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
Ottawa’s recent changes to immigration will strain Newfoundland and Labrador’s social security programs.
Dr. Yolande Pottie-Sherman, Department of Geography, and Dr. Tony Fang, Department of Economics, Memorial University, comment on impact of immigration cuts to Newfoundland and Labrador's workforce strategies in priority sectors.
Dr. Pottie-Sherman, specializes in immigration, says the cuts will hurt the province’s “immigration momentum.” Newfoundland and Labrador’s unique age demographics and comparatively low immigration numbers make the province more vulnerable to new restrictions.
Bring your mug for informal conversation with colleagues and students in HSS.
Friday, February 14th from 1-1:45pm in SN2000 with faculty and graduate students in the Department of Geography.
Dr. Max Liboiron teaches geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland and directs the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR).
As the final round of negotiations for the adoption of an international treaty on plastic pollution approaches, calls for reducing production are increasing. However, they are being met with refusal by states that prefer to focus on improving recycling techniques. This discourse, carried by petrochemical powers, embodies the colonialism of waste.
This is explained by Dr. Max Liboiron, who has been studying plastic pollution for almost 20 years.
“Traité international sur le plastique : pour en finir avec le colonialisme des déchets (International Treaty on Plastics: To End Waste Colonialism),” Valérie Boisclair, CBC Radio Canada