Why Hire U of T Geography Graduates?

University of Toronto graduates are uniquely qualified to solve problems of competing land use, complex land management, and integrated natural resources development. They are specialists in building geographic information systems that aid in the interpretation of spatial data needed to investigate such issues.

Our graduates are employed in the natural resource and transport sectors of federal and provincial governments, in academic positions in universities and schools, and as consultants in private business. They work in local government in planning offices, parks and recreation departments, and with watershed conservation authorities. In the private sector, they use their skills in primary industry, manufacturing, transportation and communication, urban development, cartographic presentation, marketing, and research and development.

Leading-edge Facilities

The Department of Geography offers facilities for research in geomorphology, climatology, hydrology, biogeography, pedology, environmental assessment and sustainable natural resource management, international development, industrial innovation, urban and economic geography, cultural and historical geography, gender studies, social geography, regional analysis, the history and philosophy of geography, remote sensing, computer cartography, spatial statistics, qualitative research methods, topics in land/geographic information systems, and quantitative analysis.

Environmental and GIS Internships

U of T Mississauga offers employers the opportunity to recruit fourth-year undergraduate students for unpaid, parttime environmental and geoinfomatics internships. Placements are made at conservation authorities, municipal planning and environmental departments, environmental consulting companies, corporations, provincial and federal agencies, and other relevant organizations.

Expertise Developed

• Plan future resource and land use in an area
• Evaluate the social, economic, physical, and environmental impacts of future developments, policies, or programs
• Understand domestic or foreign regions
• Coordinate multidisciplinary approaches to land use
• Estimate growth potential and future tax base
• Select favourable locations for industrial plants, offices, retail stores, or public service facilities
• Measure and monitor physical and chemical processes in the environment
• Integrate information and numerical data on the environment, land use, and resources from a wide variety of sources
• Interpret data from geo-coded information systems and remote sensing images
• Produce computer maps and diagrams from numerical data
• Extract and analyze archival information

Notable Alumni

• Christine Little-Collins—assistant manager Canada, AIG Environmental, Division of AIG
• Ricardo Gomez-Insausti—vice-president research, BBM Canada
• Tony Lea—senior vice-president and chief methodologist, Environics Analytics Group
• Peter Walker—senior partner, Walker Nott Dragioevic Associates Limited
• Fiona Wong—environmental analytic technician, Environment Canada

Jobs for Which Our Graduates Are Ready