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Impacts of climate change hitting harder in NL in recent years
Oil, gas, and coal extraction and usage are directly leading to more environmental disasters in the province, experts say
Joel Finnis (Geography) explains how oil, gas and coal extraction and usage are directly leading to more environmental disasters in NL.
"When you see things like the incredibly dry summer we’ve had this year, five days with temperatures above 30 degrees recorded at the St. John’s Airport, whereas the previous maximum number was two in a given summer, you really start to feel that something has changed."
HSS Highlights
Q&A: The authors of Price of Gold on learning from Giant Mine
Arn Keeling (Geography) and John Sandlos (History) are interviewed about their book, The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution and Resistance in Yellowknife.
The new book by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling explores not only Giant Mine’s toxic legacy and how the federal government and mining companies long hid the impacts of pollution, but how the Yellowknives Dene fought back alongside labour and environmental activists.
"It was just a really interesting and inspiring story to unpack about how these folks really came together and pursued that common goal of ensuring they could hold the company’s feet to the fire, and hold the government’s feet to the fire, and sort-of investigate and challenge the assumptions about the safety of their local environment."
Winter 2026 Course Offerings
MUN Geography MSc Position
The Department of Geography at Memorial University invites
Applications for MSc position based with the Urban Ecology & Analytics Lab.
The successful applicant will contribute to a larger, multi-phase research project funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant, which explores early modern wastewater management systems in colonial North America through the integration of archaeological and civil engineering approaches and also advances urban ecological/climatological research by evaluating the potential of 3D modelling of urban landscapes.
The candidate: The successful candidate will have a strong academic background in geomatics, particularly in GIS, remote sensing, UAV photogrammetry, and 3D point cloud data.
For details, please check MSc Position in 3D Digital Mapping
Applications should be emailed to Dr. Mahyar Masoudi at mahyar.masoudi@mun.ca.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.