2014 PLN Orientation
The Professional Leadership Network is UBC Geography’s graduate student mentorship program, which pairs up second year Master’s students with professionals in their specified area of interest. The initiative is in its third year of running and funded by a TLEF grant through the purpose of enhancing education through industry connections so students get a better sense of what they can […]
Alberta Floods & Its Topographic Changes
Submitted by PhD Candidate, Aaron Tamminga Between June 19th and 23rd 2013, southwestern Alberta experienced widespread flooding as a result of intense rainfall on a lingering snowpack in the Rocky Mountains. Over 100,000 people were displaced as rivers eroded and overtopped their banks, causing an estimated $1.7 billion in damages throughout the region. In spite […]
2014 Whistler Trip
Submitted by MA Student, Colin Sutherland, GGA Social Committee Every autumn new graduate students and post-docs join our department, and the annual Whistler trip is one of a few events that invite current and new members of the UBC Geography community to chat, laugh and learn more about each other. This year’s trip took place only […]
Congratulations to Jonathan Luedee!
Congratulations to Jonathan Luedee, who, as the recipient of the 2014 James Bourque Northern Doctoral Scholarship from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, has been invited to present a lecture to the RCGS annual general meeting in Ottawa in November on his dissertation research, “The Way of the Caribou” which analyzes the human and environmental history […]
Adjunct Prof Tom Koch on Ebola
Submitted by Adjunct Professor Tom Koch Growing international concern over Ebola has forced me to focus increasingly on the epidemic as it struggles toward pandemic status. My work in medical cartography, a kind of visual history of public health and the conditions that promote disease, has been focused, in recent months, just here. In August, […]
Adjunct Updates: Richard Mackie
On 27 September, Adjunct Professor Richard Mackie gave the 5th annual Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture at the Museum at Campbell River. His lecture was also published as a chapbook entitled “The Local Muse: Roderick Haig-Brown and Vancouver Island,” by the Campbell River Community Arts Council. The following day, World Rivers Day, Mackie also spoke at the […]
Geography Open House
On September 10th, Geography had a successful Open House to welcome the community to our newly renovated building and courtyard. During the summer of 2013, UBC initiated a large renovations project to fix long standing maintenance issues in the Geography Building. These renovations gave the department an opportunity to renovate existing spaces into four new […]
GeoGarden Now Open!
The GeoGarden opening on Thursday, September 4th, was a great success! Thank you to everyone who came out. We served local corn barbequed to perfection and topped with gourmet salts from Granville Island. As people chowed down, cob in hand and reuniting with peers, I think we were all reminded of the GeoGarden’s ability to […]
2014-2015 Student Services Manager, Alex Pysklywec!
The department is excited to announce that Alex Pysklywec will be joining the Student Services Team as Manager as Suzanne Lawrence is on maternity leave. Alex is a UBC Geography alumnus himself, having completed his BA and MA programs here. We wish him the best of luck with his new role in the department!
Incoming GSA Executives
Emily Rennalls, VP Sustainability Year: 3 Major: Environment and Sustainability “Although I’m a transplant from Ontario, it appears that BC has me locked in with its divine combination of ocean and mountains. I am both a tea and pizza fanatic. Grab a cup and a slice, curl up, put on a good film and you […]