A wonderful day at the UTM March Open House ✨ Our department was so happy to welcome prospective students and parents to our booth to learn more about our program, meet our community, and explore what studying with us can look like. We cannot wait to see where your journey takes you.

Last month, the GGR317 class went on a field trip to Camp Kawartha to measure snow and ice for an assignment on the spatial variability of snow cover. You can read about the trip in Kate Martin's article. www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/ex...

Happy to shared that our MSc student Hafssa Al-Rawi presented her research, titled “Quantifying Ecological Change in Environmentally Significant Areas Under Urban and Climate Pressures: A Remote Sensing Study of Mississauga”, last week at the CECCS Sustainability Research Fair. Well done! 👏

This Wednesday, our first-year Master’s students presented their research for the first time for the GGE Graduate Seminar. Thank you to all the presenters, Abdullahi Salad, Ernest Steele, Hafssa Al-Rawi, Matthew Bowery, Riley Forth for your engaging talks, and to Lily Dart for chairing the session.

How can satellite imagery recreate a major event on Earth through time? GGE PhD student Frances Leung shows how Esri Landsat Explorer can be used to build a planetary time-lapse of the Tweedsmuir wildfire in BC. Link to article: ecce.esri.ca/uoft-blog/20...

Many thanks to the presenters at last Wednesday’s GGE Graduate Seminar Series, PhD students Scarlett Rakowska, Devin Yongzhao Wu, and Frances Leung, for sharing your research, and to Isaac Mendita for chairing the session. #UofT #UTM #Geography #GraduateStudent #ResearchSharing

Former Department of Geography & Planning graduate student and current GGE Undergraduate Program Coordinator Lisa Marno joined ENV100 as a guest lecturer, sharing insights on climate change in the Arctic. Thank you for sharing real-world expertise with our students. ❄️🌍 #UofT #UTM #ENV100 #UTMGGE

Graduate and undergraduate members of the Cryosphere Research Lab, supervised by Prof. Brown, have been monitoring snow and ice conditions on lakes in Central Ontario. They are taking measurements throughout the winter, highlighting the variability in climate and its effects on snow and ice.

GGE ROP students Samira Kamal Eddin and Razia Saleh attended the 2026 Finger Lakes Research Conference in Geneva, NY, USA. They presented the project entitled "Tracing the Evolution of the Polycentric Governance System of the Finger Lakes Watershed: A Canandaigua Case Study". 👏

Danielle Martin (GGE PhD student) won the 3-Minute Thesis Award at the 37th Annual Cold Regions Research Centre Student Conference. Her presentation was titled "Applying a bacterial lipid paleothermometer proxy to strengthen understandings of past climate variability in northwestern North America."

🌲📖 Yesterday, students in the GGR304 Dendrochronology class with Professor Trevor Porter explored the hidden stories inside trees. They learned about tree-ring anatomy and examined a variety of softwood and hardwood species from the Haliburton area north of Toronto.

We hope everyone is enjoying the sunny weather after the snowfall. It is a wonderful time to take a walk and appreciate the beauty of our UTM campus. #UTM #UofT #Winter #Snow

Many thanks to Ph.D. students, Carolyne Qiang, Lilian Dart, and Annika Harley, for sharing your research at today’s GGE Graduate Seminar Series, and to Cera Cruise for chairing the session.

In Fall 2025, Ibrahim Ghanem taught GGR322 - GIS and Population Health, bringing students into real-world applications of GIS to ask and answer public health questions. Interested in how maps can tell health stories? Check out more our students’ fantastic work: population-health.github.io/GGR322

We have more second-year courses! They are a great way to understand how the world works. From how city growth shapes development, to population patterns that influence societies. Understand the weather and climate that affect daily life, and how water moves through the Earth. #UTM #UofT

Thinking about your Winter 2026 course enrollments? We have some exciting third-year Geography options waiting for you. There are still wonderful chances to explore how Geography helps you understand the world in real and meaningful ways. #UTM #Geography #CourseEnrollment #UofT

Our GGE students shared their latest research last week at the Canadian Association of Geographers – Ontario division (CAG-ONT), and we are so proud of their amazing work. ✨ Cheers to the amazing presenters: Gabriel, Hafsaa, Harsimran, Imran, Morley, and Tasmia🎉 📷 Imran Smlatic #UTM #Geography

🎉 Congratulations to our amazing graduate students from #Geography & Planning! We’re so proud to celebrate your accomplishments at this year's convocation. As you move forward, we look forward to seeing the meaningful ways you’ll shape the world. Wishing you all the best in your next adventures!

🍁 Fall Campus Day 2025 was a success! 🍁 Thank you to everyone who joined us this weekend! It was wonderful to connect with prospective students and share what makes our department unique.

🌳 New research from Prof. Tenley Conway’s HOUSE Lab, led by MSc student Alex Martin, uncovers inequalities in street tree distribution across Canadian cities. 🔗 Read the full article: buff.ly/49fO7NK

Prof. Yuhong He and the entire instruction team (Peter, Ryan, Alex) took GGR440 (Drone Remote Sensing) to the skies for drone flight training yesterday at UTM! A big thank you to Principal Gillespie for supporting this hands-on session taking place in the beautiful Lislehurst garden. 🌿