Meet the Geography Student Society (GSS) at the University of Guelph. This is a group of students, from a variety of academic backgrounds, with a shared interest in geography. We meet on Wednesdays at 5:45pm for discussions, game nights, social hours, academic help, and more. You do not have to have ANY background knowledge in geography, or be a student of the Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics, to attend.
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/
SOME GOOD NEWS GEG!
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.
SOME GOOD NEWS!
Have a listen to the new podcast series: “Social FISHtancing” by Phil Loring, postdoc Hannah Harrison and MA Student Emily De Sousa.
In this podcast they share the stories of small-scale fishermen as they cope and adapt to COVID-19 impacts on the seafood industry. https://soundcloud.com/conservechange (the podcast can also be found on Apple Podcasts or Spotify under “Coastal Routes Radio” .
Doctoral student Jessica Lukawiecki recently published the paper "Meaningful engagement with Indigenous peoples: a case study of Ontario’s Great Lakes Protection Act" in the International Journal of Water Resources Development. Jessica's paper was featured in an article published in the Anishinabek News.