Daniel Scott, director of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change discusses challenges to the ski industry with the New York Times...
Daniel Scott, director of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change discusses the climate change related challenges to the ski industry...
"Last winter, Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the ski industry. With snowfall totals down by about half and March temperatures soaring into the 80s, skier visits were off by more than 20 percent in the Northeast — the worst season in two decades."
The Graduate Studies Office (GSO) has announced this year's winners of the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision. Among the three winners is Paul Parker (Geography and Environmental Management).
The Faculty of Environment would like to extend a hearty congratulations to Geography and Environmental Management student Lindsay Coulter for being crowned Miss Oktoberfest 2012. As the official ambassador for North America's largest Oktoberfest, Coulter will make upwards of 125 public appearances.
The University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment is very pleased to welcome Derek Robinson and Peter Johnson to the Department of Geography and Environmental Management.
University of Waterloo Geography professor Richard Kelly is using the power of social media to bolster weather data from satellites with on-the-ground reporting from everyday people.
The University of Waterloo’s Department of Geography and Environmental Management is turning 50, and it’s kicking off celebrations with a reunion tomorrow.
GEM professor Sanjay Nepal and students (L to R) Heather Wilton, Jacklyn Charlton, Michael Wytiahlowsky, and David Sullivan are heading to Nepal on a field course.
Longtime geography and environmental management professor Jean Andrey has been honoured again for her exceptional teaching abilities. On March 28, she received a Women of Waterloo Region (WOW) award in the education category.
Andrey also received an Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Teaching Award in 2004, a Canadian Association of Geographers Award for Excellence in Teaching Geography in 2000, and a University of Waterloo Distinguished Teacher Award in 1995.
A University of Waterloo geographer is leading a trailblazing effort to reclaim environmentally important peatlands that once covered more than half the Athabasca landscape but have been scraped away by oil sands mining.