School of Resource and Environmental Management Planning program
The School of Resource and Environmental Management’s (REM) planning program is the only planning program in Canada that specializes in interdisciplinary training in policy, natural science, and social science.
REM’s planning program provides students with a solid understanding of the interplay of historical, biophysical, and socio-cultural factors; Indigenous perspectives; resource use and sustainability; geospatial, statistical, and modelling methodologies; decision-making, communication, conflict resolution; and legislative/regulatory frameworks as they relate to natural resource, community and environmental planning.
REM offers two planning degrees:
- Undergraduate: Bachelor of Environment REM (Planning)
- Graduate: Master's of Resource Management (Planning)
REM’s planning program is accredited with the Canadian Professional Standards Board (PSB), which is the accrediting body for the Canadian institute of Planners (CIP) and all provincial affiliates. Both the graduate and undergraduate degrees are accredited; the most recent review and renewal for both programs occurred in 2024.
Graduates are employed by all levels of government, planning agencies, First Nations, NGOs, and the private sector in Canada and abroad. They work in a variety of planning and related roles, including transportation planners, environmental planners, municipal and regional planners, land developers, policy analysts, food systems planners and more.
"I knew planning was the right fit for me because it provided opportunities where I could develop strategies and ideas to strengthen the relationship between nature and urban spaces."
—Karina De Sa Bastos E Silva, REM Planning student
