1. Gert's Social 
   
2. The McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program
   
3. GeoSpectives September 30th
   
4. Apply to the 2013-2014 Women in House Program
   
5. Sustainability Projects Fund
   
6. McMUN 2014 Staff Coordinator Applications
   
7. David Suzuki Foundation Club

Hey there geographers! Hope you had a fabulous weekend. We have a busy week coming up here at MUGS, with a social night, deadlines for mentors, and a GeoSpectives talk! 

Gert's Social

Come hang out with geographers at Gert's for MUGS's first social event of the school year! Meet at BH 305 at 7pm and we will go to the bar from there, or meet us at the bar later. The first rounds are on us!

The McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program is starting up again for Fall 2013!

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

If so, consider applying for a mentor! The student-initiated McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program can help you prepare and plan for the future. We pair Geography undergrads, like you, with graduate student mentors who have recently navigated the post-undergrad world themselves, and have a wealth of information and experience to share.

   1. fill out an application

   2. send it to geogmentorprogram@gmail.com

   3. you will be paired with a mentor based off of academic interests

   4. a group social will be planned as well as individual mentor-mentee coffee dates 

 For more information and to apply to the program, please visit our webpage, http://mcgillgeography.blogspot.ca/p/mentor-program.html. Applications are due by Sept 30^th to geogmentorprogram@gmail.com."

GeoSpectives September 30th

The next GeoSpectives lecture is this coming Monday, September 30, and features our very own Professor Emerita Sherry Olson. She will discuss the development and use of an Historical GIS of Montreal. Please join us in Burnside 426 at 4 PM! Snacks will be served!

Neighbouring in Nineteenth-Century Montreal: GIS as a Toolkit for the Snoop, Prof. Sherry Olson 

Who lived where? Who owned the property? Who talked to whom? How did it work? How segregated was the city? What moves did people make in the course of a day? Or a year? Or a lifetime? Of all the metropolitan centres north of the Rio Grande, Montreal perhaps has the richest array of historical sources. To explore the dynamics, we needed an "HGIS" - a geographic information system with some historical layers. Could we carve out some "slices" in the time-space of a Victorian city? The tool is quite imperfect, at once obsolete and unfinished (it's designed for add-ons), but a suite of maps reports some of the discoveries we've been able to make with the GIS toolkit, providing some hints at a "philosophy" of maps.

Apply to the 2013-2014 Women in House Program

Women in House is a program that promotes women's equitable representation in government by giving female students the opportunity to gain an inside look into the lives of female politicians in the Canadian federal government.

We offer participants a fully-subsidized, two-day trip to Ottawa, during which participants take a tour of Parliament, hear individual speakers and panel discussions, shadow a female Member of Parliament or Senator, and network with other McGill students and parliamentarians at a cocktail event.

The purpose is to foster a desire for political involvement, while showcasing the successes of females who have broken through gender barriers to enter political life.

Date of the program: Wednesday, November 20th to Thursday, November 21st. Eligible students: Female undergraduate and graduate students from all departments.

To apply, please fill out an application form at http://womeninhouse.com/applying/ and submit it by Oct. 4th at 5PM.

Sustainability Projects Fund 

Do you want to have a meaningful impact at McGill? Do want to better connect with a network of like-minded people? Do you want support and funding for your efforts to make change on campus? Apply to make it happen. The next Sustainability Projects Fund application deadline is Monday, October 7. We are accepting project proposals to engage the McGill community in working toward sustainability. Projects can be in the categories of research, education, connectivity, operations, or administration & governance. 

WHY: To kickstart a culture of sustainability at McGill

WHO:  For projects led by students, faculty, and staff

WHAT: $840,000 a year (half student fee contributions and half administrative matching funds)

To download the application criteria and the application form and to see currently funded projects visit:www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/spf. Contact Sustainability Officer Lilith Wyatt at lilith.wyatt@mcgill.ca or (514) 398-8826 if you have an idea, a project proposal, or any questions.

McMUN 2014 Staff Coordinator Applications

The McGill Model United Nations Assembly (McMUN) 2014 is currently hiring dedicated and enthusiastic individuals for Staff Coordinator positions (Model UN experience not required). This year is McMUN's Silver Jubilee 25th Anniversary and we plan on redefining the boundaries of innovation and competitivity.

From January 23rd-26th, over 1400 students from the world's top universities (Harvard, Georgetown) will be arriving in Montréal to participate as delegates at McMUN. Become an ambassador for McGill and help prepare for McMUN by applying for a Staff Coordinator position today! Click here for more information about staffing at McMUN, or for the application form. 

Applications are due this Tuesday, October 1st! If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Chief of Staff, Haya Khoury, at staff@mcmun.org."

David Suzuki Foundation Club

The David Suzuki Foundation Club at McGill will be hosting a presentation by Our Horizon on October 2 at 5pm in the Madelaine Parent Room in SSMU.  Come and learn about critical environmental issues, how they affect our lives, and what we can do to resolve them.  For more information on Our Horizon, check out their website: http://ourhorizon.org

Hope to see you all there!

Cool Thing of the Week

Here is a completely self sustaining cabin in Maine! Pretty neat!

http://inhabitat.com/tiny-off-grid-cabin-in-maine-is-completely-self-sustaining/

Have a wonderful week everyone!

1. Gert's Night Out
   
2. Geospectives Logo Contest
   
3. McGill Geography Mentor Program
   
4. McMUN Staff Coordinator Applicatons
   
5. Apply to the 2013-2014 Women in House Program
   

Hey there geographers! Hope your week is going swell. Next week we have our first social event! Wooo! I hope to see you all there.

Gert's Night Out

It's the first MUGS social event of the school year! Meet at the lounge (BH 305) at 7pm on Tuesday, October 1^st and we'll go to Gert's from there! The first rounds are on us! (You can meet us at Gert's later if you wish)

Geospectives Logo Contest

GeoSpectives wants a fresh new look and we want you to help make that happen! Please submit all designs to mcgillgeography@gmail.com. Here are the parameters:

1. The logo should (roughly) fit into a square.
2.  It should be simple enough to be clear even when relatively small. The logo will appear on posters and flyers; in some cases it might be printed as small as 1 x 1 inch.
3. It cannot use any copyrighted material, including McGill crests or logos.
   
4. It should look neat, clean, and professional

McGill Geography Mentor Program

The McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program is starting up again for Fall 2013! Are you curious (or confused!) about life after undergrad? Do you have questions about grad school and other post undergrad options? If so, consider applying for a mentor! The student-initiated McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program can help you prepare and plan for the future. We pair Geography undergrads, like you, with graduate student mentors who have recently navigated the post-undergrad world themselves, and have a wealth of information and experience to share.

1.    Fill out an application
   
2.    Send it to geogmentorprogram@gmail.com
   
3.    You will be paired with a mentor based off of academic interests
   
4.    A group social will be planned as well as individual mentor-mentee coffee dates
   

For more information and to apply to the program, please visit our webpage, http://mcgillgeography.blogspot.ca/p/mentor-program.html. Applications are due by Sept 30th to geogmentorprogram@gmail.com.

McMUN Staff Coordinator Applicatons

The McGill Model United Nations Assembly (McMUN) 2014 is currently hiring dedicated and enthusiastic individuals for Staff Coordinator positions (Model UN experience not required).

From January 23rd-26th, over 1400 students from the world's top universities (Harvard, Georgetown) will be arriving in Montréal to participate as delegates at McMUN. Become an ambassador for McGill and help prepare for McMUN by applying for a Staff Coordinator position today! Click here for more information about staffing at McMUN, or for the application form.

Applications will be open from Sunday, September 22nd to Tuesday, October 1st. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Chief of Staff, Haya Khoury, at staff@mcmun.org.

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Apply to the 2013-2014 Women in House Program

Women in House is a program that promotes women's equitable representation in government by giving female students the opportunity to gain an inside look into the lives of female politicians in the Canadian federal government.

We offer participants a fully-subsidized, two-day trip to Ottawa, during which participants take a tour of Parliament, hear individual speakers and panel discussions, shadow a female Member of Parliament or Senator, and network with other McGill students and parliamentarians at a cocktail event.

The purpose is to foster a desire for political involvement, while showcasing the successes of females who have broken through gender barriers to enter political life.

Date of the program: Wednesday, November 20th to Thursday, November 21st. Eligible students: Female undergraduate and graduate students from all departments.

To apply, please fill out an application form at http://womeninhouse.com/applying/ Application deadline: Oct. 4th at 5PM

Cool Thing of the Week

Here's a cool video of 42 amazing maps, presented by Hank Green!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldHalRY-hY&list=UUGaVdbSav8xWuFWTadK6loA

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Julia Schertzer

VP Communications

MUGS

1. Lockers
   
2. MUGS Positions
   
3. Geography Undergrad Mentorship Program
   
4. Job Opportunity for Web Developer
   

Hey geographers! It's the last day of add/drop period, a stressful time when students realize that they don't really like any of their classes. It's also B.B. King's birthday today! Be sure to listen to some sweet blues music while finalizing your schedule.

Thanks to everyone who came out last week to the first Geo Bites meeting! The profs were so thrilled to meet such eager students.

Lockers

Lockers seem to be a touchy subject these days! Many reserved lockers have been unintentionally cut. For this, we apologize on behalf of all of MUGS. On another note, lockers are still available for rent! Please come to Burnside 305 between 11:30 and 1:00 pm all this week to get your own locker.

MUGS Positions

If you're looking to get more involved in MUGS, there are several OPEN POSITIONS that need filling by people like you! The position descriptions are as follows:

Sustainability Officer: The Sustainability Officer is responsible for holding MUGS environmentally responsible during all events, finding the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternatives, as well as promoting and encouraging MUGS members to engage in these practices. The Sustainability Officer will be in charge of making sure the lounge remains clean, either by doing it themselves or arranging a rotating schedule of cleaning within the MUGS Executive. At the beginning of the year, the Sustainability Officer will propose one sustainability project.

U1 rep: Represents the U1 class to MUGS. Assist MUGS in the planning and executing of events.

Field Notes Editor in Chief: The Editor in Chief will be in charge of assembling an editorial team in the Fall, promoting the journal, maintaining the budget, coordinating events, and liaising with journal editors, MUGS, the Department of Geography, and other organizations, as well as fulfilling other general MUGS responsibilities

We are also looking for Field Notes Editors!
To apply for Editor-in-chief please send in a short paragraph detailing why you want to be editor in chief of field notes and a CV. For all other editor positions just let MUGS know about your interest and we'll pass it onto the editors in chief, who will assemble a team.

To apply for U1 or Sustainability Officer positions, please fill out a nomination form and submit it to the MUGS lounge by Wednesday, September 18^th! The forms are attached to the listserv and they can also be picked up at the lounge. Sustainability Officers must also submit a paragraph-long sustainability project proposal that they would like to implement during the school year!

Geography Undergrad Mentorship Program

The McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program is starting up again for Fall 2013!

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

If so, consider applying for a mentor! The student-initiated McGill Geography Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Program can help you prepare and plan for the future. We pair Geography undergrads, like you, with graduate student mentors who have recently navigated the post-undergrad world themselves, and have a wealth of information and experience to share.

For more information and to apply to the program, please visit our webpage, http://mcgillgeography.blogspot.ca/p/mentor-program.html. Applications are due by Sept 30th to geogmentorprogram@gmail.com.

Job Opportunity for Web Developer

Students with a basic knowledge of computer handling, statistics, and GIS are invited to apply to this job! Please refer to the job ad in the link below:

http://montreal.en.craigslist.ca/web/4043957579.html

Cool thing of the week:

Here is a map of unintended pregnancies in the US. Thanks to Julie MacKinnon for the submission!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/unintended-pregnancy-_n_3906668.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular