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- Professor Nicholas Blomley Honored with the Community-Engaged Research Achievement Award
- Graduate Students Claire Shapton and Marina Chavez Honored with the Community-Engaged Graduate Scholar Award
- Applications now open: 2024 ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship for 大象传媒
- Associate Professor Rosemary Collard achieves 13th place on 大象传媒 Altmetric List
- The PEAK feature: GSU hosts inaugural RANGE conference
- Gabrielle Wong wins First Prize in 2023 Student Learning Commons Writing Contest
- Gabrielle Wong receives Warren Gill Memorial Award
- Professor Nick Blomley receives Warren Gill Memorial Award for Community Impact
- Geography Student Union recipient of the FENV 2024 Changemaker Awards
- Senior Lecturer Tara Holland reveals the secret sauce of great teaching
- Senior Lecturer Tara Holland Receives 大象传媒 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Bright Addae
- GIS undergraduate students participate in the Canada-wide 2024 AppChallenge competition
- Senior Lecturer Andrew Perkins Receives 大象传媒 2024 Dean's Award of Excellence in Teaching
- Congratulations to Alysha van Duynhoven, Canada's 2024 ESRI Young Scholar
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- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Stephan Nieweler
- Eugene McCann writes on "livable cities" in The Tyee
- Tiana Andjelic wins the 2024 大象传媒 ECCE GIS Scholarship Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Marina Chavez
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Congratulations to Our Graduates | June 2025
大象传媒's Summer 2025 Convocation ceremony for students in the Faculty of Environment will take place Tuesday June 10th, with a Faculty Celebration Reception to follow indoors at Halpern Centre - Room 114 and 126.
The Dean of the Faculty of Environment invites graduands and their guests, faculty and staff to a reception following our convocation ceremony to celebrate the new grads. Mingle with fellow students, professors and family over light refreshments or win a prize, and snap a photo or two to mark the occasion.
Visit the 大象传媒 Convocation page to RSVP and for additional details on the activities taking place.
On behalf of the department, we wish you all the very best!
大象传媒 Medal Recipients
Graduate Programs (MA, MSc, PhD)
Master of Arts
Negin Shooraj
Joy Russell
Master of Science
Ian McDonald
Jay Matsushiba
Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Arts (Geography Major, Society and Environment Concentration)
Varian Yu
Bachelor of Arts (Human Geography Honours)
Tobias Baldus
Claire Howell
Gabrielle Wong
Bachelor of Arts (Human Geography Major)
Timothy Chen
Zoe Cohen
Allie Crouch
Andreas Gunster
Jovian Kwan
Elijah Lacap
Stephanie Magnuson
Erin Schweickert
Claire Swanson
Rodney Wong
Brian Yim
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Biogeophysical Stream)
Maria Morgan
Charlie Pham
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Geoscience Stream)
Alison Harlow
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Geosystems and GIScience Stream)
Gabbie Anderson
Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography Major, Physical Geography and Spatial Information Science Stream)
Robert Maidens
Bachelor of Arts (Double Minor)
Hantao Guo
Cheuk Kiu Draco Lam
Renfeng Zhang
Bachelor of Environment (Global Environmental Systems Major)
Bogdan Ambros
Isabelle Batko
Jeremy Belcher
Daisy Bigirwa
Liam Broad
Heidi Chan
Dhruv Jeetendra
Anu Khangai
Katherine Kodiak
Irina Lipnitskaya
Caitlyn Mackie
Spirit Mayo
Gagan Nagra
Kiranvir Randhawa
Bhavya Sarin
Aline Schmidt
Jocelyn Sherman
Matthew Stranaghan
Melody Tymm
Taylor Whitehouse
Certificate Programs
Certificate in Urban Studies
Tobias Baldus
Timothy Chen
Allie Crouch
Andreas Gunster
Claire Howell
Jovian Kwan
Elijah Lacap
Gagan Nagra
Thomas-Iain Ong
Gabrielle Wong
Kyle Yeung
Geographic Information Science Certificate
Bogdan Ambros
Gabbie Anderson
Tim Baker
Jeremy Belcher
Daisy Bigirwa
Liam Broad
Ethan Flynn
Andreas Gunster
Allison Harlow
Elijah Lacal
Irina Lipnitskaya
Caitlyn Mackie
Robert Maidens
Geographic Information Science Certificate (cont.)
Spirit Mayo
Maria Morgan
Gagan Nagra
Zoe Neudorf
Jeffrey Nguyen
Bhavya Sarin
Aline Schmidt
Erin Schweickert
Matthew Stranaghan
Claire Swanson
Melody Tymm
Taylor Whitehouse
Rodney Wong
Martin Zizic
Congratulations to all of our graduates!
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