2012 IAGLR Chandler-Misener Award

The Department of Geography would like to congratulate Dr. Peter Ashmore on being honoured  by the International Association for Great Lakes Research for The Chandler-Misener Award.  This award is presented annually to the author of the peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.  Papers are evaluated on originality, contribution, and presentation.  Peter was presented with this award based on his paper entitled “Bed morphology, flow structure, and sediment transport at the outlet of Lake Huron and in the upper St. Clair River” which appeared in the journal in 2011 . 

Professor Tony Weis on Hidden Costs of Industrial Agriculture

Poultry waste fed to cattle, pigs pumped with growth-promoting antibiotics, and mounds of manure dumped in ditches. These and other scenarios are used to take aim at the "largely hidden" costs of intensive livestock operations to public health, the environment and rural community development in a report to be released Tuesday by the Canadian office of the World Society for the Protection of Animals. [READ MORE] [WEBSITE]

Geography Western Students Capture CIGI Awards

Western Geography PhD students, Riley Dillon and Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, each received research funding awards from the Centre for International Governance Innovation's (CIGI) Africa Initiative Graduate Research program. Congratulations Riley & Hanson! [GRANT RECIPIENTS] [ABOUT PROGRAM]

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