News
HSS Understanding Our Worlds
Wednesday, September 17th from 12-1pm
“Evil Geniuses?”
A Roundtable with Dr. Josh Lepawsky, Department of Geography, Memorial University, on Mapping the Geographical Imaginations of the 'Tech Right'
SN4022 and online
Responding: Angela Carter (CRC in Equitable Energy Governance and Public Policy, POSC); Keif Godbout-Kinney (PhD Candidate, SOC); Mél Hogan (Film and Media, Queen’s U) & Anne Pasek (CRC in Media, Culture and the Environment, Trent U).
The Price of Gold
McGill-Queen’s University Press have published "The Price of Gold" by
Dr. John Sandlos, Department of History and Dr. Arn Keeling, Department of Geography, Memorial University.
The book traces the troubling history of one of Canada’s most contaminated sites but also the inspiring story of Indigenous, labour, and environmental activists who resisted the ongoing poisoning of their communities.
McGill-Queen’s University Press
HSS Highlights
Dr. Carissa Brown, Department of Geography at Memorial University, was part of the hour-long show about wildfires, where she spoke about the role of climate change in the Earth's more extreme and unpredictable weather.
"There can be a feeling that 'climate change' means it's going to be hotter and hotter and drier and drier, but all around the world and here in Newfoundland, what we're actually expecting are these anomalies."
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.