Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change
Environmental Arts and Justice
BESAt a Glance
Offered by
Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change
Offered at
Keele Campus
Degrees offered
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Ways to study
Full-Time, Part-Time
Entry
- Fall - Yes (first and upper year)
- Winter - Yes (first and upper year)
- Summer - Yes (first and upper year)
Applied Learning Opportunities
- Co-op
- Internship
- Placement
- Project-based learning
OUAC Code
- YDF (BES)
About the Program
Create solutions for a just and equitable world. Address our global environmental challenges through various ways of knowing, thinking and creating, by exploring policy and legal possibilities and by hands-on and professional practice.
By mixing critical thinking and creative artistic practice, you will understand how political, cultural, economic, and social systems and structures shape the global environmental crisis. Your degree will provide you with an understanding of power dynamics and systemic oppression to equip you with the practical skills and knowledge to analyze, challenge and respond to this crisis and propose innovative and sustainable responses.
Our program embraces an expansive understanding of environmental justice, one that is inseparable from social justice. Through this highly interdisciplinary program we merge courses in literature, policy, social science, environmental science, media production, performance, and art with collaborative hands-on learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom. With a range of opportunities, you learn to express yourself imaginatively and practically as an artist, writer, or poet.
You will develop leadership, analytical, creative, collaborative and presentation skills – key to envisioning and realizing a thriving environmental future.
You will explore these critical issues:
- Climate crisis
- Indigenous sovereignty and decolonization
- Environmental racism
- Social inequality
- Loss of biodiversity
- Resource extraction
- Food justice
- Space/place and land ethics
- Human-animal-plant relations
- Gender identities and relationships
- Social and environmental movements and organization
Your courses will include opportunities to engage with community engaged scholars and artists, and experimental art forms. Those with little or no artistic training (e.g., no portfolio or background in the arts) are welcome.
Requirements
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Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
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Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
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Requirements for admission:
- A maximum of 30 possible transferable credits may be granted for successful completion of the Baccalauréat Général. Please click , then click “Transfer Credit Requirements” for details.
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Requirements for admission:
- Minimum overall result of “Bien/Buena/Bueno/Good” on all academic courses.
- Some programs require a higher GPA.
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Requirements for admission:
- CAPE 2-unit courses, with results of 3 or better, are eligible for transfer credit, up to a maximum of 18 credits. Please click , then click “Transfer Credit Requirements” for details.
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Requirements for admission:
- Extra courses will be assessed for transfer credit. Applicants with the DEC may be awarded up to one full year of transfer credit.
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
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Requirements for admission:
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Requirements for admission:
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Requirements for admission:
- GCE A2 examinations with results of "C" or better, are eligible for transfer credit, up to a maximum of 18 credits. Please click , then click “Transfer Credit Requirements” for details.
To gain admission to this program, minimum average of C is required.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of C.
The overall average required for admission is determined each year on a program specific basis. Some programs have limited enrolment. Admission is not guaranteed, and all requirements are subject to change.
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Requirements for admission:
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Requirements for admission:
- IB Diploma with passes in six subjects: three passes at the Standard-level and three passes at the Higher-level, or two passes at the Standard-level and four passes at the Higher-level
- Transfer credit is granted for IB courses with Higher-level final grades of 5 or better, to a maximum of 30 credits. Please click , then click “Transfer Credit Requirements” for details.
To gain admission to this program, minimum IB diploma point scores of 28 is required.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires minimum IB diploma point scores of 28.
The overall average required for admission is determined each year on a program specific basis. Some programs have limited enrolment. Admission is not guaranteed, and all requirements are subject to change.
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Requirements for admission:
- All-India Senior School Certificate (AISSCE)
- Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)
- Indian School Certificate (ISC)
- Intermediate Examination Certificate
- Pre-University Examination Certificate
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Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
BES
Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
BES
Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
BES
Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
BES
Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
BES
Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
BES
Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
OUAC code YDF
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Requirements for admission:
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To be considered a mature student, you must:
be at least 21 years old by the end of the calendar year of admission to the University;
have been out of full-time high school studies for at least two years; and
have attempted less than one full year of studies at an accredited college or university.
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Requirements for admission:
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Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
BES
Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
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Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
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Requirements for admission:
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Requirements for admission:
- AP College Board examinations are eligible for transfer credit, for results of 4 or 5, up to a maximum of 30 credits. Please click , then click “Transfer Credit Requirements” for details.
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Requirements for admission:
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Requirements for admission:
To gain admission to this program, your academic average should be in the low-to-mid 70s.Maintaining your offer of admission to this program requires a final academic average of 68%.
Start Your Application
- Winter 2027 (January) entry - November 18, 2026
- Summer 2027 (May) entry - April 1, 2027
- Fall 2027 (September) entry - January 15, 2027
- Winter 2027 (January) entry - November 18, 2026
- Summer 2027 (May) entry - April 1, 2027
- Fall 2027 (September) entry - March 24, 2027
- Winter 2027 (January) entry - November 18, 2026
- Summer 2027 (May) entry - April 1, 2027
- Fall 2027 (September) entry - March 24, 2027
- Winter 2027 (January) entry - November 18, 2026
- Summer 2027 (May) entry - April 1, 2027
- Fall 2027 (September) entry - March 24, 2027
Applied Learning Opportunities
Immersive fieldtrips in Canada for first-hand analysis of artistic and creative projects that are driving change. These on-location courses expand students classroom learning into real world challenges - bringing theory into practice right in the community where change in, should, or could happen.
Career exploration through work placements and networking opportunities with current professionals and partner organizations.
Co-op and work placements for degree credit.
Capstone courses and senior honours thesis available in this program.
Study Abroad at Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica.
Recent grad Nawshin chats with us about her experience with the Career Centre and how she secured a full-time role within two months of graduating.
Potential Career Paths
- environmental lawyer
- community engagement specialist
- food justice advocacy worker
- climate active outreach coordinator
- indigenous relations & equity advisor
- environmental policy & issues analyst
- educator
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