Research overview
in the Department of Geography
Research that moves the world
In the Department of Geography, our research helps the planet.
We work on making cities more sustainable, exploring the effects of climate change and integrating the human and the physical. Our researchers and students combine geography scholarship with art and entrepreneurship. Experiential learning is our strength.
UCalgary Arts
is the home of critical and creative arts, humanities and social science scholarship at UCalgary.
Faculty of Arts researchers are award-winning artists, scholars, distinguished members and officers. Our scholarship encompasses a wide spectrum of disciplines and specializations. We work across and within the arts, humanities and social sciences. Arts is one of the key contributors to transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary, through projects and initiatives that engage scholars and communities across Alberta, Canada, and beyond.
Our Research Stories
UCalgary expedition with NASA sets out to better understand state of Arctic ice
The project will help provide improved methods to measure ice thickness and help out local Northern communities.
When Your Science Lab is a 6,000-tonne Icebreaker
There’s no typical day for the chief scientist aboard Canada’s famed Amundsen icebreaker, a high-tech hub for dozens of researchers aiming to understand the changing Arctic Ocean.
Parts of Alberta and Africa face longer, more severe droughts
Both the severity and length of droughts are increasing in western North America, including the prairies as well as parts of Africa, says a recent study published by Professor Tricia Stadnyk.
Project digitally preserves former Indian residential schools in Alberta
Imperial donation kicks off partnership with Indigenous communities and UCalgary
