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Environment
Location
Location
- Downtown Campus
- 91ÉçÇø School of Environment
- 3534 University Street
- Montreal QC H3A 2A7
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-2827
- Macdonald Campus
- 91ÉçÇø School of Environment
- Rowles House
- 21,111 Lakeshore Road
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QC H9X 3V9
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-7559
- Coordinator – C. Zhu
- Telephone: 514-398-2827
- Email: grad.mse [at] mcgill.ca
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/mse
- Graduate Option website: www.mcgill.ca/mse/envroption
About Environment
About Environment
Resolving environmental issues requires a dialogue between pure and applied sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. The degradation of the biological and biophysical environment has roots in the structure of human societies while solutions to environmental problems have an impact on human livelihoods.
A number of academic departments and institutes at 91ÉçÇø promote graduate-level research and training on environmental topics and have faculty members whose main research interest falls in this domain. As such, environmental research is widespread throughout the 91ÉçÇø community. The Environment option provides a vehicle whereby discipline-based graduate programs can easily and effectively incorporate collaborations from at least one other discipline into their research.
Goals of the Option
- To provide thesis or non-thesis students in existing graduate programs with an understanding of how knowledge is transferred into action with regard to the environment;
- To develop an appreciation of the role of scientific, political, socioeconomic, and ethical judgments in influencing that process;
- To provide a forum whereby graduate students in environment throughout the University bring their disciplinary perspectives together and enrich each other's learning through structured courses, formal seminars, and informal discussions and networking.
Students admitted into the Environment option will be supervised or co-supervised by either an MSE-appointed faculty member or an MSE associate member. Their advisory committee will include at least one individual from outside the home department. It is expected that the thesis, dissertation, or project, as well as the final seminar presentation, will contain an environmental component and will include a discussion of the applied implications of the research findings. Together with the courses common to the Environment option, specific course requirements for each program are given within the departmental listings cited below.
Program List
The Environment option is currently available with the following graduate programs:
Environment Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Environment Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
Candidates must apply separately to the 91ÉçÇø School of Environment (MSE) for the graduate Environment option. Their admissibility will be based on their academic experience and performance, and the availability of a potential MSE-accredited supervisor or co-supervisor for their proposed research. For further information, please consult the following website: www.mcgill.ca/mse/envroption.
Application Procedures
Application Procedures
91ÉçÇø’s online application form for graduate program candidates is available at www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply.
See University Regulations & Resources > Graduate > Graduate Admissions and Application Procedures > Application Procedures for detailed application procedures.
Additional Requirements
Additional Requirements
- option application form
- signed option supervisory form (a supervisor or co-supervisor must be MSE-affiliated. Please visit the following website for listing: www.mcgill.ca/mse/envroption#FACULTY).
Application Dates and Deadlines
Application Dates and Deadlines
The application deadlines to the graduate Environment option may vary depending on the department you are applying to. For more information, please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator in the department you are interested in.
Environment Faculty
Environment Faculty
Director |
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Frédéric Fabry |
Professors |
Elena Bennett; B.A.(Oberlin), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Wisc.) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
Peter G. Brown; B.A.(Haver.), M.A., Ph.D.(Col.) (joint appt. with Geography and Natural Resource Sciences) |
Iwao Hirose; B.A., M.A.(Waseda), Ph.D.(St. And.) (joint appt. with Philosophy) |
Anthony Ricciardi; B.Sc.(Agr.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Redpath Museum) |
Associate Professors |
Madhav Badami; B.Tech., M.S.(IIT Madras), M.E.Des.(Calg.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with School of Urban Planning) |
Christopher Barrington-Leigh; S.M.(MIT), Ph.D.(Stan.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with Institute for Health and Social Policy) |
Jeffrey Cardille; B.Sc.(Carn. Mell), M.Sc.(Georgia Tech.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Wisc.) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
Sylvie de Blois; B.Sc.(Agr.)(McG.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Montr.) (joint appt. with Plant Science) |
Jaye Ellis; B.A.(Calg.), B.C.L./LL.B.(McG.), LL.M.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with Law) |
Frédéric Fabry; B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) |
Nicolas Kosoy; B.Sc.(USB), M.Sc.(Kent), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Autonoma, Barcelona) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
Brian Leung; B.Sc.(Br. Col.), Ph.D.(Car.) (joint appt. with Biology) |
Kevin Manaugh; B.A.(Naropa), M.U.P., Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Geography) |
Raja Sengupta; B.Sc.(Bom.), M.Sc.(IIT Bombay), Ph.D.(SIU Carbondale) (joint appt. with Geography) |
Renée Sieber; B.Sc.(Mich. St.), M.P.A.(W. Mich.), Ph.D.(Rutg.) (joint appt. with Geography) |
Ismael Vaccaro; B.A.(Barcelona), D.E.A.(EHESS Paris), M.A., Ph.D.(Wash.) (joint appt. with Anthropology) |
Assistant Professors |
Fiona Soper; B.Sc.(Qld.), Ph.D(Cornell) (joint appt. with Biology) |
Hamish van der Ven; B.A., M.A.(Br. Col.), Ph.D.(Tor.) (joint appt. with Political Science) |
Senior Faculty Lecturer |
George McCourt; B.Sc., M.Sc.(Alta.), M.Sc.(McG.) |
Faculty Lecturers |
Julia Freeman; B.A.(S. Fraser), M.A.(McG.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) |
Kathryn Roulet; B.Sc.(Trent), M.Sc.(Guelph) |
Associate Members |
Anthropology: John Galaty |
Architecture, School of: Nik Luka |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Parisa Ariya |
Biology: Lauren Chapman, Andrew Gonzalez, Irene Gregory-Eaves, Catherine Potvin |
Bioresource Engineering: Jan Adamowski, Grant Clark, Mark Lefsrud, Chandra Madramootoo |
Chemical Engineering: Nathalie Tufenkji, Viviane Yargeau |
Chemistry: Christopher Barrett |
Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics: Susan Gaskin, Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Jim Nicell |
Earth and Planetary Sciences: Nagissa Mahmoudi |
Economics: Chris Green, Tom Naylor |
Electrical and Computer Engineering: Geza Joos |
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health: Jonathan Chevrier, Mark Goldberg |
Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry: Saji George |
Geography: Graham MacDonald, Thom Meredith, Tim Moore, Wayne H. Pollard, Brian Robinson, Nigel Roulet |
History and Classical Studies: Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert |
Human Nutrition, School of: Niladri Basu |
Integrated Studies in Education: Blane Harvey |
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Stephanie Posthumus |
Law, Faculty of: Richard Gold, Richard Janda, Sebastien Jodoin |
Management, Desautels Faculty of: Dror Etzion |
Natural Resource Sciences: Christopher Buddle, Benoît Côté, Brian Driscoll, Gordon Hickey, Cynthia Kallenbach, Ian Strachan, Paul Thomassin, Joann Whalen |
Parasitology, Institute of: Marilyn Scott |
Pathology: Bruce Case |
Plant Science: Caroline Begg, Pierre Dutilleul, Jaswinder Singh, Don Smith |
Redpath Museum: David M. Green |
Urban Planning, School of: Nik Luka |
Adjunct Professor |
Katia Opalka; B.A., B.C.L./LL.B.(McG.) |