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FIELD COURSE:

GEOG 430A Rouge National Urban Park:

Geographic Interpretation, Communication, and Outreach in Practice

June 1st - 5th, 2016, Toronto, Ontario

How can national urban parks and urban environments interact?

How can competing issues of tourism, education, ecology, recreation, agriculture, and storm water management be addressed?

What role does geography have in these decisions?

Researchers at the University of Waterloo are warning that plans to reclaim mined land risk failure and could cost industry and government billions in future cleanup costs if they do not take into account the affects of climate change.

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) has appointed Sarah Burch as a Senior Fellow with its Global Economy Program. Dr. Burch will concentrate on the area of financing sustainable development, with a focus on multi-level governance of climate change and sustainability challenges.

The Faculty of Environment's Geography program ranked 48th in the world in 2015, according to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK firm that released an annual ranking of world universities today.

The University of Waterloo rose 17 places to be ranked 152nd in the world and is among just eight Canadian universities ranked in the top 200 in the world and is listed seventh of the Canadian schools.

Why Location Analysis and GIS are Key in Today's Retail Market

Two researchers in Environment were awarded funding as part of the Government’s Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, and The Ontario Research Fund – Small Infrastructure programs.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to announce the award winners for the 2014-15 academic year.

Canadian Association of Geographers Award

Presented each year by The Canadian Association of Geographers to the most outstanding student graduating in each Geography honours/majors programme at universities or colleges across Canada.

• Owen Sutton

Department of Geography and Environmental Management Academic Achievement Award

Geography at the University of Waterloo improved on its global ranking from according to results published today. Last year Geography was ranked in the top 100 by UK firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). This year the program vaults into the top 50, at 48.

PredictION helps citizens understand the impact of proposed transit changes to their daily commute.

Congratulations to Jonathan Van Dusen, Majuratan Sadagopan and Shanqi Zhang from the University of Waterloo for winning the Esri Canada GIS Centres of Excellence in Higher Education App Challenge.

Susan Elliott, from the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, has recently received funding for Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships.