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- 2024 Archives
- Professor Nicholas Blomley Honored with the Community-Engaged Research Achievement Award
- Graduate Students Claire Shapton and Marina Chavez Honored with the Community-Engaged Graduate Scholar Award
- Applications now open: 2024 ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship for ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
- Associate Professor Rosemary Collard achieves 13th place on ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Altmetric List
- The PEAK feature: GSU hosts inaugural RANGE conference
- Gabrielle Wong wins First Prize in 2023 Student Learning Commons Writing Contest
- Gabrielle Wong receives Warren Gill Memorial Award
- Professor Nick Blomley receives Warren Gill Memorial Award for Community Impact
- Geography Student Union recipient of the FENV 2024 Changemaker Awards
- Senior Lecturer Tara Holland reveals the secret sauce of great teaching
- Senior Lecturer Tara Holland Receives ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Bright Addae
- GIS undergraduate students participate in the Canada-wide 2024 AppChallenge competition
- Senior Lecturer Andrew Perkins Receives ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV 2024 Dean's Award of Excellence in Teaching
- Congratulations to Alysha van Duynhoven, Canada's 2024 ESRI Young Scholar
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Robert Ehlert
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Stephan Nieweler
- Eugene McCann writes on "livable cities" in The Tyee
- Tiana Andjelic wins the 2024 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV ECCE GIS Scholarship Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Marina Chavez
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Mia Fitzpatrick
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Lan Qing Zhao
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Tyler Cole
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Benjamin Lartey
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Olivia Nieves
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Max Hurson
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to John Sykes
- Farewell to Robert "Bob" Horsfall, Associate Professor
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to André Araújo
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Geography welcomes ethnobotanist, Leigh Joseph, as professor of Indigenous geographies
- Physical Geography September: What is Physical Geography?
- Alysha Van Duynhoven communicates award-winning research at international GIS conference
- How Dr. Tracy Brennand’s visionary leadership shaped the Department of Geography - a heartfelt thank-you
- Dr. Tracy Brennand honoured with the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Award
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Jay Matsushiba
- Human Geography October: What is Human Geography?
- MA Student Joy Russell featured on CBC Vancouver
- Human Geography October: What is Urban Worlds?
- Ajay Minhas Receives 2024 Warren Gill Award
- Dr. Nadine Schuurman featured in ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV news article on Runnability
- GIS Month: What is Geographic Information Science (GIS)?
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Joy Russell
- Perspectives from students using ChatGPT in a large enrollment fully online GIS Course
- Motivations, Habits and Risks of using ChatGPT in the On-Campus Quantitative Geography course
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Ian McDonald
- 2025 Archives
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Negin Shooraj
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Geography Alumni Sean Orr wins Vancouver council seat in byelection
- Rosemary Collard awarded 2024 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Excellence in Teaching Award
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Students Designed and Developed a GeoApp as a Living Wage Calculator
- Undergraduate students team secures third-place in Canada-wide GeoApp competition
- ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Geography Wins Big at 2025 CAG Annual Conference
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Alex Sodeman
- Thesis Defence - Congratulations to Tintin Yang
- In Memory of Leonard "Len" Evenden, Professor Emeritus
- Gabrielle Wong awarded 2025 Gordon M. Shrum Medal
- Dr. Bright Addae awarded 2025 Graduate Dean's Convocation Medal
- Congratulations to Alysha van Duynhoven for Teaching Assistant Excellence Award
- Wildfires to waterways: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Geography grad takes action to protect the environment
- Making a difference on and off-campus: student leader and changemaker, Gabrielle Wong, awarded ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV convocation medal
- 2025 Alumni Newsletter
- Kira Sokolovskaia wins the 2025 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV ECCE GIS Scholarship Award
- Mapping a path to City Hall: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV alumnus shares journey to becoming Mayor of New Westminster
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The Geography Student Union is a welcoming group of students who are enthusiastic about engaging with the community and learning about the world around us. And good news, whether you are completing a major in Geography or just taking a GEOG course, all Geography students are members of the GSU. We regularly host social and academic events, including Experiential Learning Trips to places like Portland, Victoria, and this year to Kelowna! We also tend to our lovely common room (RCB 6102), which is free for all members to use. Please visit for the room code.
We hope to see you in meetings (on Zoom or in-person), at our events, and in classes. You can follow us on social media using the links below or drop us an email at geog-pres@sfu.ca to learn more and get involved.
Thank you for being part of the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Geography community! We look forward to connecting with you soon.
Max MacInnes-Cann & Erik Makinen
Co-Chairs, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV GSU
geog-pres@sfu.ca
Summer 2025 - Events/Activities
Stay connected! Drop by and say hello at our meetings. All GSU members are welcome.
- GSU Summer Term Meetings - Every Tuesday at 6:30pm over Zoom
*For the Zoom link, please join the server or email geog-pres@sfu.ca.
Executive Members
- Co-Chairs: Max MacInnes-Cann & Erik Makinen
- Events Coordinator: Allie Bui
- Academic Events Assistant: Jeffrey Collinson
- Recreational Events Assistant: Amélia Lachapelle
- Social Events Assistant: Mussaab Manzer
- Marketing and Communications Coordinator: Issra Syed
- Marketing and Communications Assistant: Lucy Ford
- Secretary: Ajay Minhas
- Treasurer: Nathan Komukai
- Department Committee Representative: Nathan Komukai
- UGSC Committee Representatives: Nathan Komukai
- SFSS Council Representative: Jeffrey Collinson
- First Year Representative: Elle Baldassi
- EDI Representative: Ajay Minhas
- Events Committee Representative: Robin Moo
- Interdepartmental Representative: Erik Makinen
- Community Liaison: Vacant
- Post-Secondary Community Liaison: Kyla Mui