It's almost reading week and there's so much to do!

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1. Geography toques
2. Photo contest
3. Sugar Shack
4. Geography Mentors Program Reapplication
5. Panama Field Study Semester Info Sesh
6. Call for Abstracts for Student Conference

Hey there Geographers! Only five more days till reading break! I'm super pumped, and I'm sure you are too. Any plans? The Oscars last night were fun; maybe you can use this precious free time to watch all the nominated movies! Or you may be on the beach. Whatever works.

Geography toques

We are still selling geography toques! I'm sure you've seen your fellow geographers sporting those stylish hats, and they're just as practical as they are cool. Speak to any MUGS member to get yours today!

Photo Contest

We are still accepting photo contest submissions until March 10^th, so don't be shy and submit your work! The theme is "home".

Sugar Shack

Geography and Environment are going out to a sugar shack! If you've never been to a traditional cabane au sucre, this is a perfect opportunity to participate in an integral part of Quebec culture. If you have, then you know how much fun it is! We will be selling tickets the week after reading week. Sugar shack trip will be the evening of Friday, March 15^th.

Geography Mentors Program Reapplication

Are you curious (or confused!) about life after undergrad? Do you have questions about grad school and other post undergrad options?

The McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program is now accepting new applicants! For those interested in learning more about the post-undergrad world, fill out the mentor application form found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s30b8p9b5yfihl7/pCTuJPYkqb and submit it to geogmentorprogram@gmail.com

Panama Field Study Semester Info Sesh

Ever wanted your classroom to be a tropical rain forest? Interested in environmental issues, mastering Spanish, and dancing salsa on the side? The Panama Field Study Semester might be right for you! PFSS is an interdisciplinary field study open to all departments that takes place during the Winter term. Come find out what it's all about at the following information session (or check out other upcoming dates here: www.mcgill.ca/pfss). Due date of applications for Winter 2014 is March 29, 2013.

When: Tuesday February 26, 1:30 pm

Where: Burnside 426

Call for Abstracts for Student Conference

The 2013 McGill Sustainability Symposium will take place on March 14th. The conference features guest speakers, a poster session, presentations of student work, and a "world-cafe" round table discussion. We will be joined this year by Drs. David Wolfe (Cornell) and Monica Mulrennan (Concordia). This is an excellent opportunity to present some work at a conference, especially if you are an undergraduate student considering going to grad school! They accept any abstracts that are in any way related to sustainability. Feel free to present a group project from a class, thesis work, or research you may be doing with a professor.

For more information, or to register for this free symposium, please visit our website: http://mcgillsustainabilitysymposium.wordpress.com/.

Cool Thing of the Week

Here is a map that UTexas made of the early migration patterns of humans! Start from Central Africa and trace your ancestry. How neat!

www.utexas.edu/features/2007/ancestry/graphics/ancestry5_large.jpg/

Have a good reading week everyone! Stay tuned for more exciting events and opportunities.

Best,

MUGS

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Photo Contest and Gert's This Friday!

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1. Geography Photo Contest
2. Gert's this Friday!
3. TNC Presents PARTifact
4. Research and International Relations Discussion and Free Lunch!

Hey there Geographers! Hope you're all having a good day. I know there's a lot of midterms this week, but MUGS is going to Gert's this Friday and we hope to see you all there! We will be buying a few pitchers to start off the night, more info in the listserv. It's also a great time to think about how lucky we are to have a Reading Week different from every other university! We can all laugh in their faces when they're back at school and our break is at a warmer time of year. Right? Right.

Geography Photo Contest

We are still accepting photos for the Geography Photo Contest and the deadline has been extended to March 10^th, so you can submit if you go to any exotic locales over reading week! Or if you stay right here in Montreal. The theme is "Home", after all. Submit to mcgillgeography@gmail.com

Gert's this Friday!

Come to Gert's with some awesome geographers from 4-7 this Friday at Gert's! We booked a table and we'll buy a few pitchers to start off the night.

TNC Presents PARTifact

Looking to celebrate your birthday or that of your best friend!?! Come and eat cake and smash a piñata at TNCs upcoming ARTifact on February 19 at 8pm. We are still open for performers and contributors and artistic (or not) folk of all sorts - if you are interested email tnc.artifact@gmail.com! 

DATE: February 19 at 8pm

RESERVATIONS: ain't no thang

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/273000049498041/?fref=ts

 

Research and International Relations Discussion and Free Lunch!

On Friday, February 22, 2013, from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m in Trottier 1100, Research and International Relations invites students to a free brown bag lunch and informal discussion with Prof. Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto, the 2012 recipient of the highly prestigious Killam Prize in Engineering. One of Canada's foremost experts on artificial intelligence, Prof. Hinton will share insights into what it's like to work in this cutting-edge field and answer your questions about the future of computer perception.

The talk is free and lunch will be provided. Space is limited and registration is required. RSVP:www.mcgill.ca/research/hinton-lunch

Cool Thing of the Week

Since it's so frosty over here in Montreal, I thought you might like to see some fantastic ice formations!

http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/ice/diurnal/extrude/

 

Keep on truckin' through the week Geographers, reading week is almost here!

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McGill University
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Awesome Summer Internships and More!

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1. Panama Field Study Semester Info Session
2. Summer Field Assistant Position in Sweden
3. First McGill Earth System Science Seminar
4. TNC Presents "Hosanna"
5. The McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy is Recruiting!
6. Vision 2020 -- Making it Real! 

Hey there Geographers! Everyone's getting geared up for Valentine's Day! Whether you have a sweetheart or you find the holiday commercialized and stupid, it's a great occasion to go to anti-Valentine's Day parties, get together with your single friends, and get ridiculously discounted chocolate on February 15^th. Share the love!

ASSASSINS

Assassins is well under way. Currently there are 11 dead.

Panama Field Study Semester Info Session
Ever wanted your classroom to be a tropical rain forest? Interested in environmental issues, mastering Spanish, and dancing salsa on the side? The Panama Field Study Semester might be right for you! PFSS is an interdisciplinary field study open to all departments that takes place during the Winter term. Come find out what it's all about at the following information session (or check out other upcoming dates here: www.mcgill.ca/pfss). Due date of applications for Winter 2014 is March 29, 2013.

Date : Wednesday February 13, 2013

Time: 5:30pm

Place: Burnside Hall, Room 426

 

Summer Field Assistant Position in Sweden

Two PhD students are looking for some research assistants to help them do field work in Sweden! The work involves things such as chamber measurements of net CO2 and methane exchanges. The assistant job is from May to August, with the first month training in Montreal and the last three months in the field in Sweden. For more information, see the attached file.

First McGill Earth System Science Seminar

The First McGill Earth System Science Seminar will take place on Tuesday, February 12^th in Leacock 232 at 3:30 pm! Sounds like it will be a lot of fun, hope to see you there!

TNC Presents "Hosanna"

As a drag queen from another era , Hosanna explores her identity - what it means to be queer, from Montreal, and a wife. This is Hosanna's story but it is also a love story of two people who have an incredible ability to inspire change in each other.

DATES: Feb 13-19 at 8pm at TNC Theatre

COST: $6 students/seniors; $10 general

RESERVATIONS: tnc.foh@gmail.com

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/327750667329801/?fref=ts

FILM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEvBSfqXd6A&feature=youtu.be

The McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy is Recruiting!

The 2013 Summer Internship program where you get to become directly involved with the institute's Research and Health initiatives. All internships will last for 12 weeks from May to August, you will work full time and receive a $2500 stipend at the end of your term. Application deadline is February 25^th.

For more info or to apply, visit http://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/futureleaders. Or email Kristen.mcneill@mcgill.ca

Vision 2020 -- Making it Real! 

Wondering when Vision 2020 will stop being abstract and give you something to grab onto? Right now. If you have an action idea tucked away, submit it via this quick 150-word entry form. You could win the chance to pitch it to a room of sustainability champions and decision makers at McGill at our Making it Real Action Event. Submit your ideas by February 15^th at noon!
 
Our Making It Real event will be open to everyone and will include pitches, workshopping, presentations, and prizes. We want to help you implement your ideas! Come by the Thomson House Ballroom on February 25th from 1-4pm. For event details, visit here, or check out our Facebook event. 
 
HINT: Dave has put together a blog post full of resources that can help kick-start your action project here. 

Cool Thing of the Week

This is a really sick picture: features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g59/234759/234759_1255512677_large.jpg/

Here is an article about a new form of alternative energy:

www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/solar-goes-hyper-in-the-us/

 

 

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Happy Monday Everyone!

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1. Photo of the year contest submissions
2. Field Notes Submissions
3. Geospectives Feb 6
4. Panama Field Study Semester Information Session
5. TNC Presents Hosanna
6. The Role of Media in the Arab Spring and its Aftermath: The Special Case of Egypt
7. 2013 McGill Sustainability Research Symposium: Adapting to a Changing Climate

 

Hey geographers! It's a beautiful Monday and the game of Assassins is well under way. Here's a shout-out to my friend Jared Simpson whose birthday is today! He works in the GIC, so you probably know him if you spend any time there. Valentine's day is also next week, which gives a lot of people a great excuse to lie around feeling sorry for themselves

Photo of the year contest submissions

Photo of the year contest is still under way! Submit your photo of the year to mcgillgeography@gmail.com until March 8^th.

Field Notes Submissions

Field Notes is taking submissions until tomorrow, February 5^th at 5pm! If you have an original research paper, don't delay!

Geospectives Feb 6

This Thursday February 6, 2013 at 4:00PM Prof. Patricia Martin will be speaking for GeoSpectives! Her topic is Oaxaca 1977/Oaxaca 2006: Excavating lineages of political violence in Mexico. Come to Burnside 426.

Panama Field Study Semester Information Session

Ever wanted your classroom to be a tropical rain forest? Interested in environmental issues, mastering Spanish, and dancing salsa on the side? The Panama Field Study Semester might be right for you! PFSS is an interdisciplinary field study open to all departments that takes place during the Winter term. Come find out what it's all about at the following information session (or check out other upcoming dates here: www.mcgill.ca/pfss). Due date of applications for Winter 2014 is March 29, 2013.

PFSS Information Session
Date : Wednesday February 13, 2013
Time: 5:30pm
Place: Burnside Hall, Room 426

 

TNC Presents Hosanna

Hosanna is a drag queen, unsure about her queerness, her place in the demi-monde of Montreal, and the roles she must play with her husband Cuirette. Hosanna's story is that of an individual in a constant state of self-fashioning in an attempt to land on the naked truth of who she "really" is. But it's a love story too, of two queers who seem to have the immense power to inspire change in each other.

DATES: Feb 6-9 and 13-16 at 8pm at TNC Theatre
COST: $6 students/seniors; $10 general
RESERVATIONS: tnc.foh@gmail.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/327750667329801/?fref=ts
FILM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEvBSfqXd6A&feature=youtu.be

The Role of Media in the Arab Spring and its Aftermath: The Special Case of Egypt

The Role of Media in the Arab Spring and its Aftermath: The Special Case of Egypt brings together three specialists in the field of media in the Arab World to assess these pressing questions: Zeynep Tufekci considers "The New Media Ecology and Dynamics of Power: Lessons from Egypt and Beyond"; Sahar Khamis examines "Youth and Women's Leadership, Cyberactivism, and the Arab Spring: Prospects for Political and Social Transformation in Contemporary Egypt"; and Marc Lynch discusses "Social Media and the Arab Uprising."

Free and open to the public, the conference will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Leacock 232(McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke Street West).

For more information, please visit media.mcgill.ca

2013 McGill Sustainability Research Symposium: Adapting to a Changing Climate

On March 14^th at Thomson House there will be the Annual McGill Sustainability Research Symposium (MSRS), "Adapting to a Changing Climate".  

The MSRS will feature guest speakers, a poster session, presentations of student research, and an interdisciplinary "world-cafe" style discussion. We will be joined by Dr. David W. Wolfe, professor of Plant and Soil Ecology in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell and leading authority on climate change impacts on natural ecosystems and food security, and Dr. Monica Mulrennan, Associate Professor of Planning and Environment at Concordia University.

Graduate and undergraduate students from all faculties and departments are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation or a four-minute presentation on any aspect of sustainability.

To register for the event or to submit an abstract visit: http://mcgillsustainabilitysymposium.wordpress.com/ 

Cool Thing of the Week

This is more about DIY and less about geography, but here is how one guy came up with a way to print his maps onto garbage bags so he could have waterproof ones for hiking! Very useful for working out in the field.

lifehacker.com/5867196/print-your-own-waterproof-maps-on-trash-bags/

 

Have a good week everyone!

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McGill University
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805 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC
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