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- 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
- Senior Lecturer Tara Holland Receives SFU 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Bright Addae
- GIS undergraduate students participate in the Canada-wide 2024 AppChallenge competition
- Senior Lecturer Andrew Perkins Receives SFU 2024 Dean's Award of Excellence in Teaching
- Congratulations to Alysha van Duynhoven, Canada's 2024 ESRI Young Scholar
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Robert Ehlert
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Stephan Nieweler
- Eugene McCann writes on "livable cities" in The Tyee
- Tiana Andjelic wins the 2024 SFU ECCE GIS Scholarship Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Marina Chavez
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Mia Fitzpatrick
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Lan Qing Zhao
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Tyler Cole
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Benjamin Lartey
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Olivia Nieves
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Max Hurson
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to John Sykes
- Farewell to Robert "Bob" Horsfall, Associate Professor
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to André Araújo
- SFU Geography welcomes ethnobotanist, Leigh Joseph, as professor of Indigenous geographies
- Physical Geography September: What is Physical Geography?
- Alysha Van Duynhoven communicates award-winning research at international GIS conference
- How Dr. Tracy Brennand’s visionary leadership shaped the Department of Geography - a heartfelt thank-you
- Dr. Tracy Brennand honoured with the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Jay Matsushiba
- Human Geography October: What is Human Geography?
- MA Student Joy Russell featured on CBC Vancouver
- Human Geography October: What is Urban Worlds?
- Ajay Minhas Receives 2024 Warren Gill Award
- Dr. Nadine Schuurman featured in SFU news article on Runnability
- GIS Month: What is Geographic Information Science (GIS)?
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Joy Russell
- Perspectives from students using ChatGPT in a large enrollment fully online GIS Course
- Motivations, Habits and Risks of using ChatGPT in the On-Campus Quantitative Geography course
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Ian McDonald
- 2025 Archives
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Negin Shooraj
- SFU Geography Alumni Sean Orr wins Vancouver council seat in byelection
- Rosemary Collard awarded 2024 SFU Excellence in Teaching Award
- SFU Students Designed and Developed a GeoApp as a Living Wage Calculator
- Undergraduate students team secures third-place in Canada-wide GeoApp competition
- SFU Geography Wins Big at 2025 CAG Annual Conference
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Alex Sodeman
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Tintin Yang
- In Memory of Leonard "Len" Evenden, Professor Emeritus
- Gabrielle Wong awarded 2025 Gordon M. Shrum Medal
- Dr. Bright Addae awarded 2025 Graduate Dean's Convocation Medal
- Congratulations to Alysha van Duynhoven for Teaching Assistant Excellence Award
- Wildfires to waterways: SFU Geography grad takes action to protect the environment
- Making a difference on and off-campus: student leader and changemaker, Gabrielle Wong, awarded SFU convocation medal
- 2025 Alumni Newsletter
- Kira Sokolovskaia wins the 2025 SFU ECCE GIS Scholarship Award
- Mapping a path to City Hall: SFU alumnus shares journey to becoming Mayor of New Westminster
- 2024 Archives
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Departmental Committees
Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Geoff Mann (Chair 2024-2026)
- Eugene McCann
- Andrew Perkins
- Nadine Schuurman
- Nathan Komukai & Gabrielle Wong (UG)
- Nick Blomley, Ex Officio
- Tessa Haywood/Ravinder Multani - UG Advisors (non-voting)
Graduate Studies Committee
- Rosemary Collard (Chair 2024-2027)
- Suzana Dragicevic
- Jesse Hahm
- Tara Holland
- Grad Rep tba
- Nick Blomley, Ex Officio
- Curtis Platson, GSC Assistant (non-voting
Communications & Events Committee
- Leanne Roderick (Chair 2024-2027)
- Shiv Balram
- Bing Lu (Summer 2024)
- Kirsten Zickfeld (Fall 2024)
- Margaret Schmidt (Spring 2025)
- Gabrielle Wong, UGrad rep
- Grad rep, TBA
- Nick Blomley, Ex Officio
- Joyce Chen, Staff Rep
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Committee
- Shiv Balram (Fall 2024)
- Bing Lu (Spring & Summer 2025)
- Sharon Luk
- Kirsten Zickfeld
- Irina Lipnitskaya, UG rep
- Grad Rep, tba
- Tessa Haywood, Staff Rep
- Nick Blomley, Ex-Officio
Tenure and Promotions Committee
- Tracy Brennand (Chair until August 31)
- Nick Blomley (Chair September 1 onward)
- Suzana Dragicevic
- Eugene McCann
- May Farrales
- Sharon Luk
- Nadine Schuurman
- Tara Holland
Strategic Planning Committee
- Nick Blomley (Chair)
- Eugene McCann
- Andrew Perkins
- Nadine Schuurman
- Anker Baker (non-voting)
- B-Jae Kelly (resources only/non-voting)
- Grad Rep (resources only/non-voting) tba
Other positions
- Academic Integrity Advisor – Shiv Balram
- Library Rep – Sharon Luk (Fall 2024), Margaret Schmidt (Spring, Summer 2025)
- FIC Liaison – Tara Holland
Department Meeting Student Reps
- Grad Student Rep – Tyler Cole
- Undergrad Rep – Gabrielle Wong/Jeffrey Collinson
Geography Student Union co-Presidents
- Gabrielle Wong & Max MacInnes-Cann
Geography Graduate Association President
- Lucy Burns
The normal term for committees is September 1 to August 31 except for the CEC, which is from May 1 to April 30 and TPC which is April 15 – April 14.