Jennifer Williams receives Killam Research Fellowship
Fellowships are awarded to enable faculty to pursue full-time research during a recognized study leave.
Open letter from students, faculty and staff regarding the Wet’suwet’en
UBC Geography respects that its students, faculty members, and staff members hold a broad range of personal views on a variety of topics. The following open letter, regarding the dispute between Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and Coastal Gas Link, has been signed by a significant number of students, faculty members, and staff members in the Department […]
Geography student Rithikha Rajamohan advances to 3MT finals
Rithikha’s presentation on urban resilience to climate change was selected as one of the top 10 submissions to the Three Minute Thesis competition.
Dementia care is being outsourced to the global south
Prof. Pratt’s ongoing research explores experiences of families sending their loved ones to Thailand to receive care, and of the Thai staff who care for them
From UBC Geography to geoscience consulting
Alumna Sarah Davidson’s journey from geography student to (professional) landscape detective.
2020 Colloquium Series
Kicking off on Jan 7th with a feminist history of geomorphology.
Nature study on global water towers from Michele Koppes
Prof. Koppes is part of an international team evaluating the vulnerability of the world’s fresh water supply
Jamie Peck receives 2020 AAG Distinguished Scholarship Award
The honour was awarded by the American Association of Geographers for his “foundational and sustained contributions to the field of economic geography.”
Decolonizing Conservation: A Reading List
by Sara Cannon, PhD Candidate, UBC Geography This post originally appeared on saraecannon.com and is shared here with the author’s permission In my experience, most conservation biologists truly want to make the world a better place for all people and care about the communities where we work. For me, this is why I do conservation […]
Zoe Panchen awarded NSERC & L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Supplement
The $10,000 award will support Dr. Panchen’s field research on Arctic plant ecology in Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.