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Excerpt Despite civilization’s dependence on nature for energy, food, and water, human activity has severely affected the environment in recent centuries. Particularly, the use of energy is significantly impacting our planet via resource extraction, climate change and pollution of the atmo-, bio-, hydro-, and geosphere. While some environmental impacts will be diminished as part of the […]

Course Code ERS315H5

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClean Water and SanitationClimate Action

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Life Below WaterLife on LandResponsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and CommunitiesZero Hunger

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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 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 […]

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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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Restoration Ecology II

Excerpt The follow-up course to Restoration Ecology I, ENV496H5 will build on its theoretical foundations to focus on student involvement in a variety of restoration projects planned or underway by Credit Valley Conservation and other groups in Mississauga and the greater Credit Valley watershed. The emphasis here is on planning and implementation of restoration projects; good […]

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SDGs Climate ActionLife on LandSustainable Cities and Communities

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Divisions University of Toronto Mississauga

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Units Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment (UTM)

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Title Communicating Climate Change

Excerpt Climate change is an urgent yet complex problem to communicate. Curiously, many young activists are still using the same messages and images that have been around for decades (i.e., burning globes and apocalyptic scenarios). How did these methods of climate communication emerge? And to what impact in terms of both public perception and policy? In […]

Course Code ENV464H1

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SDGs Climate ActionPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units School of Environment (FAS)

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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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Units Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences (UTM)

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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

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Units Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment (UTM)

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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, […]

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SDGs Climate ActionReduced InequalitiesSustainable Cities and Communities

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units School of Environment (FAS)

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Title Magmatic Systems and Igneous Petrology

Excerpt Deep beneath volcanoes lie magmatic systems where magma is formed and evolves. These systems are directly related to plate tectonics and the structure and chemistry of the Earth. This course will study these systems – how they are formed, and why they evolve, as well as what they lead to; volcanic eruptions. This course will […]

Course Code ERS203H5

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SDGs Life Below WaterLife on Land

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Units Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences (UTM)

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Title Environmental Science Seminar

Excerpt Scientists from within and external to the university share and discuss challenges, findings and opportunities. Specific topics (and speakers) vary from year to year but may draw from rehabilitation techniques, contaminants in our environment, environmental health, impacts on landscapes and communities, biodiversity, water, and modelling of environmental processes. This course is for students enrolled in […]

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SDGs Clean Water and SanitationClimate ActionGood Health and Well-Being

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Life Below WaterLife on LandResponsible Consumption and Production

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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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