Mar. 27, 2024
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
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Dr. Patricia Matsumoto
Showcasing Our Student Projects from GEOG 4496/5696: Applications in GIS
Presentation 1:
A case of the Wicked Wildfires in Nova Scotia, Spring 2023
Presenters: Frank Kwaku Azore and Kailey Nichols
This project maps the extent of the wildfires in Nova Scotia. The students used GIS to combine environmental and socioeconomic data, offering insights into the impact and management of natural disasters.
Presentation 2:
Visualizing a healthier campus: An overview of Health and Sustainability at Saint Mary’s University
Presenters: Christina Connors and Maya Kosick
This project uses GIS tools to map Saint Mary's University campus, including buildings, vegetation, built-up areas, food services, and vending machines, among other features. The project offers a unique view of the campus using 360-degree photos and ArcScene to visualize a healthier and sustainable environment.
Presentation 3:
A comprehensive analysis of the housing Market in Halifax
Presenters: Bright Ofori Kwakye, Johonan Andrew Ethulkotte and Patrick Brown
This project compares rental prices in Halifax and Vancouver. Students used web scraping to collect data and GIS for spatial analysis. The project delves into Halifax's land prices and the Census 2021, providing a comprehensive analysis of the rental market.
Zoom: https://smu-ca.zoom.us/j/86410949560?pwd=love0HfPtJqpy98ysFiJzZTqRgAvar.1
Meeting ID: 864 1094 9560
Passcode: 990885
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Feb. 26, 2024
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
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Dr. Jordan Eamer
Geological Survey of Canada - Atlantic Division
"Decades of coastline change on Sable Island and hypotheses about the future"
At the edge of the Scotian Shelf, Sable Island is morphologically similar to mid-latitude barrier islands of the northwest Atlantic coast – coastal landscapes that are acutely affected by climate change and sea level rise. Analysis of decades of airphotos suggest that the majority of the coastline on Sable Island is in retreat, with net retreat on the south side of the island only partially offset by modest net advance on the north side. Island-wide data set trends show support for two different but complementary hypotheses about whole-island evolution: (1) the island is mobile via bank migration driving southern coastline changes and experiencing sediment transport toward the east, or (2) the island is generally immobile and losing subaerial sediments (and thus shrinking) likely due to ongoing (and accelerating) sea-level rise. Future investigations utilizing the comprehensive terrain, metocean, and bathymetric data, as well as a detailed examination of the late Quaternary paleoenvironmental history, should considerably narrow the projected outcomes for the island.
Zoom: https://bit.ly/3wc2Ivd (passcode: 265665)
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Jan. 29, 2024
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
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Frank Aazore
MA Student, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Unearthing hidden treasures: a socio-ecological assessment of the social values of ecosystem services in Ghana.
Understanding local knowledge and perception of ecosystem benefits in forest-dependent communities is crucial for developing countries in Africa, where often other compelling priorities for development take over ecosystem conservation. This study investigated what the local community perceives as the social values of ecosystems, using the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality of Ghana, West Africa, as a case study. This study emphasizes the importance of extensive community engagement in nature conservation and natural resource management.
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Nov. 16, 2023
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
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Dr. Jason Grek-Martin
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Analyzing Places of Difficult Heritage in Ireland
This presentation will focus on several places of difficult heritage in Ireland visited during my recent sabbatical leave. One set of sites is found in Belfast, Northern Ireland and focuses on the conflicted heritage associated with the celebrated creation and tragic loss of the Titanic. Another set of sites, found in Dublin and Cobh (Republic of Ireland), focus on the emotionally-complex heritage associated with Irish emigration. I will discuss these sites with reference to three key geographic contributions to the study of difficult heritage: place authenticity, spatial narratives, and the embodied experiences of affective heritage.
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Oct. 19, 2023
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
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Dr. Unyime Umoh
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geology
Insight into ecological and climatic changes in the tropics via lipid probing
In this study, we characterized different classes of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in suspended particulate matter (SPM), surface, and short sediment cores from the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. We further determined total organic carbon, total nitrogen, long-chain hydrocarbons, dinosterol, brassicasterol and phytol, to profoundly estimate organic matter sources and reconstruct environmental variabilities. The distribution pattern of GDGTs coupled with the environmental biomarker models indicated a predominance of soil-derived organic matter. Excess flooding and surface runoff occasioned by torrential monsoon rains in recent years triggered by climate change deposited large terrestrial organic matter into the Gulf of Guinea.
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Apr. 21,
2023
10:00 a.m.
Burke 207
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Ms. Mary-Margaret Raymond
B.A. Honours thesis defence
Spatial and Temporal Changes in Beach Width and Its Effect on the Condition of Foredunes on Dune du Nord, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
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Apr. 17,
2023
12:00 p.m.
via Zoom
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Mr. Jacob Wisbey
B.E.S. Honours thesis defence
The History of the American Wetland: an Analysis of Sociocultural Values and Cinematic Depictions
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Apr. 13,
2023
10:00 a.m.
Burke 207
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Ms. Carmen Rojas-Fischer
B.Sc. Honours thesis defence
Commercial Changes and Their Larger Context in a Gentrifying Neighborhood: Tracking the Transformation of Halifax, Canada's North End
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Apr. 11,
2023
1:00 p.m.
via Teams
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Ms. Rebecca Payne
M.A. in Geography thesis defence
Understanding the Villa di Tito and the Velino Valley within Central Italy by creating Spatial Connections
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Mar. 28,
2023
10:00 a.m.
via Teams
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Ms. Larissa Sweeney
M.A. in Geography thesis defence
The Role of the Environment on Irregular Migration in The Gambia, West Africa: Implications for Climate Change Adaptation Policies
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Feb. 16,
2023
2:30 p.m.
via Zoom
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Dr. Ashwani Kumar
Associate Professor of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
Autobiographical Reflections on Geography, Wholeness, and Meditative Inquiry
In this presentation, Dr. Ashwani Kumar will share his journey with geography. Through autobiographical reflections, he will talk about how his intellectual and spiritual journey into wholeness and holistic education has been influenced by his study of geography. Drawing upon his work on meditative inquiry and the work of Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti, he will outline the idea of meditative geography that he thinks can allow us to connect with and protect nature at a deeper existential and spiritual level.
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Jan. 16,
2023
11:30 a.m.
via Zoom
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Dr. Saja Al Zoubi
Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Development Studies, Saint Mary’s University
Syrian War and Refugees: The International Use of Force and Politics
Dr. Al Zoubi is a development economist, and a gender and livelihood expert for the EU delegation to Syria. A lecturer with the Global Development Studies and Political Science departments at Saint Mary’s University, she has also been a lecturer at the University of Oxford and a visiting scholar at the University of Glasgow. Since Syria's civil war broke out in 2011, her research has focused on ways to improve the livelihoods and food security of internally displaced and refugee households, and on examining host country responses through policies and politics that reshape refugee livelihoods. Dr. Al Zoubi is a co-leader of the Global Young Academy's At-Risk Scholars Initiative and steering committee member of its Science in Exile Initiative.
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