University of Ottawa
AC-4: Graduate Program

The Institute of the Environment offers a master’s level Collaborative Program in Environmental Sustainability and an interdisciplinary Master of Science (MSc) in Environmental Sustainability. The MSc is aimed at providing future professionals and scholars with the skills and capacities needed to develop effective regulatory and policy solutions to today’s complex, multi-dimensional environmental problems. Students will gain foundational knowledge relevant to environmental sustainability from science, law, economics and policy; learn a set of methodological skills for synthesizing and integrating knowledge from these disciplines; and apply this knowledge and these integration skills to today’s most pressing environmental challenges.

"Established in 2000, the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Environmental Engineering (OCIENE) combines the teaching and research strengths of the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Ottawa with that of the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University.

The Institute offers graduate programs leading to the degrees of Master of Applied Science in Environmental Engineering (MASc), Master of Applied Science in Environmental Engineering (MASc) Specialization in Environmental Sustainability, a Master of Engineering (MEng) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Engineering.

Main areas of research:
Biofilms and biofilm technologies for water and wastewater treatment
Drinking water: membrane treatment and climate change adaptation technologies
Ecological engineering and agricultural waste management
Mining impacted water management
Northern, rural and First Nation water and wastewater
Sustainable municipal waste management, groundwater, and remediation technologies
Water resources and management

"The PhD in Environmental Sustainability is an interdisciplinary degree that focuses on graduating professionals and academics specializing in the areas of environmental science, economics, law, and policy. The program is full time and offered in English and French. Under the regulations of the University of Ottawa, exams, assignments, or the thesis may be written in French or English. Students may also be supervised in French or English.

The objective of the PhD in Environmental Sustainability is to train leaders and professionals with the skills and capacities needed to be effective in developing, analyzing, and empirically evaluating public policies and institutions designed to address the multiple challenges associated with the transition to sustainability. Students will be trained in considering environmental problems from the perspective of various disciplines of inquiry (with an emphasis on science, law, economics and policy) all of which are critical to the development, implementation and evaluation of solutions to environmental problems.

The program aims to develop a strong comprehension of the complexity of environmental sustainability problems, a critical awareness of the broad range of contributing factors, and the methodological and communication skills required to develop and communicate candidate solutions. "

"Reflecting Canada’s bilingual and trijuridical legal system (civil law, common law, aboriginal law), as well as its location in Canada’s Capital, the Faculty of Law offers graduate programs leading to a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in Law.

The graduate studies in law are a joint endeavour of the Common Law and Civil Law Sections. We welcome law graduates from both legal systems and from countries around the world. Courses are offered in English or in French, and occasionally in both languages. Students may readily complete their graduate studies while learning something of Canada's other legal and linguistic traditions.
In the context of the master's with research paper, students have a choice of eight concentrations including Global Sustainability and Environmental Law "

"Civil engineering infrastructure is the backbone upon which society is built. Civil engineers design the infrastructure that forms urban centers, including buildings, bridges, roads and other transportation networks, hydraulic infrastructure such as canals and pipe networks, water and wastewater treatment plants, and waste management facilities. Civil engineers are responsible for ensuring that this infrastructure is resilient to natural and anthropogenic hazards, including floods, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks. Given recent climate change and geopolitics, the risk imposed by such hazards is increasing, resulting in the need for stronger infrastructure with greater capacity. At the same time, construction, operation, and maintenance of this infrastructure consumes vast quantities of natural resources and energy, and industrial expansion of urbanity across the planet has degraded the biosphere and changed the atmosphere. The sustainability of society depends on innovative infrastructure design solutions that minimize resource and energy use. More resilient infrastructure may have longer design life, which improves sustainability, but may also consume more resources. Design of resilient yet sustainable infrastructure is an existential challenge for civil engineers.

There is a need and demand for highly trained civil engineering personnel with the capability of considering both sustainability and resiliency when designing infrastructure. However, conventional civil engineering training fails to consider both sustainability and resiliency simultaneously. This Concentration in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure addresses that need."

"The objectives of the Department are to foster awareness of the field of Geography, and to add to the body of geographic knowledge and methodology through teaching and research. The Department also endeavors to prepare specialized teachers and researchers to meet the demands of the teaching profession and of various public and private agencies. The Department of Geography offers a master of arts (with thesis), a master of science (with thesis), and a PhD in geography. In certain cases, students may be admitted to the master's in geography on a part-time basis.**

The MA in Geography and MSc in Geography are two programs participating in the collaborative program in Environmental Sustainability as well as in the collaborative program in Science, Society and Policy (at the master's level only). The Department participates in a collaborative program in Canadian Studies at the PhD level. For more information on this program, see “Admission Requirements.”

The guiding objective of the collaborative program in Environmental Sustainability is to provide graduate students with the knowledge and skills needed to identify and analyze the economic, legal, policy and scientific dimensions of environmental problems, and to employ an evidence-based approach to develop rational policy options for addressing those problems."

"The Institute of the Environment has a collaborative specialization in Environmental Sustainability that is an option within 12 master's programs at the University of Ottawa:
Master of Applied Science Environmental Engineering Specialization in Environmental Sustainability:https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-applied-science-environmental-engineering-specialization-environmental-sustainability/
Master of Arts Globalization and International Development: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-arts-globalization-international-development-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Arts Geography: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-arts-geography-specialization-environmental-sustainability/#text

Master of Arts Political Science: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-arts-political-science-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Arts Public Administration: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-arts-public-administration-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Science Biology: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-science-biology-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Arts Public and International
Affairs: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-arts-public-international-affairs-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Science Earth Sciences: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-science-earth-sciences-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Science Health Systems: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-science-health-systems-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Science in Geography: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-science-geography-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Science Management: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-science-management-specialization-environmental-sustainability/

Master of Science Systems Science: https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-science-systems-science-engineering-specialization-environmental-sustainability/ "