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Alain Deneault on the territoriality of the bioregion
On Thursday March 27, Alain Deneault gave a conference on the theme of the territoriality of the bioregion at UQAM’s Geography Department. The event attracted a number of people and a rich exchange took place between the audience and the author and philosophy professor from the Université de Moncton. Bioregion and bioregionalism have recently resurfaced, […]
An article by Florent Amat in the journal L’espace politique
Florent Amat is doing a cotutelle PhD at the Institut des sciences de l’environnement (UQAM) and the Department of Geography (Université de Rouen Normandie). He recently published a peer-reviewed article in the journal L’espace politique, under the theme “Local geopolitics of rurality: citizens’ involvements and alternative dynamics” To read the article “Ecological community living and local […]
Interview on Tête-à-la-Baleine’s community radio station
Professor and Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair With Living Environments of the North, Laurie Guimond was interviewed on Tête-à-la-Baleine’s community radio station on the Lower North Shore where she talked about the Chair’s launch event and the progress of the research project Living Daily with Climate Change on the Lower North Shore Yesterday, Today […]
Launch of the Canada Research Chair With Living Environments of the North
The hybrid launch event of the Canada Research Chair With Living Environments of the North, held by Professor Laurie Guimond, took place on February 6th. This was an opportunity to hear about transformations of the living environments of Nutshimit and the Lower North Shore with Mathias Mark, cultural agent at Pakua Shipi, Karine Monger, general […]
A look back at the Sensitive maps exhibition
The exhibition of students’ sensitive maps, created as part of the GEO8221 course – Geographies of Intercultural Relations, was a great success! Each student had the opportunity to share their personal story of connection with the land, Nutshimit, and the communities that depend on it.
A half-day devoted to northern and arctic research at UQÀM
On November 4th, a half-day on nordic and arctic research was held, where 19 members of the teaching body shared their research projects from a wide variety of disciplines. Inupiak artist Allison Akootchook Warden also gave a performance. The event was organised by professors Daniel Chartier (literary studies), Anne de Vernal (earth and atmospheric sciences) […]
The Chair’s team members got together to mark the beginning of the semester
Members of the Canada Research Chair With Living Environments of the North got together to mark the beginning of the 2024 fall semester. For many, it was also the opportunity to meet in person for the first time. We can tell you that some great ideas were discussed to promote activities within the Chair! Meet […]
Article in the special issue « Enjeux climatiques » published by Le Devoir
Karine Monger (General Director of the Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent MRC) and Laurie Guimond (Professor at the Department of Geography, UQAM) talk about the partnership research project « Vivre au quotidien les changements climatiques en Basse-Côte-Nord hier, aujourd’hui et demain » in an article published in the special issue « Enjeux climatiques » of the newspaper Le Devoir. […]
Charlotte Bellehumeur receives the Robin P. Armstrong Memorial Prize for Excellence in Indigenous Studies
Charlotte Bellehumeur, a Master’s graduate in Geography, received the Robin P. Armstrong Memorial Prize for Excellence in Indigenous Studies during the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers. This year, it was held from August 14th to 18th at Memorial University of Newfoundland. To read the article on this subject in […]
Article « La géographie, médiatrice entre le Nord et le Sud » published in Le Devoir
Professors Laurie Guimond and Étienne Boucher of UQAM’s Department of Geography offer us a glimpse into the discipline of geography with an article published in the series « L’été, c’est fait pour penser » of the newspaper Le Devoir. To read the article « La géographie, médiatrice entre le Nord et le Sud au Québec […]