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
The Department of Geography at Memorial University invites applications for a full-time Undergraduate Research Assistant position based with
The Northern EDGE Lab for May–August 2026.
The Northern EDGE Lab is a research group in Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Department of Geography. Research in our lab is focused on how species' distributions are actually responding to global change.
For details check Research assistant with Northern EDGE Lab
Interested applicants should email a short cover letter, their resume, academic transcript, and contact information for 1–2 references
by 11:59pm Feb 15 to Dr. Carissa Brown at northernedgelab@gmail.com.
ISER Student Essay Prize
Geography Honours, GGSA
The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Memorial University was established in 1961 to foster and undertake research into the many social and economic questions arising from the particular Historic, Geographic, and Economic circumstances of Newfoundland and Labrador.
MANDATE
The purpose of the Institute shall be to undertake, sponsor and publish social and economic research within such disciplines and in such parts of the world as are deemed of relevance to Newfoundland and Labrador and the broader Atlantic world. https://www.mun.ca/iser/mandate/
Further information and application form:
ISER Student Essay Prize
Questions?
iser@mun.ca
The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution and Resistance in Yellowknife
by Arn Keeling, Geography and John Sandlos, History
has been named one of the Hill Times Top 100 books of 2025.