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All physical access to the labs on campus has been revoked.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 COVID-19 pandemic

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, February 4, 2020

Current Student Testimonials Studying Environmental Studies, Geography, or Geomatics at Carleton

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES “Studying Environmental Studies at Carleton allowed me to explore all facets of both physical and cultural geography and their relation to environmental issues. The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies has a wide range of programs and courses that afforded me the opportunity to tailor my courses to reflect my... 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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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD $2000 BORDER STUDIES RESEARCH APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2019 Carleton University graduate students engaged in research on any aspect of Border Studies are encouraged to apply for the Border Studies Research Award. The amount of $2000 will be awarded in December, 2019, to the Carleton University graduate student... More

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Congratulations to our 2019 Fall Graduates!

On Saturday, November 9th, 2019 the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies staff, faculty, friends and families attended fall convocation to celebrate our many graduating students. Congratulations to the Ph.D., MA, MSc., BA, BA Honours, BSc. and BSc Honours students who received their degrees on this day.  We wish you all the best and... More

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Further Advances in Cybercartography

Dr. D. R. Fraser Taylor, Director, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre Dr. D. R. Fraser Taylor is pleased to inform you of the publication of two new books on Cybercartography, published in September and October of 2019, by Elsevier, outlining some of the recent work of the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC). Taylor,... More

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Grad Research: Helping Children Have an Easier Time When Moving to a New Country

“My motivation to carry on research in this area stems from being a newcomer in Canada with my... More

Friday, September 27, 2019

Students, staff, and faculty at the Global Climate Strike

On Friday, September 27, faculty, staff and students in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies joined millions of people worldwide in the Global Climate Strike to demand that the climate crisis be acted on as an emergency.  ... More

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Global Climate Strike

On Friday, September 27, millions of people worldwide will be striking from school and work to demand that the climate crisis be acted on as an emergency. The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies supports this action, and will be sending a delegation of faculty, students, and staff to the Ottawa event. We encourage... More

Monday, September 16, 2019

2019 Graduate Field Camp

On September 14th & 15th 2019 graduate students took part in orientation field camp which included exploring areas of study in both physical and human geography.  ... More

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

2019 Annual Corn Boil

On Wednesday September 11th, 2019 the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and the Carleton University Geography and Environmental Studies Student Association hosted our annual welcome back corn boil for faculty, staff, and students.... More

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

NSERC Funds the Establishment of PermafrostNet, Led by Carleton’s Stephan Gruber

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Sunday, September 1, 2019

2019 Fall Undergraduate Field Camp

It was another exciting and informative week in August for our undergraduate Geography, Environmental Studies, and Geomatic students. Students in GEOG3000/ENST3900 were introduced to various in-field research methods and sampling approaches, coupled with actual in-field experience throughout Lanark, Carleton Place, Perth, and Almonte a region... More

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Congratulations Cameron Fitzpatrick on receiving an ESRI Canada Student Achievement Award!

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

New! Concentration in Urban Geography in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Geography

Are you interested in cities? The rapid pace of urban change across the globe? The role of cities in globalization? How to plan for more equitable cities? The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies now offers a Concentration in Urban Geography for students in the Honours BA Geography program. This concentration allows students to... More

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Microplastic Sampling using Ottawa Riverkeeper’s Riverwatch Network

Larissa Holman from Ottawa Riverkeeper and Shaun Forrest from Carleton University discuss the recently released paper "Citizen science sampling programs as a technique for monitoring microplastic pollution" which details the work that Ottawa Riverkeeper's Riverwatch network did helping the lab of Jesse Vermaire at Carleton University collect data... More

Friday, June 21, 2019

Professor Chris Burn discusses climate change and thawing permafrost in the northern landscape on CBC The National

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Monday, June 17, 2019

Congratulations to all our spring 2019 graduates!

On Friday June 14, 2019 the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies staff, faculty, friends and families attended spring convocation to celebrate our many graduating students. Congratulations to all the Ph.D., MA, MSc., BA, BA Honours, BSc. and BSc Honours students who received their degrees on this day.  We wish you all the best... More

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

A look back at a great year for CUGESA!

As 2018-2019 co -presidents of the Carleton University Geography and Environmental Studies Students Association (CUGESA), Gillian Chapman and Tim Coxford were quite engaged in organizing several successful events for students. Below are photos of some of the activities organized this past school year. Get involved with CUGESA during the 2019-2020... More

Monday, June 10, 2019

DGES alumni helping students learn hydrology field techniques

On Tuesday, June 4th, 2019, Matt Rozak and Richard Wright, City of Ottawa employees and DGES alumni, joined Instructor John Milton's on-campus field course to help students learn about hydrology sampling... More

Monday, June 10, 2019

Giving the People What They Want: “Translating” Weather and Climate Information in the North American Arctic

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Monday, June 10, 2019

Congratulations NSERC-USRA Summer 2019 Recipients!

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Monday, May 27, 2019

Carleton Profs and Students Research Recent Herongate Evictions

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Friday, May 24, 2019

Funding for Ph.D. and MSc. Research on Earth Observations for Cumulative Effects Monitoring

The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, EO Baseline Data for Cumulative Effects Project, is inviting letters of interest for funding for graduate positions in the topic of Regional Monitoring of Cumulative Effects. Applicants must already be registered in a graduate program at a Canadian University, or have a letter of support from a prospective... More

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Grad Research: Learning About Caribou Crossings Around Qikiqtaq (King William Island, Nunavut)

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