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Pipeline Report

Dr. Tom Gunton, Director of Resource and Environmental Planning in the School of Resource and Environmental Management has released a report showing a chance of a marine tanker spill is between 93 and 99% over the operating life of the project. [learn more]

Grand Challenge Grant

Geography doctoral candidate Tatenda Makanga is working a a project recently funded with a $100,000 Grand Challenge Grant. He is working toward a smartphone application to map the riskiest locations for death during pregnancy and childbirth. [learn more]

Tsunami App Improves Preparedness

Nick Hedley, who runs SFU’s Spatial Interface Research Lab (SIRL), has been working closely with the community of Ucluelet on projects to address tsunami risk-preparation and communication. [learn more]

The Future We Want

55 EVSC students worked together to create a statement on "The Future We Want". The future we want is simply one in which we are happy. And, this happiness includes healthy functioning ecosystems, for their services, but mostly for their beauty. [learn more]

Faculty of Environment Dean John Pierce Visits Dig Greece Site

Dean Pierce visited SFU students participating in the Dig Greece Semester abroad in Kefalonia last week. [learn more]

Certificate in Environmental Literacy

The Certificate in Environmental Literacy (CEL) addresses the need for undergraduate students from a broad range of disciplines to have a basic understanding of the complexity and interdisciplinarity of environmental issues. [learn more]

SSHRC Insight Grant Awarded to Jonn Axsen

We are proud to announce that Assistant Professor, Dr. Jonn Axsen, recently won a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant. [learn more]

New Concentrations

Check out the four areas of concentration in the Environmental Science program! [learn more]

Tour of JACOS Oil Sands

Chris Joseph, a PhD candidate in the School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM) takes a tour of the JACOS oil sands site in the Fort McMurray area, Alberta. Chris’s research focuses on environmental assessment of the oil sands industry. [learn more]

Gretchen Hernandez and Indigenous Entrepreneurship

When Gretchen Hernandez, a PhD Candidate in Geography, began searching for case studies of social economy in indigenous communities, she found two very interesting examples in rural Bolivia. [learn more]

Dig Greece

The Dig Greece Semester Abroad program is organized by The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Faculty of Environment: SFU students are heading to Kefalonia this Fall to take part! [learn more]

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Welcome to the Faculty of Environment!

Bachelor of Arts
(Double Minor, Majors and Honours)

Archaeology
Geography
Geography – Environmental Specialty
Double Minor

Bachelor of Science
(Majors and Honours Programs)

Environmental Science
Geographic Information Science
Physical Geography

Minors in Environment

Geography Minor

Physical Geography Minor

Geography Extended Minor

Archaeology (Minor and Extended Minor)

Development and Sustainability

Graduate Degrees

Archaeology (MA, PhD)
Geography (MA, MSc, PhD)
Resource and Environmental Management (MRM, MRM (Planning), PhD)

NEW! Undergraduate Certificates

NEW! Environmental Literacy Certificate
Cultural Resource Management
Spatial Information Systems
Sustainable Community Development
Urban Studies

Post Baccalaureate Diploma

Sustainable Community Development

Graduate Certificate

Development and Sustainability

Graduate Diploma

Quantitative Methods in Fisheries Management

Grad Supervision Award Congratulations Dr. Nadine Schuurman on receiving the Graduate Supervision Award 2013.
Entrance Scholarships 2013 Welcome to our Schulich and Dean's Academic Excellence Scholars!
Jared Peters Wins the 2013 Starkey-Robinson Award! Congratulations to Jared Peters who completed his Master's of Science with Dr. Tracy Brennand in...

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