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.