Events at: Geography building

Productive uses of AI in teaching and learning

Join us for an engaging workshop on the productive uses of AI in geography education. As AI technologies rapidly advance, the need to integrate digital literacy into our teaching practices has become more pressing than ever. This workshop will explore how AI can enhance our educational strategies in geography courses, from automated feedback and AI-generated […]

Subterranean Matters: Cooperative Mining and Resource Nationalism in Plurinational Bolivia – Andrea Marston

Abstract: In an era of increased state involvement in natural resource governance, members of Bolivia’s “mining cooperatives” are commonly described as thieves of national wealth. Nevertheless, these small-scale miners won significant influence in Bolivia’s radically restructured Plurinational State, in which the rights of both Indigenous peoples and Pachamama (Earth Mother) have been constitutionally enshrined since 2009. […]

Minelle Mahtani – May it Have a Happy Ending – Book Launch

Please join us on January 14th 2025 for a special event to celebrate geographer Minelle Mahtani’s new memoir, May it Have a Happy Ending. This event is co-sponsored by the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice (GRSJ).

Geography Colloquium Series – Jon Proctor

Speaker:  Jon Proctor Assistant Professor – Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia Talk title: Identifying climate-vulnerable populations using satellite imagery Talk Abstract: Understanding how climate hazards like extreme heat and flooding influence human wellbeing is critical for preparing societies for climate change. Yet empirical estimates of how vulnerability to climate hazards differs across […]

Urban Studies Major Info Sessions

Learn more about the Major in Urban Studies at our upcoming info session on Feb. 13th 2025. Co-taught with the School of Community and Regional Planning (Faculty of Applied Science) and UBC Geography, the Major in Urban Studies combines foundational and applied knowledge with progressively advanced community-engaged learning.