/channels/taxonomy/term/5683/all en /channels/channels/news/cirm-welcomes-alex-gaio-and-fabio-scetti-visiting-scholars-summer-2022-340387 <p>This summer, the <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/centre-montreal/">Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al (CIRM)</a> is happy to welcome Ph.D student in Geography Alex Gaio as well as lecturer and researcher in Sociolinguistics Fabio Scetti as part of a one-month and three-month research stay, respectively!</p> Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:00:49 +0000 webfull 180954 at /channels /channels/channels/event/gis-day-2021-334746 <p>Celebrate (virtual) <strong>GIS Day</strong> with 黑料不打烊's Geographic Information Center!聽 This year's theme is <strong>GeoAI</strong> and <strong>Data Analytics</strong>.</p> <p><em><u>Schedule of events:</u></em></p> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:44:35 +0000 webfull 174649 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-call-creation-global-database-land-prices-287432 <p>Improved access to data on land prices is vital for future advances in global change science and policy. Spatially explicit land price information should be a public good available to the international community. An open-access, global land price database would enable policymakers, scientists, and civic society to better grapple with the economic, social, and environmental challenges posed by global change. Co-authored by Oliver T Coomes, Graham K MacDonald and Yann le Polain de Waroux from 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Department of Geography.</p> Wed, 30 May 2018 19:09:37 +0000 webfull 138275 at /channels /channels/news/taking-stock-world%E2%80%99s-lakes-264815 <p>The total shoreline of the world鈥檚 lakes is more than four times longer than the global ocean coastline. And if all the water in those lakes were spread over the Earth鈥檚 landmass, it would form a layer some four feet (1.3 metres) deep.<br /> 聽<br /></p> Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:30:53 +0000 webfull 123748 at /channels /channels/news/national-aboriginal-day-253545 <p> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:14:33 +0000 webfull 110716 at /channels /channels/news/overcoming-hurdles-arctic-climate-change-adaptation-257495 <p><strong><em>By Katherine Gombay, <a href="/newsroom">黑料不打烊 Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p><em>Arctic peoples inherently able to adapt given changes to various non-climatic factors</em></p> Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:42:36 +0000 webfull 114942 at /channels /channels/event/s%C3%A9bastien-caquard-mapping-contemporary-canadian-cinematographic-territories-218069 <p>Co-颅sponsored by the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment.</p> <p>Contact: <span class="spamspan"><span class="u">benjamin.forest</span> [at] <span class="d">mcgill.ca</span></span></p> Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:26:53 +0000 webfull 85924 at /channels /channels/news/pokemongo-discriminates-based-bias-algorithm-261885 <p>"These games are built by humans and therefore they contain all the biases of humans." -- Geography professor Rene Sieber.<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-july-28-2016-1.3698477/pokemon-go-discriminates-based-on-bias-embedded-in-algorithm-says-prof-1.3698502">聽CBC The Current</a></p> <p>聽</p> Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:21:12 +0000 webfull 120096 at /channels /channels/news/four-burning-questions-john-robinson-associate-provost-sustainability-ubc-232582 <h3>John Robinson is the Associate Provost, Sustainability at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is a professor with UBC鈥檚 Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability and Department of Geography.</h3> <blockquote> <p>Published on January 21 | <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/01/four-burning-questions-for-john-robinson-associate-provost-sustainability-at-ubc/" target="_blank">黑料不打烊 Reporter</a></p></blockquote> Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:50:44 +0000 webfull 100808 at /channels /channels/news/dji-and-mcgill-go-live-fish-forest-project-261941 <p>DJI is proud to present, together with Canada's 黑料不打烊 University and Brazil's Federal University of Par谩 - Altamira Campus, the Fish + Forest Project. Tune in to watch a special livestream from the Amazonian Xingu River in northern Brazil, a home to up to 600 unique species of fish, many found nowhere else, narrated by experts in the river's flora and fauna.You will also have the opportunity to ask questions live on Twitter.</p> Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:46:18 +0000 webfull 120164 at /channels /channels/event/victoria-slonosky-canada%E2%80%99s-climate-history-weather-observations-st-lawrence-valley-1742-2010-239120 <p><span>In conjunctions with our colleagues in Geography, through the Geospectives Speaker Series, Victoria Slonosky will be at 黑料不打烊 to present her research on the St Lawrence.</span></p> Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:15:24 +0000 webfull 105490 at /channels /channels/news/expert-hurricane-matthew-263192 <p>鈥淗urricane Matthew is poised to deliver a potentially catastrophic strike on Haiti beginning Monday, and poses a danger to eastern Cuba and Jamaica by Monday night.鈥� (<a href="https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-matthew-caribbean-haiti-jamaica-cuba-bahamas-forecast-oct2">The Weather Network</a>)</p> Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:59:00 +0000 webfull 121920 at /channels /channels/news/new-global-wetlands-map-241106 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:59:05 +0000 webfull 107537 at /channels