Profiles of Geographers

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Profiles of Professional Geographers

You study geography? Great, what will you do with it upon graduation?

Geographers apply their spatial thinking and competencies to a long list of careers, contributing to education, business, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Be inspired by these profiles, geographers who have found success applying geography to their profession.

Derrek Eberts Associate Professor	Susan Elliott Professor & University Research Chair	Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles Indigenous Geographer & Assistant Prof.
Jean Hébert Specialist in Environmental Management	Christopher Hewitt Research Assoc. & Contract Instructor	Heather Castleden Professor & Impact Chair
Chantal Déry RGQ President, Professor UQO	Craig Coburn Professor & Chair, University of Lethbridge	Jesse Sutton CAG Student Councillor (2023 - 2025)
Mayumi Sato Program Staff	Serge Kotchi Medical Geographer	Andrew Davidson Manager, Earth Observation
Aaron Buckley Water Design Specialist	Maren Luciani Principal/Senior Planner	Afolabi Salami Student, Mining Engineering Technology
Laura Beazley GeoNOVA Program Administrator	John Lopes Director of Transaction Management	Martin Haefele Manager, Whitehorse Office
Matthew King Freelance Photographer/Research Assistant	Katie Bullick Environmental Scientist/Wetland Specialist	Kari Johnston (right) Co-Owner, Wholesale Baking & Catering
Caroline Donohue GIS Analyst	Leora Gansworth Anishinaabe Poet, Ph.D. candidate	Rob Meyers Medical Geographer, Geomatics Specialist
Maude-Élaine Levert Martin Building and Environment Inspector	Mark Squires GIS Research Analyst II	Joseph Ariwi Health Research Specialist (Geospatial)
Shirley Zhang Orderly Room Second-in-Command	Ken Beardsall Nunavusiutit Curriculum Coordinator	Darren Platakis Planning & Data/GIS Administrator
Lara Hoshizaki Regional Monitoring System Coordinator	Amelia Peres Food & Dining Sustainability Coordinator	Barb Carra Chief Operating Officer
Jason May Associate Lawyer	Stephan Nieweler PhD Candidate (Geography)	Wanli Wu Ecologist
Kamillia Milligan Manager, Equity and Human Rights	Cathy Chan Marketing Manager & Visual Artist	Tristan Cleveland Urban Affairs Columnist
Uytae Lee President & Executive Director	Tracee Nemeth Crime Analyst	Felicitas Egunyu Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dominik Papinski Head of Statistics and Data Management	Roger Palmini GIS Technician	Yvonne Hung Graduate Program Coordinator