Environment
Location
Location
- Downtown Campus
- Æ»¹ûÒùÔº School of Environment
- 3534 University Street
- Montreal QC H3A 2A7
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-2827
- Fax: 514-398-1643
- Macdonald Campus
- Æ»¹ûÒùÔº School of Environment
- Rowles House
- 21,111 Lakeshore Road
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QC H9X 3V9
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-7559
- Fax: 514-398-7846
- Coordinator – C. Zhu
- Telephone: 514-398-2827
- Fax: 514-398-1643
- Email: grad.mse [at] mcgill.ca
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/mse
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/mse/programs/envroption
About Environment
About Environment
Resolving environmental issues requires a dialogue between pure and applied sciences, the social sciences, and 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 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº 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 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº 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 an accredited Æ»¹ûÒùÔº faculty 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 Æ»¹ûÒùÔº School of Environment (MSE) for the graduate Environment option. Their acceptability will be based on their academic experience and performance, and 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/programs/envroption.
Application Procedures
Application Procedures
Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s online application form for graduate program candidates is available at www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply.
See 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/programs/envroption#FACULTY).
Application Deadlines
Application 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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Sylvie de Blois; B.Sc.(McG.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Montr.) (Term ending Aug. 31, 2015) Jaye Ellis; B.A.(Calg.), B.C.L./LL.B.(McG.), LL.M.(Br. Col.), D.C.L.(McG.) (Acting) (Effective Sept. 1, 2015 to Aug. 31, 2016) |
Professors |
Peter G. Brown; B.A.(Haver.), M.A., Ph.D.(Col.) (joint appt. with Geography and Natural Resource Sciences) |
Colin Chapman; B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.(Alta.) (joint appt. with Anthropology) |
Associate Professors |
Madhav Badami; B.Tech., M.S.(IIT), M.E.Des.(Calg.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with School of Urban Planning) |
Elena Bennett; B.A.(Oberlin), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Wisc.) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
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.), LL.B., B.C.L.(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) |
Iwao Hirose; B.A., M.A.(Waseda), Ph.D.(St. And.) (joint appt. with Philosophy) |
Brian Leung; B.Sc.(Br. Col.), Ph.D.(Car.) (joint appt. with Biology) |
Gregory Mikkelson; B.A.(Trinity), M.S., Ph.D.(Chic.) (joint appt. with Philosophy) |
Anthony Ricciardi; B.Sc.(Agr.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Redpath Museum) |
Raja Sengupta; B.Sc.(Bom.), M.Sc.(IIT), Ph.D.(S. Illinois) (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.(Paris), M.A., Ph.D.(Wash.) (joint appt. with Anthropology) |
Assistant Professors |
Christopher Barrington-Leigh; S.M.(MIT), Ph.D.(Stan.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) (joint appt. with Institute for Health and Social Policy) |
Nicolas Kosoy; B.Sc.(Univ. Simon Bolivar), M.Sc.(Kent), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona) (joint appt. with Natural Resource Sciences) |
Kevin Manaugh; B.A.(Naropa), M.U.P., Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Geography) |
Faculty Lecturers |
Julia Freeman; B.A.(S. Fraser), M.A.(McG.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) |
George McCourt; B.Sc., M.Sc.(Alta.), M.Sc.(McG.) |
Kathryn Roulet; B.Sc.(Trent), M.Sc.(Guelph) |
Associate Members |
Anthropology: Andre Costopoulos, John Galaty |
Architecture, School of: Nik Luka |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Parisa Ariya |
Biology: Lauren Chapman, Andrew Gonzalez, Irene Gregory-Eaves, Martin Lechowicz, 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, Marianne Hatzopoulou, Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Jim Nicell |
Earth and Planetary Sciences: Jeanne Paquette |
Economics: Chris Green, Tom Naylor |
Electrical and Computer Engineering: Geza Joos |
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health: Jonathan Chevrier, Mark Goldberg |
Geography: Gail Chmura, Oliver Coomes, Thom Meredith, Tim Moore, Wayne H. Pollard, Nancy Ross, Nigel Roulet |
History and Classical Studies: Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert |
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Stephanie Posthumus |
Law, Faculty of: Richard Gold, Richard Janda, Hoi Kong |
Management, Desautels Faculty of: Dror Etzion, Steve Maguire |
Natural Resource Sciences: Christopher Buddle, Benoit Cote, Jim W. Fyles, Gordon Hickey, Chris Solomon, Ian Strachan, Paul Thomassin, Joann Whalen, Terry Wheeler |
Parasitology, Institute of: Marilyn Scott |
Pathology: Bruce Case |
Philosophy: Philip Buckley |
Plant Science: Caroline Begg, Pierre Dutilleul, Don Smith, Marcia Waterway |
Political Science: Philip Oxhorn |
Redpath Museum: David M. Green |
Urban Planning, School of: Nik Luka |
Adjunct Professors |
Holly Dressel; B.A.(Ind.), M.A.(S. Fraser) |
Nicholas Ogden; B.V.Sc.(Liv.), D.Phil.(Oxf.) |
Katia Opalka; B.A., LL.B./B.C.L.(McG.) |