Our Vision
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.
News
For the first time in over a decade, Memorial University welcomed hundreds of the country’s leading scholars as host of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) 74th annual meeting and conference.
CAG 74 emphasized the intersections where disciplines meet, boundaries are pushed and transformations occur.
Dr. Arn Keeling, Dr. Carissa Brown - Department of Gepgraphy, Memorial University, Dr. Grace Akese - Universität Bayreuth, Pirette Janes-Bourque - MUN Graduate Student - Memorial’s organizing committee has planned a week that aims to highlight scholarship at the margins, offering a platform for voices, approaches and sub-disciplines that often go underappreciated or underused.
CAG2024 gives researchers from across the country a chance to experience St. John’s and Newfoundland and Labrador,” said Dr. Keeling.
For more information, visit the CAG 2024 official website.
University geographic courses aren't about memorizing maps — they're about researching big concepts, like the extent of humans' impact on the Earth.
Join host Adam Walsh and a pile of geographers as they talk about why a geographic education matters in today's world.
Dr. Carissa Brown, Dr. Arn Keeling, Dr. Mahyar Masoudi, and Dr. Yolande Pottie-Sherman, Department of Geography, Memorial University, were recently featured on an episode of CBC Radio’s The Signal with Adam Walsh: The World has been mapped – so does a geographic education matter in today’s world?
'Piece of the Puzzle' - Researcher Mapping Seafloor to better protect Northwest Atlantic region
Dr. Benjamin Misiuk (PhD’19) and his team are conducting a multi-year project to obtain high-resolution data and map the seafloor of the northwest Atlantic.
He recently received two grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada valued at a total of $142,500 over five years for the project, High-resolution Seabed Mapping in Support of Regional Management and Science Priorities.
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