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TA Training Coordinator Spotlight – CTLT
By lbarrick on Aug 1, 2014
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) has featured the TA training efforts of the Geography Department in a Coordinator Spotlight piece. Co-Coordinators Jessica Hallenbeck and Leigh Barrick reflect on the 2013-14 introduction of the Indigenous Content, Equity, and Diversity in the Classroom workshop series for grad TAs in Geography. The series, coordinated and […]
AAG Annual Meeting 2014
By lbarrick on May 13, 2014
Paige Patchin, Alex Pysklywec, and Leigh Barrick presented papers at the 2014 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida in April.
“Everyday Experiences of National Security on the Olympic Peninsula”
By lbarrick on Sep 20, 2013
Leigh Barrick recently completed her Master of Arts in Geography. Her thesis, entitled “Everyday Experiences of National Security on the Olympic Peninsula,” examines the recent expansion of United States border security infrastructure into rural areas of northwestern Washington State. Leigh is now a doctoral student in the UBC Geography Department.
“Prayer and Promise Along the Migrant Trail”
By lbarrick on Jul 22, 2013
Dr. Juanita Sundberg’s essay “Prayer and Promise Along the Migrant Trail” was published in April 2013 as part of a special issue in the Geographical Review seeking to politicize creative practices within the discipline of geography. The special issue was organized by Drs. Sallie A. Marston and Sarah de Leeuw. Dr. Sundberg’s essay bears witness […]
Matamoros Se Viste de Arcoiris
By lbarrick on Jul 3, 2013
Alex Pysklywec has been in Matamoros, Tamaulipas and Brownsville, Texas carrying out fieldwork this summer. On June 28, Alex took part in the second annual pride parade in Matamoros. See a news report on the event here.
“For Your Own Good: Paternalism and Patriarchy in Urban Namibia”
By lbarrick on Jun 14, 2013
Alex Pysklywec’s article “For Your own Good: Paternalism and Patriarchy in Urban Namibia” was recently published in PlatForum, Journal of Graduate Students in Anthropology at the University of Victoria. Read full article.
Review of ‘On Being Included: Racism and Institutional Life’
By lbarrick on Jun 14, 2013
Alex Pysklywec and Corin de Freitas’ review of Sara Ahmed’s On Being Included: Racism and Institutional Life has been published in Society and Space – Environment and Planning D. The book was published in 2012 by Duke University Press. See full review.
Rosemary Collard appointed as Assistant Professor at Concordia
By lbarrick on May 31, 2013
Rosemary Collard has been appointed as an assistant professor (tenure track) in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University in Montreal. Congratulations to Rosemary!
AAG Annual Meeting 2013
By lbarrick on May 31, 2013
Juanita Sundberg, Dawn Hoogeveen, Rosemary Collard, Paige Patchin, Alex Pysklywec, and Leigh Barrick presented papers at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Los Angeles, April 9-13. Dawn also co-organized the paper session ‘Political Ecologies of Resource Extraction and Indigeneity in the Americas’ and Juanita organized the paper session ‘Animating Geopolitics.’ […]
Review of ‘Gendering Border Studies’
By lbarrick on May 2, 2013
Leigh Barrick and Dr. Juanita Sundberg’s review of Gendering Border Studies was published online in Social & Cultural Geography in April 2013. The book was published in 2010 by the University of Wales Press in Cardiff, edited by Jane Aaron, Henrice Altink and Chris Weedon. See full review.
