Achievements

Geraldine Pratt awarded AAG Distinguished Scholarship Honors

AAG Honors are offered annually to recognize outstanding accomplishments by members in research and scholarship.

Professor Emeritus David Ley appointed to Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest honours.

Team L to R: Kevin Gillard, Daniela Garcia, Sandy Lapsky, Jose Aparicio, Danny Wong, Aaron Woods, Hani Dawood.

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.

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.

Sara is a white woman with long brown hair. She is wearing dark framed glasses and a sweater, and smiles at the camera. Text reads: Canada Research Chair in Eco-Meteorology

Sara Knox named Canada Research Chair in Eco-Meteorology

Dr. Knox’s work focuses on how land atmosphere exchanges of greenhouse gas fluxes respond to a changing climate.

Nisreen stands in front of a suburban setting with fall foliage. She is wearing a denim jacket and pink head scarf, standing with her arms folded.

Nisreen Alghorani receives inaugural Sandy Lapsky Award in Geography

Nisreen’s research focuses on investigating the impact of land use change on watersheds.

Lily smiles at the camera on a quiet urban street. She is waearing a patterned scarf and has shoulder length sandy coloured hair.

Geography alumna named Director of Federal Infrastructure Strategy for City of Philadelphia

Lily Canan Reynolds graduated from UBC Geography in 2010.

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BC Knowledge Development Fund invests in river project

Led by Dr. Marwan Hassan, the experimental Fluvial Landscapes Platform (LegoFlume) will explore the impact of climate change on waterways.

Nina Hewitt and Michele Koppes promoted

Nina Hewitt is now an Associate Professor of Teaching, and Michele Koppes is now a full Professor.