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Prof. Knox Receives CGU Early Career Scientist Award

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:21:32 +0000

Congratulations to Prof. Knox on receiving the Canadian Geophysical Union's Early Career Scientist Award! This competitive honour recognizes outstanding research contributions by an early career CGU member. We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition. The award will be presented at the CGU Annual Meeting in Halifax.

Prof. Bendixen Receives President's Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:21:43 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Mette Bendixen, recipient of 91��'s President's Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers! This prestigious award recognizes early-career researchers who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in scholarship, international leadership, and public engagement. We are delighted to celebrate this well-deserved honour for Professor Bendixen.

Prof. Mahmud Among MEOPAR’s First Cohort of Early-Career Ocean Researchers

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:30:57 +0000

Shout out to Prof Mallik Mahmud who is among the first cohort of early-career ocean researchers funded by the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction & Response network's Early Career Researcher Award!

Transport Poverty, Suppressed Participation, and Sufficiency in Canada (Steve Farber, University of Toronto)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:37:51 +0000

Prof. Kalacska to speak at the Canadian Museum of Aviation

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:41:18 +0000

Next week on Thursday March 26, Prof Margaret Kalacska is giving a public lecture at the Canadian Museum of Aviation (one of 3 speakers). The event will be streamed on Zoom. More details available here: https://ingenium.ca/aviation/en/events/2026-kenneth-m-molson-lecture/

Competing land-use regimes and social-ecological transformation in the Gran Chaco (Yann le Polain de Waroux, 91��)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:37:07 +0000

Challenges for urban climate action - Labo Climat Montréal (Hélène Madénian, Institut national de la recherche scientifique)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:34:32 +0000

Cities are multiplying initiatives to become resilient to climate change. However, the impacts of adaptation choices and priorities are not always explicitly discussed.

Interesting lecture on the future of International Development coming up!

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 02:54:48 +0000

Want to learn more about where the world is headed and what it means for the field of International Development? The Institute for the Study of International Development is hosting its annual lecture on Thursday March 12, featuring a stellar set of speakers! No registration needed, free reception, what more could one want? More info here: /isid/events/mcdonald-currie-lecture-2026

How immigrants reshape cities: Simulating urban diversity with geospatial agent-based modeling (Liliana Perez, Université de Montréal)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:33:20 +0000

State sovereignty, personal sovereignty, and the challenge of data colonialism (Paul Adams, University of Texas at Austin) *Note: 1pm start time

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:32:08 +0000

Sea ice conditions in the Northwest Passage (Stephen Howell, Environment and Climate Change Canada)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:28:25 +0000

Geography Faculty Talks: Professors Sarah Moser & Graham Macdonald

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:43:42 +0000

Counting Crops in Space and Time: Large-Scale Analysis of Crop Diversity

Graham Macdonald

Integrating hydrogeomorphology into river restoration practices: a winning approach (Pascale Biron, Concordia University)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:42:30 +0000

River systems are increasingly affected by agriculture and urbanization of riparian areas, leading to frequent human interventions such as bank stabilization or flood protection measures.

The Price of Place: Community Wealth and Cognitive Decline among Older Adults (Tom Kemeny, University of Toronto)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:41:05 +0000

Abstract: Using a novel database on the net worth and self-reported cognitive impairment of over 1.8 million geolocated adults aged 50 and over, this paper provides the first large-scale evidence directly linking community wealth to age-rel

New AI Cities: The Case of Neom (Federico Cugurullo, Trinity College Dublin)

grant.mckenzie@mcgill.ca — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:39:34 +0000

Nowadays, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and the development of new cities are rapidly intersecting.