The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to welcome retired astronaut Chris Hadfield to the University of Waterloo as a Professor of Aviation. The University's Aviation program is run jointly by the Department of Geography and Environmental Management and the Faculty of Science.
The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to welcome two new faculty members to the department to support the new Masters in Climate Change (MCC) program.
Dr. Geoff Wall, a retired Geography and Environmental Management (GEM) professor in the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment, is the subject of a publication titled, The “Great Wall” in tourism research – a portrait of Geoff Wall by P. F. Xie in the journal "Anatolia – An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research.”
Many academic institutions automatically elevate faculty to professor emeritus status upon their retirement. At the Université de Montréal (UdeM) the process is more selective. Through an internal nomination process, a handful of former UdeM faculty are identified, vetted and eventually chosen as permanent faculty members of the 135-year-old institution.
As our climate changes, flooding, fire, tornadoes and drought likely sit atop many people’s list of potential environmental hazards.
The Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo (https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/) is seeking applications for a nomination to a NSERC Canada Research Chair Tier 2. The theme is Ecosystem and Climate with a focus on one or more of the following areas:
The Department of Geography and Environmental Management has been ranked amongst the world’s elite Geography programs, placing in the top 100 of the QS World University Rankings.
The University of Waterloo invites applications to its new Masters of Climate Change (MCC) program for entry in September 2013. This one-year, course-based climate change program is the first of its kind in Canada.
The Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a tenure track position in Climate Science at the assistant or associate professor level.