School of Geography & Earth Sciences

"Achieving international distinction for creativity, innovation and excellence in geographical, geological and environmental education, research and outreach."

News and Event

Mike Waddington and Mark Tarnopolsky aim to get kids off the sofa and on the trail

Congratulations to Ashley McDonald who successfully defended her MA thesis.

The work of Kelsey Norlund and Lesley Warren highlighted in the Canadian Light Source.

Sean Fletcher Moving mountains to teach students geology

Seminars

Shock metamorphism of Martian meteorites

Dr. Ansgar Greshake
(Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany

Date: Wednesday, February 10 at 3:30p.m.
Place: General Sciences Building, Rm. 330

All are welcome to attend

Homeland politics and local ethnicity: popular geopolitics in the Toronto Evening Telegram in the early twentieth century

Dr. William Jenkins,
Department of Geography,
York University

Date: Wednesday, February 24 at 3:30p.m.
Place: General Sciences Building, Rm. 330

All are welcome to attend

Geographical Associations

Conferences

AAG, Association of American Geographers, April 14-18, 2010 Washington, D.C.
GAC®-MAC GeoCanada 2010, Annual Meeting GeoCanada 2010 Calgary - May 10-13, 2010
CAG, Canadian Association of Geographers, 2010 Annual Meeting, June 1 to Saturday June 5
Hosted by the University of Regin
CGU, Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Scientific Meeting Joint Meeting with CMOS in Ottawa, May 30 - June 5, 2010
2nd International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 8-10 July 2010
2nd Annual TRANSLOG 2010 Conference: June 15-16, 2010, Hamilton, Ontario.
The Canadian Geomatics Conference, Calgary, Alberta, June 14 to 18, 2010

Information

SGES Directory

Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor Seminar

Public Lecture

Data Problems in the Modern Age

Dr. Arthur Getis
Department of Geography
San Diego State University

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Place:Burke Science Bldg. 137

Koffee Klatch

SGES Kofee Klatch every Tuesday from 10:15 a.m. in BSB 330 This is a drop-in event!

2010 Upwind Downwind Conference: Air Knows No Boundaries

Sunday, Feb 21st and Monday, Feb 22nd, 2010 in Hamilton, Ontario at the Hamilton Convention Centre

Comming Soon! TAPP Program

The TAPP Program is designed to provide SGES TA's with the background knowledge, skills and support to help them develop their professional skills as teaching assistants. Meeting to be announced shortly

SGES High School and Community Outreach Program! Updates to the programs and more detailed information can be found here.

ACCELERATE Ontario - Ontario’s Graduate Research
Internship Program

Resource Schedule Geo Room Bookings

Geography Departments Worldwide

Online Graduate Studies Application Process for September 2010 admission is now available.