UBC Geography in new partnership with University of Central Asia (UCA)
UBC, through its departments Geography and Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS), entered into an educational partnership to help the University of Central Asia with the curriculum design of an undergraduate Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme.
UBC Geography’s Statement of Solidarity with the Muslim Community
In light of the January 29th massacre at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec, as well as the Trump Administration’s executive order banning people from many Muslim-majority nations from travelling to the US, the Department of Geography reaffirms our commitment to fostering an inclusive and safe environment that provides students, faculty, and staff with the […]
New Book from Jessica Dempsey: Enterprising Nature
Prof. Dempsey’s first book tracks the rise of a powerful idea in global biodiversity conservation.
What is Geography? with Dr. Juanita Sundberg
Dr. Sundberg explains her work with borders, and how their effects extend beyond human impact and into ecology.
What is Geography? with Dr. Marwan Hassan
“Geography means to me landscape, human-physical environment, working on the interface between human and physical geography.”
Alumnus John Thistle’s Scholarly Publishing Recognized
His first book, Resettling the Range: Animals, Ecologies, and Human Communities in Early British Columbia, has received multiple awards.
Craig A. Jones Wins 2016 Guggenheim Dissertation Award
Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Craig A. Jones, for winning The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship this year. Craig’s dissertation is on The war lawyers: US, Israel and the spaces of targeting.
Craig A. Jones Wins 2016 Western Regional 3MT Competition
Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Craig A. Jones, for winning the Western Regional 3 Minute Thesis Competition this year! Craig presented “The War Lawyers” on April 29th at UBC Okanagan campus. Craig will now move onto the National 3 Minute Thesis Competition where he will compete against 11 other finalists.
Human Geography 101 Workshop
On the 22nd of April, physical and human geography grads came together to undertake a unique experiment in the form of a ’Human Geography 101’ workshop. The workshop, organized by the newly minted Geographic Identity Committee, was conceived as a way to foster intellectual and social exchange between physical and human geography grads, a need […]
Collaborative Graduate Seminar: “Researching Cities”
This past term, graduate students from UBC and UCLA were involved in an experimental seminar, “Researching cities,” coordinated by Jamie Peck and by Helga Leitner and Eric Sheppard at UCLA. The UBC and UCLA seminar groups connected each week by way of a video conference link, usually for around two hours, ably facilitated at the […]