Geography Speaker Series
Speaker Series offers informal talks and discussions on various geographical and environmentally related issues. Please contact geoenvironment@uwo.ca for more information.
2022-2023 Speaker Schedule
Topic: TA Marking and Time Management
Speakers: Professors Jeff Hopkins and Carol Hunsberger; and Daniel Amoak and Haley Everitt, PhD Candidates
Date: Friday, September 23, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: The Urban Political Ecologies of Dirty Work in the ‘Clean City’
Speaker: Dr. Josie Wittmer
Date: Tuesday, October 11, at 10:30amEST
Location: SSC 1004 / Zoom 975 2299 9964
Topic: Proust's teaching and learning cafe
Speakers: Mike Buzzelli (Moderator), Peter Ashmore, Jed Long, Isaac Luginaah, Tony Weis, Lewis Williams
Date: Friday, October 14, from 2:30-4:00pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: Caring in Crises: Spatializing infrastructures of care through tenant protections
Speaker: Samantha Thompson (PhD Candidate)
Date: Thursday, October 20, at 10:30amEST
Location: SSC 5220 / Zoom 975 2299 9964
Topic: Scholarship Workshop - Preparing a Scholarship Application
Speaker: Scholarship Committee
Date: Friday, October 28, from 12:00-1:30pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: Thinking about Grad school?
Speaker: Graduate Affairs Committee
Date: Friday, November 11, from 12:00-1:00pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: PhD Departmental Presentations
Speaker: PhD Candidates
Date: Friday, November 11, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: From Community-University Partnership to Indigenous-led Social Enterprise: the SmartICE Journey
Speaker: Professor Trevor Bell (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Date: Friday, November 25, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: Zoom 918 6527 1351
Topic:#TheAfricanPride: Global Capitalism and the Ecological Limits to Place-making Politics
Speaker: Dr. Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queens University)
Date: Friday, January 27, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: An Evaluation of a Consumer Food Waste Awareness Campaign using the Motivation Opportunity Ability Framework
Speakers: Tammara Soma (Simon Fraser University)
Date: Friday, February 10, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: Zoom 983 0409 2473
Topic: Careers Outside Academia
Speakers: Panel Discussion (Former graduates - Western University)
Date: Friday, March 10, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: SSC 3024
Topic: Field Work Safety Workshop
Speakers: Erika Hill, Laboratory Supervisor (Western University)
Date: Friday, March 17, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: Geography 4900 Thesis Presentations
Speakers: Hosted by Professor Carol Hunsberger (Western University)
Date: Friday, March 31, from 2:30-3:30pm
Location: SSC 1004
Topic: PhD Departmental Presentations
Speakers: PhD Candidates
Date: Thursday, April 6, from 2:30-4:00pm
Location: TBD
