Joey Lee Awarded Mozilla Fellowship for Science
Congratulations to MSc Student Joey Lee who has won a Mozilla Fellowship for Science! He is one of only four fellows this year, chosen from a competitive group of 130 people. In his words: “As a Mozilla Science Fellow I will be working within the UBC community to help promote open science, open research, and in […]
Dan Cohen: The Mechanisms Behind Detroit Metro School Markets
Watch the short film below by Detroit filmmaker/activist, Kate Levy, with Geography PhD Candidate Dan Cohen discussing the Detroit metro school markets. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/133764789[/vimeo]
Simon Gauthier-Fauteux, Fieldwork in Vanderhoof
“How the unexpected made my field season unforgettable” I was privileged to spend my field season this summer up north in a small town called Vanderhoof. Vanderhoof is located on the banks of the Nechako River, about 100 kilometers west of Prince George or almost 900 kilometers north of Vancouver. My purpose for being there […]
Welcome New Geography Graduate Students
Emily Acheson Program: PhD Supervisor: Brian Klinkenberg Hometown: Mississauga, ON “I grew up in Mississauga, Ontario and moved to Vancouver to pursue my PhD in Geography with Dr. Brian Klinkenberg. I’ve always enjoyed learning about animal ecology, but became particularly fascinated with parasites during my undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto. I completed my […]
Matt Dyce wins the CAG Starkey-Robinson Award
Congratulations recent PhD (2014) graduate Matt Dyce for winning the Canadian Association of Geographers Starkey-Robinson Award for his dissertation, A Spatial History of Canada: Archives, Knowledge, and Geography. Matt Dyce is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Winnipeg. Photo by M. Benedictson, University of Winnipeg
Considering the so-called Richmond “signage issue”
By Elanna Nolan, PhD Candidate If you talk about “the signage issue” in Richmond BC, most residents of Metro Vancouver would probably know what you were talking about. It refers to the ringing complaint that Chinese languages dominate Richmond’s linguistic landscape. In the past few years the City of Richmond has refused to heed these […]
Jake Wall wins GIScience Competition!
Congratulations to our recent PhD (2015) graduate Jake Wall for winning GIScience Study Group and Esri Canada’s student presentation competition at this year’s CAG Meeting! His winning presentation is titled, “African elephant conservation: new spatial approaches bring new understanding”.
Basketball and Beauty Pageants: Colonial Legacies and Queer Questions
Article and photos by May Farrales, PhD Candidate I walk into a small school gymnasium on the outskirts of Coquitlam. The gym floor and stage are crowded with players. Many of the players have come here straight from work and are eager to get on the court. I scan the gym for any familiar […]
2015 Graduate Student Symposium
On April 10th, 11 second year Master’s students presented their work at the annual Graduate Student Symposium. Over 50 people attended the full day event in support of five MA students and 6 MSc students who showcased a wide, both global and local range of work from the Canadian debt crisis to the 2012 Arizona […]
The Human Geography Methods Committee with Emily Hawes
What is the Human Geography Methods Committee? The Geography Graduate Students’ Association (GGA) formed the Human Geography Methods Committee several years ago (this is my second year on the Human Methods Committee, alongside Emily Rosenman, Elanna Nolan, and Paige Patchin) to promote knowledge exchange regarding the diverse research methods and methodologies employed by human […]