Geography Speaker Series

Speaker series offers informal talks and discussions on various Geography related issues. It is open to staff, students, faculty and the general public. Come out and listen to what people are up to!

Speaker Date/Time Topic or Description
Masters Slideshow
Department of Geography, Western University 		 Fri. September 21
3-4pm
SSC 1004		 Students have been working hard all year long; come and hear them present their thesis findings
Maria Strack, PhD
University of Waterloo		 Fri. September 28
3-4pm
SSC 1004		 "Cutting across the boreal forest: linear disturbance impact on peatland carbon exchange"
Renee Sieber, PhD
McGill University		 Fri. October 19
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 "AI (artificial intelligence) in The City" 
PhD Presentations
Department of Geography, Western University 		 Fri. November 2
3:00-4:00pm
SSC 1004		 Senior PhD candidates share their work
Christina Ergler, PhD
Univeristy of Otago		 Fri. November 9
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 Research interests: Children's Health Geography
Paul Robbins, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison		 Mon. November 12
12:30-1:20pm
Talbot College 141		 "What does Conservation Look Like in the Anthropocene: Coffee, Frogs, and Workers in the Indian Aravalli"
Denver Nixon, PhD
University of Oxford		 Fri. November 23
3-4pm
SSC 1004		 "Exploring the Role of Citizen-Led Walking and Cycling Infrastructural Initiatives in Sustainable and Just Transitions"
Laura Brown, PhD
University of Toronto - Mississauga 		 Fri. December 7
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 "Lake Ice Across Canada"
Cecilia Rocha, PhD
Ryerson University		 Fri. January 18
3-4pm
SSC 1004		 Research interests: Food security, nutrition
Scott Krayenhoff, PhD
University of Guelph		 Fri. February 8
3-4pm
SSC 1004		 Research interests: Urban Climatology
Monica Stephens, PhD
University at Buffalo		 Fri. February 15
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 Research interests: GIScience/mapping racist tweets
Nick Johnson
Royal Ontario Museum		 Fri. March 8
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 Research interests: Mapping pre-Hispanic roads from oral histories

PhD Presentations
Department of Geography, Western University

 Fri. March 15
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 Senior PhD candidates share their work
Max Boreux
Engineering, Western University		 Fri. March 22
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 "Reconstruction of hydroclimate change from lake sediments"
Undergraduate Thesis
Department of Geography, Western University
 Fri. March 29
2:30-3:30pm
SSC 1004		 Undergraduate thesis candidates share their work