News Digest of the CAG
Edition 2, Issue 84 - May 31, 2023
Bulletin de nouvelles de l'ACG
Édition 2, Numéro 84 - le 31 mai 2023
Awards and Achievements | Prix et réalisations
Call for contributions: Have you recently received an award or had a significant achievement? We want to celebrate you! Submit your geography-related awards & achievements to info@cag-acg.ca to be featured.
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Appel à contributions : Avez-vous reçu un prix ou réalisé un succès important récemment? Nous voulons vous célébrer! Soumettez vos prix et réalisations liés à la géographie à info@cag-acg.ca pour être mis en vedette.
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Calls for Papers and Upcoming Events
Appels à communications et événements à venir
Call for Submissions - Canadian Geographies: The journal has changed its name to Canadian Geographies/Géographies canadiennes. The name change is to address the problem of the former journal name being masculine in the French language version. We are excited about moving to more inclusive language. Please watch for the new cover and logo designs in the near future.
We are encouraging Canadian researchers to publish in our journal. Please consider submitting your current research to the renamed journal of the Association of Canadian Geographers.
Congress 2023: The next Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences will be held from May 27 to June 2, 2023 with the theme Reckonings and Re-Imaginings. Early Bird registration is open now until March 31st, visit the website for more information as it becomes available.
CALJ 2023 Conference: CALJ is returning to an in person conference for 2023. The conference will be held from May 31st to June 1st at York University's Keele and Glendon Campuses in Toronto. Participants also have the option to attend remotely. CALJ is offering an early-bird discount for those who register before March 31st. This year's Keynote Presentation focuses on the theme Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications. Register Here.
The Line Crossed Us 2023 - New Directions in Critical Border Studies: The third installment of The Line Crossed Us: New Directions in Critical Border Studies conference is coming up June 8-9, 2023. The event is free to attend and will be hosted virtually by the Lethbridge Border Studies Group, University of Lethbridge. The conference brings Indigenous, Settler, and migration politics and histories into conversation by focusing on early-career researchers to promote new voices and cutting-edge questions in the field of critical border studies. This year, approximately 40 presenters will share their research over the two-day conference. See here for the full schedule and updates. Register for your free ticket and for the two public events here.
Call for Papers - “Drawing from memories”: The international conference “Drawing from memories” is taking place in Paris on September 14 and 15, 2023 and have issued a call for papers. This event is intended for those who are interested in mental representations of space and their graphical externalization (mental maps, mind maps, cognitive graphs, etc.). Selected papers will be published as chapters in a collective book. Abstracts (300 words maximum) should be submitted by 30 June 2023 to the following address: drawing@sciencesconf.org. See here for more information
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Appel à contributions - Géographies canadiennes : La revue a changé de nom et s'appelle désormais Canadian Geographies/Géographies canadiennes. Ce changement de nom vise à résoudre le problème de la masculinité de l'ancien nom de la revue dans la version française. Nous sommes ravis de passer à un langage plus inclusif. La nouvelle couverture et le nouveau logo seront bientôt disponibles.
Nous encourageons les chercheurs canadiens à publier dans notre revue. Veuillez envisager de soumettre votre recherche actuelle à la revue renommée de l'Association des géographes canadiens.
Congrès 2023 : Le prochain Congrès des sciences humaines se tiendra du 27 mai au 2 juin 2023 sur le thème Réflexions et ré-imaginations. Les inscriptions au tarif préférentiel sont ouvertes jusqu'au 31 mars.. Consultez le site web pour plus d'informations dès qu'elles seront disponibles.
Appel à communications - « Mémoires dessinées » : La conférence internationale « Mémoires dessinées » aura lieu à Paris les 14 et 15 septembre 2023 et a lancé un appel à communications. Cet évènement s’adresse en particulier aux collègues travaillant sur les représentations mentales de l’espace et leurs externalisations sous forme graphique (cartes mentales, cartes heuristiques, graphes cognitifs, etc.). Les communications retenues seront publiées sous la forme de chapitres dans un ouvrage collectif. Les résumés (300 mots maximum) doivent être soumis d’ici le 30 juin 2023 à l’adresse suivante : drawing@sciencesconf.org. Cliquez sur ce lien pour en savoir plus
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New in Canadian Geographies
Nouveau dans Les géographies canadiennes
Just published! The latest articles in TCG.
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Tout juste publié ! Les derniers articles dans LGC.
Editor's Picks for June / Sélections de la Rédactrice en juin :
by Marianne Bouchard and Maxime Boivin
Free to read June 1-30 / Gratuit à lire du 1er au 30 juin
Also new in TCG / Nouvellement publié dans LGC :
Stéphane Castonguay: L'étude des milieux de vie et de leurs populations : les chantiers d'une géographie historique environnementale au Québec
Natasha A. Webster (Book Review): Through a changing landscape photographing place and community in Waterloo Region, By Philippe Elsworthy, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo
Jesús S. Ibarra-Bonilla, Federico Villarreal-Guerrero, Alfredo Pinedo-Alvarez, Jesús A. Prieto-Amparán: COVID‐19 in Chihuahua, Mexico: Assessing its spatial behaviour through the inverse distance weighted interpolation technique
Call for Book Reviewers: The journal, Canadian Geographies, has the following books available for review. If interested, please send an email to the Book Review Editor, Nalini Mohabir, with a brief explanation of why you are well-suited to review the book (i.e., how it fits with your expertise).
Please note, book reviews usually run between 500–750 words. For collections of essays or books of particular significance (noted by the review editor at the invitation stage), reviews may range up to 1,000 words.
Books available:
Vers une architecture pour la santé du vivant by Éric Daniel-Lacombe (Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2023)
After the Postcolonial Caribbean: Memory, Imagination, Hope by Brian Meeks (Pluto Press, 2023)
Of Black Study by Joshua Myers (Pluto Press, 2023)
Who Gets In: An Immigration Story by Norman Ravvin (University of Regina Press, 2023)
Essential Work, Disposable Workers: Migration, Capitalism and Class by Mostafa Henaway (Fernwood Press, forthcoming 2023)
Out to Defend Ourselves: A History of Montreal's First Haitian Street Gang by Maxime Aurelian and Ted Rutland (Fernwood Press, 2023)
Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainablity, 1870-1920 by Andrew Watson (UBC, 2023)
Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic by Charlotte Wrigley (University of Minnesota, 2023)
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Other Recent Geography Publications
Autres publications géographiques récentes
ACME, Volume 22, Issue 2
Cartographica, Volume 58, Issue 1
International Journal of Geo-Information, Volume 12, Issue 5
Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 23, Issue 3
Progress in Human Geography, Volume 47, Issue 3
The Geographical Journal, Volume 189, Issue 2
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Job Postings | Offres d'emploi
Geotechnical Engineer - BC Public Service
Deadline/Date limite: 05-31-2023. [More information / Plus d'info]
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Wilfrid Laurier University
Deadline/Date limite: 06-02-2023. [More information / Plus d'info]
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) - University of Western Ontario
Deadline/Date limite: 08-31-2023. [More information / Plus d'info]
PhD Graduate Student Position - University of New Hampshire
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Funded Master's and PhD Opportunities - University of Regina & York University
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Master's Student Position - University of Victoria
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Post-Doctoral Fellowship - McMaster University
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Supervisor, GIS - Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Post-doctoral Associate in Aging and Inclusion in Neighbourhoods - Western University
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Conseiller/Conseillère Environnement - Filgo
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Assistant Professor of Indigenous Geographies - Simon Fraser University
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Spatial Data Science for the Anthropocene - University of Ottawa
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Menant à la Performance, Professeur.e Adjoint.e en Science des Données Spatiales dans l'Anthropocène - Université d'Ottawa
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Course Developer/Subject Matter Expert in GIS - Athabasca University
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Geography - University of Oregon
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Physical Chemist 02 (6 month contract) - Environment and Climate Canada
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Impacts and opportunities of Climate Change - University of Alberta
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Scholar Position in Indigenous Planning - University of Manitoba
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
GIS/Geomatics Analyst (Vancouver or Nanaimo) - Robertson GeoConsultants Inc.
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Health Services Research - Simon Fraser University
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Environmental Health Inequities - Simon Fraser University
Deadline/Date limite: Open until filled. [More information / Plus d'info]
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News and Announcements | Nouvelles et annonces
Report - Global Preparedness Monitoring Board: Published May 4, 2023 by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, Ray Jewett, PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto, lead the evidence synthesis on built and natural environmental indicators of global infectious disease outbreaks that contributed to a set of indicators for ongoing measurement by the World Health Organization. The complete report considers indicators of social, technological, economic, environmental and political domains. The Monitoring Framework for Preparedness can be found here and methods document here.
Geographical Research News from York U: York’s Geography programs are now housed in a new Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC). Every month the Faculty sends out a research newsletter covering recent publications, events, awards, etc. EUC is happy to share the month of May EUC Research Update with CAG colleagues.
Free GIS Course by Relay Education: Relay Education is offering a new program, the Green Skills Academy, registration is now open for career and skills training in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping for Solar Energy. The GIS Mapping for Solar is a 12-week online course where participants will gain 120 hours of education and learn from experts in the field about solar energy mapping, impacts of solar farm developments, participatory mapping techniques, and rooftop solar potential. Access to a computer and internet connection can be provided by Relay Education if needed. For more information, please visit here.
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Congrès de l’Univers social du Québec : Le 16e congrès de l’Univers social du Québec se tiendra du 26 au 27 octobre 2023 à l’hôtel Delta Sherbrooke, 2685 rue King Ouest, Sherbrooke. Le thème de cette année sera l’innovation pédagogique dans un monde en évolution. Le congrès réunira près de 300 enseignants/participants des niveaux primaire, secondaire, collégial et universitaire, de même que 1500 envois numériques. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez consulter ici
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