What does it mean to be a Geographer?
In January 2016, PhD Students, Leonora King and Marc Tadaki hosted the first ever graduate student “workshop to discuss human and physical geographical identity”. An interesting and unique initiative, I read the blog post that accompanied the workshop invitation which highlighted the difficult question of what it means to be a geographer, especially in a […]
CFI 2015 Grant to Establish Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
UBC Geography / the Faculty of Arts, through a CFI Infrastructure Fund from The Canada Foundation for Innovation and BCKDF, will establish the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research on Greenhouse Gas Exchange. The laboratory will allow state-of-the-art climate research on greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration in Canada’s forested, tundra, and urban landscapes. The laboratory will share analytical technology, […]
Jamie Peck Named Highly Cited Researcher in 2015
Congratulations Professor Jamie Peck who features in the latest Thomson Reuters “Highly Cited” listing for the social sciences, which measures the 1% most cited researchers in the world by subject field! Across Canada, there are thirteen social scientists on the 2015 list.
Yangdidi: Stories of Super Typhoon Maysak
On March 31 2015, the remote Ulithi Atoll in Yap, Micronesia was devastated by a category 5 super typhoon, which slammed the islands with 265 km/hour winds. I visited just a few months later while working with One People One Reef, and it was immediately obvious in conversations with community members that they were eager […]
Geography Freecycle Room (Rm 237) Now Open!
Geography has launched a Freecycle program in Room 237! Have you ever heard the saying, “one person’s ‘trash’ is another person’s treasure”? Freecycling contributes to a low-impact lifestyle where material goods are kept out of landfills because they may be of use to other people! Head to Room 237 in the Geography Building and take a […]
Jamie Peck Paper Ranked 4th Most Cited in Sociology Journals
Congratulations to Jamie Peck, whose paper (in collaboration with Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore), “Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways” in Global Networks was ranked the 4th most cited paper in Sociology Journals from 2010-2014!
December Office Hours
The Main Office (Rm. 217) will be closed from December 24, 2015 at 12:00pm to January 4, 2016 when regular office hours (8:30am-4:30pm) resume.
Featured Geographer: Siobhan McPhee
Originally from: Tough question – my mother was Irish, my father Canadian but I grew up in Africa and the Middle East. Interested in Geography because: It gives me the freedom to try and understand our complex world without putting restraints on my research or creativity. Years at UBC: Two and a half Reason for […]
The Future of Physical Geography – Discussions at Kananaskis
From the 10th to the 12th of November three UBC geographers ventured to Kananaskis, AB, to join Yvonne Martin (U Calgary) to discuss the meaning, value, and future of physical geography. Earlier this year, Yvonne Martin, Olav Slaymaker, and I (Marc Tadaki) co-organized special sessions at the Canadian Association of Geographers annual meeting held in […]
Dan Hiebert’s Webinar on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
In collaboration with AMSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC), Professor Dan Hiebert has released a webinar on the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Watch it here.