Research, as well as teaching, in ERS covers three broad themes. Current research areas include the following:
- Corporate greening/green entrepreneurship
- Ecosystem restoration/rehabilitation, conservation and monitoring
- Ecology and governance of parks and protected areas
- Energy policy and management
- Environmental/sustainability assessment and planning
- Environmental health and toxicology, especially in First Nations communities
- Environmental science and society
- Information technology for sustainable communities
- Local governance and public participation
- Mitigation of and adaptation to global climate change
- Resource system efficiencies and auditing (energy, water, waste)
- Socio-ecological systems resilience and innovation
- Soil ecosystem dynamics and sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable food systems
- Sustainable communities and livelihoods
- Water policy and governance