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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Spectacular fall day for a field trip! GEOG111 and ENSC111 students headed to Shane Lake for a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS aka drone) mapping demonstration and some fresh air and blue skies after yesterday's rain. #highered #getoutside #RPAS #mapping

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Catherine Nolin @catherinenolin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

FRIDAY - Join me for one or both of two Information Sessions to learn more about our 11th UNBC Geography + Rights Action field school to Guatemala, planned for May 2027. The first one is in person at UNBC (Rm 8-118) on Friday Oct 2nd at 1pm and the second is in Zoom on October 16th at 12pm.

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Congrats to our GEES colleagues recognized today at the Provost’s event to celebrate Tenure & Promotion. Dr. Hossein Kazemian, Full Professor Dr. Zoe Meletis, Full Professor, and Dr. Siraj Ul Islam achieved tenure & was promoted to Associate Professor of Environmental Science

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Anyways, here's a recent assessment report released by the BC Government on disasters and climate risk and resilience that I (along with many others) contributed to: climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra The scenarios on extreme heat, water scarcity, and wildfire could be very relevant.

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This page is part of the ClimateReadyBC site. The British Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA) and the B.C. Hazard Insights Tool provide key information on different ha...

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Striation Saturday! Repost from Dr. Adam Hawkins @rockdochawk • These lovely, thin striae come to us from Mt Rider in the Rocky Mountains near Crescent Spur, a couple hours East of Prince George. Not a half-bad example of a nail-head striation in the center-left of the image. #striationsaturday

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seat are limited for this transformative learning experience with Dr. Catherine Nolin & Grahame Russell, open to senior undergraduate & graduate students at University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and beyond. More info: lnkd.in/gYrHNg4p

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

✅ Mark your calendars for our next Meet & Greet Join us on OCTOBER 1st for our Annual Meet & Greet where we bring together GEES faculty & undergrads & grad students supervised by GEES faculty members (postdocs are welcome, too!). And, of course, there will be pizza!

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

THE CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS, Episode 6 - UNBC’s Dr. Sinead Earley talks with host Dr. Joseph Shea about how communities are rethinking energy in the north Watch, Listen & Share! 📺 UNBC GEES in YouTube @unbcgeography5938 🛜 Episode: youtu.be/sh3avxrnp8I?... 🎧 Apple Podcasts 📻 UNBC’s CFUR 88.5 Radio

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#UNBCGEESInTheNews - Dr. Joseph Shea was interviewed this week by CBC News after the devastating glacier collapse and subsequent flash flood in Nepal where Dr. Shea lived & worked before starting at UNBC Could a massive glacier failure happen in B.C.? August 28  www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

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Could a massive glacier failure happen in B.C.?

B.C.’s rain-soaked mountains make winter landslides common, but could a massive glacier collapse cause widespread destruction? University of Northern B.C. geography professor Dr. Joseph Shea breaks do...

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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's an iconic image of B.C.’s natural beauty: the toe of the Berg Glacier dipping into the turquoise surface of its glacial lake. But, as PICS-funded researcher Dr. Joseph Shea of @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social discovered, the glacier no longer touches the lake’s water. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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'Visual symbol of climate change': Mount Robson's Berg Glacier no longer reaches lake | CBC News

One of the most picturesque sights in British Columbia is changing — as Mount Robson's Berg Glacier has retreated so far back that it no longer touches the water of Berg Lake.

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I spoke with CBC Daybreak North yesterday about Berg Glacier melting back from Berg Lake, and Brian Cooles sent me a photo taken in 1955 by Elfrida Pigou! My 2026 photo for comparison. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Congrats to GEES Prof Dr. Phil Owens, a recipient of a 2026 University Excellence in Professional Practice, Mentorship or Stewardship Award! Colleagues nominated Owens in recognition of his dedication to mentorship and his significant contributions to professional organizations in his field. 1/

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The iconic Berg Glacier, source of the icebergs in Berg Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park, no longer terminates in the water. So there will be no more bergs. Different angle, but here is a 1911 photo for comparison. #climatechange #glaciers #mountains

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Dr. Brian Menounos, #glacier change expert and Black Sabbath fan, is our guest on this week's episode of The Climate Conversations! Recent 🧊 pics for your consideration #climatechange 📺: youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🎧: open.spotify.com/show/6nVG7Vy... 🍏: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Mountain goats in foreground, a depleted Conrad Glacier in the smoky backroung.

Saskatchewan Glacier, an outlet of the Columbia Icefield has retreated back dramatically and now terminates in a proglacial lake.

Extensive Little Ice Age moraines mark the former extent of this now very small glacier in the Premier Range.

Robson Glacier, thinning and retreating rapidly as it currently terminates in a proglacial lake.

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Fieldwork portraits: Madison Seely, Ismael Rival, and yours truly after two days of voracious mosquitoes and blackflies during a weather station installation in the Premier Range near Valemount, BC.

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Alex Bevington @alexbevington.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A few photos of recent geospatial and hydrology fieldwork. Measuring flows and blowing truck tires. @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social

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Alex Bevington @alexbevington.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Getting ready for two weeks of geophysics mapping #groundwater and #premafrost in #NorthernBC using Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Induced Polarization

Geophysics equipment in the back of a truck

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

RELEASE DAY! The Climate Conversations launches today with Episode 1: The Trailer. Follow, like, share! Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6nVG7Vy... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hygo...

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Podcast · Joseph Shea · The Climate Conversations is a podcast series coming to you from the University of Northern British Columbia, on the unceded ancestral territory of the Lheidlih T'enneh in Prin...

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

ICYMI: the Climate Coversations has hit the ground running! New podcasts each Friday in all kinds of places. This week: I talk with Dr. Nancy Stevens, chair of First Nations Studies at UNBC. 📺 youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🔎 open.spotify.com/show/6nVG7Vy... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It’s #FieldworkFriday w/ GEES’s Dr. Raquel Portes & team Meet the #Toastisols! 🔥 As #wildfires continue to affect #forests and communities across Canada, understanding how #soils and forests recover over time is critical for guiding post-fire management and restoration efforts. 1/2

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

you know that feeling where you write a grant application in 2024, are awarded the grant in 2025, the funds show up in 2026, and so you order lots of expensive scientific equipment, and the final pieces show up *literally* an hour before you have to leave for fieldwork? Yeah, I got that now.

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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions @picscanada.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📢 We're hiring! We are seeking a Director of Policy and Research Impact to join our leadership team. This is a unique opportunity to help shape climate policy, investment, and decision-making across British Columbia. Learn more: climatesolutions.ca/careers/dire...

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Congratulations to Sara Darychuk on today’s successful dissertation defence. Congrats to her academic supervisor Dr. Joseph Shea as well!

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

🎉 We celebrate that UNBC recognized Dr. Phil Owens with the 2026 Excellence in Professional Practice, Mentorship, or Stewardship Award His selfless commitment to his discipline and to this university is exceptional, and its legacy has benefitted his colleagues here and around the world. Congrats!

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🎉 We celebrate that UNBC honoured Dr. Roger Wheate with the designation of Professor Emeritus, an honour bestowed on retired faculty members who served with distinction during their careers at UNBC. Congratulations, Roger! Full story at: www.unbc.ca/our-stories/... Photo: UNBC Communications

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🌲 It’s #fieldworkfriday🌲 and we have a Field School Update by Dr. Joseph Shea for Days 8-12 - out of the BC Interior, and onto the incredible Chilcotin Plateau. We were joined by Alex Bevington, Kristen Kieta & past field school alumnus Siobhan Striegler Klassen for the first night of this leg 1/

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

😎 Field School Day 3 Update by Dr. Joseph Shea in the heart of the Canadian Rockies Amazing layers of tephra (volcanic ash) preserved in banks of North Saskatchewan River, fresh glacier striations as the Athabasca Glacier recedes, and measuring what’s left of this winters snowpack at Bow Summit.

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🌿 It’s #fieldworkfriday🌿 Dr. @Alex.Bevington.bsky.social along with reps from the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance, led a successful Intro to Community Hydrometric Monitoring Workshop last week with demos at McMillan Creek & Sinkut Creek. #physicalgeography #rivers #water #northernbc

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social’s Dr Brian Menounos on the “bonkers weather” (Latin term) that western Canada has been experiencing, and implications for icy areas at #EGU26 🧪⚒️ @hakai.org

A man giving an academic talk in front of a screen with pictures of wildfire smoke and glaciers

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Our 2026 Physical Geography Field School Days 1 & 2 Update @josephshea.bsky.social • Prince George to Valemount to Jasper. From interior rainforests to fresh geohazards, glacially sculpted terrain and incredible sediment exposures, 600 million year old rocks, wildfires, and sediment-laden rivers.

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Day 3 of pre-departure learning and prep included a Shane Lake lunch lecture, ice sheet landforms, a drone mapping survey demonstration, weather station setup, and a mama black bear with three cubs #fieldschool @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Repost from @rockdochawk • Today is the day! The inaugural Landscapes through Time Geoconference will kick off at 9 AM today at UNBC. For those without tickets, there is a public keynote presentation by Dr. John Clague (verified awesome person) at 7 PM in the Canfor theatre.

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Hoping the new rockslide that is currently blocking Highway 16 just east of the BC/AB border gets cleared quickly, but also: WE JUST FOUND A NEW STOP FOR OUR FABULOUS FIELD SCHOOL!!!

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

If there are any Canadian undergraduates in your life looking for an amazing spring field school in the mountains of western Canada, send them here ASAP! jmshea.opened.ca/2026-fieldsc... Visiting students welcome! #physical #geography #glaciers #mountains #highered #fieldschool

tents and a field school van in the sparsely treed campground in Jasper

students monitoring a drone flight (or lounging) on a gravel beach with snowy mountains in the background

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Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) @unbc-nresi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

NRESi Friday Colloquium by Dezene Huber: Many little creatures and many big stories Date: Friday, March 13th, 2026_ 3:30pm - 4:30pm Location: Room 8-166 and Online More info at: www2.unbc.ca/nres-institu...

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

📣 NEW!! Minor in Watershed Science and Management We all live in watersheds. To protect our watersheds, we need to understand how they function and develop ways for sustainable and respectful management. To view the courses in this new Minor, go to Curriculum at: cyclone.unbc.ca/wsm

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

BC snowpack update! After some warm weather in early February and some serious snowfall in the last week or so, snowpacks in BC are, on average, still right around average. However: ❄️ ++ in the the northern half and Rockies/Interior, especially NE BC ❄️ -- in the southern half #bcsnow

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

LANDSCAPES THROUGH TIME: Conference registration is now open! website at landscapesthroughtime2026.squarespace.com, or to register directly, click here unbc.irisregistration.com/Form/LTT2026 We look forward to seeing you there!

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Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) @unbc-nresi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

SPECIAL FWCP/NRESi Colloquium-Friday 13th February --Jonaki Bhattacharyya Protecting Indigenous Relationships with the Land through IPCAs Friday, February 13th, 2026– 3:30pm-4:30pm Room 8-166 and Online Registration to attend via Zoom is required. Please use QR code or weblink to register.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

March 5 webinar w/ @alexbevington.bsky.social , Xulin Guo, & I hosted by @planet.com focused on Canadian research, but open to anyone 🧪⚒️❄️🛰️🇨🇦 @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social @usask.ca @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/adf983...

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

📣 GLACIER GALLERY Grand Opening: Congrats to Dr. Brian Menounos & Cryosphere Lab Manager Caleb Mathias on today’s successful grand opening of photos of glaciers of BC & around the world. Hallway space outside Rooms 8-164 & 8-166 Contact Project Coordinator Caleb Mathias at Caleb.Mathias @ unbc.ca

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

✅ Congrats to our new colleague Alex Bevington on a fantastic, engaging, inspiring & accessible talk for today’s NRESi colloquium! The talk will be posted at: video.unbc.ca/channel/NRESI/ Until then: 📻 LISTEN to Alex Bevington on CBC Daybreak North (8 minutes) Link: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

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UNBC’s Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

📻 LISTEN to @unbcgeography_ensc Lecturer Alex Bevington on CBC Radio’s Daybreak North where he spoke with Carolina de Ryk about today’s NRESi talk #UNBCInTheField #NorthernBC #water #hydrology #research #rivers #climatechange #geography #physicalgeography Link: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

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