Students

Making Sense of ‘Left Behind Places’ in Canada

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:19:50 +0000

Morgan Sleeth, Mylène Riva, Kevin Manaugh and Sébastien Breau recently published their article "‘Left Behind Places’: Examining the Evolution of a Concept With an Application to the Canadian Regional Development Context" in Growth and Change. This paper employs Statistics Canada's 2021 Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) dataset as a proxy for identifying LBPs across the country and examines their spatial dynamics at the census subdivision (CSD) level.

Research on Mennonite colonies cited in The Economist!

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:06:28 +0000

Prof. le Polain was interviewed about his research on the expansion of Mennonite colonies in Latin America for this short article in The Economist: https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/10/01/a-german-newspaper-for...

New AI Cities: The Case of Neom (Federico Cugurullo, Trinity College Dublin)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:39:34 +0000

Nowadays, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the development of new cities are rapidly intersecting.

Disrupted spaces, adaptive lives: New piece by Kee & Turner

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:18:36 +0000

Shout out to former MA student Michelle Kee and Prof Sarah Turner for their new co-authored piece: “Disrupted spaces, adaptive lives: Unequal impacts of Hanoi’s first urban railway lines” in the journal Urban Studies. Access the article here:

Exploring peatland phenology: tracking the colour of peatlands using community science (Scott Davidson, UQAM)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:37:46 +0000

Peatlands are vital ecosystems, storing one-third of the world’s soil carbon and are a key nature-based climate solution.

From Satellites to Sea Ice: GURA Student Investigates Arctic Patterns

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:45:03 +0000

Mr. Kingson Campbell just successfully completed his summer Geography Undergraduate Research Award (GURA) under the supervision of Dr. Mallik Mahmud. As part of the GURA, he focused on remote sensing of Arctic snow and sea ice: specifically analyzing satellite data across multiple years from a geographical perspective to identify patterns and correlations. Kingson’s research aimed to discern the optimal Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) frequency for sea ice by investigating radar signatures derived from multi-frequency SAR imagery over the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic.

Geography Faculty Talks: Professors Sarah Moser & Graham Macdonald

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:43:42 +0000

The Gazan Riviera and other entrepreneurial imaginaries

Sarah Moser

Deep geographical wealth disparities divide the United States (Tom Kemeny, University of Toronto)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:41:05 +0000

Tom Kemeny, University of Toronto

Integrating hydrogeomorphology into river restoration practices: a winning approach (Pascale Biron, Concordia University)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:42:30 +0000

Integrating hydrogeomorphology into river restoration practices: a winning approach (Pascale Biron, Concordia University)

Geography Faculty Talks: Raja Sengupta & Mallik Mahmud

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:17:04 +0000

Urban Heat Island Variability in Montreal: understanding current and future trends using advanced Geospatial analysis

Professor Raja Sengupta

ɬ�﷬ Geography Students Highlight Mismatch Between Montréal Bike Infrastructure and Demand

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:00:37 +0000

A new study by geography graduate students and professors reveals that micromobility infrastructure in Montréal - bike lanes, BIXI docks, etc.- accounts for just ~2% of street space, despite significantly higher demand in key boroughs such as Plateau‑Mont‑Royal and Rosemont–La Petite‑Patrie.

[CANCELLED] Urban greening as a determinant of health and a strategy to tackle the triple planetary crisis (Pierre Paul Audate, Université de Montréal)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:27:14 +0000

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Graduate student presentations [Cancelled]

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:21:00 +0000

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Leveraging remote sensing to understand tropical ecosystems in a changing world (Elsa Ordway, University of California, Los Angeles)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:25:02 +0000

Abstract: The tropics are experiencing dramatic changes as a result of climate change and land-use change.

Queerburbia: LGBTQ2S placemaking in Canadian suburbs (Julie Podmore, John Abbott College (with Alison L. Bain))

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:23:04 +0000

Abstract: Queerburbia is a neologism coined as a counterargument to queer metronormativities.