Department of Geography, University of Guelph
University of Guelph N1G 2W1 Guelph, ON, Canada

GEG Grads! Check out this job postings: New position: Operations Manager of the Quesnel River Research Centre (QRRC), University of Northern British Columbia, Canada For job and application details, please see: https://www.unbc.ca//operations-manager-quesnel-river-rese... For information on the QRRC, please see: https://www.unbc.ca/quesnel-river-research-centre

GEG - check out these job postings in resource management, conservation, GIS! (1) Wildlife Technician, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry . "Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your resource management knowledge (including human-wildlife conflict related expertise) in the field? Do you have strong problem solving and communication skills?" Application deadline: 03 Feb 2021, 11:59 pm EST.... https://www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/Preview.aspx (2) Wetland Conservation Technician (2 positions), Toronto Zoo. This position assists the Coordinator and Conservation Steward with various conservation projects, field research, data analysis, developing education materials, and public outreach to support the Adopt-A-Pond Wetland Conservation Program. Application deadline: 02 February 2021. https://www.torontozoo.com/jobs (3) Oceans GIS Analyst, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Contract for a full time GIS analyst with a background in marine conservation and/or marine resource management to support our conservation and communications work. Application deadline: 25 January 2021. https://cpaws.org/oceans-gis-analyst/

Undergrads - welcome to W21! For COURSE SELECTION COUNSELING see: https://geg.uoguelph.ca//defa/files/uploads/Counseling.JPG

Doctoral candidate Abhi Kantamneni is at it again! Abhi has created several route maps of Guelph of Christmas light displays with marked drop-off locations for non-perishable food items for the Food Banks. Read about these festive routes and enjoy the light show! https://www.guelphtoday.com//maps-of-guelph-homes-with-imp

Doctoral candidate Emily Duncan (advisor Evan Fraser) is featured in a CTV News article speaking on the topic of the future of family farms in Canada. See "Wallenstein farm transitioning to organic farming to prepare for the future". https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/wallenstein-farm-transitioning

Former MA student Amy DeLorenzo (advisor: Kate Parizeau) was lead author on a paper that has been awarded an Outstanding Paper Literati Award. "Regulating Ontario’s circular economy through food waste legislation" was recognized as the paper of the year for the journal Society and Business Review. https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com//society-and-busine Congratulations Amy!

What will you do with your Geography degree after graduation? @CanGeographers created this amazing list of career profiles to give you an idea of the broad rang...e of pathways your degree could take you on: https://www.cag-acg.ca/profiles-of-geographers #UofG #Geography Department of Geography, University of Guelph University of Guelph Geography Society College of Social and Applied Human Sciences - CSAHS at U of G

Had your fill of the US elections? How about a lesson on how to read those US election maps. Read Eric Nost's "How to read U.S. election maps as votes are being counted", featured in THE CONVERSATION and on the University page. https://news.uoguelph.ca//how-to-read-u-s-election-maps-a/ #mapsaregreat #USAelection2020 #seeingred

Some good news GEG! Doctoral candidate Chloe Alexander (advisor Kate Parizeau) "presented" at the Discard Studies Twitter conference, where she was required to create a thread of tweets describing a paper she and Anna Stanley are working on called "Carbon Capture and Storage as Colonial: Deregulation and Criminalization in the Alberta Tar Sands". Link: https://twitter.com/ChloeAl28858/status/1328359662438248448

Doctoral candidate Leah Govia (advisors Roberta Hawkins and Jen Silver) has published in the Journal of Digital Social Research: "Coproduction, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence: A perspective from cultural anthropology". https://jdsr.se/ojs/index.php/jdsr/article/view/53

Doctoral candidate Abhi Kantamneni is making some good news in Guelph! Abhi has created a series of maps to help explore the various neighbourhoods in Guelph and the interesting things going on. Read about Abhi's map-making hobby in the Guelph Today article "One man's love of maps helps Guelph residents connect during pandemic", lace up those shoes and get out and explore! https://www.guelphtoday.com//one-mans-love-of-maps-helps-g