New publication: Filipino domestic workers & seafarers in the time of COVID-19
Research by Vanessa Banta and Geraldine Pratt documents the conditions experienced by workers during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New publication: The building and unbuilding of commons in urban India
Published by assistant professor Priti Narayan in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space.
Considering a geography course? Try an introductory lecture online!
Introductory lectures for the coming term are available online for any UBC student interested in taking a geography course.
Meet alumnus and medical geographer Kevin Hu!
Kevin graduated from UBC Geography with a masters and now works for the BC CDC.
UBC Geography staff trivia team comes out on top
‘Geography Rocks’ won this year’s trivia contest at the Faculty of Arts Staff Christmas Lunch.
TA and Stellar Staff Awards 2022
Congratulations to this year’s recipients, who were announced at the department’s holiday gathering on Dec 7th.
New project to study the role of wetlands in combating climate change
Sara Knox is co-PI on the pan-Canadian initiative.
COP27: Egypt Unsilenced Collective
Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Naomi Klein share perspectives from journalists, lawyers and activists on the ground in Egypt during and after the climate conference.
Alaska border project awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Led by Desiree Valadares, ‘Circuits of Capital’ will document infrastructural routes that traverse Alaska and Canada – including steamboat lines, ice roads and the Alaska Highway.
Collaborative film selected for Bangkok festival
‘City of Long Stay’ is a collaboration between Prof. Geraldine Pratt, the University of Newcastle’s Dr. Caleb Johnston and Berlin performance collective Costa Compagnie.