Research Centres and Groups

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies plays a key role in a number of research centres at the University or Faculty of Arts level:

• Centre for Studies in Food Security (opens in new window) 
• Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA) (opens in new window) 
• Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (opens in new window) 
• Urban Water TMU (opens in new window) 
• Social Ventures Zone (opens in new window) 

Within the Department, several faculty members have established their own formal or informal research groups and labs, in order to enhance the identity of their research programs and student teams:

• Geographic Information Science and Systems (GIS2) Group (opens in new window)  (Dr. Claus Rinner)
• Polar Regions Spatial and Environmental Analysis Laboratory (POLAR SEAL) (opens in new window)  (Dr. David Atkinson)
  
• Ryerson Watershed Ecohydrology Group (opens in new window)  (Dr. Claire Oswald)