Geography Graduate Student Association (GGSA) Annual Phipps-Langlois Symposium
Apr 4, 2024 — 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
All are welcome to attend the GGSA annual symposium
Why you should attend
The 2024 GGSA Symposium will showcase both undergraduate and graduate students' thesis results (intermediate or final), case studies, literature reviews, conceptual papers, or completed empirical studies. The symposium will be held in a hybrid format with an emphasis on in-person presentations. Please contact us to obtain the link for the on-line access. The goal of this event is to showcase the exceptional work that students from the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics have completed in a welcoming format. The event will also be a networking opportunity.
Each oral presentation will be limited to ten minutes, followed by a five-minute discussion/question period. Each poster presentation will be three minutes in length, followed by a two-minute discussion/question period.
Agenda
9:30-10:00 - Coffee, Tea & Networking
10:00-10:15 - Welcome
10:15-11:15 - Oral Session 1
11:15-11:30 - Break
11:30-12:15 - Oral Session 2
12:15-13:15 - Lunch & Poster Session
13:15-14:15 - Panel Discussion and
Q&A
14:15-14:30 - Closing Remarks
15:00-17:00 - Social at Clockwork
Brew Pub (140 Rideau Street)
Panel Discussion and Q&A: Joining the Environmental Workforce
Come hear from environmental experts in academia, government, and the private sector to
learn about applying your skills to real-world problems!
Dr. Geni Peters, Director of Research, ECO Canada
Dr. Brittany Main, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo
Dr. Abigail Dalton, Ice Services Specialist, Canadian Ice Service
Dr. Brittany Main, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo
Dr. Abigail Dalton, Ice Services Specialist, Canadian Ice Service
Oral Session 1: Ice & Water
Patters of glacier surging in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon-Alaska, from 1874-2023
Brittany Main
A noble gas study in perennial ice-covered lake Untersee, Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica
Efe Kemal Koc
Iceberg climatology and shipping implications in offshore eastern Canada
Erika Brummel
Oral Session 2: Northern Communities, Governance, and Shipping
Indigenous infrastructure governance in northern Manitoba: The case of Artic Gateway Group
Louis Frank
Understanding population trends of the aarluk (Orcinus orca) in the eastern Arctic and associated implications
Nathaniel Holloway
A comprehensive content analysis examining Arctic maritime shipping risks in the Northwest Passage
Connor Rettinger
Louis Frank
Understanding population trends of the aarluk (Orcinus orca) in the eastern Arctic and associated implications
Nathaniel Holloway
A comprehensive content analysis examining Arctic maritime shipping risks in the Northwest Passage
Connor Rettinger
Poster Session
Global deep learning model for delineation of optically shallow and optically deep water in Sentinel-2 imagery
Galen Richardson
Classifying optically shallow and optically deep water for global sentinel-2 imagery by ensemble machine learning methods
Neve Foreman
Galen Richardson
Classifying optically shallow and optically deep water for global sentinel-2 imagery by ensemble machine learning methods
Neve Foreman
Our student association
Geography Graduate Student Association - Association des Étudiants Diplômés en Géographie
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Accessibility
If you require accommodation, please contact the event host as soon as possible.