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Gain a comprehensive understanding of environmental issues and their practical solution with Toronto Metropolitan University's Environmental Applied Science and Management master’s (MASc) and doctoral (PhD) graduate degree program.

This interdisciplinary program offers unique opportunities for hands-on research, access to a diverse urban environment for real-world applications, and collaboration with experienced faculty from a full range of environmental disciplines including science, the social sciences, engineering, business, architecture, planning and public health. 

This program hasn’t just helped me move forward; it’s helped me reimagine what I can contribute to a world facing complex environmental challenges.

Zhenhan (Fred) Ma

EnSciMan Program Information Session for 2025 Applicants

If you are interested in learning more about the Environmental Applied Science and Management MASc/PhD programs, please register for our next Program Information session: 2025 Date To Be Announced

View our EnSciMan Program Information Slides  (google slide) here (external link) . 

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April 23, 2025
In my community of Moose Factory, the clean water crisis never really endsOpens in New Window
The federal government promised to end long-term water advisories on First Nations reserves — but many Indigenous communities cope with a constant cycle of temporary advisories, with no fix in sight.
April 16, 2025
Mapping Tree Roots Using GPR and Machine Learning
Urban environments present unique challenges for long-term urban tree survival and vitality. Drought, temperature extremes, pollution and contaminants - such as pavement de-icing salts - soil compaction, and mechanical damage to trees, including their roots, are some of the primary factors that contribute to tree decline, morbidity, and mortality in urban areas.
April 7, 2025
Unveiling Chemical Fingerprints: Applications of Advanced Machine Learning for Environmental Forensics in Plastic Pollution
Looking at the term “fingerprints” or “forensics” in the title of this blog, it probably reminds you about a detective TV show that you have seen or a book that you have read, for example, Brooklyn 99 or about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. In these scenarios, the detective will search for a fingerprint of the criminal and use it to track down the identity of the one who committed the crime. Similarly, in environmental forensics, the goal is to link local pollutions to responsible local polluters before more harms are done.
March 31, 2025
Expanding Toronto’s Tree Canopy Can Build a Climate-Resilient City
Urbanization has reshaped cities around the world, typically pitted against ecological and landscape connectivity. Toronto’s speedy development fragmented a great deal of natural landscapes, constraining biodiversity, and exposing the city to climate change. One choice to improve landscape connectivity is urban tree canopy expansion, which contributes to both ecological health and human well-being.

Highlight on Student Research

Amber Grant is a PhD Candidate in the Environmental Applied Science and Management program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Grant's research explores whether, and how, environmental justice goals are being defined, pursued, and implemented in urban forest management plans and community tree-planting practice in both Canada in the United States.
Keywords: urban forest management, environmental justice, sustainability, equity, city trees, community tree-planting

Congrats to EnSciMan PhD student Nate Clark on winning the 2023 3MT® Participants' Choice award for 'Silver Peroxide: Leaving Legionnaires’ Disease Dead in the Water'. 

Keywords: Silver peroxide, Legionella, Waterborne disease prevention, Alternative water disinfection, Sustainable water solutions

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