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- Scientists dig deep and find a way to accurately predict snowmelt after droughts
- Cracking the Case of Missing Snowmelt After Drought
- 2023 Esri Canada GIS Scholarship for SFU
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Daniel Murphy
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Kyle Kusack
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Matthew Taylor
- Anke Baker Wins Staff Achievement Award
- Spring 2023 Virtual Geospeaker Event with Ginger Gosnell-Myers
- CAG Paper Presentation Award - Congratulations to Alysha van Duynhoven!
- Informing & Engaging Urban Youth on Public Hearings: GEOG 363 Final Showcase
- Research Talk: Modeling Urban Wetland Complexities
- Highlight Paper: Quantifying land carbon cycle feedbacks under negative CO2 emissions
- Bright Addae winner of the 2023 SFU ECCE GIS Scholarship Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Jonny Cripps
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Diandra Oliver
- 2023 Geospeaker Presentation with Dr. Pauline McGuirk
- Congratulations to Our Graduates - October 2023
- Evaluating the impact of educational goals at SFU
- The Belongings of Precariously Housed People - A Report
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Takuma Mihara
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Adrienne Arbor
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Claire Shapton
- 2023 Distinguished Speaker Presentation with Dr. Deb Cowen
- Cheers to Paul Degrace and his well-earned retirement!
- 2024 Archives
- Professor Nicholas Blomley Honored with the Community-Engaged Research Achievement Award
- Graduate Students Claire Shapton and Marina Chavez Honored with the Community-Engaged Graduate Scholar Award
- Applications now open: 2024 ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship for SFU
- Associate Professor Rosemary Collard achieves 13th place on SFU Altmetric List
- The PEAK feature: GSU hosts inaugural RANGE conference
- Gabrielle Wong wins First Prize in 2023 Student Learning Commons Writing Contest
- Gabrielle Wong receives Warren Gill Memorial Award
- Professor Nick Blomley receives Warren Gill Memorial Award for Community Impact
- Geography Student Union recipient of the FENV 2024 Changemaker Awards
- Senior Lecturer Tara Holland reveals the secret sauce of great teaching
- Hallway Screens Slides
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Rachel Forbes - BA Geography (Honours)
Rachel graduated from SFU in 2004 with a BA (Hons) in Geography, minor in Communications and a Certificate in Urban Studies. She completed a Bachelor of Laws in 2008 with a focus on Environmental and Aboriginal Law at the University of Victoria.
During Rachel’s time at SFU she volunteered for a variety of initiatives including the Sustainable Campus Coalition, Burnaby Mountain Development Working Group, and Sustainable SFU (now Embark). She also volunteered as the elected student representative on the SFU Community Trust Board of Directors before working for the Trust as a planning assistant leading community art, affordable housing, daycare and stormwater management initiatives the year after she graduated.
Rachel lived, worked, volunteered and worked out on campus for the majority of 1999-2005 and so she has too many favourite memories to narrow it down to one! She did especially love the beautiful views, the fog (even though it blocked the views), working at Higher Grounds and the Highland Pub, her experience during the Semester in Dialogue and all things geography.
Rachel worked at various organizations as a lawyer, including West Coast Environmental Law Association (2011-13), Lidstone & Company Law Corporation (2009-11), Ratcliff & Company (2008-9), and the Environmental Law Centre at UVic (2007-8)
In 2013, Rachel founded Sharp Six, a professional services firm that adds capacity to community driven organizations by providing governance management and workshops, strategic planning, project coordination, and grant/proposal development services. Sharp Six also includes Sharp Solutions, a microlending program.
Rachel is currently the Executive Director of the Learning Disabilities Society of Greater Vancouver. NEED TO CONFIRM THIS (from linkedin)