Introduces students to the diversity of philosophical and theoretical approaches to Geography by engaging with current debates in the discipline. Students learn how different approaches inform research practice, and thus how to locate their own research within a wider intellectual and disciplinary context.

Instructor: Voogt & Golkar-Dakin
Date and Time: Thursdays 9:30-11:30am
Location: SSC 1004

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The conceptual frameworks for environmental health research and policy analysis. Appraisal of methods of deriving and substantiating evidence in environment and health research. Approaches to environmental health policy formulation and the uses of evidence in the environmental health policy arena.

Instructor: Luginaah
Date and Time: Tuesdays 1:00-4:00pm
Location: SSC 2322E

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This seminar examines the key qualitative research methods used in human geography. Students will deepen their knowledge of research ethics, critically reflect on positionality and power relations, and have opportunities to practice data gathering and analysis techniques.

Instructor: Tchoukaleyska
Date and Time: Mondays 12:30-2:30pm
Location: SSC 2322E

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In this seminar-based course, we will critically examine key determinants of Indigenous health, including basic concepts, theories, methods and ethical issues outlined in the contemporary indigenous health literature.

Instructor: Richmond
Date and Time: Wednesdays 9:30am-12pm (noon)
Location: SSC 6210

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This seminar examines the intensifying integrations of digital technologies and cities. It does so by focussing on how various digital assemblages – including platforms, social media, and AI – differently material across and produce different urbanisms. Drawing on an interdisciplinary range of weeks, we will engage with questions about the co-generative dynamics between digitality and cities through different analytical lenses, including aesthetics, inequality, and political economy.

Instructor: Leszczynski
Date and Time: Wednesdays 10:00am-12pm (noon)
Location: SSC 2240

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This course explores decolonial theory and praxis as a conceptual foundation to building relationship with the land and confronting entrenched colonial power relations.

Instructors: Golkar-Dakin
Date and Time: Wednesdays 1:30-4:30pm
Location: Lecture - Wampum Learning Lodge 0220 / Lab - Wampum Learning Lodge

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** Dr. Fred Longstaffe will be offering Geology 9506A - Fall 2025. Geography and Environment students are welcome to consider this as part of their elective options. Please contact Dr. Longstaffe - flongsta@uwo.ca for details.

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Research design is a practical course leading towards the production of a provisional thesis proposal and a public presentation of the proposal. The logical structure of proposals and the substance of the arguments are reviewed and rehearsed across a broad spectrum of research design strategies.

This course is restricted to Geography students only.

Instructor: Metson
Date and Time: Wednesdays 10:30am-12:30pm
Location: SSC 1302

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The physical, chemical and ecological aspects of environmental change, both natural and anthropogenic. An overview of the techniques used to determine environmental change, recent environmental history and a deeper understanding of the contributions of this research to identifying the mechanisms and impacts of global change.

Instructor: Eyvindson
Date and Time: Tuesdays 2:00-4:30pm
Location: SSC 2322E

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Introduction to fundamental concepts, techniques and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This is an entry-level course for students who wish to apply GIS to their own research. Students gain hands-on experience using the ArcGIS software and develop problem-solving skills.

Instructor: Long
Date and Time:
Lecture - Tuesdays 10:30am-12:30pm
Location: SSC 3022
Lab - Thursdays 9:30-11:30am
Location: SSC 1059

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This course is an advanced seminar on policy formation and policy futures. There is long-standing interest in policy development beginning with agents and influencers, adoption and development, implementation and outcomes and to some extent policy evaluation. This course takes a critical and analytical approach to understanding and analysing policy formation and futures focused in particular on public policy.

Instructor: Buzzelli
Date and Time: Thursdays 9:30-11:30am
Location: SSC 2240

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Examination and discussion of how research evidence is generated, evaluated, synthesized, disseminated and used for decision-making around key urban, environment, development and health issues. The course objective is to learn how to evaluate and generate scoping reviews, rapid reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analyses to ascertain the state of knowledge on a topic.

Instructor: Gilliland
Date and Time: Thursdays 1:30-3:30pm
Location: SSC 2333

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This seminar is targeted at graduate students within the Department of Geography & Environment and the Faculty of Social Science and will introduce them on how to use Python programming language to do Geographic Data Science (GDS) in a reproducible way. Topics covered include: 1) building blocks (e.g., computing tools, spatial data & weights) of GDS, 2) spatial data mapping and analysis (e.g., cluster analysis), and 3) advanced topics (e.g., spatial inequality dynamics, regression). The goal is to bring students up to speed on frontiers in geographic data science and computing. No prior knowledge on GDS or coding is required.

Instructor: Lee
Date and Time: Mondays 3:30-5:30pm
Locations: SSC 1316A

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