Archives: Geography and Environmental Studies

Archives: Geography and Environmental Studies

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Chris Burn receives first-ever Yukon North Slope Conservation Award

Carleton Geography Professor Chris Burn has been awarded the first Yukon North Slope Conservation Award by the Wildlife Management Advisory Council for North Slope. The award was established by the... More

Posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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Environmental Studies students take to the Fletcher Wildlife Garden

This fall, students of the class Environmental Studies 2000: Nature and Environment crossed the Rideau Canal to help volunteers at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden with some urban wildlife habitat work.... More

Posted on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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Carleton’s Chris Burn receives Prize for Excellence in Permafrost and Periglacial Research

Carleton University is pleased to announce that Christopher Burn, who holds an NSERC Northern Research Chair at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, has been awarded the PPP Prize... More

Posted on Monday, July 23rd, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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Christopher Burn presented with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has honoured Carleton’s Christopher Burn for his contribution as vice-president of the society. He was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond... More

Posted on Monday, April 16th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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DGES prof collaborating on a SSHRC-funded research project on comparative greenbelt governance

Assistant Professor Jill Wigle is currently collaborating on a SSHRC-funded research project on comparative “greenbelt” governance and related processes of socio-spatial appropriation and... More

Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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DGES faculty member receives the 2012 Henry Cowles Award for Excellence in Publication

The Henry C. Cowles Award for Best Publication is awarded annually by the Biogeography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.  The Cowles Award was established in 1998 in honor... More

Posted on Monday, February 27th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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India and beyond- Professor Fraser Taylor works in support of the Canada-India Centre for Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy

By Nick Ward Fraser Taylor wears many professional hats.  Renowned for his reputation as a Distinguished Research Professor of International Affairs and Geography and Environmental Studies, he also... More

Posted on Monday, January 9th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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Scientific Research of Carleton Professor Contributes to the Theatre

By Nick Ward No one’s an island, Cameron. You, your parents, London, Qikiqtaruk, the whales, the guillemots, the living, the dead. We’re all connected. If one moves we all move. Well – that’s... More

Posted on Monday, November 28th, 2011 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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Canadian Ice Shelves Breaking up at High Speed

Canadian ice shelves are changing at an unexpected rate, with almost 50 per cent lost in the last six years, experts say. Carleton University’s Derek Mueller says this summer has resulted in the... More

Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2011 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies

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Canadian Association of Geographers Awards Wallace

Iain Wallace, a professor with Carleton’s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, is the recipient of the 2011 Award for Service to the Profession of Geography from the Canadian... More

Posted on Monday, June 27th, 2011 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Geography and Environmental Studies Feed for all posts filed under Geography and Environmental Studies