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Excerpt The world’s oceans cover approximately 70% of the Earth Surface and Canada has extensive coastlines along three major ocean basins. This course will provide a broad understanding of chemical, biological, physical and geologic aspects of the oceans. In addition, this course will offer an insight into the paleoceanographic evolution of our planet and present-day environmental […]

Course Code ERS312H5

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SDGs Clean Water and SanitationClimate ActionLife Below Water

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Life on Land

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Divisions University of Toronto Mississauga

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Units Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences (UTM)

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Title Energy and Environment: Economics, Politics, and Sustainability

Excerpt This interdisciplinary course examines key ideas in economics, domestic politics and geopolitics that are essential to understanding energy and environmental issues. The course will cover energy markets, how these have fundamentally shaped geopolitical relations and conflicts, and the increasing role that renewable energy and sustainability plays in setting policies.

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate Action

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units School of Environment (FAS)

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Title Earth as a Laboratory: How Earth Scientists Study Our Planet (Field Course)

Excerpt Fieldwork is at the heart of being an Earth Scientist. The Earth is a natural laboratory, and the best place to study it is outdoors on the outcrops. Skills gained during fieldwork are key as part of an Earth Scientist’s toolbox, and are highly regarded in a career. This course introduces fieldwork to students during […]

Course Code ERS225H5

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SDGs Climate ActionLife Below WaterLife on Land

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Units Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences (UTM)

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Planet Earth

Excerpt We discuss the age and origin of the Earth, the nature of its deep interior, the origin of mountains, oceans, earthquakes and volcanoes, and show how these features are related in a unifying theory known as Plate Tectonics, that explains how the evolution of the Earth’s surface is driven by internal processes. Practicals will include […]

Course Code ERS101H5

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SDGs Climate ActionLife Below WaterLife on Land

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Politics and Policy of Wildlife Conservation

Excerpt This course is an in-depth analysis of conservation policy in Canada. The course begins with an overview biodiversity crisis facing the planet and then moves to an overview of Canada’s approach to managing biodiversity across the country. We will carefully examine the federal Species at Risk Act as well as the provincial and territorial wildlife […]

Course Code ENV452H5

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SDGs Life on LandPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions University of Toronto Mississauga

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Units Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment (UTM)

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Title Environmental Justice at a Time of Crisis

Excerpt This course investigates key dimensions of environmental justice in relation to a variety of case studies. It examines the justice implications of toxic legacies, and future directions in research and action at a time of many environmental crises. Students will analyse how different actors – including human and more than human species – intersect with […]

Course Code ENV451H1

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SDGs Climate Action

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Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units School of Environment (FAS)

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Title Governing the Commons: Communities and Conservation

Excerpt Common-pool resources (CPRs) include pastures, forests, watersheds, ocean fisheries, traffic, the Internet, and the Earth’s climate. CPRs present a variety of social dilemmas because it is difficult to exclude and prevent resources users from accessing, using, and polluting a resource. Individual self-interest may put CPRs at risk of overuse, overconsumption, and exploitation to result in […]

Course Code ENV435H5

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Life on LandPeace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsReduced InequalitiesResponsible Consumption and Production

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions University of Toronto Mississauga

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Units Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment (UTM)

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Title Planetary Health: Environmental Change and Human Health

Excerpt The course introduces students to a wide range of topics and issues about the impacts of change in natural systems (e.g., forests, ocean, climate) on human health. Through readings and discussion, students will explore how the potential health effects of environmental change vary across groups of people having different socio-economic characteristics. A number of case […]

Course Code ENV441H1

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Reduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

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Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

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Units School of Environment (FAS)

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Title Urban Ecology

Excerpt The ecology of urban areas through consideration of the biological and physical environments, in particular how the human-constructed environment alters pre-existing biophysical conditions and interactions. Encompasses a comparative perspective to study the development of these emerging ecosystems of increasing importance given global urbanization. Saturday field trip using local transit.

Course Code ENV432H1

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Life on LandSustainable Cities and Communities

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Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

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Units Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (FAS)

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Toronto Climate Summer School

Excerpt This is an experiential and interdisciplinary course to learn relevant methods, themes, and topics to engage with climate change in and connected to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Guided by place-based pedagogy and environmental justice, experiential learning, and engagement across the physical to social sciences and humanities, this course seeks to equip students with questions, […]

Course Code ENV465Y1

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SDGs Climate ActionReduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

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