SMU Environmental Science

08/29/2025

From Nova Scotia to the world: Dr. Tony Charles, Director of SMU’s School of the Environment and a professor in the Sobey School of Business - SMU is partnering with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to empower small-scale producers in fishing communities through environmental stewardship and sustainable practices. 🎣🌎

This collaborative effort demonstrates the profound impact that integrating research, local knowledge, and global initiatives can have in empowering local people and their communities worldwide and building a more sustainable and food-secure future. Read the full story at https://loom.ly/ElGzyss 🐟

SMU Science

07/21/2025

A good part of science work is handling data. Do you know what to do with data? If not, this would be a good course to take - ENVS 4432 Data Science in the Environment.

Data science, including skills such as database management, data manipulation, mapping, data visualization and interpretation, data ethics, coding, and statistical analysis, is increasingly important in environmental science. Students in this course work with ecological data collected in the field at the beginning of the course to develop skills in data science and learn to use the programming language R. Class sessions focus on active and hands-on learning.

Note: Data will be collected in the field on Monday (September 1) and Tuesday (September 2) (two 7.5 hour days) to allow analysis of the collected dataset throughout the semester and additionally allow students to gain field ecology skills. Classes 1.5 hrs. and lab 3 hrs. per week.

SMU Science

07/14/2025

06/19/2025

NEW FORMAT - Environmental Pattern Analysis (ENVS 4460)

Asynchronous lectures/Synchronous labs
Prerequisites: 60 credit hours include one of ENVS 2310, ENVS 2400, and GEOG 2306

Students focus on theory and practical methods for characterizing the structural and dynamic features relating to environmental systems. Practical applications include environmental systems related to rivers, lakes, coastal areas, fisheries, forests, ecosystems, underground mineral distribution, atmospheric variables (wind, temperature), and pollution. Classes 3 hrs. and lab 3 hrs. per week.

SMU Science

05/30/2025

Offered this fall!

ENVS 4460 (NEW FORMAT) - Environmental Pattern Analysis
Asynchronous lectures/Synchronous labs

Prerequisites: 60 credit hours include one of ENVS 2310, ENVS 2400, and GEOG 2306

Students focus on theory and practical methods for characterizing the structural and dynamic features relating to environmental systems. Practical applications include environmental systems related to rivers, lakes, coastal areas, fisheries, forests, ecosystems, underground mineral distribution, atmospheric variables (wind, temperature), and pollution. Classes 3 hrs. and lab 3 hrs. per week.

SMU Science
SMArts - Saint Mary's Faculty of Arts

05/30/2025

ENVS 4490 - Climate Change: Evidence & Uncertainty.

Offered this fall! Students review scientific evidence for climate change, and its natural and anthropogenic attributions. The mechanisms of climate change are emphasized and students analyze and evaluate proposed climate change mitigation strategies. Other climate topics include major impacts, feedback effects, modeling and prediction, the international assessment process, and “skepticism.”

Join us this fall!

Lectures are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m.
Labs are on Mondays at 2:30.

For more information, email [email protected] or [email protected].

SMU Science

05/27/2025

Want to know what you can do with your degree in Environmental Science...the possibilities are endless...here is one example.

What jobs do SMU grads get? What do they do? Find out here with

Meet Christa Skinner, Bachelor of Science, Honours Environmental Science and Master of Applied Science (Environmental Science) graduate and now Marine Disposal Program Officer at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

“I have been working in various roles at ECCC for the past 10 years. I review disposal at sea permit applications, characterize dredge material to determine suitability for open water disposal and analysis of monitoring data collected at disposal sites throughout Atlantic Canada.”

SMU Environmental Science

05/12/2025

ENVS 4490 - Climate Change: Evidence & Uncertainty.

Offered this fall! Students review scientific evidence for climate change, and its natural and anthropogenic attributions. The mechanisms of climate change are emphasized and students analyze and evaluate proposed climate change mitigation strategies. Other climate topics include major impacts, feedback effects, modeling and prediction, the international assessment process, and “skepticism.”

Join us this fall!

Lectures are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m.
Labs are on Mondays at 2:30.

For more information, email [email protected] or [email protected].
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