The last listserv of the semester!

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1. MUGS Clothing
2. International Fellowship Program
3. MSURJ call for submissions!
4. McGill Canadian Science Games

Hey guys! The semester's winding down so there are no more events coming up. Hope you guys have an awesome last few days of semester, and that you all do well on your final exams. I guess every listserv writer has to do a little missed connections thing, but I'm going to do something a little bit different:

Professor Coomes,

I know you were on my bus to school the other morning. I'm sorry I didn't say hi, but it was 9 am and my music was on, and I had just scored a good seat awkwardly far away from you. I hope my blatant effort to pretend that I hadn't noticed you won't be interpreted as overly rude, and that you will still write me a letter of reference if I ever ask for one. I will never forget the time you drove me to the SAQ on the 290 trip.

1)      MUGS Clothing

Today is the last day for buying geography clothes!

2)      International Fellowship Program

Recruitment for the 2013-2014 International Fellowship Program is now open! The Fellowship Program includes three streams: International Development Management (IDM), International Microfinance and Microenterprise (IMM) and Young Professionals in Media (YPM). With Fellowship positions in fields as diverse as early childhood education, enterprise/market development, communications and media, the Fellowship Program is an exceptional opportunity for students from a variety disciplines. For more info or to apply, please visit the website: http://www.akfc.ca/join-us/international-development.html

3)      MSURJ Call for submissions!

The McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal is now accepting papers! If you are an undergraduate student with an original science research paper, visit the website at http://msurj.mcgill.ca or email at mcgillsurj@gmail.com for more info. They are accepting submissions until January 14^th, 2013.

4)      McGill Canadian Science Games

Join the McGill team for the Canadian University Science Games, which will be taking place at University of Western Ontario from January 17^th-20^th. Registration is $75/person, which covers food, accomodation and events. If interested, there are 10 positions available so email at mcgillcusgteam@gmail.com for more information!

5)      Cool Map of the Week

Wow, aren't you going to miss these for the next month or so?? Here is your last cool map of the week:

www.davidrumsey.com/view/google-maps/

 

 

 Happy holidays everyone!

MUGS

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McGill University
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Wine and Cheese, Clothing Sales and more!

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1. Field Notes Wine and Cheese
2. Clothing Sales
3. Arts Undergraduate Improvement Fund – What do you want to see in our department?
4. Indigenous Studies Forum
5. Canadian University Science Games
6. New GeoSpatial software available – Free!

Hey Geographers! It looks like the end of the semester is drawing near, but the end of the workload seems miles away. As we're wrapping up the last of the assignments, presentations, and quizzes, and as our American friends spend some quality time with their families at home, let's see what's coming up in the next week.

Field Notes Journal Publication Wine and Cheese

It's finally out! Time to see the journal that many of our friends in the geography department have contributed to, either through their research papers or through the assembly and publication of the journal itself. MUGS and Field Notes are collaborating for an awesome launch wine and cheese party on Thursday November 29^th from 4-6 pm in Burnside 426.

Clothing Sales

MUGS clothing is still being sold every day in the lounge! Office hours are from 1:00-2:30pm, you can get T-shirts for $15 and hoodies for $40. Come check out the logo and styles!

Arts Undergraduate Improvement Fund – What do you want to see in our department?

Geography has the opportunity for funding for any improvements we want to see in our department. This applies to student space, not classes. Email us with your ideas on what you think MUGS needs; reading lamps in the lounge, a new coffee machine, anything that you think will add value to the resources normally provided by the university and used by students.

Indigenous Studies Forum

Recently, the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada has committed to house a North American Indigenous Studies (working title) minor program within the Faculty of Arts. Much of what the program will look like is yet to be determined and we are seeking your participation. SSMU will be hosting a public forum on a North American Indigenous Studies (working title) minor program at McGill University in the Lev Bukhman room of the SSMU building on Tuesday, November 27^th from 2:00-4:00 pm. Hope to see you all there!

Canadian University Science Games

This year the Canadian University Science Games are being held at the University of Western Ontario! This is a weekend-long event filled with exciting challenges to test your book smarts and street smarts (not sure what kind of tests those will be). There are awesome prizes to be won! The event is from January 17^th – 20^th, and registration is $75/person, which covers food, accommodation and events. There are 10 positions available, email mcgillcusteam@gmail.com for more information.

New GeoSpatial Software Available – Free!

Geo-Segregation Analyzer is a new application that has been developed by the Spatial Analysis and Regional Economics Laboratory SAREL (Montreal). It is a multi-platform, multi-language and customisable application. You can download it for free at this link: http://geoseganalyzer.ucs.inrs.ca/EN/Home.html

If you have any questions about the software, please email GeoSegregationAnalyzer@ucs.inrs.ca

Cool Thing of the Week

Check out these crumpled city maps! Pretty neat, eh?

http://www.designboom.com/design/emanuele-pizzolorusso-crumpled-city-maps/

Have a great weekend everyone!

MUGS

 

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Dept. of Geography
McGill University
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Montreal, QC

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THE GREAT MUGRATION IS HERE

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1. The Great Mugration Apartment Crawl Details
2. GIS Day – this Wednesday!
3. Cool Thing of the Week

Hey everyone! Hope your weeks all got off to a good start. I just wanted to remind everyone about some upcoming events in geography this week:

1. The Great Mugration Apartment Crawl

It's coming, and it's gonna be big! The Migration begins at 6:30 pm on Friday November 16^th, with a pizza party in the lounge. We will then take the bus up to Mile End and begin the crawl, and get our drink on! There will be hard liquor and beer in every destination. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN MUG, otherwise you will not get anything to drink (frosh cups are fine).

Tickets are $10 for geographers, $15 for non-geographers, this covers the pizza and all the booze. You are also in charge of your own bus fare. We will be holding office hours every day in the lounge from 1:00-2:30pm so you can buy your ticket.

2. GIS Day – this Wednesday

Another awesome thing coming up this week is GIS day! This is a worldwide celebration of the rising field of Geographic Information Systems, and we will be using it as an opportunity to have a grand reopening of the GIC. There will be all sorts of exciting events going onfrom 12:30 – 6:00pm, including a wine and cheese at the end! Consult the website for the full schedule: http://gic.geog.mcgill.ca/gis-day-2012/

3. Cool Thing of the Week

In the spirit of GIS Day, here is the twitter page so that you can follow the celebration of GIS day all around the world! I still can't believe that it's really a thing. https://twitter.com/gisday

Adios amigos, see you at the apartment crawl!

 

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1. Coming soon, the Great Mugration Apartment Crawl
2. Field Notes Call for Photo Submissions
3. Looking for Undergraduate Research Assistant
4. Do your course evaluations
5. Students for Partners in Health Conference
6. Cool Map of the Week - Election Style

Hey Geographers! Thank you to everyone that came to the weekend getaway, it was a huge success! To everyone that couldn't make it, don't fret, the apartment crawl is coming up next Friday!

1. Coming Soon – The Great Mugration Apartment Crawl

Are you ready for the greatest apartment crawl of the year? Three apartments, ten bucks, and a whole lot of alcohol! The theme is "MUGration", so get your wacky migration themed costumes ready.

2. Field Notes Call for Photo Submissions

Field Notes is looking for a photo to put on the cover of their journal! They will be accepting photo submissions until November 13th, submit your photo and have your work put on the front of every copy of this semester's edition of Field Notes! Submit your photos to journal.fieldnotes@gmail.com.

3. Do your course evaluations

McGill is wanting to remind everyone to do your course evaluations! They help the administration improve courses and make this school the best it can be. Go to Minerva to do yours!

4. Looking for an Undergraduate Research Assistant

Assistance is needed for a human geography project on land rights, conflict, and environmental change. The work would entail extracting data from archival material and their interpretation and entry into a database. Please contact Jon Unruh jon.unruh@mcgill.ca for further information.

5. Students for Partners in Health Conference

Partners in Health Canada is having a conference this Tuesday, November 13th at 7pm in Chancellor Day Hall, room 101. Mark Brender, the director of Partners in Health Canada, and Marika Shaw, member of Arcade Fire, are speaking there.

Email mcgillstudentsforpih@gmail.com for a ticket or just get one at the door! For more information join the facebook event! https://www.facebook.com/events/463533157032212/

6. Cool Map of the Week - Election Style

Everyone's going crazy over the most recent election, so as geographers it is our job to analyze where people voted! Here's a couple election maps for you:

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GEOGRAPHY GETAWAY IS COMING and Opportunites for Awards, Internships, and Jobs

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1. GEOGRAPHY GETAWAY THIS WEEKEND
2. Coming soon… the Great Mugration
3. Now selling MUGS Apparel – T-shirts, hoodies, and toques!!
4. 2013 AUCC Students for Development Award
5. PhD Student looking for lab assistant this semester (fall 2012)
6. Survey conducted by honours student
7. PAID Education and Research Internship Available
8. VOYAGES Campus talk

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a spooky Halloween. I just want to remind all you tired and hungry geographers out there that there are FREE coffee and cookies provided every Monday at 1pm in the lounge by MUGS! Also, don't forget to check out our Facebook page and 'like' it.

1. GEOGRAPHY GETAWAY

Are you as stoked as I am about this? Because I don't think that's possible. Tickets are selling fast, so if you want a chance to get away from the city with the coolest people around, you'd better buy your ticket today! You can also buy them tomorrow. Once again, the bus leaves Roddick gates on Friday at 6pm and will bring you back Sunday at noon.

2. Coming soon…the Great Migration

The infamous Geography apartment crawl is happening November 16^th. Get ready.

3. Now selling McGill Geography Apparel!

Now that our logo contest winner has been chosen, we can start selling clothes! We have fabulous hoodies, T-shirts, and TOQUES available in tons of colours and sizes. Drop by the MUGS lounge any day next week to view the catalog and order some clothes.

4. 2013 AUCC Students for Development Award

There's an award up for grabs! This one is from the Students for Development (SFD) Program, which is managed by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).  The AUCC-SFD Program aims to increase collaboration between Canadian universities and developing country partners to build capacity in three areas: 1) Increasing food security; 2) Securing the future of children and youth; and 3) Stimulating sustainable economic growth.  The program grants $6,500 (for a three-month internship) to 10 McGill students who gain academic credit through internships in developing countries.

There is an information session on Tuesday, November 6^th from 10:30-11:30 in Arts 160. You can learn more about the program on this webpage: http://www.mcgill.ca/internships/aucc-sfd

5. PhD Student looking for lab assistant this semester

Zheng Wang is a biogeochemist looking for lab assistants for the month of November. No formal qualifications are required except of an interest in environmental science. Some familiarity with basic laboratory practices (such calculating concentrations and dilutions) and the use of analytical instruments would be an asset. The position will start as soon as an adequate candidate is found. The pay is $11/hr. For more information, please see the attached form and email Zheng at zheng.wang2@mail.mcgill.ca

6. Please Take Sara's Survey!

Sara Muncs is an Arts and Science undergrad doing her honours project in Environment. She's doing a survey about FOOD, and more importantly, the motivations behind people's food choices. Take a look at the attached file to learn more about the survey, or just follow this link to start taking it! https://surveys.mcgill.ca/limesurvey/index.php?sid=86992&lang=en

7. PAID Research and Education Internship Available

My goodness, there are so many financial opportunities being advertised this week! The internship will be with the Office of Sustainability and offers $1000 per semester. Please see the attached file.

8. VOYAGES Campus Talk

Fellow student Lauren Fraser will be talking TONIGHT at Burritoville about her travels in Asia. She will also be giving tips for independent, solo, and first time travelers. Come hear about Lauren's experiences in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand,China... and also Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan! 6pm November 1^st, 3^rd floor of Burritoville, 2055 Rue Bishop

Cool Map of the Week

Ok this was a really long listserv and you deserve a reward for actually reading all the way to the bottom. I found this world map game and it's actually a lot of fun. Also it's on a Japan-based website so the game is flash-based and fun to use.

http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/worldmap/worldmap.html

 

Keep on truckin'

MUGS

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Dept. of Geography
McGill University
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Montreal, QC

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