We are one of Canada s leading graduate programs in Geography Our recognized strength is in both biophysical processes and in critical human geography Your fellow students are engaged in fieldwork from the High Arctic to South Africa to Southeast Asia as well as in York s hydrology GIS remote sensing climatology and biogeochemistry labs You ll join a group of 65 students supervised by more than 30 professors whose area of expertise is linked to research institutes including the City Institute Global Labour Research Center the Centre for Refugee Studies the Centre for Feminist Research York Centre for Asian Research and the Centre for Research on Latin America the Caribbean All of our graduate student receive financial support in the form of assistantships or scholarships Most of our students also receive support for their fieldwork from graduate faculty members research grants Areas of interest include biogeography migration wetlands political ecology global connections place and identity GIS and remote sensing feminist geography urbanism northern environments international development political economy transnationalism and labour The spirit of sustainability and social justice animates the research work conducted by the community of graduate faculty and current students The Geography Graduate Student Association has an active social program and promotes the interests of Geography graduates in the University

You’ll join a group of 65 students supervised by more than 30 professors whose area of expertise is linked to research institutes including the City Institute, Global Labour Research Center, the Centre for Refugee Studies, the Centre for Feminist Research, York Centre for Asian Research, and the Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean. All of our graduate student receive financial support in the form of assistantships or scholarships. Most of our students also receive support for their fieldwork from graduate faculty members' research grants.

Areas of interest include biogeography, migration, wetlands, political ecology, global connections, place and identity, GIS and remote sensing, feminist geography, urbanism, northern environments, international development, political economy, transnationalism, and labour. The spirit of sustainability and social justice animates the research work conducted by the community of graduate faculty and current students.

The Geography Graduate Student Association has an active social program and promotes the interests of Geography graduates in the University.

• Choose a program of choice, view the mandatory requirements, and apply online at the official website.
• Submit the official academic transcripts.
• Provide TOEFL/IELTS or equivalent test scores.
• Submit Citizenship and Immigration Documents.
• Letter of Recommendation (LOR) for Canada
• Mature Students (20 years of age or older) must also provide other mandatory documents including postsecondary transcripts, resume, personal letter (one-two pages), documents for any previous academic performance, among others.
• Submit the completed applications and track them via MyFile. 

Minimum TOEFL (Paper-based)600Minimum TOEFL (Internet-based)100IELTS (Academic Module)7.5YUELIAcademic Program Level 9 with DistinctionYUELI Graduate Studies Preparation Program (GSPP)Graduate with distinctionCAELOverall score of 70, no component score less than 60Minimum CPE ScoreCMinimum CAE ScoreBDuolingo125PTE Academic76

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