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
Wednesday, September 17th from 12-1pm
“Evil Geniuses?”
A Roundtable with Dr. Josh Lepawsky, Department of Geography, Memorial University, on Mapping the Geographical Imaginations of the 'Tech Right'
SN4022 and online
Responding: Angela Carter (CRC in Equitable Energy Governance and Public Policy, POSC); Keif Godbout-Kinney (PhD Candidate, SOC); Mél Hogan (Film and Media, Queen’s U) & Anne Pasek (CRC in Media, Culture and the Environment, Trent U).
McGill-Queen’s University Press have published "The Price of Gold" by
Dr. John Sandlos, Department of History and Dr. Arn Keeling, Department of Geography, Memorial University.
The book traces the troubling history of one of Canada’s most contaminated sites but also the inspiring story of Indigenous, labour, and environmental activists who resisted the ongoing poisoning of their communities.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Dr. Carissa Brown, Department of Geography at Memorial University, was part of the hour-long show about wildfires, where she spoke about the role of climate change in the Earth's more extreme and unpredictable weather.
"There can be a feeling that 'climate change' means it's going to be hotter and hotter and drier and drier, but all around the world and here in Newfoundland, what we're actually expecting are these anomalies."