Education for Change refers to educational theory, research, and practice specifically grounded in social change movements. Creating the educational conditions whereby social change becomes real requires development, implementation and evaluative research on educational efforts that foster social change as well as investigation of social forces both in and out of schools that perpetuate or increase injustice and oppression. Different social movement educations each have their own histories and emphases, but all recognize the complexity of social transformation and thus demand intersectional analyses.

Within the MEd Education for Change field of study are three specialization options: Environmental and Sustainability Education, Indigenous Education, and Social Justice Education. Given these specializations often intersect, students in this field of study will be able to choose one or more specializations if they wish. Graduating students will go on to be leaders in both formal and informal settings (e.g., elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, government, non-governmental organizations, parks, etc).