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Thursday, December 2, 2021

Congratulations Assistant Professor Dipto Sarkar on receipt of an Insight Development Grant

Assistant Professor Dipto Sarkar has been awarded an Insight Development Grant for his research on the "Evolving dynamics of corporate contributions in OpenStreetMap". Congratulations... More

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Publication Announcement “Land Reclamation and Restoration Strategies for Sustainable Development” – 1st edition

PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT Professor D. R. Fraser Taylor, Director, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, DGES, Carleton University, Announces the Latest Publication in the Elsevier Modern Cartography Series: "Land Reclamation and Restoration Strategies for Sustainable Development" - 1st edition November 16, 2021 Professor D. R. Fraser Taylor... More

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Congratulations to graduate student Trevor Andersen, who just won the Paper of Merit award at the Regional Conference on Permafrost

Congratulations to graduate student, Trevor Andersen, who just won the Paper of Merit award at the Regional Conference on Permafrost, an online meeting with attendance of 418 run by the United States Permafrost Association on behalf of the International Permafrost Association out of Boulder, CO. His award was for the presentation of a paper... More

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Study in the Yukon: Carleton University’s Northern Studies Field Course

Narration by Professor Chris Burn and stunning videography by Samphe.com captures the experience of MA and MSc Northern Studies students during the annual field... More

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Ottawa Urban Geography Field Course

Recently students in our 3rd year Ottawa Urban Geography Field Course met in downtown Ottawa where they explored questions around housing and neighbourhood change. Associate Professor Jennifer Ridgley who teaches the course explains that, "this year’s course is designed to provide an opportunity to collectively explore, examine, and reflect on... More

Monday, October 25, 2021

Graduation Story: Research Worth It’s Weight in Gold

Brittany Astles has always been interested in water quality. No wonder, as she was from a small town in Northern Ontario where there are multiple boil water advisories in many... More

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Watershed Hydrology Field Work on the Rideau

Students recently had the opportunity to get out in the field to do some hands-on field work in our 3rd year Watershed Hydrology course. Dr. Jennifer Totten, course instructor, explains, "Students are learning to acquire stream-flow data by hands-on measurement in the Rideau. They also get to compare their data with the real-time data... More

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Because IPCC

IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The work they’ve done is amazing but almost nobody knows their name. Volunteers, including Professor Patricia Ballamingie, created the graphic novel Because IPCC to help fix that. https://youtu.be/7UtPdai8p3w Plus, the book explains how the IPCC works and the achievements it’s made.... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

“Mapping the Epidemic A Systemic Geography of COVID-19 in Italy”

Professor D. R. Fraser Taylor is very pleased to announce the publication of the latest book in the Elsevier Modern Cartography Series, entitled “Mapping the Epidemic – A Systemic Geography of COVID-19 in Italy”, edited by Emanuela Casti with Fulvio Adobati and Ilia Negri. Professor Taylor, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Killam... More

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Doug King Memorial Tree Fund

Doug King has played many roles at Carleton since 1992. Formal assignments included teacher, researcher, undergraduate and graduate program supervisors, and Chair of the department; but for so many it also included some combination of mentor and friend. In May 2021 Doug lost a short but determined battle with cancer. We aim to ensure... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Carleton Students Connect Classes to Community in Northern Field Course

On a sunny, mid-July morning in Dawson City, Yukon, Carleton University Geography master’s student Astrid Schetselaar hops into the passenger seat of a pickup truck and departs for a three-day drive up the Dempster... More

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Congratulations Brittany Astles on defending your Masters degree in Geography

Congratulations to Brittany Astles, who successfully defended her Master's degree in Geography on Monday August 9th, 2021. Brittany’s thesis is titled, “The Influence of Warmer Temperatures Brought on by Climate Change on the Mobility of Arsenic from Lake... More

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