UBC Geography

Join us Tuesday November 25th for our next Geography Colloquium with Geoff Mann, Distinguished Professor, Simon Fraser University

"Damaged Functions: The Politics of Precision"

Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

Researchers at UBC, SFU and the UVic are working with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and BC Parks to better understand and steward some of B.C.’s most iconic and beloved landscapes: the alpine ecosystems of the southwest Coast Mountains.

Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/ubc-res...

Join us Tuesday November 18th for our next Geography Colloquium with Avery Everhart (Geography, UBC) and Jasbir Puar (Social Justice Institute, UBC) where they will discuss their latest research on the centrality of gender and sexuality to the operations of fascism.

Event info: kntn.ly/7acd4c85

Join us in welcoming new Assistant Professor Dr. Dolpopa to @ubc Geography! Dr. Dolpopa’s research focuses on Indigenous political ecology.

Learn more about Dr. Dolpopa and his research:

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Join us Tuesday November 4th for our next Geography Colloquium with UBC Geography PhD student Suman Bhattacharyya and professor Marwan Hassan discuss how Human Impacts Both Amplify and Dampen Climate-Driven Extreme Streamflow.

Talk abstract and speaker bio:
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Thursday, October 30th, 6 PM at the The xwθəθiqətəm Liu Institute for Global Issues, Priti Narayan, Assistant Professor from Geography, UBC, will be moderating a panel which will discuss the continued silence on caste-based discrimination in Canada.

More details here: asia.ubc.ca/events/event...

Join us for our next Geography Colloquium with UBCs EDGES Collaborative
Leila Harris, IRES and GRSJ, UBC
Rachel Stern, Geography, UBC
Manvi Bhalla, EDGES, UBC
Renata Rovelo, IRES, UBC
Kendra Fanconi, Artist, Director, Creator

Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

This upcoming Tuesday, we are very fortunate to be hosting Rosalba Velasco, the Chief Counselor of the CRIC (consejo regional indígena del Cauca) in Colombia. This event is co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Landscapes cluster

Talk abstract and speaker bio: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

Applications for the 2025/26 IBPOC Student Support Fund has been extended to October 17th!

This award supports students from Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities of colour studying climate change at UBC.

Learn more & apply: rb.gy/8qdg0a

Geography Colloquium for Term 1 starts next Tuesday, October 14th. See the schedule here:

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Challenges, changes, and research: Insights from UBC’s University Killam Professors - alumni UBC Meet UBC’s three newest University Killam Professors as they explore the local and worldwide impact of their innovative research in biological, socio-political, and legal systems.

Jamie Peck to speak at UBC Dialogues series "Challenges, changes, and research: Insights from UBC’s University Killam Professors"

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Jennifer Williams, Nina Hewitt and Courtney Collins showcasing Alpine Horizons alpinehorizons.ca at the Beaty BRC opening short-url.org/1brdJ

Applications for the 2025/26 IBPOC Student Support Fund are now open! Created in partnership with @UBCeoas, this award supports students from Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities of colour studying climate change at UBC.

Learn more & apply: rb.gy/8qdg0a

Geography Professor Michele Koppes and several graduate students from the Critical Physical Geography research collective call for diversity of scientific thought and reflexive approaches in a new Ecosphere article.

Learn more:

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The Atmospheric Apparitions mini-symposium on Sept 18-19 2025 is free and open to the public. We encourage you to visit the departmental Atmospheric Apparitions: Particle Pollutants – Dust, Ash, Smog and Smoke! exhibition July 21-Sept 26, 2025

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UBC Geography and the UBC Liu Lobby Gallery welcome you to an interdisciplinary art exhibition titled ATMOSPHERIC APPARITIONS: Particle Pollutants – Dust, Ash, Smog and Smoke, currently on view until September 26, 2025.

Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/atmosph...

UBC Geography Professors Simon Donner, Kate Hale, McKenzie Kuhn and Marysa Laguë recognized for excellence with 2025 NSERC Discovery Grants.

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Congratulations Assistant Profs Avery Everhart (@averyeverhart.bsky.social) & Kate Hale, recipients of the 2024/25 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award! 👏Their exceptional research spans transgender healthcare access and snow hydrology.

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Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke New app estimates health impacts of breathing smoke from wildfires

New @harvard.edu research, along w/ Dr. @tinaliu.bsky.social, launches an online platform to help identify areas in need of controlled burns or other #wildfire management strategies, to increase safety and reduce smoke exposure. 🔥

More: seas.harvard.edu/news/2025/06...

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We’re thrilled to launch the Right to Cool White Paper – a bold, rights-based vision for equitable climate resilience in BC. Rooted in lived experience and policy analysis, it calls for systemic action to protect those most impacted by rising heat.

Read the full paper here! tinyurl.com/2fer2bad

Research Profile: Rachel Stern - housing justice in the climate emergency PhD candidate and Public Scholar Rachel Stern has been focused on the intersection of housing insecurity, heat vulnerability and aging for some time. Read more about her timely work.

PhD candidate and Public Scholar Rachel Stern’s research focuses on the intersection of housing insecurity, heat vulnerability, and aging. Her latest community-engaged project explores seniors’ lived experiences of heat in their homes.

Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/researc...

📢 Applications are now open for the 2025–26 Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies!

Enhance your UBC degree with a specialization in migration and mobilities studies.
🗓️ Application deadline: June 23, 2025

Learn more & apply: migration.ubc.ca/graduate-stu...

Siobhán Wittig McPhee named an AMS UBC Open Education Resource Champion Dr. Siobhán Wittig McPhee (she/her) has been named a 2025 AMS UBC OER Champion for her outstanding commitment to advancing affordable access through developing and utilizing OERs core to her innovativ...

Join us in congratulating Dr. Siobhán Wittig McPhee, 2025 AMS UBC Open Education Resource (OER) Champion🏆, for her outstanding commitment to advancing affordable access to education by making OERs core to her innovative teaching practice. 👏

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Professor Merje Kuus delves into the nuances of the storytelling of the BC wine industry and suggests we flip the narrative, asking what wine itself sells, rather than how best to sell wine. 🍷📷

What Does Wine Sell?
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Geography Professor @naomiaklein.bsky.social weighs in on the current state of affairs in the US and beyond.

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UBC Geography Professor @naomiaklein.bsky.social speaks with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now about about Trump, Musk, Far Right & "End Times Fascism"

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Join us for our final Geography Colloquium April 22nd with Dr. Shenjing He, Professor & Director of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong.🏙️

When: April 22nd, 12:30pm
Where: Geog 229 & Zoom
Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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CMS Research Conference 2025: Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes - Centre for Migration Studies Join CMS for Research Conference 2025 on May 1-2 at xʷθəθiqətəm, Liu Institute, to explore migration, mobilities, and changing political landscapes.

Join us on May 1-2 at the Liu Institute for Global Issues (UBC Vancouver) for the CMS Research Conference 2025: Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes.

📣 Full program now available!

Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

Join us April 8th for our next Geography Colloquium with human geographer and critical migration scholar Dr. David Durand-Delacre for his talk “Human Mobilities in a Changing Climate”.

When: April 8th, 12:30pm
Where: Geog 229 & Zoom
Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

Congratulations to hydro-geomorphology Masters student Raju Ahmed - recipient of the 2024 Sandy Lapsky Award! 🥳

Raju's work focuses on historical patterns of extreme hydrological events to enhance flood risk management policies and strategies. 🏔️💦

Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/raju-ah...