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- 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
- Hallway Screens Slides
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May 16, 2025
Congratulations to the SolutionsForUS team—Ben Schoening, Gus Schiele, and Vincent Liu—for earning...
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May 01, 2025
Undergraduate students Ben Schoening, Gus Schiele, and Vincent Liu enrolled in our GIS Programs...
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March 27, 2025
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April 29, 2025
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April 29, 2025
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Negin Shooraj for the successful defence...
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December 19, 2024
The rise of artificial intelligence generally and ChatGPT specifically has the potential to both...
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December 17, 2024
The GEOG 150 Digital Earth course introduces students to the principles and practice of geographic...
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December 03, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Joy Russell for the successful defence of her...
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November 06, 2024
GIS, or Geographic Information Science is a powerful tool used to capture, store, analyze, and...
2024 News
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January 31, 2024
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January 23, 2024
DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 15, 2024. The call for applications is now open for the 2024...
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January 02, 2024
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January 22, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that graduate students Claire Shapton and Marina Chavez have been...
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January 22, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Nicholas Blomley has been honored with the prestigious...
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February 12, 2024
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February 05, 2024
The PEAK, SFU's student newspaper, has featured a story about the SFU Geography Student Union...
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March 22, 2024
The winners of the 2023 Awards for Excellence in Teaching were asked what matters most to their...
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March 06, 2024
The FENV Changemaker Awards celebrates dedicated students who are making positive social or...
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March 06, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that our Senior Lecturer, Tara Holland, has received the 2023 SFU...
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March 05, 2024
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April 18, 2024
GIS students Tiana Andjelic (BEnv) and Vincent Liu (CS) dedicated a full week of their Spring 2024...
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April 05, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Bright Addae for the successful defence of his...
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May 28, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Robert Ehlert for the successful defence...
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May 06, 2024
Alysha van Duynhoven, who is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, is the winner of the...
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May 03, 2024
Fall 2024 GEOG 111 - Earth Systems GEOG 312 - Geography of Natural Hazards GEOG 412W - Glacial...
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June 26, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Stephan Nieweler for the successful...
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June 10, 2024
Master of Science Takuma Mihara Adrienne Arbor
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July 29, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Mia Fitzpatrick for the successful defence of...
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July 25, 2024
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July 22, 2024
Congratulations to Tiana Andjelic who has been awarded the 2024 Esri Canada GIS Scholarship for...
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July 10, 2024
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August 30, 2024
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August 28, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize André Araújo for the successful defence of...
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August 15, 2024
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August 22, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize John Sykes for the successful defence of his...
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August 22, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Max Hurson for the successful defence of his...
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August 06, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Olivia Nieves for the successful defence of her...
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August 06, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Benjamin Lartey for the successful defence of...
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August 06, 2024
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August 02, 2024
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September 27, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Jay Matsushiba for the successful defence of...
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September 26, 2024
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September 10, 2024
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September 04, 2024
Physical Geography is an area of geography that explores with the natural environment and the...
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September 03, 2024
Alysha Van Duynhoven is the winner of the 2024 Esri Young Scholars Award for Canada.The research...
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October 31, 2024
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October 18, 2024
With over half of the world’s population living in urban spaces, cities matter. They produce,...
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October 01, 2024
Click below to watch Joy Russell talk about Vancouver's 'Brown Skin Beach' on CBC Vancouver. Taken...
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October 04, 2024
Human Geography is an area of geography that studies the relationships between people and their...
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October 11, 2024
Master of Science Andre Araujo Robert Ehlert Mia Fitzpatrick Lan Zhao
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November 06, 2024
GIS, or Geographic Information Science is a powerful tool used to capture, store, analyze, and...
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December 19, 2024
The rise of artificial intelligence generally and ChatGPT specifically has the potential to both...
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December 12, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Ian McDonald for the successful defence of his...
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December 17, 2024
The GEOG 150 Digital Earth course introduces students to the principles and practice of geographic...
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December 03, 2024
The Department of Geography would like to recognize Joy Russell for the successful defence of her...