Department of Geography

Faculty of Arts

Olav Slaymaker awarded the CAG’s Award for Scholarly Distinction

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Olav Slaymaker who has been awarded the Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography by the Canadian Association of Geographers for his life-long and continuing contributions to Canadian geomorphology and environment-society relations.

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