SFU Department of Geography

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Teaching! Read more about them here: sfu.ca/vpacademic/new… @SFU @SFUBioSci @GeogSFU @SFULinguistics @SFUBeedie @sfucriminology @SFU_FHS

Mengxin Pan studies the physical mechanisms of extreme climate and weather events to help detect and predict future occurrences. Pan joined @GeogSFU this month as an assistant professor and launched #SFU's new Climate and Weather Extremes Lab. ow.ly/qKHk50UM54U

2024 Warren Gill lecturer @geogsfu professor @NBlomley discusses a Canada-wide research project seeking to explain the systematic confiscation and devaluation of houseless people’s belongings. OCT 30 | 7:00 PM | 149 W. HASTINGS | FREE @CS_SFU | @SFUcity events.sfu.ca/voce/event/416…

Considering grad school? @GeogSFU has a great program! Check out their upcoming online info sessions to get details about program offerings, admission requirements, and application process. ✅ Oct 15: ow.ly/OtGj50TljrY ✅ Dec 10: ow.ly/8eJE50TljrZ

Did you know that #SFU is launching a new major this fall that is advancing an inclusive and sustainable future? Check it out: ow.ly/y9oJ50SZNWQ

We can't wait to cheer for our graduates when they cross the stage this Friday. Isabel will continue to do amazing work as she begins the next chapter of her life.

"Salmon and the Subsurface," by David Dralle, Gabe Rossi, Phil Georgakakos (@PhilGeorgakakos), Jesse Hahm, Daniella Rempe, Monica Blanchard, Mary Power, Bill Dietrich, and Stephanie Carlson (@fishteph). californiawaterblog.com/2024/06/09/sal…

We are retiring our Twitter account and moving all outage updates to our Service Outages page. Please visit ow.ly/9wyK50RhvVH for more information.

SFU CERi award recipients celebrated alongside other distinguished honorees at the SFU Awards Celebration. Congratulations to all for their outstanding achievements in 2023!

Congratulations to our very own Tara Holland! Well-deserved.

Congratulations to @GeogSFU professor @NBlomley on receiving the 2023 Warren Gill Award for Community Impact! Nick has spent decades engaged in research and advocacy related to local issues, including marginalization, exclusion and poverty. Learn more: ow.ly/B1OZ50QHhjX

Thanks, CERi! And honoured to be with this wonderful group (including my lovely students, Marina and Claire!!) @GeogSFU @sfuenv

Congratulations to you, Marina and Claire. A well-deserved honour!

ALERT - All SFU campus activities are cancelled today, January 17, 2024 due to current weather conditions. Buildings remain open on all SFU campuses, but all classes, university services and campus activities are cancelled for the entire day. Online classes will proceed as scheduled. All campus libraries and the Lorne Davies Sports Complex are closed for the day. SFU Burnaby Residence and Housing front desk and Dinning Commons remain open. We will provide an update tomorrow by 6 a.m. about the status of campuses for January 18, 2024. Visit SFU.ca/alerts for more information. @GlobalBC @CityNewsVAN @CBCVancouver @CTVVancouver @DailyHiveVan @CKNW @BurnabyNOW_News @bbybeacon @sfusurrey @SFUVan

My excellent and insightful and supportive colleagues at @GeogSFU are hiring for a super important position in the climate science of extreme events. If this is up your alley please check out the position and/or spread the word. sfu.ca/geography/abou…

This event features a discussion on Hardt's latest book with scholars Glen Coulthard, Alberto Toscano, and Sharon Luk, moderated by Brenna Bhandar!

@EJMcCann @CanGeographers @SFU_GSU really is an amazing group. #SFUENV #SFU

Join us on Saturday December 16th for Michael Hardt: The Subversive Seventies, a bold reconstruction of the history of revolutionary politics in the 1970s with political philosopher and literary theorist Michael Hardt. Find out more and RSVP for free at bit.ly/3SGfzir

Undergraduate student in @GeogSFU, Akmal Aslam, shares his experience using GIS to advance drought management and emergency preparedness in B.C. on #GISDay2023. Read more: ow.ly/Bxlj50Q83Jh @SFUcentral @SFU_Coop

It's #GISDay 🗺️💻!! Thanks to @SFUENV for this piece that serves to highlight how learning GIS in @GeogSFU classes is providing @SFU undergraduate students with impressive research opportunities. @SFUResearch sfu.ca/fenv/news/unde…