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More than 200 geographers and interdisciplinary scholars converged at the University of Waterloo this past weekend for the 2016 Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division (CAGONT) Annual Meeting.

This year’s event breaks records as the largest CAGONT conference in the history of the organization, with participants from 19 universities.

Morgan Book, who graduated as part of the very first Master of Climate Change cohort in 2014, has been named one of Canada's Top 30 under 30 by Corporate Knights magazine. Morgan heads up the Youth Conservation Corps of Nova Scotia's Clean Foundation. Read more about Morgan and the rest of the 30 Under 30 here: http://www.corporateknights.com/reports/2016-30-under-30/meet-canadian-top-30-30-2-14763312/.

We did it again! Geography at the University of Waterloo improved on its global ranking in 2016 from 48 to 45, which was up from sitting in the top 51-100 by UK firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). This year the program jumps to 45.

Assistant Professor Dr. Derek T. Robinson was recently awarded an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science.

Join us in Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo on October 28 (field trips and grad student reception) and October 29 (exciting plenary and concurrent sessions presenting cutting edge research) for the 2016 Canadian Association of Geographers of Ontario Conference (CAGONT)!  

The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to announce the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Educational Foundation Academic Excellence in Geomatics award winners for the 2015-16 academic year.

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.

FIELD COURSE:

GEOG 430A Rouge National Urban Park:

Geographic Interpretation, Communication, and Outreach in Practice

June 1st - 5th, 2016, Toronto, Ontario

How can national urban parks and urban environments interact?

How can competing issues of tourism, education, ecology, recreation, agriculture, and storm water management be addressed?

What role does geography have in these decisions?

How can we ensure Canada’s first national urban park does not become "loved to death"?

FIELD COURSE:

GEOG 430A Rouge National Urban Park:

Geographic Interpretation, Communication, and Outreach in Practice

June 1st - 5th, 2016, Toronto, Ontario

How can national urban parks and urban environments interact?

How can competing issues of tourism, education, ecology, recreation, agriculture, and storm water management be addressed?

What role does geography have in these decisions?

Researchers at the University of Waterloo are warning that plans to reclaim mined land risk failure and could cost industry and government billions in future cleanup costs if they do not take into account the affects of climate change.