Awards and Achievements | Prix et réalisations

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CAG 2025 Student Presentation Awards: The 2025 CAG Conference at Carleton University marks the second year that the CAG has issued the Student Presentation Awards. Congratulations to the following presenters:​

• Best Undergraduate Presentation - Gabrielle Wong (Simon Fraser University)

• Best Master's Presentation - Ben Woodward (University of Waterloo)

• Best Doctoral Presentation - Galen Richardson (University of Ottawa)

• Best Master's Poster - Megan O'Brien (Saint Mary's University)

• Best Doctoral Poster - Leah Fulton (University of Victoria)

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2025 GIS Study Group Presentation Awards: Congratulations to the NEW record breaking 21 Student Award Winners of the 2025 GIS Study Group Presentation Awards! The 2025 Award winners are:  

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Ben Woodward (University of Waterloo), Bright Kwakye (Saint Mary's University), Cameron Brubacher (Concordia University), Ebenezer Narh (Western University), Elvia Willyono (University of Victoria), Emory Shaw (Institut national de la recherche scientifique [INRS]), Fahime Karami (Queen's University), Florent Amat (Université du Québec à Montréal), Gaspard Octeus (Université Laval), Jayda Hylton Pelaia (Ontario Tech University), Kyle Derry (York University), Lewis Blagogie (Dalhousie University), Mohsen Ansari (University of Ottawa), Nadia Keshmiri (York University), Nkosinothando Mhlanga (Carleton University), Reforce Okwei (Western University), Saeideh Sahebivayghan (York University), Shweta Parajuli (York University), Stella Harden (Simon Fraser University), Tejumade Ojo (York University), Yihang Zhang (University of Northern British Columbia)

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Prix de l'ACG pour les présentations étudiant.e.s : Le congrès 2025 de l'ACG à l'Université Carleton marque la deuxième année où l'ACG décerne les prix de présentation aux étudiant.e.s. Félicitations aux lauréat.e.s suivant.e.s :​​​​​

• Meilleure présentation de premier cycle - Gabrielle Wong (Simon Fraser University)

• Meilleure présentation de maîtrise - Ben Woodward (University of Waterloo)

• Meilleure présentation de doctorat - Galen Richardson (University of Ottawa)

• Meilleure affiche de maîtrise  - Megan O'Brien (Saint Mary's University)

• Meilleure affiche de doctorat - Leah Fulton (University of Victoria)

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Prix 2025 du groupe d'étude SIG : Félicitations aux 21 lauréat.e.s du prix 2025 du groupe d'étude SIG, un nouveau record ! Les lauréat.e.s du prix 2025 sont :  ​

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Ben Woodward (University of Waterloo), Bright Kwakye (Saint Mary's University), Cameron Brubacher (Concordia University), Ebenezer Narh (Western University), Elvia Willyono (University of Victoria), Emory Shaw (Institut national de la recherche scientifique [INRS]), Fahime Karami (Queen's University), Florent Amat (Université du Québec à Montréal), Gaspard Octeus (Université Laval), Jayda Hylton Pelaia (Ontario Tech University), Kyle Derry (York University), Lewis Blagogie (Dalhousie University), Mohsen Ansari (University of Ottawa), Nadia Keshmiri (York University), Nkosinothando Mhlanga (Carleton University), Reforce Okwei (Western University), Saeideh Sahebivayghan (York University), Shweta Parajuli (York University), Stella Harden (Simon Fraser University), Tejumade Ojo (York University), Yihang Zhang (University of Northern British Columbia)

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Calls for Papers and Upcoming Events

Appels à communications et événements à venir

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​​Call for Papers - Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025: The sixth edition of the Spatial Data Science Symposium (SDSS2025), will be taking place December 4-5, 2025. As with previous editions, SDSS2025 will be online and distributed (with regional hubs), making it one of the more accessible and equitable venues in our field. Participation is free, enabling engagement from across the global spatial data science community. We welcome submissions from across the spatial data science community as well as those working at its intersections. Please share this call widely.  More details, including submission guidelines, are available on the symposium website.

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Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop in Montreal: Inviting all researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students to participate in the 2nd Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop to be held at McGill University (Montréal) on Monday, October 27, 2025. The workshop aims to bring together a diverse community to advance open, data-driven approaches to sustainable transport planning, from analytical tools and frameworks to shared datasets and methods. To participate, please submit a Statement of Interest (max 300 words) by October 3, 2025. Visit the website for full details.

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Call for Papers: Special Issue Proposal on Queer Migrants in Transnational Social Spaces (Gender, Place & Culture): This special issue seeks to bring together scholarship at the intersections of queer migration studies, transnationalism, and spatial theory. We invite contributions that explore how LGBTQI+ migrants navigate departure, asylum, integration, and belonging, as well as how their experiences transform sexual and gender identities, communities, and politics across borders. Our goal is to advance a critical conversation on the role of space, place, and scale in shaping queer migrants’ lives while foregrounding voices and methodologies that push the boundaries of heteronormative and homonormative migration studies. Please submit a 500-word abstract summarizing your argument, approach, methodology, queer migrant population, and fit within the issue’s themes by October 17, 2025, to guest editors florent.chossiere@parisgeo.cnrs.fr and carlo.charles@uwindsor.ca. Please see here for full submission guidelines. 

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Call for Papers - Children’s geographies in, and of, education: This session seeks to invite discussion about the value of, and possibilities for, further engagement with children’s geographies in, of, and for education. We focus on education as a significant part of many children’s everyday lives and routines, and as a process that supports their understanding of and engagement with the world. We welcome contributions that examine possibilities for engaging with children’s geographies in education. Presentations should be 15 minutes in length and based on an unpublished paper or creative work in an alternative format. Please contact Dr Lauren Hammond (lauren.hammond@education.ox.ac.uk) by October 30, 2025 to submit your proposal. Please see here for full details. 

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Call for Posters & Maps – Canada Maps & Poster Gallery at GoGeomatics Expo 2025: The Canada Maps & Poster Gallery will be a highlight of the GoGeomatics Expo, taking place November 4–5, 2025, in Calgary. This gallery celebrates Canadian cartography and geography by showcasing maps and posters created by students, professionals, and organizations from across the country. Submissions are welcome for a wide range of themes and formats, from research posters to innovative cartographic designs. All accepted works will be displayed on the Expo trade show floor, providing national exposure to the geomatics and geography community. To participate, please contact us at info@gogeomatics.ca. Printed maps and posters should be mailed by October 24, 2025, to: Canada Maps C/O Peter Srager, 66 Citadel Peak Mews NW, Calgary, AB T3G 4H6. 

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CIFAR Global Scholars Program: CIFAR is now accepting applications for the 2026-2028 cohort of the CIFAR Global Scholars Program. This unique initiative provides junior faculty the opportunity to develop and lead high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research, expand their professional networks and receive focused leadership training in their pivotal first years as independent investigators. CIFAR welcomes applicants within the first five years of their first independent faculty appointment, whose research complements the themes and goals of a following research program: Child & Brain Development, CIFAR MacMillan Multiscale Human, Future Flourishing, Humanity’s Urban Future, Learning in Machines & Brains, Quantum Materials. Applications close on November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST (UTC -5). Full details are available at cifar.ca/global-scholars.

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SAVE THE DATE Spatial Knowledge and Information (SKI) Conference 2026: Following the encouraging feedback from the 8th SKI Conference in 2025, the GIS Study Group, lead by Victoria Fast, are happy to announce that the 9th SKI Conference is a go! The Conference will be held in Banff, Alberta from February 19-22, 2026. The planning committee is hard at work; more details coming soon.​

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Programme des chercheurs mondiaux du CIFAR :  Le CIFAR accepte maintenant les candidatures pour la cohorte 2026-2028 du programme des chercheurs mondiaux du CIFAR. Cette initiative exceptionnelle offre aux membres subalternes du corps professoral la possibilité de réaliser et de diriger des recherches interdisciplinaires audacieuses à fort impact, d’élargir leurs réseaux professionnels et de recevoir une formation ciblée en matière de leadership dans les premières années déterminantes de leur carrière en recherche indépendante. Le CIFAR encourage les personnes candidates issues des sciences naturelles, biomédicales, sociales et humaines à poser leur candidature. Le programme est ouvert aux personnes qui occupent leur premier poste de professeure ou professeur indépendant depuis moins de cinq ans. La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est fixée au 5 novembre 2025 à 12 h 00 (heure normale de l’Est). Vous trouverez tous les détails à l’adresse suivante : https://cifar.ca/fr/chercheurs-mondiaux/.

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Appel de propositions - 93e Congrès de l'Acfas : L’Acfas vous invite à soumettre une proposition à son 93e Congrès, qui sera accueilli l'an prochain par l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). Cet événement scientifique phare est l’endroit tout indiqué pour diffuser vos résultats de recherche, découvrir les dernières avancées dans tous les secteurs et retrouver la grande communauté des sciences en français. Trois-Rivières, ville emblématique de la Mauricie, accueillera un congrès centré sur le thème des sciences sans frontières du 11 au 15 mai 2026. Le congrès de l’Acfas est un événement hybride, favorisant ainsi la participation de la communauté scientifique francophone mondiale et la diffusion sans limites des résultats de recherche. La date limite de dépôt des propositions est le 10 octobre 2025. Consultez l'appel de propositions. 

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New in Canadian Geographies

Nouveau dans géographies canadiennes

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Just published! The latest articles in CG.

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Tout juste publié ! Les derniers articles dans GC.

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Editor's Picks for September / Sélections de la Rédactrice en septembre :

• Second thoughts: Do secondary suites provide adequate housing?​

by/par Damian Collins​

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Also new in CG / Nouvellement publié dans GC : 

 

Hanna Maoh, Mohamed Abdo: An over time comparison of linear and spatial regression model parameters to predict average housing values: Evidence from two Canadian cities

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Bernauer, Elysia Petrone: Scale and colonialism in nuclear waste siting: The geography of spent nuclear fuel in northwestern Ontario, Canada

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Richard Harris (Book Review): Messy cities: Why we can't plan everything By Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, and John Lorinc (Eds.), Toronto: Coach House Books. 2025

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Ayla De Grandpré, Jon M. Corbett: “When your participants cannot speak”: Exploring the potential for participatory mapping to represent the geographies of more-than-human actors

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Bernard Momer, Karen Hébert (Book Review): Tending nature: Fostering eco-citizenship in the Americas By Nathalie Gravel, Cham: Springer Nature. 2024

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Satveer Dhillon, Andrea Rishworth, Susan J. Elliott: Aging with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

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Wu Biyu, Li Ming (Book Review): The rise of the neighbourhood in Canada, 1880s–2020s By Richard Harris, Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2025

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Aneta Robak (Book Review): Frankenstein urbanism: Eco, smart and autonomous cities, artificial intelligence and the end of the city By Federico Cugurullo, New York: Routledge. 2021

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William N. Holden (Book Review): The Green Ages: Medieval innovations in sustainability By Annette Kehnel, Waltham: Brandeis University Press. 2024

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Senanu Kwasi Kutor, Desmond Ofori Oklikah: Migration-induced separation: Perspectives of Ghanaian women left behind

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Shereen Fernandez (Book Review): Fabricating homeland security: Police entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel By Rhys Machold, Redwood City: Stanford University Press. 2024

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Nil Alt (Book Review): Cash, clothes, and construction: Rethinking value in Bolivia's pluri-economyBy  Kate Maclean, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2023

 

Flandrine Lusson (Book Review): Solidarity cities: Confronting racial capitalism, mapping transformation By Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2025

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Other Recent Geography Publications 

Autres publications géographiques récentes

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Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Volume 69, Issue 4

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ACME, Volume 24, Number 3

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Applied Geography, Volume 181 - Volume 184​​​​​​​​​​​

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Cartographica, Volume 60, Issue 2

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Dialogues in Human Geography, Volume 15, Issue 2

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Emotion, Space and Society, Volume 56

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Global Environmental Change, Volume 93 & 94

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Human Geography, Volume 18, Issue 2

 

International Journal of Geo-Information, Volume 14, Issue 7, 8, & 9

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International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research, Volume 12, Issue 1

 

Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 25, Issue 4

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Journal of Geography, Volume 124, Issue 3 & 4

 

Journal of Latin American Geography, Volume 24, Issue 1

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Moravian Geographical Reports, Volume 33, Issue 2

 

Physical Geography, Volume 46, Issue 4

 

Progress in Human Geography, Volume 49, Issue 4

 

Progress in Physical Geography, Earth and Environment, Volume 49, Issue 4

 

The Geographical Journal, Volume 191, Issue 3

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The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, Volume 15, Issue 2

 

Tourism Geographies, Volume 27, Issue 3-4 & 5

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Job Postings | Offres d'emploi​

 

​Professor in Human Geography - Université de Fribourg

Deadline/Date limite: 10-15-2025. [More information / Plus d'info]

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PhD. Position - University of Guelph

Deadline/Date limite: 11-30-2025. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Offre de Projet de doctorat - Université de Sherbrooke

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Directrice ou Directeur de Projets en Environnement  - Activa Environnement 

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Chargé.e de Projets en Autorisations et permis - Activa Environnement

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Chargé.e de Projets en Caractérisations de Sites - Activa Environnement

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Chargé.e de Projets en Environnement - Activa Environnement

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Maîtrise en géomatique appliquée - Université de Sherbrooke

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]​

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Graduate Student positions in Northern Agriculture & Sustainable Food Systems Research - Wilfrid Laurier University

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]

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Database Architect - SmartICE

Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]​

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News and Announcements | Nouvelles et annonces

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ANNOUNCING CAG 2026 - Resilience: The 2026 Annual Meeting and Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers will be hosted by the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. The 2026 Conference will be held June 1 - 4, 2026 following the theme Resilience. Information will be shared as it becomes available. ​

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Canadian Geographies CAG2025 Special Issues Invitation: Following the 2025 CAG Annual Conference, Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes invites session organizers to bringing session papers together as Special Issues to be published in the journal. Individual paper submissions are equally welcome. If interested in convening a Special Issue, please contact the respective Editor: Agnieszka Leszczynski, (Editor-in-Chief) for English language specials, or Martin Simard (French Editor) for French language specials.

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PCAG 2025 Annual Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers will be hosted from October 17-19, 2025 at the Elkhorn Resort and Conference Centre Manitoba. This year's conference will feature a PCAG Banquet, admission included with each registration, and an optional, free walking field trip in Wasagaming, led by RMNP Resource Conservation staff. Today, September 18th is the final day to register.

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CAGONT 2025 Annual Conference: The 2025 Annual Conference of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers will be hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University from November 14-15, 2025. More details coming soon. 

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ANNONCE ACG 2026 - Résilience : La réunion annuelle et congrès 2026 de l'Association canadienne des géographes sera accueilli par le département de géographie de l'Université de Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique. Le congrès 2026 aura lieu du 1er au 4 juin 2026 et suivra le thème de la résilience. Les informations seront communiquées au fur et à mesure qu'elles seront disponibles.​

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Appel à numéros spéciaux de Géographies canadiennes ACG2025 : À la suite du congrès annuel de l'ACG 2025, Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes invite les responsables de session à rassembler les exposés de session sous forme de numéros spéciaux qui seront publiés dans la revue. Les soumissions d'articles individuels sont également les bienvenues. Les personnes intéressées par l'organisation d'un numéro spécial sont priées de contacter la rédactrice en chef concernée : Agnieszka Leszczynski (rédactrice en chef) pour les numéros spéciaux en anglais, ou Martin Simard (rédacteur en français) pour les numéros spéciaux en français.

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Conférence annuelle 2025 de PCAG : La Conférence annuelle 2025 de la Division des Prairies de l'Association canadienne des géographes aura lieu du 17 au 19 octobre 2025 au Elkhorn Resort and Conference Centre Manitoba. La conférence de cette année comprendra un banquet PCAG, dont l'entrée est comprise dans chaque inscription, ainsi qu'une excursion pédestre facultative et gratuite à Wasagaming, guidée par le personnel chargé de la conservation des ressources du RMNP. Aujourd'hui, le 18 septembre, est le dernier jour pour s'inscrire. ​​​

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Conférence annuelle 2025 de CAGONT : La conférence annuelle 2025 de la division ontarienne de l'Association canadienne des géographes aura lieu à l'Université métropolitaine de Toronto les 14 et 15 novembre 2025. Plus de détails à venir. 

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The CAG works for Geographers! L'ACG, au service des géographes 

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