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Master of Science in Sustainability Management (MScSM)

University of Toronto
Old Toronto , Canada
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Program Overview

MScSM Program Overview

The Master of Science in Sustainability Management (MScSM) program is a unique and innovative graduate program that focuses on the holistic development of students as human beings. The program places a high importance on the collaborative culture and the selection process of students, ensuring that the selected students' values systems align with the program's value system and sustainability values.


Distinguishing Features

The MScSM program has several distinguishing features that make it unique among professional sustainability programs. These features include:


  • Program Design: The core courses of the program include foundational courses in business management, social science, natural science, a research paper, a capstone course, and an internship course. All these courses are specifically designed for the program, with sustainability and a sustainability lens at the center of every class.
  • Students' Selection Process: The four-step students' selection process during admissions is designed to ensure that the selected students' values systems align with the program's value system and sustainability values.
  • Course Design: The core courses of the program have been designed taking the Program's philosophy and values into consideration. Each course takes a holistic and integrated view of sustainability as it relates to the subject matter.
  • Work Integrated Learning (WIL): The program offers opportunities for students to design their own work-integrated learning as per their personal interests. The Placement Manager begins one-on-one meetings with every student right from the beginning of the fall term of the first year to discuss their interests in sustainability and provide career guidance throughout the Program.
  • Program Culture: The MScSM program attempts to build its own distinct culture, focused on intrinsic curiosity, care for others, human wellbeing, and a family-style environment. Students create significant relationships and build trust with each other, as well as faculty and staff, leading to an overall program culture of collaboration, support, respect, and trust.

Statement of Land Acknowledgement

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.


Program Structure

The program structure includes:


  • Core courses
  • Elective courses
  • Research paper
  • Capstone course
  • Internship course
  • Exchange program with European universities

Career Opportunities

The program provides career opportunities in sustainability management, including:


  • Hire a Student or Graduate
  • Careers in Sustainability Management
  • Alumni Statistics
  • Internship & Co-Op
  • Professional Development & Networking
  • Career Support
  • Partners

Events

The program hosts various events, including:


  • MScSM Events
    • CCWX - Climate Cross Roads Conference
    • CCWX - Recharging Sustainability Conference
    • MScSM 10 Year Anniversary
    • MScSM Let's Talk Sustainability
    • MScSM Sustainability Leaders' Series
    • Research Day
    • Special Events
  • Professional Events

News and Media

The program has a Media Centre that includes:


  • Interviews & Videos with MScSM Students & Alumni
  • Sustainability-Related Websites

Sustainability Hub

The program has a Sustainability Hub that includes:


  • Become a Sustainability Ambassador
  • Certificate of Completion in Global Sustainability
  • Community Programming
  • STTPA Conference
  • Sustainability Research Fund
  • Sustainability Week
    • Sustainability Week 2025
    • Sustainability Week 2024

Faculty and Staff

The program has a team of faculty and staff, including:


  • Program Director: Dr. Brett Caraway
  • Featured Faculty: Dr. Igor Lehnherr
  • Featured Faculty: Dr. Laurel Besco
  • People

Student Executive Council

The program has a Student Executive Council that includes:


  • MScSM Student Executive Council
  • Student Research & Projects
  • Featured Alumni
  • Resources

Alumni

The program has a strong alumni network, with graduates from various classes, including:


  • Class of 2027
  • Class of 2026
  • Class of 2025
  • Class of 2024
  • Class of 2023
  • Class of 2022
  • Class of 2021
  • Class of 2020
  • Class of 2019
  • Class of 2018
  • Class of 2017
  • Class of 2016
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