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Thursday, March 11, 2021

Alumna Magda Goemans, “Cultivating Collaboration Between Academia and Community-Based Organizations”

“As we move forward from the pandemic, we do not necessarily want to go back to where we have been. We have spent a lot of time thinking about how the pandemic could change our approach to community engagement,” Goemans... More

Thursday, March 4, 2021

NSERC Alliance Grants Support Research Strengths at Carleton University

Elyn Humphreys, professor in Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, and her partners at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) received funding to create the Canadian Optimized High-Resolution Representation of the National Terrestrial Carbon Cycle (COHERENT-C). The main objective of this project is to advance Canada’s skill... More

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Assistant Professor Dipto Sarkar discussed his current research with Bloomberg in a recent article “Inside the ‘Wikipedia of Maps,’ Tensions Grow Over Corporate Influence”

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Monday, March 1, 2021

Congratulations to Ryan Parker on defending his MSc-DS degree in Geography

Congratulations to Ryan Parker, who successfully defended his MSc-DS degree in Geography. Ryan’s dissertation was, “Description and Quantification of Debris Tongue Movement in a Retrogressive Thaw Slump Using Aerial and Terrestrial... More

Friday, February 26, 2021

Congratulations to Andrea Morales Vargas on defending her MA degree in Geography

Congratulations to Andrea Morales Vargas, who successfully defended her MA degree in Geography. Andrea’s dissertation was, “Gender Mobility on Guatemala City's Transmetro: Women's lived experiences of public... More

Monday, February 22, 2021

Carleton Partner First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun Win Arctic Inspiration Prize for Indigenous and Multi-disciplinary Studies and Research

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Monday, February 1, 2021

The Climate Virus – Lessons from Covid-19 to Enhance Climate Action

Julia Sterling, a 4th year BGInS student, completed an independent study last term titled, "The Climate Virus - Lessons from Covid-19 to Enhance Climate Action". Julia did really exciting work in her independent study on the relationship of COVID and climate change, and as part of this she produced the following powerful short video.... More

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The department mourns the passing of Mara Ostafichuk

We recently learned of the passing of PhD student Mara Ostafichuk. Mara was researching rural health disparities in Canada, Australia, and Iceland. The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies community extends sincere condolences to Mara's family and loved ones at this difficult time. Remembering... More

Friday, September 25, 2020

Congratulations Romola V. Thumbadoo, PhD and D. R. Fraser Taylor, GCRC Director and Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Professor on your recent publication, “Indigenous Elder William Commanda and the Circle of All Nations Discourse”.

Romola V. Thumbadoo, PhD and D. R. Fraser Taylor, GCRC Director and Chancellor's Distinguished Research Professor were recently published in the International Journal of Arts, Humanities & Social Science. The journal article is titled, "Indigenous Elder William Commanda and the Circle of All Nations... More

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Congratulations to all our graduate students who successfully defended their thesis over the summer semester!

Going back to May of this year, here are the students who have successfully defended their thesis:   Xiaoyuan Geng (PhD), May 4, 2020, supervisor:  Scott Mitchell Development of operational methods to predict soil classes and properties in Canada using machine learning   Katherine (Katia) McKercher (MSc), June 5, 2020, supervisor: ... More

Saturday, September 19, 2020

New Special Topics in Geomatics course: Internet GIS

    Internet GIS We are pleased to offer a course on Internet GIS in Winter 2021, under our Special Topics in Geomatics course code, GEOM 4001. Geographic Information Systems (GIS), once considered the state of the art in geographic data handling, analysis and geovisualization, are no longer packaged into single desktop-based systems.... More

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Congratulations Assistant Professor David Hugill recipient of a 2020 New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award!

Announcing the winners of the 2020 Carleton University Teaching... More

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