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An exciting and fully-funded opportunity is currently available. Our collaborative research team is seeking a graduate student with deep interests in estimating retail market potential and land-use change. The successful applicant would be funded through a combination of teaching assistant positions in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ and internship positions funded by Mitacs.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to welcome retired astronaut Chris Hadfield to the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ as a Professor of Aviation. The University's Aviation program is run jointly by the Department of Geography and Environmental Management and the Faculty of Science.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to announce that Owen Sutton has been awarded the Casey Family Award for 2013. The scholarship recognizes outstanding academic achievement by an upper year student in the GEM or Geomatics programs. Congratulations Owen!

The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to welcome two new faculty members to the department to support the new Masters in Climate Change (MCC) program.

The Weather and Society Study Group of the is pleased to announce the second issue of the Canadian Weather & Society Advisor.

Dr. Geoff Wall, a retired Geography and Environmental Management (GEM) professor in the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ’s Faculty of Environment, is the subject of a publication titled, The “Great Wall” in tourism research – a portrait of Geoff Wall by P. F. Xie in the journal "Anatolia – An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research.”

Many academic institutions automatically elevate faculty to professor emeritus status upon their retirement. At the ���Ծ������������é de �ѴDzԳٰ�é���� (UdeM) the process is more selective. Through an internal nomination process, a handful of former UdeM faculty are identified, vetted and eventually chosen as permanent faculty members of the 135-year-old institution.

As our climate changes, flooding, fire, tornadoes and drought likely sit atop many people’s list of potential environmental hazards.

The Faculty of Environment at the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ (/environment/) is seeking applications for a nomination to a NSERC Canada Research Chair Tier 2. The theme is Ecosystem and Climate with a focus on one or more of the following areas:

The Department of Geography and Environmental Management has been ranked amongst the world’s elite Geography programs, placing in the top 100 of the QS World University Rankings.