1. Pumpkin chili pumpkin pie feast time!
   
2. GEOGRAPHY APARTMENT CRAWL CALL FOR APARTMENTS
   
3. GeoSpectives!
   
4. Sustainable Career Paths
   
5. Celebrate Halloween this year with Engineers Without Borders and Camino!
   
6. Ryerson Master of Planning Open House
   
7. World Bank Development Report Launch
   

Good morning geographers! I hope you all were on campus to see the young 'uns at open house on Sunday afternoon, they were so cute! You also had the opportunity to see some of your fabulous MUGS exec tabling at the science faculty event there. There are some spooky events happening this week, so stay tuned!

Pumpkin chili pumpkin pie feast time!

On Wednesday, Octover 30th, from 1-2 pm, there will be vegetarian chili in the MUGS lounge (BH 305)! We will also have fun activities such as pumpkin carving! We will be selling GEOGRAPHY TOQUES for $15 so bring ca$h.

GEOGRAPHY APARTMENT CRAWL CALL FOR APARTMENTS

Our annual crawl is coming up on Friday, November 15th. If you have an apartment and want to host one of the stops on the crawl, please send an email to mcgillgeography@gmail.com! You will receive a free ticket to the apartment crawl and free drinks for the night. (We are aiming for the Ghetto/Plateau/Mile End area, sorry West-of-Campus folks!)

GeoSpectives!

The next GeoSpectives is Monday, November 4, and will be of particular interest to students curious about health geography and environmental analysis.

As usual, the talk will be in Burnside 426 at 4 PM.

Environmental Drivers of Infectious Diseases: Applications of Spatial Analyses

Prof. Mark L. Wilson

Department of Epidemiology

University of Michigan

Sustainable Career Paths
Hear success stories and advice from professionals in the field and have your questions answered about how you could become one of them and get insights on careers related to sustainability! Come hear success stories and advice from professionals in the field and get a chance to network with them, too!
$5 EARLY BIRDS (Oct 28 - Nov 1st)
$8 REGULAR (Nov 2nd - 8th)
[This event is free of charge for members of the Sustainability Network]
More info to come about how to get your tickets!!
When? November 8th, 2013 from 2-5 pm
Where? 2nd Floor Bronfman Building (Open area, closed for the occasion)

 

For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1397486830488424/?ref=22 and like us on Facebook!

 

Celebrate Halloween this year with Engineers Without Borders and Camino!

Engineers Without Borders and Camino are offering a great way to stock up on chocolate for the Halloween season and promote Fair Trade (at a student friendly price). You can find more information about specific products and place your order here: http://tinyurl.com/fairtradeewb. Orders are accepted before October 31st and you'll receive an email with information on where you can pick up your chocolate.

Fair Trade is a different way of doing business. It's about making principles of fairness and decency mean something in the marketplace. It seeks to ensure the farmers and artisans behind fair trade products get a better deal. Most often this is understood to mean better prices for producers, but it often means longer-term and more meaningful trading relationships as well.

Ryerson Master of Planning Open House

On November 6th, the Ryerson University Master of Planning Program is hosting an Open House event right there in Toronto! Super convenient, right? Anyway, if you happen to be in Toronto next week or know that there will be information there that you simply CAN'T gather from browsing your website, please consult the attached document.

World Bank Development Report Launch

For the first time in Canada, the World Bank is doing a report launch! Check out the facebook event on this page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/545510788867100/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Cool Thing of the Week

Here's a video of a Texas comedian with cerebral palsy, Zach Anner, (you may remember him from Oprah in 2010, maybe not) answer questions with a religious Jew about faith! I haven't watched the video yet but I'm sure it's hilarious. I LOVE WACKY PEOPLE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvOtfukiPnA&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLzvRx_johoA_Zhuo_pRsWSbARe2IZ2XZJ

And here is a 4-year old geography expert. I LOVE WACKY KIDS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4snT568DVY

Have a fantastic week everyone and I hope to see you at Pumpkin Chili Pie Time!

Julia Schertzer

VP Communications

 

 

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MUGS
Dept. of Geography
McGill University
Burnside Hall, Rm 305
805 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC

1. Pumpkin chili pumpkin pie feast time!
   
2. GEOGRAPHY APARTMENT CRAWL CALL FOR APARTMENTS
   
3. Environment MOC retreat
   
4. AUS Grad Fair
   
5. Documentary Screening in Burnside
   
6. Women in House McGill event
   
7. SAMAzing 5K Run
   
8. The Sustainability Soiree
   

SSMU Sustainability Case Competition is looking for Coordinators

Woo, only 11 days until Halloween! Time to make plans for the big weekend. Will it be a party? Will you go to SSMU's Four Floors? How much skin are you planning to show and how much alcohol will you need to forget that it is October in Montreal and you should not be baring those legs no matter how sexy your ladybug costume is?

But I digress. Next week is our annual Pumpkin chili pumpkin pie feast time! Come and get some free chili and pie and celebrate the pre-halloween October glow. Also our very famous APARTMENT CRAWL is coming up! More details below.

Pumpkin chili pumpkin pie feast time!

On Wednesday, Octover 30th, from 1-2 pm, there will be vegetarian chili in the MUGS lounge (BH 305)! We will also have fun activities such as pumpkin carving!

GEOGRAPHY APARTMENT CRAWL CALL FOR APARTMENTS

My goodness I have been waiting for this since last year's apartment crawl! Our annual crawl is coming up on Friday, November 15th. If you have an apartment and want to host one of the stops on the crawl, please send an email to mcgillgeography@gmail.com! You will receive a free ticket to the apartment crawl and free drinks for the night. (We are aiming for the Ghetto/Plateau/Mile End area, sorry West-of-Campus folks!)

Environment MOC retreat

MESS (McGill Environment Students' Society) is hosting a fun MOC weekend for the first weekend of November! If you would like to join them, tickets are around $40 and they have hired a bus to bring everyone to and from the house. More details to come!

AUS Grad Fair

The Arts Undergraduate Society is hosting its annual grad fair on October 21st from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm! So come out and learn about Graduate and Professional Schools from across North America! Both general and specific programs, such as Law, Accounting and Social Work, will be represented at the fair.

A free LSAT Prep Course will be raffled off. Attend and receive one free entry!

Location: SSMU Building - SSMU Ballroom (3rd floor)

We are also seeking VOLUNTEERS for the event! You will also receive free lunch for your time, as well as an LSAT raffle ticket. Please contact: elizabeth.deblock@mail.mcgill.ca for more information.

Documentary Screening in Burnside

The documentary "People of a Feather" will be screened this Wednesday, October 23rd in Burnside 308 at 5:30pm. The event poster is attached. It's a documentary about life in the Arctic, and the Inuit people struggling for survival. It won Best Feature in the Science department in the New Zealand film festival so you all should go see it!

Women in House McGill event

YES SHE CAN: Perspectives on female participation in political life, a panel discussion proudly presented by Women in House and McGill Political Science Students Association.

How does gender impact political participation? How can we build a culture that promotes more equitable representation of women in politics? Come discuss these important questions with our distinguished panelists, including:

Professors Antonia Maioni and Elisabeth Gidengil, and political leaders Martine Desjardins (student movement leader) and Janine Krieber (current member of the Projet Montreal Board of Directors).

We encourage you to attend regardless of your political orientation, gender, or topic of study.

This event will be hosted on Monday, October 28th at Thomson House (3650 Rue McTavish). The panel will take place at 6:00 pm and will be followed by light refreshments.

More details in the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/222711461224023

SAMAzing 5K Run

On Saturday November 9th at 10 AM, the Student Association for Medical Aid (SAMA) will be hosting its first ever SAMAzing 5K Run!

All participants will receive a SAMA T-shirt, food at the end of the run, and entry into a raffle for awesome PRIZES and GIFT CARDS!  The registration fee is $15 for individuals or $10 per person in groups of 5+. For more information and a link to the registration form, check out the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/170876746448359 If you have any questions, please email sama.aid@gmail.com!

The Sustainability Soiree

On Thursday, November 14th at 5pm, you can go to the Third floor of the McGill bookstore and participate in a discussion on sustainability! There will be inspired conversation local refreshments, and future project installations discussed. Please RSVP to the event by emailing mcgillgeography@gmail.com.

SSMU Sustainability Case Competition is looking for Coordinators

The SSMU Sustainability Case Competition (SSCC)  is back this year and we're recruiting coordinators to be involved from November to January! This year's competition topic is related to sustainable investments, and will include seeking valuable sponsorship relationships, selecting competition candidates, and organizing a final event at the end of the competition to present final ideas to judges & the public. Involvement will be more minimal until January.

We currently have three positions open for
applications:

-VP Finance

-VP Events

-VP Communications

The deadline for applications is October the 29th.
This is a great way to become more familiar with the topic of sustainable & ethical investments, and to be involved in a McGill student-run initiative that challenges students thinking. Email Ssmucasecomp2014@gmail.com, and attach a CV and one paragraph explaining your motivations & qualifications for a position on this year's coordinating team.

Cool Thing of the Week

Here's a great video about the wacky truth about Canada and America's border!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkYlIA7mgw#t=13

And here is a video of my goal when I become a professional Soprano recorder player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2WH8mHJnhM

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MUGS
Dept. of Geography
McGill University
Burnside Hall, Rm 305
805 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC

The TRansportation and Air Quality (TRAQ) and the Transportation Research at McGill (TRAM) research groups will be performing a bus transit emissions study and we are looking for students eager to perform on-board data collection. We need a total of 8 -10 students for the duration of the data collection campaign.


STUDY DETAILS:
We are studying bus service in Montreal, particularly, the service on Route 67 and 467 running along the Saint-Michel bus corridor. The purpose of this study is to quantify the bus's emissions while capturing various factors including passenger activity, bus crowding, fare collection method, and time of day. Students will be required to sit down on a bus equipped with a GPS device and a standard data collection sheet in order to count passengers boarding and leaving the bus as well as record bus dwell times.

REQUIREMENTS:
In order to qualify for this study, you should be available for 3 consecutive hours (7-10AM or 3-6PM) on at least 4 days (not necessarily consecutive) over the following two weeks: October 15th to 18th and October 21st to 25th. A training session will be held this Friday October 11th in the evening.

Your remuneration will be: $11.18/hour + 19.2% benefits.

If you are available and interested, please contact Ahsan (<mailto:ahsan.alam2@mail.mcgill.ca>ahsan.alam2@mail.mcgill.ca) or Ehab (<mailto:ehab.diab@mail.mcgill.ca>ehab.diab@mail.mcgill.ca) and provide your availability (times and days).
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MUGS
Dept. of Geography
McGill University
Burnside Hall, Rm 305
805 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC

1. GeoSpectives logo contest
   
2. Redpath Museum Journal Call for Submissions!
   
3. Mobile Health Clinic Fundraiser
   
4. OIKOS Project McGill - Holistic Education walk
   
5. Participate in Culture Shock Week!
   

 

Guys, I'm going to tell you a secret. Are you ready?

….

Pumpkin by itself doesn't taste like anything!

That's right, just like that apple pie made out of crackers rather than apples (Link), pumpkin flavour is really only simulated by the pumpkin pie spices. I seriously think you could make a pumpkin pie out of potatoes and it would taste the same. So next time someone goes "Omg I love pumpkin things!" You should be like "Well that's too bad because that pie you just ate is made out of potatoes. ZING."

Enough of my sense of humour for now. So many exciting things are happening in the beautiful, pumpkin-y, Thanksgiving season of fall! Check out all the volunteer and fundraising opportunities this week.

GeoSpectives logo contest

We are still holding our GeoSpectives Logo contest! Submissions are being accepted until October 15^th, send your submission as a .jpg file to mcgillgeography@gmail.com!

Redpath Museum Journal Call for Submissions!

We are looking for research papers, photo essays, artwork and interviews that focus on the Redpath Museum, the museum's collection, McGill or Montreal. If you have a piece you would like to submit, or have any questions about this year's journal, hit us up at redpathmuseumclub@gmail.com. Check out our website for more information about the club, visit: http://redpathmuseumclub.wordpress.com/

Mobile Health Clinic Fundraiser

The Uganda Wildlife Authority and McGill University are developing a Mobile Health System around Kibale National Park, Uganda. To raise money for their cause, they are selling baked goods and baskets from Uganda out of an ambulance on campus from 11am to 2pm. See you all there!

OIKOS Project McGill - Holistic Education walk

Ever pondered on the question, "What is education for?"

By diving into nature to provoke memories, observations and story telling, we ask participants to reflect on their learning experiences, and the contribution of their education to the collective challenge of sustainability. This walk will feature a range of activities and encourage us to be more aware of our interior life and surroundings. Feel free to join even if you are just looking for a breather outside of your studies!

Date and Time: Every Wednesday at 4pm; the walk takes approximately one hour

Where: Meet at Gardner Hall (finishing at Ave Des Pins/Peel)

More information about the walk can be found at http://www.oikosmcgill.wix.com or on Facebook at http://facebook.com/groups/oikosmcgill/

If you wish to contact us, please email us at oikosmcgill@gmail.com.

Participate in Culture Shock Week!

QPIRG's Culture Shock Week is starting off with a panel called Canada Behind Bars: On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities, With Jessica Danforth, Patricia Eshkibok, and Sheri Pranteau. Please see the attachments for other cool events happening in Culture Shock Week!

This panel brings forth a conversation about the forms of violence faced by Indigenous communities (especially Indigenous women) in the face of incarceration. Those forms of violence are structural just as much as they seep in the quotidian life of First Nations peoples who may or may not find themselves behind bars. Looking at the prison as a state apparatus, "Canada Behind Bars: On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities," will engage in perspectives from women who experience incarceration from different perspectives: Patricia Eshkibok, who has been a native courtworker for the last 25 years; Sheri Pranteau, who has been serving out a life sentence for the past 15 years; and Jessica Danforth, as a sexual and reproductive justice activist struggling for communities that are free of state violence. The talk will be followed by a Q&A with the speakers.

Thursday, October 10th – 6pm 2515 Delisle (CEDA), Metro Lionel Groulx

Cool Thing of the Week

Hey guys, I actually don't hate pumpkin. Here's nine great uses for pumpkin other than pie!!

http://inhabitat.com/9-great-uses-for-pumpkin-other-than-pie/

And how to make your own, coffee-free, pumpkin spice latte

http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2013/09/hot-pumpkin-mug-sip-some-cozy.html

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!

Julia Schertzer

VP Communications, MUGS

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MUGS
Dept. of Geography
McGill University
Burnside Hall, Rm 305
805 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, QC