Our Vision
Memorial Geography will be at the forefront of building connections with our dynamic societies and environments, and become the beating heart of collaborative and cooperative knowledge within and beyond the university.
Come study the world with us! The Department of Geography celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020-21 and remains the only comprehensive geography program in Atlantic Canada, offering BA, BSc., Honours, MA, MSc., and PhD programs. At Memorial, Geography aims to teach students how to investigate environmental and human systems using interdisciplinary, field-informed concepts and approaches. Our Faculty teach students theories, methods and analytical techniques applicable to a wide range of questions and broad spectrum of occupations and to foster a spirit of inquiry about geography. Our research encompasses local, national, and international interests, including climate change, Arctic communities, coastal governance, electronic waste, immigration, marine habitat mapping, microplastics pollution, resource development, and urban development. Visit our Research and Faculty pages to learn more, and read our most recent Research Report.
News
Impacts of climate change hitting harder in NL in recent years
Oil, gas, and coal extraction and usage are directly leading to more environmental disasters in the province, experts say
Joel Finnis (Geography) explains how oil, gas and coal extraction and usage are directly leading to more environmental disasters in NL.
"When you see things like the incredibly dry summer we’ve had this year, five days with temperatures above 30 degrees recorded at the St. John’s Airport, whereas the previous maximum number was two in a given summer, you really start to feel that something has changed."
Q&A: The authors of Price of Gold on learning from Giant Mine
Arn Keeling (Geography) and John Sandlos (History) are interviewed about their book, The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution and Resistance in Yellowknife.
The new book by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling explores not only Giant Mine’s toxic legacy and how the federal government and mining companies long hid the impacts of pollution, but how the Yellowknives Dene fought back alongside labour and environmental activists.
"It was just a really interesting and inspiring story to unpack about how these folks really came together and pursued that common goal of ensuring they could hold the company’s feet to the fire, and hold the government’s feet to the fire, and sort-of investigate and challenge the assumptions about the safety of their local environment."