Master of Science in Geography - Physical Geography

York University

We are one of Canada’s leading graduate programs in Geography. Our recognized strength is in both biophysical processes and in critical human geography. Your fellow students are engaged in fieldwork from the High Arctic to South Africa to Southeast Asia, as well as in York’s hydrology, GIS/remote sensing, climatology and biogeochemistry labs.Their MA and MSc graduates use their training to find work in diverse areas including environmental policy, immigrant and refugee service, sustainable tourism, the public sector (including positions in government ministries of labour and development, and on city council), peace organizations, and high school and college teaching.They are one of Canada’s leading graduate programs in Geography. Our recognized strength is in both biophysical processes and in critical human geography.Your fellow students are engaged in fieldwork from the High Arctic to South Africa to Southeast Asia, as well as in York’s hydrology, GIS/remote sensing, climatology and biogeochemistry labs.You’ll join a group of 65 students supervised by more than 30 professors whose area of expertise is linked to research institutes including the City Institute, Global Labour Research Center, the Centre for Refugee Studies, the Centre for Feminist Research, York Centre for Asian Research, and the Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean. All of our graduate student receive financial support in the form of assistantships or scholarships. Most of our students also receive support for their fieldwork from graduate faculty members' research grants.