Events Archive

Nov. 16, 2023
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom

Dr. Jason Grek-Martin

Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Analyzing Places of Difficult Heritage in Ireland

This presentation will focus on several places of difficult heritage in Ireland visited during my recent sabbatical leave. One set of sites is found in Belfast, Northern Ireland and focuses on the conflicted heritage associated with the celebrated creation and tragic loss of the Titanic. Another set of sites, found in Dublin and Cobh (Republic of Ireland), focus on the emotionally-complex heritage associated with Irish emigration. I will discuss these sites with reference to three key geographic contributions to the study of difficult heritage: place authenticity, spatial narratives, and the embodied experiences of affective heritage.

Oct. 19, 2023
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
Dr. Unyime Umoh

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geology

Insight into ecological and climatic changes in the tropics via lipid probing

In this study, we characterized different classes of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in suspended particulate matter (SPM), surface, and short sediment cores from the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. We further determined total organic carbon, total nitrogen, long-chain hydrocarbons, dinosterol, brassicasterol and phytol, to profoundly estimate organic matter sources and reconstruct environmental variabilities. The distribution pattern of GDGTs coupled with the environmental biomarker models indicated a predominance of soil-derived organic matter. Excess flooding and surface runoff occasioned by torrential monsoon rains in recent years triggered by climate change deposited large terrestrial organic matter into the Gulf of Guinea.

Apr. 21,
2023
10:00 a.m.
Burke 207
Ms. Mary-Margaret Raymond

B.A. Honours thesis defence

Spatial and Temporal Changes in Beach Width and Its Effect on the Condition of Foredunes on Dune du Nord, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Apr. 17,
2023
12:00 p.m.
via Zoom
Mr. Jacob Wisbey

B.E.S. Honours thesis defence

The History of the American Wetland: an Analysis of Sociocultural Values and Cinematic Depictions

Apr. 13,
2023
10:00 a.m.
Burke 207
Ms. Carmen Rojas-Fischer

B.Sc. Honours thesis defence

Commercial Changes and Their Larger Context in a Gentrifying Neighborhood: Tracking the Transformation of Halifax, Canada's North End

Apr. 11,
2023
1:00 p.m.
via Teams
Ms. Rebecca Payne

M.A. in Geography thesis defence

Understanding the Villa di Tito and the Velino Valley within Central Italy by creating Spatial Connections

 

Mar. 28,
2023
10:00 a.m.
via Teams
Ms. Larissa Sweeney

M.A. in Geography thesis defence

The Role of the Environment on Irregular Migration in The Gambia, West Africa: Implications for Climate Change Adaptation Policies

 

 
Feb. 16,
2023
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Associate Professor of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University

Autobiographical Reflections on Geography, Wholeness, and Meditative Inquiry

In this presentation, Dr. Ashwani Kumar will share his journey with geography. Through autobiographical reflections, he will talk about how his intellectual and spiritual journey into wholeness and holistic education has been influenced by his study of geography. Drawing upon his work on meditative inquiry and the work of Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti, he will outline the idea of meditative geography that he thinks can allow us to connect with and protect nature at a deeper existential and spiritual level.

 
Jan. 16,
2023
11:30 a.m.
via Zoom
Dr. Saja Al Zoubi

Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Development Studies, Saint Mary’s University

Syrian War and Refugees: The International Use of Force and Politics

Dr. Al Zoubi is a development economist, and a gender and livelihood expert for the EU delegation to Syria. A lecturer with the Global Development Studies and Political Science departments at Saint Mary’s University, she has also been a lecturer at the University of Oxford and a visiting scholar at the University of Glasgow. Since Syria's civil war broke out in 2011, her research has focused on ways to improve the livelihoods and food security of internally displaced and refugee households, and on examining host country responses through policies and politics that reshape refugee livelihoods. Dr. Al Zoubi is a co-leader of the Global Young Academy's At-Risk Scholars Initiative and steering committee member of its Science in Exile Initiative.

Nov. 30,
2022
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom

Zoom link  smu-ca.zoom.us/j/87997721055

Candidates for M.A. in Geography

Rebecca Payne

Understanding the Villa di Tito and the Velino Valley within Central Italy by creating Spatial Connections

Gabriel Nimoh

The Experiences and Challenges of Black Entrepreneurs in Halifax, NS

Oct. 26,
2022
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom

Zoom link  smu-ca.zoom.us/j/88408191243

Dr. Cristian Suteanu

Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary's University

Strange Case of a Disciplinary Chasm

The fracture between human and physical geography is not new, but is it becoming deeper, wider, and more difficult to cross? Is this chasm unique to the field of geography, or does it signal a broader problem?

The paper does not attempt to provide all the answers. Instead, it focuses on a few elements that it identifies as critical to our moving forward.

 

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