The Environmental Arts & Justice Bachelors Degree at York University invites you to address pressing global environmental challenges through interdisciplinary study and creative practice. This programme is ideal for students passionate about environmentalism, Indigenous sovereignty, and social justice, seeking to understand and enact change. You will explore critical topics such as climate crisis, environmental racism, biodiversity loss, and resource extraction, integrating diverse ways of knowing with policy, legal frameworks, and artistic expression. This course fosters a deep engagement with environmental thought and practice, preparing you to contribute meaningfully to a more equitable world.
You will engage in hands-on community projects, critical analysis, and collaborative artistic endeavours throughout this full-time, on-campus programme, studied over four years. The curriculum delves into human-animal-plant relations, gender identities, and space/place ethics, encouraging innovative approaches to sustainability. You will develop your creative, critical, and collaborative skills, working alongside faculty and peers to envision and realise a just and sustainable future. Graduates are prepared for diverse career paths in environmental advocacy, policy, community development, and the arts, equipped to lead impactful change.