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.
Though we can’t know for sure, at this moment Anders Morley is most likely on skis, or in a tent, somewhere in the British Columbia interior. In November 2012 Morley embarked on trip that takes the concept of cross-country skiing to a literal extreme. This winter he plans to ski from British Columbia to eastern Ontario in a project he calls, Big Ski.
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.