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Memorial Geography will be at the forefront of building connections with our dynamic societies and environments, and become the beating heart of collaborative and cooperative knowledge within and beyond the university.
Come study the world with us! The Department of Geography celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020-21 and remains the only comprehensive geography program in Atlantic Canada, offering BA, BSc., Honours, MA, MSc., and PhD programs. At Memorial, Geography aims to teach students how to investigate environmental and human systems using interdisciplinary, field-informed concepts and approaches. Our Faculty teach students theories, methods and analytical techniques applicable to a wide range of questions and broad spectrum of occupations and to foster a spirit of inquiry about geography. Our research encompasses local, national, and international interests, including climate change, Arctic communities, coastal governance, electronic waste, immigration, marine habitat mapping, microplastics pollution, resource development, and urban development. Visit our Research and Faculty pages to learn more, and read our most recent Research Report.
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The group of burgeoning artists facilitated by Gerald Vaandering
Invites you to the Arts and Culture Centre, second floor art atudio to view a one night art presentation
Saturday, November 16 at 6:30 - 9 pm.
Artists exhibiting: Rolayne Lewis Bartlett, Natalie Beausoleil, Geralyn Christmas, Maurice Devine, Vanessa Hoskins, Bruce Melvin, Jessica McLachlan, Melissa Porter, Yolande Pottie Sherman, Tasha Roberts, Ed Vanderkloet, Denis Viau.
Blue Box Seminar Series
Department of Geography Presents
IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT: Artist talk with Fred Schmidt-Arenales
Fred Schmidt-Arenales is an artist and filmmaker. His projects attempt to bring awareness to unconscious processes on the individual and group level. He has presented films, installations, and performances internationally at venues including SculptureCenter, The Bronx Museum, and the Storefront for Art and Architecture (New York), Links Hall and The Logan Center for the Arts (Chicago), The Darling Foundry (Montreal), LightBox, The Institute of contemporary Art, and Vox Populi (Philadelphia, Artspace (New Haven), The Museum of Fine Arts and FotoFest (Houston), Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst und Medien (Graz), and Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna). His film Committee of Six was awarded a Jury Prize for Best of the Festival at the 2023 Onion City Experimental Film Festival.
In this presentation Fred Schmidt-Arenales introduces filmmaking practices and show clips from previous films using participatory filmmaking methods, which invite people to engage in process based encounters around issues that materially impact their lives. Past projects engage historical and current dynamics of gentrification, governance, land grabs, privatization, and climate change adaptation. The presentation ends with an introduction to a new work in progress on wind energy development in Newfoundland.
When: Friday, November 15, 2024, 3 - 4 pm
Where: SN2018
The Department of Geography invites applications for a permanent, tenure-track, Assistant Professor position. The position will commence on July 1, 2025 on St. John’s Campus.
Full application details: Assistant Professor - Physical Geography (Dept of Geography)
Visit MyCareer to apply.