Career Resources
Students in our programs go on to exciting careers ranging from environmental planning and consulting, urban planning and resource exploration.
B.A. Career Resources
Many students graduating from our B.A. programs find work in a variety of fields that address real-world problems, with many finding work in urban planning departments that shape future urban development. Graduates of our programs are also employed in education, business and government, and many are using their GIS skills.
- McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences, Office of Experiential Education
Career resources for B.A. students including experiential education courses, internships, career placements and networking events. - American Association of Geographers
Career profiles of geographers working in education, private and public sectors and the nonprofit sector. - Canadian Association of Geographers
Career resources for Canadian geographers. - Canadian Environmental Careers Organization
With a job board, profiles of environmental professionals and an environmental internship program. - Ontario Professional Planners Institute
This site provides information about careers in the planning profession and how to receive a designation as a Registered Planning Professional.
B.Sc. Career Resources
Students graduating from our B.Sc. programs find work in environmental consulting, oil and gas industry, and the mining industry as well as in the public sector, environmental ministries, natural resource ministries and geologic surveys. Graduate degrees are always welcomed by industry, but many jobs are available to applicants with a B.Sc.
A selection of current Earth and Environmental Science internships and summer and full-time positions is posted on the bulletin board near our first-year lab rooms (BSB 340 A/B).
- McMaster Faculty of Science, Science Career and Cooperative Education
Career resources for B.Sc. students, including experiential education courses, internships, coop programs and placements, and networking events. - Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO)
Career resources for B.Sc. students, including experiential education courses, internships, coop programs and placements, and networking events. - Earth Sciences Canada
A career site from the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences answers such frequently asked questions as: What is Earth Science? What can I be? How much can I make? - Canadian Environmental Careers Organization
This site features a job board, profiles of environmental professionals and an environmental internship program. - Environmental Career
- Using common search engines, here are the current Hydrologist positions in Canada:
- Using common search engines, here are the current Geologist positions in Canada:
- Graduate and Postdoc opportunities worldwide
GIS Career Resources
We post a selection of current GIS positions on the bulletin board near the GIS lab rooms
- GIS Certification Institute
This site provides a summary of steps to take to achieve certification in the GIS Institute. - ESRI
Career opportunities with ESRI Canada. - Using common search engines, here are the current GIS positions in Canada:
- http://www.gogeomatics.ca/
- https://canadiangis.com/canadian-gis-jobs
