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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Join us on Tuesday, March 3rd, for the next Geography Department colloquium. We'll be hearing from Michele Koppes and Holly Chubb from UBC Geography. "Community Co-Developed Geohazards Research and Management".    12:30 in GEOG 229. Details here:  geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

WDCAG 2026 Conference Submission Deadline February 18th! Graduate and Undergraduate Research Presentations Welcome! For further information please visit the WDCAG206 conference website (blogs.ubc.ca/wdcag26a/)

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Have you thought about transforming climate research into meaningful action? Adding a certificate alongside your major? Gaining hands-on, community-engaged learning through a capstone project? Consider the UBC Certificate in Climate Studies & Action geog.ubc.ca/undergraduat...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Congratulations to the 2025 Climate Studies IBPOC Student Support Fund Recipients! Learn more about the recipients: undergraduate students Sumaiyah Choudry, Aliya Hirji, Akifuzzaman Labib and Bimo Wibowo: geog.ubc.ca/news/congrat...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Join us Tues Feb 10th for our next Geography Colloquium with Dan Hiebert, Professor Emeritus, UBC Geography. Immigration Levels Planning in Canada: Balancing Complex Demographic Trade-offs Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Conference Registration is now open! Please join us for the 67th annual meeting of the WDCAG on traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), UBC, Vancouver, March 5-7th! Info: blogs.ubc.ca/wdcag26a/

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Please join us for the 67th annual meeting of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (WDCAG) on traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from, March 5-7th! Conference info: blogs.ubc.ca/wdcag26a/

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Join us Tuesday Jan 27th for our next Geography Colloquium with Mike Turley, Postdoc Dept of Geography, UBC as he discusses his research on Living with Rivers in a Changing Climate: Lessons Learned from One of the Most Studied, and Visited, Watersheds in BC. Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Join us Tuesday January 20th for our next Geography Colloquium with Marc Tadaki (Lincoln U, NZ) and Jane Kitson (scientist, NZ) as they discuss their latest research on Environmental Justice and the Indigenous Governance of Introduced Species. Event info: https//shorturl.at...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We have a great line up for the colloquium series in T2. Please have a look and mark your calendars accordingly. shorturl.at/t5XSI We are very pleased to announce our first colloquium on 20 Jan featuring our own Marc Tadaki and the Fish Futures Collective. shorturl.at/RM4L7 Cookies & tea at 12:15!

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Researchers at UBC, SFU and the UVic are working with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and BC Parks to better understand and steward some of B.C.’s most iconic and beloved landscapes: the alpine ecosystems of the southwest Coast Mountains. Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/ubc-res...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Join us Tuesday November 18th for our next Geography Colloquium with Avery Everhart (Geography, UBC) and Jasbir Puar (Social Justice Institute, UBC) where they will discuss their latest research on the centrality of gender and sexuality to the operations of fascism. Event info: kntn.ly/7acd4c85

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Join us in welcoming new Assistant Professor Dr. Dolpopa to @ubc Geography! Dr. Dolpopa’s research focuses on Indigenous political ecology. Learn more about Dr. Dolpopa and his research: rb.gy/w9rqhf

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

ubcgeography Join us Tuesday November 4th for our next Geography Colloquium with UBC Geography PhD student Suman Bhattacharyya and professor Marwan Hassan discuss how Human Impacts Both Amplify and Dampen Climate-Driven Extreme Streamflow. Talk abstract and speaker bio: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Thursday, October 30th, 6 PM at the The xwθəθiqətəm Liu Institute for Global Issues, Priti Narayan, Assistant Professor from Geography, UBC, will be moderating a panel which will discuss the continued silence on caste-based discrimination in Canada. More details here: asia.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Join us for our next Geography Colloquium with UBCs EDGES Collaborative Leila Harris, IRES and GRSJ, UBC Rachel Stern, Geography, UBC Manvi Bhalla, EDGES, UBC Renata Rovelo, IRES, UBC Kendra Fanconi, Artist, Director, Creator Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This upcoming Tuesday, we are very fortunate to be hosting Rosalba Velasco, the Chief Counselor of the CRIC (consejo regional indígena del Cauca) in Colombia. This event is co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Landscapes cluster Talk abstract and speaker bio: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Applications for the 2025/26 IBPOC Student Support Fund has been extended to October 17th! This award supports students from Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities of colour studying climate change at UBC. Learn more & apply: rb.gy/8qdg0a

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Geography Colloquium for Term 1 starts next Tuesday, October 14th. See the schedule here: geog.ubc.ca/news/geograp...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Jennifer Williams, Nina Hewitt and Courtney Collins showcasing Alpine Horizons alpinehorizons.ca at the Beaty BRC opening short-url.org/1brdJ

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Applications for the 2025/26 IBPOC Student Support Fund are now open! Created in partnership with @UBCeoas, this award supports students from Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities of colour studying climate change at UBC. Learn more & apply: rb.gy/8qdg0a

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Geography Professor Michele Koppes and several graduate students from the Critical Physical Geography research collective call for diversity of scientific thought and reflexive approaches in a new Ecosphere article. Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/geoscie...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The Atmospheric Apparitions mini-symposium on Sept 18-19 2025 is free and open to the public. We encourage you to visit the departmental Atmospheric Apparitions: Particle Pollutants – Dust, Ash, Smog and Smoke! exhibition July 21-Sept 26, 2025 Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

UBC Geography and the UBC Liu Lobby Gallery welcome you to an interdisciplinary art exhibition titled ATMOSPHERIC APPARITIONS: Particle Pollutants – Dust, Ash, Smog and Smoke, currently on view until September 26, 2025. Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/atmosph...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

UBC Geography Professors Simon Donner, Kate Hale, McKenzie Kuhn and Marysa Laguë recognized for excellence with 2025 NSERC Discovery Grants. Learn more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/ubc-art...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Congratulations Assistant Profs Avery Everhart (@averyeverhart.bsky.social) & Kate Hale, recipients of the 2024/25 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award! 👏Their exceptional research spans transgender healthcare access and snow hydrology. Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/drs-ave...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

New @harvard.edu research, along w/ Dr. @tinaliu.bsky.social, launches an online platform to help identify areas in need of controlled burns or other #wildfire management strategies, to increase safety and reduce smoke exposure. 🔥 More: seas.harvard.edu/news/2025/06... @soa-mazing.bsky.social

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Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke

New app estimates health impacts of breathing smoke from wildfires

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Centre for Climate Justice @ccj-ubc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We’re thrilled to launch the Right to Cool White Paper – a bold, rights-based vision for equitable climate resilience in BC. Rooted in lived experience and policy analysis, it calls for systemic action to protect those most impacted by rising heat. Read the full paper here! tinyurl.com/2fer2bad

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

PhD candidate and Public Scholar Rachel Stern’s research focuses on the intersection of housing insecurity, heat vulnerability, and aging. Her latest community-engaged project explores seniors’ lived experiences of heat in their homes. Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/researc...

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Research Profile: Rachel Stern - housing justice in the climate emergency

PhD candidate and Public Scholar Rachel Stern has been focused on the intersection of housing insecurity, heat vulnerability and aging for some time. Read more about her timely work.

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UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · 23/05/2025

📢 Applications are now open for the 2025–26 Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies! Enhance your UBC degree with a specialization in migration and mobilities studies. 🗓️ Application deadline: June 23, 2025 Learn more & apply: migration.ubc.ca/graduate-stu...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Join us in congratulating Dr. Siobhán Wittig McPhee, 2025 AMS UBC Open Education Resource (OER) Champion🏆, for her outstanding commitment to advancing affordable access to education by making OERs core to her innovative teaching practice. 👏 Read more: geog.ubc.ca/news/siobhan...

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Siobhán Wittig McPhee named an AMS UBC Open Education Resource Champion

Dr. Siobhán Wittig McPhee (she/her) has been named a 2025 AMS UBC OER Champion for her outstanding commitment to advancing affordable access through developing and utilizing OERs core to her innovativ...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Professor Merje Kuus delves into the nuances of the storytelling of the BC wine industry and suggests we flip the narrative, asking what wine itself sells, rather than how best to sell wine. 🍷📷 What Does Wine Sell? gismondionwine.com/blog/what-do...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Geography Professor @naomiaklein.bsky.social weighs in on the current state of affairs in the US and beyond. @ccj-ubc.bsky.social

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

UBC Geography Professor @naomiaklein.bsky.social speaks with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now about about Trump, Musk, Far Right & "End Times Fascism" @ccj-ubc.bsky.social

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Join us for our final Geography Colloquium April 22nd with Dr. Shenjing He, Professor & Director of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong.🏙️ When: April 22nd, 12:30pm Where: Geog 229 & Zoom Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event... @ubcscarp.bsky.social @ubcappliedscience.bsky.social

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UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · 11/04/2025

Join us on May 1-2 at the Liu Institute for Global Issues (UBC Vancouver) for the CMS Research Conference 2025: Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes. 📣 Full program now available! Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

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CMS Research Conference 2025: Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes - Centre for Migration Studies

Join CMS for Research Conference 2025 on May 1-2 at xʷθəθiqətəm, Liu Institute, to explore migration, mobilities, and changing political landscapes.

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Join us April 8th for our next Geography Colloquium with human geographer and critical migration scholar Dr. David Durand-Delacre for his talk “Human Mobilities in a Changing Climate”. When: April 8th, 12:30pm Where: Geog 229 & Zoom Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Congratulations to hydro-geomorphology Masters student Raju Ahmed - recipient of the 2024 Sandy Lapsky Award! 🥳 Raju's work focuses on historical patterns of extreme hydrological events to enhance flood risk management policies and strategies. 🏔️💦 Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/raju-ah...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, an intentional opportunity to celebrate and recognize the valuable contributions of trans community members – and reflect on how we can all contribute to trans inclusion. Learn more about UBC events and resources here: events.ubc.ca/tdov/

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Andreas Christen @envmet.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Our new paper with @ubcgeography.bsky.social in Agric. For. Meteorol. investigates climatic sensitivity of evapotranspiration in an ombrotrophic bog on Canada's West Coast. The bog's water balance will be most sensitive to future increases in summer vapour pressure deficit. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

This study quantified surface energy balance and evapotranspiration in a Sphagnum-dominated ombrotrophic bog located near their southern limit in western North America on the Coast of British Columbia. We use ecohydrologicical and eddy-covariance measurements on a flux tower to assess the bog’s sensitivity to future climatic conditions, particularly to increasing severity and duration of drought conditions.

Daily evapotranspiration from the bog 2014 - 2022 adjusted for lack of energy balance closure from all years versus equilibrium evapotranspiration Eeq. and color coded by month of year. The dashed line indicates the 1:1-line.

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Join us in congratulating Assistant Professor @naomibschwartz.bsky.social for receiving a 2024 UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship for her work on savanna vegetation Southeast Asia! 🥳 And congrats to all other Faculty Research Award recipients. 👏 Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/dr-naom...

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Dr. Naomi Schwartz awarded 2024 UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship

Please join us in congratulating Assistant Professor Naomi Schwartz on receiving a 2024 UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship.

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

This year we extend our heartfelt congratulations to three exceptions Teaching Assistants, recipients of the UBC Geography 2024 TA Award: David Puhl, Erika Siao and Rachel Stern! 👏 Learn more about their invaluable contributions to our department: geog.ubc.ca/news/congrat...

Portraits of the three awardees with text congratulating them

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Join us March 11th for our next Geog Colloquium with political geographer Dr. Merje Kuus for her talk “Planning a Wine Region: Place and Beauty in Okanagan Valley”. When: March 11th, 12:30-2:00pm Where: Geog room 229 (in person) Event info: geog.ubc.ca/events/event... @landfood.ubc.ca

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

New research from our faculty Kate Hale (@katehale.bsky.social) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam’s Wouter Berghuijs shows how climate change affects river flows in snowy regions across the Northern Hemisphere. Learn more in the Nature publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Photo of alpine mountain tops ribboned with snow and a lake in the valley below.

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Dr. Michael Fabris explores Indigenous geographies and how reconciliation discourses in academia influence their ascendancy in institutionalized geographic study. More in @elgarpublishing.bsky.social's “How to Foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Geography”: bit.ly/Michael_Fabr...

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How to Foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Geography

‘At last, a genre setting book for geographers that engages critically with the broad inclusivity framework of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. Drawing globally on diverse voices and experien...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A new publication from Dr. Michael Fabris in @journals.sagepub.com discusses Blackfoot oral histories of Treaty 7. Learn more: Blackfoot legal traditions, treaty-making, and non-territorial forms of settler jurisdiction? Niitsitapi oral histories of Treaty 7 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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UBC Geography @ubcgeography.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hello Bluesky! We're excited to be connecting with a new community on this platform. UBC Geography is one of the top geography departments in the world. Through our research and teaching, we strive for a critical and ethical approach to the natural environment and society’s relationship with it.

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