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CAGONT 2019 is being hosted by the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Guelph on October 25-26. The conference will open with a reception and plenary panel on Friday, October 25. Paper and poster sessions to follow on Saturday, October 26.

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We’re letting you know about a great event run by our department to facilitate community, collaboration and learning over lunch. The Brown Bag Speaker Series is a weekly opportunity to meet faculty and professionals in your field and to broaden your geographical knowledge. 

Excited to report that GEG Post doc Hannah Harrison just received the SSHRC SIG Explore Grant to support local ecological knowledge mapping and film ethnography with Lake Ontario commercial fishers as part of the Coastal Routes project. http://www.coastalroutes.org/

Had your fill of the US elections? How about a lesson on how to read those US election maps.

In celebrating the new GEG program CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP, join us for a virtual discussion about the current conservation crises facing Canada. Sept. 17 3:30-5 pm. Register at http://uoguel.ph/mcl-launch/

Phil Loring, along with coauthors Dr. Liz Jackson and Sam Laban of CESI, and Merryn Maynard of the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security published an op-ed in University Affairs. Read "Student food insecurity: a problem before, during and after COVID-19".

Jen Silver and Noella Gray are featured today on the University home page "How a Global Ocean Treaty could Protect Biodiversity in the High Seas". This article was republished from The Conversation.