UW's Faculty of Environment has been a leader in tackling resource, ecosystem, policy and sustainability issues for the past 40 years. The Faculty's innovative programs have been cited as a model for how environment and business should be integrated. Corporate Knights magazine ranked the Faculty's Centre for Environment and Business as #1 out of 47 business programs in Canada in 2008, for how well sustainability issues are integrated into the curricula and student experience.
The Faculty is in the vanguard of interdisciplinary environmental research and teaching and is undergoing a significant expansion in enrolment and programs. These include an established high-demand degree in environment and business, and a new and rapidly growing degree in international development.
The Faculty will now address the pressing environmental challenges facing the business and development communities by creating a new School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) - the first of its kind in North America, and arguably the most comprehensive institution of this type in the world.
The School will be in the forefront of education, research and training in environmentally responsible business and development. SEED will integrate the Faculty of Environment's proven expertise in environmental sustainability, business management and economic development.
Extensive co-operative education or field training elements of each academic program will produce graduates with real-world experience and the skills necessary to generate high-impact results on a global scale.
The School will celebrate its official launch on November 6, 2009
