“Reflections on a Department and an Academic Life”
Professor Emeritus Cole Harris delivers a colloquium on the topic of his own life, including his time in the Department of Geography at UBC.
UBC Geography’s Statement on the 2nd Executive Order on Immigration
The faculty and graduate students of the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia join other academic and non-academic communities in condemning the Executive Order on Immigration signed by US President Donald Trump on March 6th, 2017.
UBC Geography in new partnership with University of Central Asia (UCA)
UBC, through its departments Geography and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS), entered into an educational partnership to help the University of Central Asia with the curriculum design of an undergraduate Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme.
UBC Geography’s Statement of Solidarity with the Muslim Community
In light of the January 29th massacre at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, as well as the Trump Administration’s executive order banning people from many Muslim-majority nations from travelling to the US, the Department of Geography reaffirms our commitment to fostering an inclusive and safe environment that provides students, faculty, and staff with the […]
New Book from Jessica Dempsey: Enterprising Nature
Prof. Dempsey’s first book tracks the rise of a powerful idea in global biodiversity conservation.
Alumnus John Thistle’s Scholarly Publishing Recognized
His first book, Resettling the Range: Animals, Ecologies, and Human Communities in Early British Columbia, has received multiple awards.
Craig A. Jones Wins 2016 Guggenheim Dissertation Award
Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Craig A. Jones, for winning The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship this year. Craig’s dissertation is on The war lawyers: US, Israel and the spaces of targeting.
Craig A. Jones Wins 2016 Western Regional 3MT Competition
Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Craig A. Jones, for winning the Western Regional 3 Minute Thesis Competition this year! Craig presented “The War Lawyers” on April 29th at UBC Okanagan campus. Craig will now move onto the National 3 Minute Thesis Competition where he will compete against 11 other finalists.
Syrian Refugee Crisis Teach In
On April 13th, UBC Geography’s Equity and Diversity Committee hosted their first Teach In, an educational forum on a complex issue: the Syrian Refugee Crisis. The Teach In included the departmental expertise of Derek Gregory, Dan Hiebert, Siobhan McPhee, and Craig A. Jones. Professor Juanita Sundberg, Chair of the Equity and Diversity Committee, introduced the […]
Staff Recognition, Stefanie Ickert
Stefanie Ickert’s outstanding work as Student Services Coordinator was recognized at an annual Faculty of Arts meeting. Dean and Vice-Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Susan Porter noted Stefanie’s exemplary service in Geography’s graduate program. She is one of two staff members singled out for this commendation.