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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Murray Richardson, professor in Geography and Environmental Studies, is working with Arctic UAV in Iqaluit, Nunavut to improve UAV photogrammetry methods for studying Arctic tundra watersheds.

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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Course completion challenges under the COVID-19 restrictions

This is a difficult time for everyone and certainly a challenging end-of-term for our students. Ideally, the online measures we have put in place work for our students.  However, there can be technical difficulties caused by the range of computing resources which students can access.  In addition, some of our students are dealing... More

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Information on access to Geography labs

All physical access to the labs on campus has been revoked. If you have work saved on the S: drive at these labs you will be able to access the drive by downloading the Virtual Private Network (VPN), instructions below. Our dedicated FASS Computing Services Unit have offered to help you in this process.... More

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Departmental contact information during pandemic and online instruction

Following the advice of Ottawa Public Health, the Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Ontario and the Public Health Agency of Canada, Carleton University has closed all non-essential services. During this time, the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies will be operating online, and staff will be working remotely. For... More

Friday, March 6, 2020

Congratulations Trudi Zundel, doctoral student, on receipt of the Hamlin Graduate Fellowship and David and Rachel Epstein Scholarship!

Hamlin Graduate Fellowship Awarded annually by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs to outstanding students entering or proceeding from one year to another in any graduate program of study at Carleton University. Endowed in 2008 by the Hamlin Charitable Fund. David and Rachel Epstein Scholarship Part of the income from the David and... More

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Congratulations Professor Patricia Ballamingie on receipt of a 2020/2021 Research Achievement Award

Professor Ballamingie was chosen as one of only ten recipients for a 2020/2021 Research Achievement Award. Project: Governance Insights from Food System Elders: Civil Society and Social Movement Perspectives As co-applicant on a SSHRC-funded Insight grant, Civil Society and Social Movement Engagement in Food Systems Governance (2019-2024) (PI Dr.... More

Friday, February 7, 2020

Congratulations to our DGES students who made the Dean’s Honour List 2018-2019

Congratulations to DGES students who have made the Dean’s Honour List 2018-2019. These students were recognized at a celebration on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Cameron Ogilvie (Environmental Studies) Sophie-Christine Toulouse (Environmental Studies) Gillian Chapman (Environmental Studies) Eric Gauthier (Environmental Studies) Emilie Bernier... More

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Graduate Student Madelaine Bourdages recently published in Marine Pollution Bulletin Journal

"I am a MSc student working under the supervision of Dr. Jesse Vermaire (Carleton University) and Dr. Jennifer Provencher (Environment and Climate Change Canada). I completed my Bachelors degree in Geography at the University of the Fraser Valley. My current research is focused on assessing the concentrations and drivers of microplastics in... More

Friday, January 10, 2020

Carleton to Host Expert Discussion Series on What Makes a City Healthy in 2020

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Friday, December 13, 2019

New Directions at the Border Symposium

On October 17, 2019, the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, hosted a symposium featuring six internationally acclaimed scholars in the growing field of border studies. The focus of the event was ‘New Directions at the Border.’ The goal was to explore new approaches to border studies and to engage speakers... More

Monday, December 2, 2019

“Greening the Campus Residence: Sustainability Recommendations from the Students of FYSM 1108A”

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Monday, December 2, 2019

“Women’s everyday lives and mass-produced social housing: the case of Hacienda Santa Fé in Guadalajara’s Metropolitan Area, Mexico”

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