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Friday, July 15, 2022

GRADflix 2022 – Astrid Schetselaar, “Impacts of Permafrost Thaw on Highway Infrastructure”

Recently, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs hosted its annual GRADflix competition. Graduate student, Astrid Schetselaar, completed a video on the "Impacts of Permafrost Thaw on Highway... More

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Congratulations Associate Professor Derek Mueller on receipt of a 2022 Research Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

Canadian Arctic fjords: The fate of floating ice in a changing... More

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Congratulations Assistant Professor Koreen Millard on receipt of a 2022 Research Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

Multi-sensor remote sensing of wetland... More

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Congratulations Assistant Professor Sheryl-Ann Simpson on receipt of an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

"Planning for Abolition: Defining Terms and Building... More

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Carleton PhD Student Madelaine Bourdages Wins the 2022 Canadian Northern Studies Trust Scholarship

Madelaine Bourdages, PhD student has been awarded the Canadian Northern Studies Trust Scholarship worth $10,000 from the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS)... More

Monday, June 13, 2022

Congratulations Denisse Maldonado Navarro on successfully defending your MA thesis in Geography

Congratulations to Denisse Maldonado Navarro, who successfully defended her MA degree in Geography on Tuesday May 17, 2022. Denisse's thesis is titled, "Investigating changes in Mangrove cover and conservation policy in the protected area of Yum Balam, Mexico,... More

Thursday, June 9, 2022

A look back at an active year for CUGESA!

2021-2022 was a challenging school year for the Carleton University Geography and Environmental Studies Students Association (CUGESA). Despite the numerous challenges Olivia Hobbs, President of CUGESA and her Executive Team, organized several great events.  These included a nature walk to Hog's Back Falls, tote bag decorating, a bird watching... More

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

In Memoriam: Mike Smith

  On the 12th of May 2022, the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies (DGES), the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), and all of Carleton University lost a trusted friend, academic innovator, and international research leader.  Professor Emeritus Michael W. Smith passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Picton.... More

Monday, May 16, 2022

Permafrost Thaw and Our Climate

Learn more about Prof. Stephan Gruber’s research on permafrost. Research helping Canada's north plan for the... More

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Congratulations Ines Peraza on successfully defending your MSc thesis in Geography

Congratulations to Ines Peraza, who successfully defended her MSc degree in Geography on Wednesday April 27, 2022. Ines’s thesis is titled, “Spatial Patterns of Mercury Accumulation in Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Across the Western Canadian Artic: Landscape, Climate and Dietary... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability (JSES) held a collaborative class with our ENST 4022 – Regenerative Design & Development course to offer students hands-on international exposure in a classroom setting

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Congratulations Professor Patricia Ballamingie on your published book titled, “Showing theory to know theory: Understanding social science concepts through illustrative vignettes.”

May 2, 2022 (Ottawa) — The new open-access textbook, Showing Theory to Know Theory: Understanding social science concepts through illustrative vignettes, is now available for adoption and classroom use. Published in collaboration with eCampusOntario, Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa, the textbook is targeted at early... More

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