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Tuesday, July 9, 2024

In Memoriam: Natalie Pressburger

It is with great sadness the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies shares the news of the recent death of Natalie Pressburger. Natalie has been the Departmental Administrator in our department since 2014. She was also the Graduate Administrator in our department from 2007 until 2014. In 2012 she was the winner of the... More

Friday, June 21, 2024

Congratulations to our 2024 Graduates!

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Congratulations Dipto Sarkar, Murray Richardson, and Shawn Marshall on their success in the NSERC Discovery Research Program

Congratulations to DGES faculty members who are recipients of funding under the NSERC Discovery Research Program. Adjunct Research Professor Shawn Marshall received funding for research on, "Modelling glacier and ice sheet response to climate change". Associate Professor Murray Richardson received funding for research on, "Landscape analysis and... More

Friday, June 14, 2024

Congratulations Dr. Koreen Millard, recipient of the Early Career Bronze Medal at the 45th Canadian Symposium of Remote Sensing!

Congratulations to Dr. Koreen Millard, recipient of the Early Career Bronze Medal at the 45th Canadian Symposium of Remote Sensing! The bronze medal is awarded to an early career researcher, the silver medal to a middle career researcher, and gold to a senior researcher. Congratulations Koreen!... More

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Judy Eddy’s Celebration of Life

DGES staff and retirees attended Judy Eddy's Celebration of Life on Monday, June 10th, 2024 at the Metcalfe Golf and Country Club. It was lovely to share many fond memories of Judy in our time working with her in the department. Rest in peace, Judy, and know you are lovingly and fondly... More

Friday, June 7, 2024

Paul Williams was recently in Carleton University’s Charlatan – In Photos: The academic homes of Carleton faculty

One tower over and two floors below Pozzulo’s office, you’ll find the academic home of Paul Williams — program co-ordinator, instructor and advisor for the department of human geography and environmental studies. One quick peek through the door, and the four maps, seven globes and 11 potted plants allude to the department he works in. The... More

Thursday, June 6, 2024

Congratulations to our graduate students who successfully defended their thesis this past semester.

Eric Guindon (MA) "Unveiling Urban Vulnerabilities: Exploring Property Crime Patterns and Risk Factors in Intermediate-sized cities in Southern Ontario." Samantha Schultz (MSc—DS) "Toward peatland fire vulnerability monitoring using surface water maps: A geospatial and temporal analysis of peatland water bodies using Synthetic Aperture Radar."... More

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Madelaine Bourdages, PhD candidate, recently published her PhD research in the Journal of Great Lakes Research

Recent studies have identified the presence of microplastics and other anthropogenic microparticles in Arctic marine environments, but very little is known about anthropogenic microparticles in Arctic and sub-Arctic freshwater systems. Given the importance of freshwater systems to the health of northern communities, and their large input of water... More

Friday, May 3, 2024

Professor Emilie Cameron and colleagues UBC (Jessica Dempsey) and SFU (Rosemary-Claire Collard) co-authored an article in the National Observer titled, “The true cost of critical minerals”

The 2024 federal budget bolsters Canada’s ambitions to be a global supplier of critical minerals. Corporate tax incentives and shorter environmental review periods have been added to an earlier commitment of $4 billion in support of mining copper, lithium and other minerals essential to green technologies like e-vehicles, solar panels and... More

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

In Memoriam: Judy Eddy

Remembering Judy Eddy It is with great sadness the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies shares the news of the recent passing of Judy Eddy. Judy Eddy was the Undergraduate Administrator in our department from 2005 until 2018 when she retired, after almost 30 years at Carleton. Hundreds of former students and visitors to... More

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Professor Fraser Taylor’s recent work

1. Note this Routledge link re the re-publication of the book Development from Within Survival in Rural Africa Edited By D. R. F. Taylor, Fiona Mackenzie 2. Note two recent photo atlases created in collaboration with Professor Alexander Wolodotschenko: a.) A photoatlas celebrating Professor Taylor’s appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada,... More

Monday, April 15, 2024

Congratulations, Dr. Victor Konrad on receipt of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Borderlands Studies

On April 5th, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas, the Association for Borderlands Studies Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Victor Konrad, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of border studies and admirable service to the Association for Borderlands... More

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