Department of Geography ~ McGill University

Welcome to McGill Geography

Geography is the study of physical environments and human habitats. It deals with people and places. It covers issues such as global warming and climate change, food and water resources, management of ecosystems, human health, regional economic disparities, urban infrastructure, native land claims and permafrost problems. Both a physical and a social science, it provides a unique opportunity to obtain a broad exposure to modes of analyzing the many environmental and situational problems of contemporary society. Our department is based in the Faculty of Science, and offers degrees at the Bachelors (B.A. & B.Sc), Masters (M.A. & M.Sc), and Ph.D. levels.

Recent activities and successes

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PhD student Verena Seufert and Prof Navin Ramankutty from our Dept and Prof Jonathan Foley are published on organic agriculture in Nature

Hear Verena on
Radio Canada International

Well done to our Arts Geography Major and Honours students who are recipients of the 2012 Faculty of Arts Internship Awards.

Congrats to MA student Lorna Sampson.

Recipient of a: Population and Public Health Student Award.

Sponsored by CIHR-Institute of Population and Public Health, Canadian Public Health Association, Canadian Institute for Health Information-Canadian Population Health Initiative and the Public Health Agency of Canada
The purpose of this award program is to recognize excellence in the next generation of population and public health researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.

Congratulations to:

Post-doc Thi-Thanh-Hien Pham for obtaining an Assistant Prof position at UQAM in Urban Studies and Tourism.

Peter Johnson, with a PhD from our Dept and about to start a position as Assistant Prof at University of Waterloo.

Congrats to Matt Pritchard (PhD student) for his article in Land Use Policy;

and former PhD student Catrina MacKenzie for her pieces in Ecological Economics, Journal for Nature Conservation, and Environmental Conservation

McGill U’s Geography Chair Tim Moore hits the top 3 H-index for Environmental Studies

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Contact Information

Department of Geography

[For courier: Room 705, 7th Floor]

Burnside Hall, McGill University

805 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0B9

phone: (514) 398-4111 fax: (514) 398-7437

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Last updated: May 15, 2012

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