Announcements
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The Department's bulletin board, this page reports on recent and current events of interest to faculty, students and/or the general public, as well as announcing upcoming events and engagements detailed elsewhere on our site (e.g. upcoming lectures, conferences, field trips, study tours etc.). They are posted by date, with the most recent at the top of the page.
If you wish to have something posted on our page, contact any of:
Ken.Brealey@ufv.ca
Olav.Lian@ufv.ca
Nicole.Levinsky@ufv.ca
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Winter 2012 class field trips set posted 12/8/11
The department's class field trip schedule for Winter 2012 is set. Posted here are field trips that takle place outside or over normal class time. Please also note that for Geog 302, the instructor is TBA and so the dates for the usual weekend overnight are tentative pending the appointment. LIkewise, Geog 345 is a split class, so the exact date for either of the two field trips in late March and early April will be determined by the class.
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Hallowe'en Spooktacular posted 10/9/11
Join the department for a Hallowe'em get-together in Chilliwack October 20. For details on the fourth annual edition of this event, organized and hosted by the Geography Undergraduate Students, with food, hay rides and 'orientation' of a different kind, go to Corn Maze!
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Graduating Class 2011 posted 10/3/11
It took us a while to get the pictures, but it's not too late to acknowledge and congratulate them, so please have a look at some shots of the graduating class of 2011. This year we held it June 7 at the Rendezvous Restaurant, where we also handed out our three annual departmental awards. The 2011 winners of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Association of American Geographers, and Doug Nicol Awards were, respectively, Justine Cullen, Garrison Hodges and Rachel Chapman. Congratulations to all three, and best wishes for all our grads in 2011.
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Indigenous Land Claims Certificate confirmed for 2012 posted 9/20/11
The Department is pleased to announce participation in the third edition of the Indigenous Rights Films and Land Claims Certificate, confirmed for a four week run the last two weeks of June and the first two weeks of July 2012. Note that this is a later start date than for previous editions. The official announcement and updated flyer will be forthcoming late October but if interested you can start planning now by getting full details on composition, and how to apply and graduate at www.ufv.ca/landclaims now.
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Update to honours degree requirements and application posted 9/20/11
The Department has updated its information sheets on honours options in the BA and BSc. These changes include more detail on the requirements for completion of an honours option and down-loadable application forms. For these revisions go to BA Honours Option or BSc Honours Option as required.
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Changes in major requirements coming soon posted 9/20/11
The Department will be initiating a significant change in its degree requirements, in particular for majors in both the BSc and BA. This notice has already been posted in the on-line calendar, but students should note that Geog 352 Quantitative Methods will become Geog 252 Quantitative Methods effective the Fall 2012 term. Students who have completed Geog 352 by that semester will of course carry that upper level credit forward and it will count to their upper level credits in their degree program. Students who have not completed Geog 352 by that time should expect to have to now instead complete Geog 252. The course will stll count four credits, but thereafter at the lower level. Depending on the major or concentration, this change will increase some lower level degree requirements by four credits. Additional upper level credits in the form of an extra elective will be added to maintain the current required upper total credits in programs presently requiring Geog 352. If you have any questions, make sure you contact the department head or departmental assistant. Students should plan on taking Geog 252 as early in their degree program as possible.
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Discovery Speakers Series Update posted 9/20/11
Tier II Canada Research Chair Dr. Lenore Newman opened the department's Discovery Speaker Series September 15 with a provocative lecture 'Granville Island: Heart (or stomach) of the Vancouverist Movement'. Speakers in this series are now lined up through to the end of the year, our next edition occuring October 20. For a list of these speakers and their presentations, go to Discovery Speaker Series 2011 .
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Changing of the Guard posted 9/1/11
After almost five years in the chair, Dr. Ken Brealey has stepped down as Head of the Department. Ken says he very much enjoyed the experience, and thanks fellow faculty, inside and outside the department, for their assistance, and for allowing him the privilege. The new Head, effective this posting, is Dr. Michelle Rhodes. Having already extensive experience in program development, and ongoing involvement in several institutional committees, Dr. Rhodes is well placed to meet the new challenges of a growing department in a rapidly changing post-secondary environment. Welcome aboard Michelle!
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Field Trip Line-up for Fall 2011 set posted 9/1/11
The in-class field trip line-up for Fall 2011 is now set. Apologies for not getting this on the site sooner but the person responsible - the outgoing Head (see above) - for the posting was off in the wilds of Montana on the Yellowstone-Glacier study tour! For details, click here.
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Emily Helmer and Lee van Ardenne win 2011 UREA posted 9/1/11
This years's 2011 UREA (Undergraduate Research Excellence Award) in the Department of Geography was shared equally by co-winners and honours students Emily Helmer and Lee van Ardenne. Congratulations to both Emily and Lee, who received their awards at the June 6 dinner honouring all of UFV's student UREA winners at the Ramada in Abbotsford.
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CAG 2011 Follow-up posted 9/1/11
The 2011 edition of the CAG in Calgary May 31 to June 5 included a poster and paper presentation from two honours students in UFV's Department of Geography - Justine Cullen and Rachel Chap-man. Instructor Garry Fehr presented a paper as well. Kudos to all for representing UFV at the national conference. For a few pix, click here.
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WDCAG 2011 Follow-up posted 4/24/11
The 2011 edition of the WDCAG was a resounding success. The department sent six faculty and thirteen students to the conference. Overall, there were 270 participants, 190 of whom were students, spread across 140 separate paper and presentations. With over 200 people at the banquet, all record numbers. For a few pix, click here.
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Justine Cullen Wins Prestigious Award posted 11/14/10
Justine Cullen continues to raise the bar (see Justine Cullen 2010 URE Award Winner, below) as she has just been awarded the Geological Society of America's prestigious Farouk El-Baz Award, one of only two such awards every year, and the first ever to an undergraduate student. Justine travelled to the GSA's Annual Meeting in Denver October 31 with instructor Olav Lian to present a poster on her research and take official receipt of the award. For a few pix, go to our Conference quick links or click here.
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