News

Faculty

Dr. Simon Donner outlines what to expect from the UN climate conference dubbed the ‘finance COP’

November 12, 2024
Spotlight

Katie McChesney facilitates the exchange of knowledge and ideas at the Centre for Climate Justice

October 15, 2024
Faculty

Practical Learning: Siobhán Wittig McPhee connects theory and practice in geography

October 1, 2024
Announcements

Applications for the 2024/25 IBPOC Student Support Fund now open

August 29, 2024
Research, Spotlight

Geography technicians Rick Ketler and Katrin Tanner get set to launch LegoFlume

August 28, 2024
Announcements, Faculty, Research

Dr. Marysa Laguë appointed as Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Sciences

July 9, 2024
Students

Youth v Canada: Pilot-Testing a Climate Change Mock Trial with High School and University Students

July 5, 2024
Faculty, Research

Four Geography faculty receive NFRF awards

June 30, 2024
Announcements

Remembering Ken Denike

June 25, 2024
Research, Students

Students make real-world impact with their Climate Studies and Action Capstone projects

June 21, 2024
Announcements, Students

2024/2025 Winter session Geography course highlights

June 19, 2024
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Geraldine Pratt receives 2024 Dean of Arts Award

June 18, 2024
Achievements, Announcements, Graduate, Research, Students

Daniel Pérez Gámez awarded University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

June 11, 2024
Spotlight

Climate Change, Migration, and Health - GEOG 446A 104 /GEOG 545 101

May 17, 2024
Achievements, Faculty

Dr. Mohammed Rafi Arefin receives Glenda Laws Award

May 15, 2024
Announcements, Publications, Research

Gaia's Web Dr. Karen Bakker’s final book published

April 16, 2024
Achievements, Faculty

Graeme Wynn receives ASEH 2024 Distinguished Scholar award

April 12, 2024
Announcements, Spotlight

After 42 years we bid a bittersweet farewell to Sandy Lapsky, Geography Administrator

March 27, 2024
Faculty, Research

Announcing the 2023/24 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award Recipients

March 14, 2024
Faculty, Research

17 Arts scholars awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grants

March 13, 2024
Spotlight

People of Arts: Sandy Lapsky

March 11, 2024
Achievements

2023 Stellar Staff and TA Awards

March 5, 2024
Research, Students

Join us this summer for GEOS 309 Field Camp

February 28, 2024
Event Highlights, Students

GSA Career Weeks Recap

February 20, 2024
Faculty, Spotlight

Confronting Capitalism and Colonialism: Dr. Peter James Hudson’s Study on Black Dispossession

February 2, 2024
Achievements, Announcements, Graduate, Students

Suman Bhattacharyya receives 2023 Sandy Lapsky Award

January 29, 2024
Achievements, In the Media

Naomi Klein's Doppelganger tops 2023 book lists

January 3, 2024
Announcements, Students

Two students awarded inaugural Climate Studies IBPOC Student Support Fund

December 21, 2023
Announcements

Shaping tomorrow's cities: SCARP and Geography introduce an innovative Major in Urban Studies

December 20, 2023
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Dr. Marwan Hassan named 2023 AGU Fellow

December 12, 2023
Announcements

Climate Emergency - GEOG 202

December 4, 2023

Geographies of Urban Indigeneity - GEOG 346B

November 21, 2023
Research

Nun ke’ Daahwéhsats: A community-university partnership advancing understanding of climate justice

November 9, 2023
Announcements

Dr. Karen Bakker Memorial Fund

October 12, 2023
Announcements, Research

Pacific Voices with Simon Donner

October 11, 2023
Spotlight

Climate action can be as simple as collecting stationery

October 10, 2023

Karen Bakker wins BC and Yukon Book Award

October 4, 2023

Doppelganger: A Conversation with Naomi Klein

September 18, 2023
Announcements

Remembering Dr. Karen Bakker

September 13, 2023
Announcements

Our colloquium series is back for 2023, both online and in-person!

September 11, 2023
Graduate, Research

How these Scottish islands are moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy

August 17, 2023
Announcements, Graduate, Students

Corin Parsons appointed to UBC Accessibility Committee

August 16, 2023
Announcements

New Geography courses for 2023

August 10, 2023
Faculty

Get to know Avery Everhart

August 9, 2023
Announcements, Students

Support fund launched for IBPOC undergraduates studying climate

July 28, 2023
Achievements, Faculty

Jamie Peck receives prestigious Vautrin Lud Prize

July 27, 2023
Faculty, In the Media

Karen Bakker gives TED talk on nature's hidden sounds

July 18, 2023
Achievements, Faculty, Research

Michael Fabris receives prize for excellence in Indigenous Studies

June 7, 2023
Announcements, Faculty

Peter Hudson appointed as Associate Professor

May 15, 2023
Faculty, In the Media

Naomi Klein appointed as regular columnist for Guardian US

May 11, 2023
Publications, Research

Macroalgae have a complex tale to tell about coral reef health

April 25, 2023
Announcements, Research

McKenzie Kuhn appointed as Assistant Professor in Arctic Science

April 24, 2023
Achievements, Faculty

Nina Hewitt receives Killam Teaching Prize

April 14, 2023
Achievements

UBC ranked among top seven geography departments in the world

March 22, 2023
Research

Mobile weather station project receives TLEF funding

March 17, 2023
Announcements

Introducing the Dr. Ken Denike Award in Transportation Studies

March 14, 2023
Announcements, Faculty

Avery Everhart appointed Assistant Professor in GIS, Cartography and Transformation

March 2, 2023
Announcements

Introducing our new recycling program!

February 28, 2023
Graduate, Research, Students

'Green' projects in Mexico cause socio-ecological damage

February 17, 2023
Achievements, Faculty, In the Media

Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis selected for Vancouver Magazine Power 50 List

February 3, 2023
Research

New publication: More must be done to protect ocean defenders

January 25, 2023
Achievements, Graduate, Research

Abena Somiah named 2022/23 CMS Fellow

January 23, 2023
Publications, Research

New publication: Filipino domestic workers & seafarers in the time of COVID-19

January 20, 2023
Alumni, Geogramme

Meet alumna Courtney Smaha!

January 17, 2023
Publications

New publication: The building and unbuilding of commons in urban India

January 13, 2023
Achievements, Faculty, Research

Geraldine Pratt awarded AAG Distinguished Scholarship Honors

January 11, 2023
Graduate, Publications, Research, Students

Kelp forest found in the Galápagos may be new to science

January 10, 2023
Announcements

Considering a geography course? Try an introductory lecture online!

January 9, 2023
Geogramme

Meet alumnus and medical geographer Kevin Hu!

January 6, 2023
Faculty, Publications, Research

New paper examines Piikani Nation's experience of challenging Oldman River Dam

January 5, 2023
Achievements, Faculty

Professor Emeritus David Ley appointed to Order of Canada

January 4, 2023
Announcements

UBC Geography opening hours during the holidays

December 16, 2022
Achievements

UBC Geography staff trivia team comes out on top

December 12, 2022
Announcements, Faculty

Happy retirement to Dan Hiebert

December 12, 2022
Achievements, Announcements, Graduate

TA and Stellar Staff Awards 2022

December 9, 2022
Research

Oceanic relationships: a Q&A with postdoctoral fellow Rosanna Carver

December 5, 2022
Faculty, Research

New project to study the role of wetlands in combating climate change

November 30, 2022
Publications, Research

New study shows need for safe supply and rural harm reduction support

November 28, 2022
Faculty, In the Media

COP27: Egypt Unsilenced Collective

November 24, 2022
Achievements, Faculty, Research

Alaska border project awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant

November 21, 2022
Faculty, Research

Collaborative film selected for Bangkok festival

November 21, 2022
Achievements, Faculty

Sara Knox named Canada Research Chair in Eco-Meteorology

November 17, 2022
In the Media

Protests & Surveillance: Week 1 of COP27

November 16, 2022
In the Media

Water and 'loss and damage' payments on the agenda at COP27

November 8, 2022
Achievements, Graduate

Nisreen Alghorani receives inaugural Sandy Lapsky Award in Geography

November 2, 2022
Achievements, Alumni

Geography alumna named Director of Federal Infrastructure Strategy for City of Philadelphia

October 31, 2022
Announcements, Graduate

Introducing The Sandy Lapsky Award in Geography

October 25, 2022
Faculty, In the Media

The Current: Egypt's human rights record ahead of COP27

October 24, 2022
Publications

30 years of the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX)

October 21, 2022
In the Media

'Greenwashing a police state: the truth behind Egypt’s COP27 masquerade'

October 18, 2022
In the Media, Publications

How we're finally tuning in to the unheard sounds of nature

October 18, 2022
Announcements

Dr. Matthias Jakob

October 17, 2022
Faculty

An interview with Olav Slaymaker

October 6, 2022
Announcements

Professor Cole Harris (1936 - 2022)

October 5, 2022
In the Media

The benefits of blended learning at UBC

October 5, 2022
Publications

Over half of BC mining projects do not consider their gendered impacts

September 28, 2022
Publications, Research

A dialogue on uneven development

September 26, 2022
Graduate, Research, Students

Student receives meow-sive response to research participant request

September 26, 2022
In the Media

Jamie Peck is most Wikipedia'ed person from his UK town

September 23, 2022
Faculty, In the Media

Simon Donner delivers TEDx talk on climate

September 22, 2022
Announcements

UBC Geography introduces monthly Green Day

September 22, 2022
Achievements, Faculty, Research

BC Knowledge Development Fund invests in river project

September 22, 2022
Faculty

Simon Donner selected for UBC delegation at COP27

September 20, 2022
Announcements

UBC Geography and SCARP introduce new Major in Urban Studies

September 12, 2022
In the Media, Publications

New study shows past variability can help forests deal with climate change

September 2, 2022
Announcements, Faculty

Get to know Jemima Nomunume Baada!

August 23, 2022
Faculty

Farewell & a happy retirement to Derek Gregory and Greg Henry

August 19, 2022
Announcements, Graduate, Students

Teaching through the pandemic: a TA's perspective

August 15, 2022
Announcements

Introducing our monthly Green Day

August 11, 2022
Faculty

Priti Narayan appointed as Director of CISAR

August 4, 2022
Graduate, Research

Podcast explores experiences of temporary foreign workers during the pandemic

July 26, 2022
Achievements, Announcements, Faculty

Nina Hewitt and Michele Koppes promoted

July 19, 2022
Graduate, Students

Virtual reality reveals the full story of Vancouver's Camosun Bog

July 18, 2022
Alumni

New exhibition explores Indigenous women's connection to the Salish Sea

July 14, 2022
Achievements, Graduate, Students

Student receives Yale fellowship for research on the future of work

July 11, 2022
Announcements, Faculty

Welcome to our new faculty members!

June 30, 2022
Achievements, Faculty

Desirée Valadares awarded CCA Research Fellowship

June 30, 2022
Achievements, Faculty

Michele Koppes named Wall Scholar for 2022-23

June 22, 2022
Students

Geography students are putting remote communities on the map

June 8, 2022
Announcements

Introducing four new Geography courses

May 27, 2022
Announcements, Faculty

Simon Donner is Appointed to Net-Zero Advisory Body

April 13, 2022
Announcements, Faculty

Karen Bakker named 2022 Guggenheim Fellow

March 29, 2022
Faculty

Dr. Hiebert reflects on being the first Academic in Residence at IRCC

February 16, 2022
Announcements, Faculty

Get to know Desirée Valadares!

February 14, 2022
Achievements

Sandy Lapsky becomes 40 year honouree

January 24, 2022
Publications, Research

Evaded taxes could more than cover global biodiversity needs

January 20, 2022
Announcements

New COVID-19 arrangements for Winter Term 2

December 22, 2021
Faculty, Research

Shouldn't we all be writing economies?

December 21, 2021
In the Media

B.C.'s atmospheric rivers and climate change

November 24, 2021
Graduate

On the ground at COP26: A Q&A with UBC delegate Max Cohen

November 22, 2021
Graduate

Uncovering the secrets of the Galápagos

November 3, 2021
Graduate, In the Media, Research

Recovery while stressed: the complex future of coral reefs

October 12, 2021
Graduate, Research, Students

Student research finds publicly subsidised oil and gas wells in endangered caribou habitat

October 7, 2021
Graduate

Max Cohen selected for COP26 delegation

October 7, 2021
Announcements, Event Highlights

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 29, 2021
Achievements, Students

Mariam Abdelaziz wins AAG award for undergraduate paper

September 22, 2021
Achievements

Jamie Peck receives Regional Studies Association award

September 13, 2021
Announcements

Siobhán McPhee named Associate Dean, Equity, Innovation & Strategy

July 21, 2021
Faculty, Spotlight

Get to know our new assistant professor Michael Fabris!

July 20, 2021
Announcements, Faculty

Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis join UBC Geography faculty

June 23, 2021
Publications, Research

New study reveals how sensitive wetlands are to global warming

June 2, 2021
Announcements

GEOB course codes changing to GEOS

May 31, 2021
In the Media

New labour laws in India will not adequately protect workers

May 25, 2021
Research, Spotlight

How wastewater epidemiology is changing the world

April 21, 2021
In the Media, Spotlight

Explore the sounds of climate change in a new podcast

April 20, 2021
Achievements, Faculty

Two UBC Geography faculty receive Killam Research Fellowships

April 6, 2021
Statements

Statement on anti-Asian violence

March 24, 2021
In the Media, Research

Is philanthropic giving during the pandemic reinforcing existing inequalities?

March 17, 2021
Achievements, Students

Angela Liu awarded environmental sciences scholarship

March 2, 2021

Simon Donner named to government climate advisory group

March 1, 2021
In the Media

In a warming climate, we need to prepare for more landslides

February 23, 2021
Graduate

How can we work towards decolonizing conservation?

February 10, 2021
Spotlight, Statements

Letter from UBC faculty, staff and students calling for a transit future that addresses the climate crisis

February 1, 2021
Announcements, Faculty

Desirée Valadares appointed Assistant Professor, Geographies of Settler Colonial Canada

January 26, 2021
Alumni, Graduate

Recent geography graduate creates student support fund

January 25, 2021
Achievements, Faculty

Mohammed Rafi Arefin named 2021-22 Wall Scholar

January 19, 2021
Achievements, Graduate

2019/20 TA and Stellar Staff Awards

January 12, 2021
Alumni, Spotlight

UBC Geography alumna turns 100

January 11, 2021
In the Media, Research

Is public money subsidising the extinction of endangered caribou?

December 15, 2020
Achievements, Faculty

Dan Moore receives EGBC award

December 2, 2020
Faculty, Spotlight

Get to know Priti Narayan!

November 23, 2020
Achievements, Faculty, Research

Jamie Peck named Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate

November 18, 2020

New UBC Centre for Migration Studies founded

November 16, 2020
In the Media

Dan Hiebert comments on the economic benefit of immigration

November 2, 2020
Announcements, Students

COVID-19: Update on student travel restrictions

October 26, 2020
Achievements, Publications

'The Nature of Canada' wins Canadian Studies Network prize

October 21, 2020
Announcements

New UBC Geography website

October 19, 2020
In the Media

Simon Donner comments on B.C.'s carbon accounting plans

October 7, 2020
Faculty

Sound installation by Michele Koppes part of TED climate event

October 7, 2020
Achievements

Julie Ranada joins UBC 25 Year Club

September 22, 2020
Statements

UBC Geography statement on Scholar Strike Canada

September 9, 2020
In the Media, Research

New York Times climate quiz features UBC Geography research

August 31, 2020
Graduate, In the Media, Research

Carbon footprints are hard to understand - here's what you need to know

August 30, 2020
Achievements, Faculty

Jamie Peck named Fellow of the British Academy

July 27, 2020
Announcements

UBC Geography Courses for 2020W Term 1

June 23, 2020
Achievements, Graduate, Students

Madeline Whetung awarded Indigenous History Best Article Prize

June 22, 2020
Faculty, Publications, Research

What could a feminist, green, and global response to COVID-19 look like?

June 9, 2020

A reading list of Black geographers

June 4, 2020
Statements

Statement on anti-Blackness from the Equity & Diversity Committee

June 2, 2020
Achievements, Alumni

Jessica Hallenbeck wins CAG award for research

May 26, 2020
Alumni

A geography graduate's search for the elusive 'ideal' job

May 25, 2020
Announcements

To the graduating class of 2020: you are the future we need

May 20, 2020
Graduate, Students

Mapping COVID-19: GIS resources around the world

May 20, 2020
Alumni

Virtual coffee with this year's UBC Geography graduates

May 13, 2020
Spotlight

Care homes need to be more of a priority for Canadian health

May 4, 2020
Spotlight

The Department of Geography's Climate Action Plan

April 22, 2020
Announcements, Spotlight

Michael Fabris appointed as Assistant Professor, Indigenous Geographies

April 15, 2020
Spotlight

A message from the Head

March 25, 2020
Spotlight

Grading options for students completing courses in April 2020

March 24, 2020
Announcements

UBC Geography arrangements during COVID-19

March 16, 2020
Achievements, Students

Sara Cannon recognized for exceptional teaching

March 4, 2020
Alumni, Spotlight

Glacier retreat can lead to an increase in landslides

March 4, 2020
Spotlight

Jennifer Williams receives Killam Research Fellowship

February 12, 2020
Spotlight

Open letter from students, faculty and staff regarding the Wet'suwet'en

February 11, 2020
Spotlight

Geography student Rithikha Rajamohan advances to 3MT finals

January 27, 2020
Spotlight

Dementia care is being outsourced to the global south

January 14, 2020
Spotlight

From UBC Geography to geoscience consulting

January 7, 2020
Spotlight

2020 Colloquium Series

January 6, 2020
Announcements

UBC Geography opening hours during the holidays

December 10, 2019
Spotlight

Nature study on global water towers from Michele Koppes

December 9, 2019
Spotlight

Jamie Peck receives 2020 AAG Distinguished Scholarship Award

December 2, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Decolonizing Conservation: A Reading List

November 26, 2019
Spotlight

Zoe Panchen awarded NSERC & L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Supplement

November 26, 2019
Spotlight

Report finds federal pension plan is invested in fossil fuels

November 19, 2019
Spotlight

UBC Geography statement on the climate emergency

November 12, 2019
Spotlight

Written out of history: restor(y)ing the archive

November 12, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

A snapshot of 1950s Vancouver

October 23, 2019
Spotlight

Siobhán McPhee named Open Education Resource Champion

October 21, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

UBC faculty launch climate pledge

October 8, 2019
Spotlight

What are the major federal parties planning to do about climate change?

October 7, 2019
Alumni, Spotlight

Sarah A. Whaley Book Prize awarded to Dr. Tara Cookson

October 7, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Marwan Hassan awarded international prize

October 1, 2019
Spotlight

UBC Geography's statement on the Global Climate Strike

September 16, 2019
Alumni, Spotlight

UBC launches alumni book club

September 16, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Medical geography and why we need it

September 11, 2019
Spotlight

Graduate student's film to screen at VIFF 2019

September 5, 2019
Spotlight

Colloquium: Problematising Icy Geopolitics?

September 4, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

New initiative to track greenhouse gas levels

August 14, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Mordor, Gandalf... is it left or right?

August 13, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

SOS: What you can do to reduce climate change

August 7, 2019
Alumni, Spotlight

Tara Cookson receives Alumni Achievement Award

July 29, 2019
Spotlight

How should we deal with climate change anxiety?

July 23, 2019
Spotlight

New study: Canadian high school education on climate change is lacking

July 22, 2019
Spotlight

PhD student Seth Wynes' UBC emissions study featured on CBC

July 17, 2019
Spotlight

Professor Geraldine Pratt named Head of Department

July 1, 2019
Spotlight

Tara Cookson awarded AAG 2018 Global Book Award

March 26, 2019
Spotlight

Geography VR: a Stanley Park Virtual Field trip

March 22, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Emerging Media Lab: Grand Opening on March 26th

March 22, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Geraldine Pratt awarded UBC’s 2018 Jacob Biely Research Prize

March 12, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Minelle Mahtani recipient of AAG Awards

March 12, 2019
Announcements

Colloquium with Jim Glassman

January 2, 2019
Announcements, Spotlight

Remembering Dr. John Stager

October 31, 2018
Announcements, Spotlight

QS World Rankings: UBC Geography #1 in Canada, #4 Worldwide

October 2, 2018
Announcements, Spotlight

UBC Geography partners with Motive.io to deliver audiotour of downtown Vancouver

October 2, 2018
Announcements, Spotlight

“Reflections on a Department and an Academic Life”

October 2, 2018
Spotlight, Students

WDCAG Conference 2018

April 6, 2018
Spotlight

Karen Bakker wins SSHRC Connection Award and 2017 Trudeau Fellowship

September 20, 2017
Graduate, Spotlight

James Rhatigan wins best thesis prize

August 9, 2017
Spotlight

Congratulations to Alexandra Briault

June 1, 2017
Spotlight

Celebrate Learning Week - Dr. Siobhán McPhee

May 2, 2017
Graduate, Spotlight

Craig E. Jones on Densification, Displacement, and Underused housing in Metro Vancouver

May 2, 2017
Announcements, Spotlight

UBC Geography's Statement on the 2nd Executive Order on Immigration

March 20, 2017
Announcements, Spotlight

UBC Geography in new partnership with University of Central Asia (UCA)

February 7, 2017
Announcements, Spotlight

UBC Geography's Statement of Solidarity with the Muslim Community

February 6, 2017
Announcements, Spotlight

New Book from Jessica Dempsey: Enterprising Nature

January 26, 2017
Faculty, Spotlight

What is Geography? with Dr. Juanita Sundberg

October 28, 2016
Faculty, Spotlight

What is Geography? with Dr. Marwan Hassan

October 19, 2016
Alumni, Announcements, Geogramme, Graduate, Spotlight

Alumnus John Thistle's Scholarly Publishing Recognized

September 25, 2016
Announcements, Graduate, Spotlight

Craig A. Jones Wins 2016 Guggenheim Dissertation Award

June 20, 2016
Announcements, Graduate, Spotlight

Craig A. Jones Wins 2016 Western Regional 3MT Competition

May 2, 2016
Graduate, Spotlight

Human Geography 101 Workshop

April 29, 2016
Graduate, Spotlight

Collaborative Graduate Seminar: “Researching Cities”

April 27, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

Syrian Refugee Crisis Teach In

April 20, 2016
Alumni, Spotlight

Sophie Webber, EGSG Dissertation Award Winner,

March 25, 2016
Graduate, Spotlight

Craig A. Jones, Winner of UBC's Three Minute Thesis 2016 Competition

March 20, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

Staff Recognition, Stefanie Ickert

March 15, 2016
Spotlight

Minister Catherine McKenna Visits GEOG 312

March 11, 2016
Spotlight

Arthur Green in Geography uses PulsePress to encourage student discussion

February 22, 2016
Spotlight

Simon Donner, Climate Action Plan 2020

February 22, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

Visiting Scholar, Natasha Picone

February 22, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

Visiting Scholar, Paula Schönach

February 11, 2016
Graduate, Spotlight

Meet Laura Hempel, Visiting PhD Student

January 27, 2016
Graduate, Spotlight

What does it mean to be a Geographer?

January 27, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

CFI 2015 Grant to Establish Laboratory for Atmospheric Research

January 22, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

Jamie Peck Named Highly Cited Researcher in 2015

January 18, 2016
Graduate, Spotlight

Yangdidi: Stories of Super Typhoon Maysak

January 12, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

Geography Freecycle Room (Rm 237) Now Open!

January 12, 2016
Announcements, Spotlight

Jamie Peck Paper Ranked 4th Most Cited in Sociology Journals

January 11, 2016
Spotlight

December Office Hours

December 14, 2015
Spotlight

Featured Geographer: Siobhan McPhee

November 27, 2015
Alumni, Graduate, Spotlight

The Future of Physical Geography – Discussions at Kananaskis

November 25, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Dan Hiebert's Webinar on the Syrian Refugee Crisis

November 19, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Dan Moore Awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award (APEGBC)

November 3, 2015
Spotlight

SSHRC Partnership Grant Success for TSAS

October 27, 2015
Spotlight

Siobhán McPhee’s Geographical Exploration

October 26, 2015
Spotlight, Students

Everything you need to know about GEOG379B

October 22, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Michelle Daigle, New Postdoctoral Research Fellow

October 21, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

Arctic Dreaming - A field season on Ellesmere Island

October 21, 2015
Alumni, Spotlight

In Memoriam: John Hubert Wallis (1925-2015)

October 15, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

John Robinson's Departure from UBC

October 15, 2015
Spotlight

CCIS, Urban Studies Lab

October 15, 2015
Alumni, Spotlight

Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith (PhD '94) Wins New Zealand National Award

October 14, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

Joey Lee Awarded Mozilla Fellowship for Science

October 13, 2015
Spotlight

Recap: Dan Hiebert "A Primer on the Syrian Refugee Crisis"

October 7, 2015
Alumni, Spotlight

Jake Wall: Save the Elephants with Google Streetview

October 5, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Derek Gregory Receives Honorary Fellowship

September 30, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Derek Gregory to give Tanner Lecture at Cambridge

September 29, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Elvin Wyly Promoted to Professor

September 29, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Matthew Evenden Promoted to Professor

September 29, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

Dan Cohen: The Mechanisms Behind Detroit Metro School Markets

September 23, 2015
Spotlight

Jamie Peck Amongst the Dinosaurs (at the 4th GCEG)!

September 23, 2015
Spotlight, Students

Meet the 2015-16 GSA Executives

September 23, 2015
Geogramme

Message from the Head

September 23, 2015
Alumni, Geogramme, Spotlight

UBC Geography Alumna Wins Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award

September 22, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Water Bush Camp with Professor Karen Bakker

September 18, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

Simon Gauthier-Fauteux, Fieldwork in Vanderhoof

September 17, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight

PWIAS Roundtable: "Geopolitical Economies of Development and Democratization in East Asia"

September 15, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

Welcome New Geography Graduate Students

September 2, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight

Alumnus Joseph Shea in Nepal

August 31, 2015
Spotlight

New Visiting Scholar, Joel Wainwright

August 27, 2015
Spotlight

TSAS Summer Academy

August 25, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight

UBC Alumni Award: Gordon McBean

August 25, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight

GeoGarden's First Year

August 18, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight

David Edgington: Along the Sanriku Coast

August 18, 2015
Spotlight, Students

New Undergraduate Handbook

August 18, 2015
Geogramme

Geography Alumni

August 18, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight

Alumna Liz Leboe, Co-Founder of Jackets for Jasper

August 18, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Professor Emeritus Mike Church Elected AGU Fellow

July 31, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

New Postdoctoral and Teaching and Learning Fellows

July 31, 2015
Announcements, Graduate, Spotlight

Matt Dyce wins the CAG Starkey-Robinson Award

June 30, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Matthew Evenden Appointed to Associate Dean

June 29, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

Considering the so-called Richmond “signage issue”

June 29, 2015
Announcements, Geogramme, Spotlight, Students

Sustainability Learning Pathway Comes to Geography

June 29, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Professor Emeritus John Chapman's Celebration of Life Event

June 25, 2015
Announcements, Geogramme, Spotlight, Students

2015 Undergraduate and Alumni Survey Results

June 22, 2015
Announcements, Geogramme, Spotlight

Professor Emeritus John Chapman (1923-2015)

June 12, 2015
Announcements, Graduate, Spotlight

Jake Wall wins GIScience Competition!

June 10, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Olav Slaymaker awarded the CAG's Award for Scholarly Distinction

June 3, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Matthew Evenden's New Book

June 3, 2015
Announcements, Geogramme, Spotlight, Students

GEOG 379B Field School at Williams Lake

May 30, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Jim Glassman wins 2014 Ashby Prize

May 27, 2015
Spotlight, Students

Graduation Reception 2015

May 22, 2015
Announcements, Geogramme, Spotlight

New Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Dempsey

May 15, 2015
Announcements, Geogramme, Spotlight

New Assistant Professor Dr. Sarah Hunt

April 30, 2015
Announcements, Geogramme, Spotlight

Graeme Wynn, "It's About Time"

April 22, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Marwan Hassan's Extension of Headship to 2017

April 22, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

Basketball and Beauty Pageants: Colonial Legacies and Queer Questions

April 21, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

2015 Graduate Student Symposium

April 15, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight, Students

First Undergraduate Spring Conference

April 10, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight, Students

GeoGala 2015

April 6, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Graeme Wynn Elected President of ASEH

April 1, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Congratulations Liz Lee

March 16, 2015
Spotlight, Students

GSA 2015 Careers Night

March 10, 2015
Geogramme, Spotlight, Students

Interview with E&S Student, Musician, & Filmmaker, Luke Wallace

February 16, 2015
Announcements

Adjunct Updates: Tom Koch

February 11, 2015
Spotlight, Students

Interview with Trail Six Editor-in-Chief, Jialin Yang

January 30, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Jamie Peck's Nomination for the Scientific Advisory Committee

January 29, 2015
Graduate, Spotlight

The Human Geography Methods Committee with Emily Hawes

January 29, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Ross Mackay, Celebration of Life and Career Event

January 28, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Congratulations Derek Gregory!

January 23, 2015
Announcements, Spotlight

Olav Slaymaker Appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada

January 2, 2015
Spotlight, Students

Trail Six Call for Submissions!

December 4, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

2014 Outstanding TA Award Winners!

December 1, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

Geography in Nunavut: Seven weeks in the field

November 26, 2014
Spotlight

Welcome Visiting Scholars!

November 20, 2014
Graduate, In the Media, Spotlight

Aerial Bold with Joseph Lee

November 12, 2014
Geogramme, Spotlight

Professor Emeritus John Ross Mackay (1915-2014)

November 4, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

2014 PLN Orientation

November 3, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

Alberta Floods & Its Topographic Changes

October 29, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

2014 Whistler Trip

October 17, 2014
Announcements, Graduate, Spotlight

Congratulations to Jonathan Luedee!

October 16, 2014
Announcements, Spotlight

Adjunct Prof Tom Koch on Ebola

October 3, 2014
Announcements, Spotlight

Adjunct Updates: Richard Mackie

October 1, 2014
Spotlight

Geography Open House

September 25, 2014
Spotlight, Students

GeoGarden Now Open!

September 8, 2014
Announcements, Spotlight

2014-2015 Student Services Manager, Alex Pysklywec!

September 5, 2014
Spotlight, Students

Incoming GSA Executives

September 3, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

September PhD Oral Examinations

September 1, 2014
Announcements

GEOB 472: Cartography & Game of Thrones

August 12, 2014
Announcements

Geography Breaking New Ground with Student Services Team

August 12, 2014
Announcements

The Flexible Learning Project in Geography

August 12, 2014
Announcements

The New Biogeomorphology Experimental Laboratory

August 12, 2014
Announcements

The Impact of the March 2011 Earthquake in Northeast Japan Today

August 12, 2014
Announcements

2013-2014 Building Renovations

August 11, 2014
Announcements, Spotlight

New Student Services Coordinator

July 29, 2014
Announcements, Spotlight

Trevor Barnes, Fellow of British Academy

July 22, 2014

Environment and Sustainability

July 11, 2014

Human Geography

July 11, 2014

Geographical Sciences

July 10, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

Caroline Grego wins CSN-RÉC Prize

July 10, 2014
Graduate, Spotlight

Lawrence Bird at WEST 2014

July 10, 2014
Spotlight

Tom Koch at the KMA

July 10, 2014
Spotlight

Pet Plant Project: A Healthy Workplace Initiative

July 4, 2014
Announcements, Spotlight

Dr. Brett Eaton Joins USI!

June 27, 2014
Announcements, Spotlight

Best wishes to Michael More, former Undergraduate Advisor!

June 26, 2014
Spotlight, Students

New Zealand & The Cook Islands: “Landscapes and People” with Jialin and Andrea

June 24, 2014
Spotlight

New Student Advisor, Suzanne Lawrence!

June 20, 2014
Faculty, Spotlight

About Geography

May 29, 2013
Faculty, Spotlight

About UBC

May 29, 2013
Faculty, Spotlight

About Vancouver

May 29, 2013