HSS Highlights - Department of Geography
Dr. Max Liboiron has been awarded the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Presidential Achievement Award.
This esteemed award is conferred by the AAG Past President and recognizes individuals who have made long-standing and distinguished contributions to the discipline of geography.
"Dr. Liboiron is recognized for their extraordinary work in developing participatory and anticolonial environmental science practices. Via careful critique of current academic norms and concrete examples of how we can do better, Dr. Liboiron has inspired students and scholars across Geography and the environmental sciences to change their lab manuals, citation practices, collaboration protocols, and research methods."
Dr. Yolande Pottie-Sherman comments on why hiring immigrant workers alone won’t solve the workforce crisis in early learning and child care
“Just adding immigrants is not going to solve our workforce crisis, but we need to retain them in the jobs as well as retain them in the province.”