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Congratulations to our Graduate Students on receipt of several 2016-2017 Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Awards! “ACUNS established its scholarship program, the Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) in 1982 to advance knowledge and understanding of Canada’s North. The … Continue reading →

Concerns over global climate change have been mounting for roughly three decades and 2015 is increasingly being framed as a watershed year in our understanding of the severity of the issue and, perhaps more importantly, in our search for strategies to reduce the impacts … Continue reading →

2015-2016 Graduate Student Open Access Award Congratulations Koreen on receipt of a 2015-2016 Graduate Student Open Access Award! These monetary awards of $1000.00 were established to support Carleton University graduate students in publishing research in open access journals. Koreen Millard, PhD candidate, Geography … Continue reading →

The Clio Prizes Congratulations Professor Emilie Cameron on receipt of the Clio North Prize! The Clio Prizes are “annual awards given for meritorious publications or for exceptional contributions by individuals or organizations to regional history” by the Canadian Historical Association. Emilie … Continue reading →

Graduating students from the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies attended Carleton Universities 148th Convocation ceremonies during the afternoon of Friday June 10th, 2016.

Congratulations Uzayrabdullah Siddiqu on being one of the top 10 submissions for a Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) student bursary! Uzayr is graduating from a 4 year undergraduate honours degree in Geomatics at Carleton University. His submission to URISA … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Professors John Chetelat, Derek Mueller, and Chris Burn who were awarded 5 year Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants! “Researchers across Canada will be sharing more than $340 million from NSERC’s flagship Discovery Grants … Continue reading →

Congratulations Professor Fran Klodawsky on being awarded the 2016 Jan Monk Service Award! This award is named in honour of past-President of the AAG, Jan Monk, and recognizes a geographer who has made an outstanding service contribution to women in geography … Continue reading →

Research Day – Friday April 8th, 2016 Congratulations to the Science Honours Students in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies on the high-quality research projects you have undertaken in your fourth-year Honours Research courses. Today students are showcasing their … Continue reading →

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies is pleased to congratulate our graduate students on being nominated by undergraduate students for the Annual Departmental Teaching Assistant Award. In April the graduate committee will review the nominations and select a single … Continue reading →