2020 Archives

The Association of American Geographers (AAG) has announced two new editors for their flagship...

“Geography is commonly misunderstood,” says Margaret Marietta Ramírez, SFU’s latest human...

The Department of Geography would like to recognize Nesha Wright for the successful...

Our recent PhD graduate, Taylor Anderson was chosen by the AAG Marble Fund and the...

I grew up in a small town at Germany's former border between East and West. After studying a...

With millions of lives at risk, economies being obliterated, mass unemployment and one-fifth...

Dr. Shiv Balram has received the 2020 J. Alistair McVey Award for Teaching Excellence from the...

Eugene McCann contributed with other urban academics from around the world to a podcast on the...

Congratulations to geography student Abigail Herd, one of the winners of the 2019 Student...

The winner of the 2020 SFU Esri Canada Center of Excellence (ECCE) in GIS Scholarship is Danielle...

The Department of Geography would like to recognize Michael Curran for the successful defence of...

One factor strongly correlating with academic dishonesty is time pressure. In the regular...

The Geography 2020 Grad Research Day was held on Earth Day April 22nd in two sessions (10:45-12:00h...

Andrew Longhurst (PhD student, Department of Geography) and Kendra Strauss’s (Associate Professor...

Nicholas Blomley is a Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University. He has a...

Congratulations to Vimbikayi Rachel Chimuka who did an excellent job at defending her MSc thesis...

Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Anderson on being a 2020 recipient of the SFU Governor General’s Gold...

SFU's Spring 2020 Virtual Convocation ceremony will take place June 11!  You can view...

Eugene McCann recently published an essay on "Spaces of publicness & the world after...

Alison Gill received 2020 President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Canadian Association of...

Eugene McCann, Friederike Landau, and Lise Mahieus recently published an article on how...

Rosemary Collard and Jessica Dempsey's (University of British Columbia) new article...

Congratulations to Kirsten Zickfeld on being awarded an SFU Distinguished Professorship....

Congratulations to Chris Mitchell, SFU Geography student (pictured here, on the right), on being...

Eugene McCann was interviewed on the radio show “This is Hell” about his recent essay,...

Bing Lu joins us as an Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing of Global Environmental Change (July...

May Farrales joins us as an Assistant Professor in Urban Social Change (August 1, 2020),...

The Department of Geography would like to recognize Babak Kasraei for the successful defence of his...

The rapid-fire pivot to remote course delivery may eventually become both a blessing and a curse. A...

Congratulations to both Claire Shapton and Marina Chavez, who have both received SFU CERi Graduate...

The Department of Geography would like to recognize Ruslan Rydvanskiy for the successful defence of...

William Jesse Hahm et al. published an article in Environmental Research...

A brand new museum exhibition showcasing the work of the Landscapes of Injustice project will be...

Leanne Roderick was recently appointed to Squamish’s Economic Leadership Team. The...

Congratulations to this year's 2020 Warren Gill Memorial Award recipient - Bradley...

The Geography 2020 Grad Research Day was held on Earth Day April 22.  A total of 36...

The Department of Geography would like to recognize and, more importantly, congratulate the...

Dr. William Jesse Hahm's research program was highlighted on a news article.  See the...

Dr. William Jesse Hahm's recently accepted publication has now been published online:...

SFU's Fall 2020 Virtual Convocation ceremony will take place on October 23rd!  You can...

Dr. Jesse Hahm has been awarded a grant from the John R. Evans Leaders fund at the Canadian...

A new public report, "Who Benefits from Caribou Decline" has just been released by the...

The New Books Network podcast recently interviewed SFU geography faculty member Rosemary Collard...

The Department of Geography at SFU stands in solidarity with Black students, faculty, staff and...