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Geography Course Assessment Winter 2020

Geography Course Assessment Winter 2020

Blue Box

The first Blue Box of the semester will be this Friday (January 31) by Dr. Joel Finnis, titled 'Marine Weather, Forecasting & Fishing Safety'. The Blue Box will be in SN2025, from 3-4pm.

Blue Box Seminar

 

The next presentation in the Geography's Department Seminar Series will be a presentation by Dr. David Liverman. On February 1 (3.00 pm - 4.00 pm) he will give a talk titled: Avalanches in Newfoundland and Labrador in Sn 2025.

Geog 1050: Per-course Appointment

The Department of Geography invites applications from individuals interested in teaching Geography 1050: Geographies of Global Change in the Fall 2018 semester.

Blue Box

The long way round: From coyotes to giraffes and back again

"Carly will be talking about some follow up research she completed after her PhD at Memorial about human-coyote conflict in Cape Breton. She will also be discussing projects in her laboratory at the University of Maine and specifically focusing on a project examining motivations behind giraffe poaching in Northern Kenya." Hope to see you all there!

Friday, Feb 16, 2018

3-4pm

Sn 2025

Blue Box Seminar

Mapping fisheries in the context of Marine Spatial Planning: Technology and Participation.

Professor Dr. Brice Trouillet,

Institut de Geographie et d’amenagement regional

Université de Nantes, France

Friday, September 22, 3:00-4:00pm, SN-2025

Congratulations to Dr. Alistair Bath on completion of 25 years service to MUN Geography

Alistair joined the department in 1991.  His research on Human Dimensions in wildlife resource management explores human-wildlife interactions through understanding public attitudes, beliefs, values, behavioral intentions and behaviors, thus allowing managers to better understand viewpoints and levels of support. Alistair has taught numerous courses throughout his tenure, and takes active roles in Department, Faculty, and University service. All of us in Geography congratulate Alistair on reaching this milestone!

Course Planning

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has launched a new webpage to promote the availability of upcoming undergraduate courses to students. This webpage can be found at:
 
http://www.mun.ca/hss/courses.php

Blue Box Seminar

Frontiers of Sustainability: Moving on from Patchwork to Framework in Arctic Sustainability Research.

Dr. Andrey Petrov, from the Department of Geography, University of Northern Iowa

Friday March 17th, 3-4pm, Sn-2025

Announcement to Geography Majors interested in Field Method Courses

Field School Information Meeting

Friday 24 March, SN-2025

Geography 2226:  12:00-12:20

Geography 3226: 12:30-12:50

 

Geography 1050-Per-Course Appointment

The Department of Geography invites applications from individuals interested in teaching Geography 1050: Geographies of Global Change in the Spring 2017 semester.

World Fisheries Day

Do you enjoy tasty (and free) local seafood and learning about fisheries and coastal communities? Mark your calendars for World Fisheries Day – Monday, November 21st 2016 – and join the Too Big To Ignore research network (TBTI) for a celebration of our province’s fisheries called ‘ReCODnecting: Renew, Reimagine, Revitalize’

Northern ambassador

Dr. Trevor Bell, a respected field scientist, who has spent his recent career championing Arctic research, is a finalist for a prestigious $1-million national honour often called the Nobel Prize of the North.

Blue Box Seminar Series presents: From By-products to Co-product: Distillers Grains, Feed and the Friction of Consumption

Presentation by Dr. Sarah Martin from the Political Science Department.

Friday, November 4th, 3-4 pm, SN-2025

Two MA funding opportunities

We invite applications for two MA positions on "Anthropocene and Decarbonization:Mapping the Controversies."

Geography 3222: Per-Course Appointment

The Department of Geography invites applications from individuals interested in teaching Geography 3222:Research Design and Quantitative Methods in the Winter 2017 semester.

Blue Box Seminar Series Presents "Dawn of the plastishpere"

Dawn of the Plastisphere-an ethnography of the materual politics of plastic naturecultures" by Sven Bergmann.  Friday, September 23, 3-4pm in room SN-2025

Geography in the Fall for All!

Thinking of taking a course in Geography, but haven't taken on before?

Masters student gathers tales of Asbestos Hill for thesis

When graduate student Jeanette Carney noted that little had been documented on the impacts of Nunavik’s first mine, she set about interviewing former Asbestos Hill workers and their families as part of her thesis. Jeanette's work is currently featured in Nunatsiaq Online. Read the full story here. 

The final results book from the Abandoned Mines in Northern Canada project is here!

The final results book from the Abandoned Mines in Northern Canada project is here! Memorial University's John Sandlos and Arn Keeling have published an edited book, Mining and Communities in Northern Canada: History, Politics, Memory, with University of Calgary Press.

Community Development Below Zero

Department of Geography PhD candidate Rudy Rieldsperger is featured in this week's Gazette for his work in Arviat, Nunavut, where he's part of a project looking at climate change adaptation in the North.

Working with Complexity in Multiple-Use Coastal Areas

Victoria Rogers, a MA student supervised by Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee, travelled to Thailand last summer to carry out research on multiple-use coastal areas. As she puts it, "coastal areas are incredibly complex and conservation efforts rarely occur in isolation of other human activities." Victoria writes about the motivation for her research, and her experience in Thailand.

The Geography-Folklore Consuming Cultures Harlow Programme is a go!

The Department of Geography and Folkore are collaborating on an exciting new Harlow programme called ‘Consuming Cultures: From Field to Plate’.  The programme will take place in May and June and will focus on the changing historical, cultural and economic landscape of food in England. 

Dr Gavin Bridge, Henrietta Harvey Distinguished Lecturer 2015

The Geography Department will be hosting Dr Gavin Bridge through the Henrietta Harvey Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr Bridge is an expert on extractive industries and especially oil - the title of his lecture on Thursday at 7pm in the Inco Innovation Lecture theatre is 'Oil's unconventional future'

Mobilizing Research Knowledge in the Digital Age

Victoria Bailey, a MA student supervised by Dr. Charles Mather, is passionate about the “role of radio in research, not only as a means of mobilizing knowledge, but as a way of meaningfully engaging research participants in the process.”

Voyage on the Amundsen

Robert Deering, M.Sc. student with the Department of Geography, boarded the Amundsen (an icebreaker operated by The Canadian Coast Guard) this fall in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, to travel through the Northwest Passage.

Pesca-kucha: Fisheries Presentations in a Whole New Format at 2WSFC

The art of conciseness and creativity in a fisheries presentation: it is pesca-kucha. This is a new and energizing way to present data. The worldwide premier pesca-kucha session took place during the 2WSFC.

2WSFC Participants Enjoyed the Field Excursion in the Yucatán Region

On Wednesday, congress participants were the given the opportunity to explore some areas outside of Merida. They visited Mayan ruins and the small port city of Progresso. During the excursion, participants engaged in discussions with locals fishers and their families, and had the unique opportunity to share a meal of local fish with them. The last stop was to the port to see the fish being landed.

Small-Scale Fisheries, Food Rights and Food Security: Dr. Alejandro Flores at the 2WSFC

Plenary speaker Dr. Flores examines how fisheries can contribute to food security and the human right to food at the 2nd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress in Merida, Mexico. He focused particularly on the Latin American context, in which food security has been greatly improved in the past decade.

The Future of Small-Scale Fisheries Research: Student Forum at the 2WSFC

By students, for students: students took charge of planning and leading a Student Forum focused on students and early career scientists, which provided an opportunity for sharing experiences and discussing options for future small-scale fisheries research and researchers.

 

The Future of Small-Scale Fisheries Research: Student Forum at the 2WSFC

By students, for students: students took charge of planning and leading a Student Forum focused on students and early career scientists, which provided an opportunity for sharing experiences and discussing options for future small-scale fisheries research and researchers.

Launch of crowd-sourced information system brings together small-scale fisheries researchers from around the world

The Information System on Small-Scale Fisheries (ISSF) was officially launched on September 23, 2014 at the 2^nd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress held in Merida, Mexico. This online, open-source information system offers a platform for people interested in small-scale fisheries around the world to collaborate and share data.

Geography Alumnus is the Shorefast Foundation’s Geologist-in-Residence

Kevin Sheppard, Geography alumnus, has recently accepted a temporary residency with the “Geology at the Edge Program” on Fogo Island and Change Islands.

 

Geography Honours student wins multiple awards

Kyle White has been the recipient of multiple scholarships in recognition of academic and professional achievement.

 

Can we learn to co-exist with coyotes?

Can we learn to co-exist with coyotes?

Carly Sponarski, a geography PhD student, designed an experiential coyote education program called Sharing Space: Living with Coyotes. Sharing Space was created to target attitudes, risk perceptions and preventative measures that would enable people to feel more comfortable in situations where coyotes are present.

Can we learn to co-exist with coyotes?

Can we learn to co-exist with coyotes?

Carly Sponarski, a geography PhD student, designed an experiential coyote education program called Sharing Space: Living with Coyotes. Sharing Space was created to target attitudes, risk perceptions and preventative measures that would enable people to feel more comfortable in situations where coyotes are present.

 

Geographers Engage

The Department of Geography was well represented at Engage Memorial Fest at the Arts and Culture Centre Wednesday, an event organized to raise public awareness of collaborative activities at MUN.

 

Reassembling Rubbish Electronics in Fronteras, Mexico

A research team from the department headed to Fronteras, Mexico over the winter break to facilitate a training workshop with members of Retroworks de México (RDM), an electronics recycling and refurbishing enterprise interested in figuring out how fair trade electronics refurbishment and recycling might be done. 

 

Geography team mobilizes climate change science for decision-making in Nunavut

Trevor Bell and Philippe LeBlanc are working with ArcticNet investigators to mobilize scientific knowledge for climate change adaptation and actions in the Eastern Canadian Arctic.

 

Building geographical literacy through integrated learning

Geographical literacy has been in the news this week, thanks to some recent coverage on CBC. The initial news story discussed a Sociology professor’s belief that students lack “elementary” geographical literacy. Charles Mather, Head of Geography, responded to this article in interviews with Leigh Anne Power and Anthony Germain on two of CBC Radio’s morning stations in Newfoundland on Wednesday, January 16.

 

Building geographical literacy through integrated learning

Geographical literacy has been in the news this week, thanks to some recent coverage on CBC. The initial news story discussed a Sociology professor’s belief that students lack “elementary” geographical literacy. Charles Mather, Head of Geography, responded to this article in interviews with Leigh Anne Power and Anthony Germain on two of CBC Radio’s morning stations in Newfoundland on Wednesday, January 16.

Gorgeous Beasts on campus

Dean Bavington’s latest publication is a co-authored book chapter entitled “Fishing for Biomass” with long-time collaborator Sajay Samuel of Penn State University. Their chapter explores how cod and cod fishermen have been fundamentally changed through scientific management and alternative ways fish and fishermen can be understood outside the managerial frame.

Large-scale project on small-scale fisheries

Ratana Chuenpagdee of the Geography Department is heading a new international, multi-institution project on small-scale fisheries.

Rising seas threaten coastal archaeology in Newfoundland

New research paper predicts that archaeological sites in northern Newfoundland are at risk over the next 15–50 years, including internationally important sites at L’Anse aux Meadows and Port au Choix.