Career Opportunities

Alumni Careers

The market for MES and MREM graduates includes exciting possibilities for careers with federal/provincial and municipal governments, non-government organizations, business, international agencies, universities, consulting and the voluntary sector. Below are some of the things SRES Alumni have gone on to do after graduating. We hope this may assist in answering the question, "What can I do with an MES/MREM degree?"

• Research Associate, Business and Sustainability, Tellus Institute in Boston
• Policy Analyst, Nova Scotia Office of Aboriginal Affairs
• Protected Areas Coordinator, Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour, Bridgewater
• Faculty member, Geomatics, College of Geographic Sciences
• Senior Land Use Planner, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
• Research Officer, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa
• Consultant, Stratos Environmental Consultants, Ottawa
• International Project Manager, Japan Offspring Fund (environmental NGO)
• Executive Director, Conservation Council of New Brunswick
• Environmental Scientist, JSA Environmental, Long Beach, California
• Coordinator, Jeux de la Francophonie 2001, Culture and Sport Secretariat, Fredericton
• Coordinator, Business and Environment Curriculum, Schulich School of Business, York University
• Planner, National Parks and Historic Sites, Parks Canada, Halifax
• Environment Specialist, ASIAN Development Bank
• Environmental Assessment Officer, Conservation and Protection, Environment Canada
• Policy Advisor, National Round Table on the Environment and Economy
• Vice-President, Canadian Fisheries Consultants Limited, CBCL Limited, Consulting Engineers
• Impact Assessment Biologist, British Columbia Ministry of Environment
• Chief Fisheries Officer, Barbados
• Environmental Officer, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, National Environment Board, Bangkok, Thailand
• Coordinator, Nova Scotia Youth Conservation Corps, Nova Scotia Department of the Environment
• Enviroment, Health and Safety Coordinator, Kerr-McGee Offshore Canada
• Conducting field work with Development and Peace
• Overseeing the environmental program for the army at Department of National Defence (civilian)
• Teaching chemistry labs at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax
• Associate Professor in Marine Ecology at the Bogor Agricultural University in Indonesia
• Environmental Biologist - Hatfield Consultant in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Director, SRES!
• Environmental Planner for the New Brunswick Government
• Manager of Environmental Assessments and Assurance at New Brunswick Power Corporation
• Head of Toxic Chemicals Section at Environment Canada
• Consultant at Jacques Whitford Consulting in Halifax
• Coordinating the solid waste management program for the Municipality of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
• Assistant Professor teaching biogeography/ecology at University of British Columbia
• Deputy Co-ordinator, Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species for the United Nations Environment Program in Germany
• Self-employed consulting 
• Lecturer at the Centre for Environmental Studies at the University of Tasmania