Geography and Environmental Studies at Saint Mary's University

06/01/2026

05/13/2026

Join us today for the below defence!

Improving the classification of old-growth forest with GIS and remote sensing techniques in Nova Scotia

Megan O’Brien
1 p.m. in Loyola 171

05/05/2026

Join us May 13 at 1 p.m. for Megan O'Brien's defence.

The Department of Geography & Environmental Studies invites you to a MA in Geography Thesis Defence, "Improving the classification of old-growth forest with GIS and remote sensing techniques in Nova Scotia". Wednesday, May 13 at 1 p.m. in Loyola 171.

04/27/2026

Announcing this year's winners:

Benoit Ouellette Memorial Prize in Cartography - Erin de Alva Villar
(Runner up - Carson Bowering)

CAG Undergraduate Award - Keyara Nelson

Environmental Studies Prize - Mackenzie Crawford

04/27/2026

The Department of Geography & Environmental Studies invites you to a MA in Geography Thesis Defence, "Improving the classification of old-growth forest with GIS and remote sensing techniques in Nova Scotia". Wednesday, May 13 at 1 p.m. in Loyola 171.

04/24/2026

NEW!!
Online Course – Fall 2026

BORDERS - GEOG 4828

Borders are instrumental to our daily lives: they connect, divide, reorient, prohibit and facilitate relations in society, in politics, and in the economy. They are often associated with violence and instability (as on the US-Mexico border), and remain at the heart of many of our contemporary debates. This course introduces some of the ways that geographers and other scholars have conceptualised borders, and will equip students with the analytical and theoretical tools to identify and critique the many ways that borders shape the world around them.

Contact information:
Dr. Cathy Conrad ([email protected])

04/21/2026

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies invites you to this winter’s Geography B.Sc. Honour Thesis Defence with Daniel Wilson. His defence is entitled "Anthropogenic and Environmental Factors Influencing the Spatial Distribution of Earthworms in Finland". His supervisor is Dr. Erin Cameron and the first reader is Dr. Patricia Matsumoto. Defence is taking place on Wednesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. in Atrium 216. Join us!

04/15/2026

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies announces that it will be offering 4130 Geography International Field Course: The Gambia. This will be in the winter of 2027. Check out more details at: https://www.smu.ca/geography/geography-field-courses.html. Or email us at [email protected].

SMArts - Saint Mary's Faculty of Arts

04/14/2026

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, April 15, for three Honours Defences in the Bachelor of Environmental Studies. All three will be held in Burke 207 at the times listed below.

9:00-10:00
MacKenzie Crawford
Old Forests, Young People: An Investigation Into the Old-Growth Forest Values of Young People in Nova Scotia

10:30-11:30
Marina Penner
Assessing Ecological Connectivity Amongst American Marten (Martes americana) in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

1:00-2:00
Marie-Ève Côté
Kejimkujik’s Fire Disturbance History and Suggested Management Plan Through the Lens of Dendrochronology

All students have been supervised by Dr. Peter Bush.

SMArts - Saint Mary's Faculty of Arts

04/14/2026

NEW!! Online Course - Fall 2026

BORDERS - GEOG 4828

This course will equip students with the analytical and theoretical tools to identify and critique the many ways that borders shape the world around them.

For more information, write us at [email protected].