Where there’s fire, there’s smoke: New app estimates health impacts of breathing smoke from wildfires
A Harvard atmospheric modeling team including Assistant Professor Tianjia Liu, has created an online platform that could help communities identify areas in need of controlled burns or other wildfire management strategies, with the goal of preventing future uncontrolled fires and, more specifically, reducing smoke exposures.
Siobhán Wittig McPhee named an AMS UBC Open Education Resource Champion
Dr. Siobhán Wittig McPhee (she/her) has been named a 2025 AMS UBC OER Champion for her outstanding commitment to advancing affordable access through developing and utilizing OERs core to her innovative teaching practice.
Dr. Tianjia Liu appointed as Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Sciences
Please join us in welcoming incoming Assistant Professor Tianjia (Tina) Liu to the UBC Department of Geography. Beginning her research program with us in January 2025, Dr. Liu joins us from the University of California, Irvine, where she held a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship position. Dr. Liu […]
Practical Learning: Siobhán Wittig McPhee connects theory and practice in geography
Guest lectures, design thinking frameworks, and intentional reflection are just some of the tools employed by Dr. Wittig McPhee to engage learners with the theory and practice of Geography.
Gaia’s Web Dr. Karen Bakker’s final book published
We celebrate Dr. Karen Bakker’s final book Gaia’s Web: How Digital Environmentalism Can Combat Climate Change, Restore Biodiversity, Cultivate Empathy, and Regenerate the Earth.
Get to know Avery Everhart
Dr. Everhart joined the department as an assistant professor on July 1st.
Karen Bakker gives TED talk on nature’s hidden sounds
Exploring how AI is enabling us to understand some animal conversations for the very first time.
Avery Everhart appointed Assistant Professor in GIS, Cartography and Transformation
Avery is a leader in the emerging field of applied transgender studies, and co-founder of the Center for Applied Transgender Studies.
Meet alumna Courtney Smaha!
Courtney is the Project Director for the Atl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound Marine Stewardship Initiative.
Meet alumnus and medical geographer Kevin Hu!
Kevin graduated from UBC Geography with a masters and now works for the BC CDC.