Alumni

Join us for an installment of this engaging seminar series highlighting a topic of interest to geographers here at the Faculty of Environment and beyond.

The University of Waterloo’s Department of Geography and Environmental Management is turning 50, and it’s kicking off celebrations with a reunion tomorrow.

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.

Prof. Jonathan Price conducting research with student

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.

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.

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 Faculty of Environment is very pleased to welcome Derek Robinson and Peter Johnson to the Department of Geography and Environmental Management.

Alumni

Brent Doberstein “Learning from Disaster: Failure Knowledge in Post-Disaster Recovery Planning”

Geography department celebrates 50 years

GEM professor Jean Andrey wins WOW teaching award

Waterloo expert leading unprecedented project to rebuild peatlands in oil sands country

Students literally heading to the top of the world - Mt. Everest

Geography Professor Richard Kelly creates citizen scientists with #Snowtweets

GEM Welcomes Two New Faculty Members