary framework, integrating perspectives from social sciences, humanities, arts, and natural sciences to examine environmental issues. Housed within the innovative Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, our tailored Masters and PhD initiatives emphasize environmental education through hands-on experiences and forward-thinking methodologies. These programs cultivate versatile thinkers by combining cross-disciplinary perspectives with practical applications, addressing a wide spectrum of environmental challenges and solutions to drive meaningful transformation.

Become part of Canada's most inclusive doctoral program investigating environmental dimensions across natural ecosystems, societal structures, governance systems, cultural contexts, and urban environments. Innovatively expand the scope of environmental scholarship while examining the convergence of theory and practice, demonstrating how thoughtful, analytical, and imaginative approaches can shape environmental investigation, implementation, governance, and societal progress.