A snapshot of 1950s Vancouver
A collection of unique aerial photos housed in the Department of Geography shows how the city has changed over the past 60 years.
UBC faculty launch climate pledge
Participants are pledging to reduce their work-related air travel and requesting that the university make fundamental changes in order to reduce its environmental impact
Marwan Hassan awarded international prize
The Qian Ning International Prize for Erosion and Sedimentation Technology was awarded in September.
Medical geography and why we need it
As our climate changes, we need more researchers who can understand the close relationship between the environment and disease.
New initiative to track greenhouse gas levels
Assistant professor Sara Knox is leading on a global project to better understand methane emissions.
Mordor, Gandalf… is it left or right?
Geography students get to the bottom of whether Frodo’s journey across Middle-Earth with the One Ring took the most efficient route.
SOS: What you can do to reduce climate change
A new book from PhD candidate Seth Wynes offers a short introduction to what we as individuals can do about climate change.
Emerging Media Lab: Grand Opening on March 26th
EML is an experimental space where faculty, students, and staff from all disciplines collaborate with industry and community. Its mission is to evolve learning by creating tools and techniques using emerging media including Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality.
Geraldine Pratt awarded UBC’s 2018 Jacob Biely Research Prize
The Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize, established in 1969, is regarded as UBC’s premier award for research across all disciplines.
Minelle Mahtani recipient of AAG Awards
Mahtani’s work on mixed race identities; the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, and gender; and the production of identity and knowledge have laid the foundations for other geographers’ work and teaching.