{"id":30664,"date":"2024-07-09T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?p=30664"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:28:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:28:58","slug":"in-memoriam-natalie-pressburger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/2024\/in-memoriam-natalie-pressburger\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Natalie Pressburger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        In Memoriam: Natalie Pressburger\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright wp-image-30667 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Natalie1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30667\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of Natalie Pressburger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is with great sadness the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies shares the news of the death of Natalie Pressburger. Natalie had 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/service-excellence\/betty-weiss-memorial-award\/\">Betty Weiss Memorial Award<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Prior to this she worked in the Psychology department as Assistant Graduate Administrator. In her youth, Natalie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Translation from York University (Glendon Campus). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those of us who worked with Natalie will remember her great sense of humour, her welcoming nature, and her ability to bring people together. After a courageous fight against cancer Natalie passed away on July 5th, 2024, one month shy of her 64th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.remembering.ca\/obituary\/natalie-pressburger-1090107755\">Remembering Natalie Pressburger &#8211; Obituary&nbsp;<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Natalie-COL.png\">Natalie&#8217;s Celebration of Life<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">The impact Natalie made in our lives can be seen in the tributes that have started arriving, and we are posting them on the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/condolences-and-memories-of-natalie-pressburger\/\">Condolences and Memories of Natalie Pressburger<\/a> page. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full wp-image-30665\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/Staff-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30665\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Departmental staff off to celebrate graduating students at convocation in 2019. From left to right: Nika Linseman, Karen Tucker, Natalie Pressburger, Erin Johnston, Natalia Fierro Marquez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies shares the news of the death of Natalie Pressburger. Natalie had been the Departmental Administrator in our department since 2014. She was also the Graduate Administrator in our department from 2007 until 2014. 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