News

Hongjie He will be receiving his Doctor of Philosphy (PhD) in Geography at convocation this weekend. 

For Jaden McGregor, a student in the Faculty of Environment’s Geography and Aviation program, taking to the skies was a way to pursue his two passions – adventure and photography. 

GEM faculty member, Dr. Sarah Burch, has been appointed the new executive director of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3).

Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Management Dr. Derek Robinson became a Fellow of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) this week. Receiving the Society's Medal for research excellence and service to the Society, Dr. Robinson joins an elite group of recipients since the award commenced in 2001.

The September-October 2019 issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality contains a special section “Celebrating the 350^th Anniversary of Discovering Phosphorus – For Better or Worse”.

Congratulations to incoming 1st year students Andrew Ding (Geomatics, 2nd from left), and Ben Woodward (Geography & Environmental Management, 2nd from right) who recently brought home multiple medals from The International Geography Olympiad in Hong Kong. 

Sunwing Airlines recently featured 3 UWaterloo Geography & Aviation graduates in a promotional video, celebrating women in aviation. The video was featured on their Youtube.

Congratulations to our female first officers at Sunwing!

Congratulations to GEM's Percy Korsah for winning the People's Choice award at UWaterloo's Three Minute Thesis competition!

GEM Distinguished Professor Emeritus honoured with UNWTO’s prestigious Ulysses Prize. Read the full story on the Faculty of Environment website.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to announce the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS) award winners for the 2015-16 academic year.