Dan Moore Awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award (APEGBC)
Congratulations Dan Moore who has been awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC). [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkZE_fWClBs[/youtube]
SSHRC Partnership Grant Success for TSAS
I am pleased to report that SSHRC has awarded a $2.15 million Partnership Grant for The Canadian Network for the Study of Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS). TSAS was established in 2012 and is intended to foster multidisciplinary research on terrorist radicalization, the coordinated interaction of academic researchers with government officials, and the cultivation […]
Siobhán McPhee’s Geographical Exploration
It’s probably safe to assume that Siobhán McPhee’s first international move – to Africa at age three – primed her for her current role as professor in the Geography department and Vantage College. Born in Vancouver, Siobhán spent most of her childhood in Africa and later the Middle East. It was during this time her […]
Everything you need to know about GEOG379B
Why is this course special? The course addresses important issues around intercultural understanding, engagement with local communities and sustainability, in the small city of Williams Lake in the BC interior. You will have the opportunity to learn by doing, through engaging in a research project, designed in a group with other students. What is the […]
Michelle Daigle, New Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Welcome Dr. Michelle Daigle, a new Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UBC Geography beginning October 2015! Dr. Daigle is a member of the Cree nation (Constance Lake First Nation) and has over 10 years of experience as a community-based researcher and educator with Indigenous communities in Canada and the U.S. She wants to bring Geography into […]
Arctic Dreaming – A field season on Ellesmere Island
By Katriina O’Kane, MSc Student Standing on the sea ice, Danielle, Esther, and Cassandra are taking pictures of the Twin Otter airplane that just dropped us here. The plane is already in the distance now, getting ready to take off from the flat frozen ocean. Beside the women is a pile of boxes – various […]
In Memoriam: John Hubert Wallis (1925-2015)
John Hubert Wallis (BA’55, MA’61) was an early physical geographer, studying with Chapman, Stager and MacKay, and contributing to the Atlas of BC project, led by Dr. Chapman. Prior to that, he worked for a number of years in forestry. He trained as a teacher, and taught at Bamfield in the early 1950s. He spent most […]
John Robinson’s Departure from UBC
Professor John Robinson will be starting a new position at the University of Toronto, beginning January 1, 2016. In his farewell letter to the Geography community, he writes: “…I have accepted a job at the University of Toronto (51% in the Munk School and 49% in the School of the Environment), which I will be […]
CCIS, Urban Studies Lab
Professor Elvin Wyly and Graduate Student Luke R. Barnesmoore recently founded The University of British Columbia Urban Studies Lab as an extension of their work with the California based 501(c)3 Center for Critical Interdisciplinary Studies. Falling in line with cutting edge contemporary digital humanities research, the lab aims to bring together an interdisciplinary group of […]
Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith (PhD ’94) Wins New Zealand National Award
In August 2015, UBC Geography Alumna Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith (PhD ’94) was one of ten recipients for the New Zealand National Awards for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching. She is pictured here receiving the award from the Minister of Tertiary Teaching, the Hon. Steven Joyce at the Awards function in ‘The Beehive’, New Zealand’s main […]