News

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. 

The following news about graduate student Amy (Zhaoshu) Shi’s MSc research with the department. It’s good news for our research and its impact, but actually fairly bad news for the province and our forest ecosystems.

The Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership which is co-hosted by UoG with the participation of many GEG faculty and students has released the Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas Knowledge Basket which is a digital space to honour, celebrate, and catalyze Indigenous-led conservation.

It is full of resources and stories for anyone interested in conservation in Canada. Start your learning journey now - www.ipcaknowledgebasket.ca.

The Watershed Evaluation Group at the University of Guelph is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join the research team led by Dr. Wanhong Yang.

More good news to report!

Our PhD student Marjan Asgari as the lead author, published a paper "A Review of Parallel Computing Applications in Calibrating Watershed Hydrologic Models" in the prestigious journal "Environmental Modelling and Software". This review paper was developed based on her preparation for the qualifying examination.

Kate Parizeau has been co-awarded the American Association of Geographers' 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Award.