Geography Newsletter

The Geography Newsletter is usually updated on a weekly basis. To view the latest edition click the link above.

Teaching

New York City Field Study, a photo essay by Justin Tang (4th year student) - February 2011

News Articles

Dr. Laura Cameron in the News at Queen's - 21 December 2010

Dr. Neal Scott is featured on the Discovery Channel - 16 October 2009

Queen's Professors Named as Editors of Ground-Breaking New Journal - 5 October 2007

NSERC features research of Dr. Neal Scott - December 2006

Queen’s geographer seeks explanation for “dynamic cities” - May 2006.

Research project ArcticNet is featured in TIME Magazine - April 2006.

Research Projects

"Funding Researcher Investigating Biogeochemical Cycling in Snow and Ice Covered Environments" Dr. Melissa Lafrenière has been awarded grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) New Opportunities program and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation in support of her Cold Regions Biogeochemical Research program. The funding will be used to establish an analytical laboratory for the measurement and characterization of inorganic and organic chemistry of solutes in dilute waters, and to purchase field equipment and instrumentation for recording and measuring meteorological and hydrological conditions in alpine and arctic environments. For more information on Dr. Lafrenière's research, planned facilities and student research opportunities visit her website: http://www.geog.queensu.ca/lafreniere/.

Napoleonic Cartography

A web-based Atlas of Napoleon's mapping in Italy 1796-1815.
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