Geography and Environmental Studies at Saint Mary's University

08/06/2026

Our friends down at NSCC Annapolis Valley Campus & COGS have some programs that may be of interest to our Geography students and alumni.

📍 Seats Still Available at COGS!

Looking for a hands-on career with excellent employment opportunities?

In the Survey Technician program, you'll spend up to half your time learning in the field while working with GNSS, total stations, GIS, CAD and surveying technology used across construction, infrastructure and land development projects.

Surveyors are in demand across Canada, and COGS graduates are highly sought after by industry.

👉 Applications are still being accepted for September.



Program URL: https://www.nscc.ca/programs-and-courses/programs/plandescr.aspx/survey-technician

06/24/2026

New Hours!🚨⏰

Between spring and summer semester (June 23-July 5th) the library will be open for the following hours:

Monday to Friday: 8:30am-5pm
Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED

Exceptions:
The library will be CLOSED on Wednesday, July 1 for Canada Day.

06/23/2026

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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!