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Monday, September 14, 2020

2020 Carleton Geography and Environmental Studies Annual Newsletter

Sharing and celebrating successes and news with the DGES community.  Welcome to the latest edition of our annual DGES... More

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Carleton’s Derek Mueller Studies Consequences of Climate Change in Canada’s Arctic

The Milne Ice Shelf on the northwest coast of Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island has broken up, reducing in size by almost half and setting large ice islands adrift in the Arctic Ocean. Ice shelves are thick, floating sheets of ice attached to the coast. The Milne Ice Shelf was the last remaining intact ice shelf in... More

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Congratulations Postdoctoral Fellow Romola Thumbadoo on recently being published in the International Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Romola Thumbadoo, postdoctoral fellow and Distinguished Research Professor Fraser Taylor recently published, Indigenous Elder William Commanda, Cognitive Cartography and Cybercartography in the International Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science. Indigenous Elder William Commanda, Cognitive Cartography and Cybercartography Abstract... More

Friday, August 7, 2020

Nunavut’s Milne Ice Shelf Suddenly Collapses

Carleton University’s Derek Mueller, professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, has visited the ice shelf 11 times since 2004 and was scheduled to visit again this July before his trip was cancelled due to... More

Monday, June 22, 2020

Congratulations DGES 2020 Graduates!

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Carleton’s Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre to Launch Residential Schools Land Memory Atlas

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Friday, June 12, 2020

Professor Trish Ballamingie was one of the guests as part of CBC Ottawa Morning’s segment on food security in light of COVID-19

Professor Trish Ballamingie was one of the guests as part of CBC Ottawa Morning's segment on food security in light of COVID-19. With Moe Garahan from Just Food, Michael Maidment from Ottawa Food Bank, Erin O'Manique from Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard, and host, Robyn Bresnahan! You can check out the segment here:... More

Thursday, June 11, 2020

​COMS2200 Big Data and Society, COMS5225 Critical Data Studies

Interested in learning more about Big Data and Society and/or Critical Data Studies? Assistant Professor Tracey P. Lauriault "would love to have some geography students in her... More

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Congratulations to the DGES winners of the 2019-2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards!

The following Teaching Assistants were nominated for the EDC’s 2019-2020 Outstanding TA Award competition, Madelaine Bourdages ENST 3900 Jessica Sperry ENST 1020 Brittany Astles GEOG 2006 Veronika Kratz ENST 3000 Tess MacMillan ENST 3000 Nicolas Pelletier GEOG 3108 Emma Stockton GEOG 1010 Lindsay Trottier GEOG 3104 In addition, Jessica Sperry... More

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Congratulations Dr. Jennifer Ridgley and Dr. Sophie Tamas, recipients of the Carleton University COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants Competition

From the Carleton Office for Research Initiatives and Services CU COVID-19 Rapid Research Response Grants announcement, "In response to COVID-19, Carleton University swiftly developed an internal funding opportunity to provide seed funding for individuals or teams of researchers for original, innovative, and time-sensitive research to propose... More

Friday, May 29, 2020

Congratulations Jupiter Bavington on receipt of a FASS Summer Research Internship Award!

Congratulations Jupiter Bavington on being awarded one of the highly competitive FASS Summer Research Internship awards! Jupiter is working on her Bachelor of Arts Honours in Environmental Studies and will be completing her summer research under the supervision of Professor David Hugill. "I will be using the FASS Undergraduate Summer Research... More

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Update on Fourth Year Field Course and Practicum

Honours Field Camp. We will be offering an on-line version of the third-year Honours field camp. The design of this course has yet to be finalized. However, you will be able to take this course remotely with courses held on-line through the course cuLearn site.  Fourth-year Practicum. In normal times, practicums consist of in-office... More

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