Announcements

Dr. Marwan Hassan named 2023 AGU Fellow

Dr. Marwan Hassan, esteemed geomorphologist and faculty member, has been named a Union Fellow by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). A long-standing faculty member and former Director, Dr. Hassan (he/him) has been with the Department of Geography since 2003. A specialist in the routing of water and sediment and their associated channel characteristics, Dr. Hassan’s […]

Climate Emergency – GEOG 202

We are in a climate emergency. Imagining and enacting a just and sustainable future requires an understanding of what makes up the emergency, the challenge it presents and the set of strategies that already exist to address it. This course takes a critical approach to examining the state of scientific knowledge about the climate emergency and the policy challenges and pathways it presents.

Dr. Karen Bakker Memorial Fund

In honour of Karen’s passion for geography and the environment, and her commitment to community engagement, her family, friends and colleagues have created the Dr. Karen Bakker Memorial Fund. Your gift will pay tribute to Karen’s life and career by supporting graduate students in the Department of Geography at UBC.

Pacific Voices with Simon Donner

Simon Donner has launched a new 10-episode podcast called Pacific Voices, based on interviews Simon conducted during field work on his sabbatical. The idea behind the storytelling is to provide the general public with Pacific Islands perspectives on climate change — each episode is a chat with a friend and/or youth leader in Kiribati or […]