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Official Twitter account of the Department of Geography at McGill University. We are moving to https://t.co/7H7uHGCzP3.
Montréal, Québec
Joined March 2020
The McGill Department of Geography has joined Bluesky and will be (slowly) shifting to that platform. Come and join us:
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RT @SarahKMoser: Happy to share an article led by @favedaka on the recent proliferation of new cities built from scratch in Nigeria https:/….
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Over the past 2 decades, Nigeria has become a hotspot for the creation of new cities, with a dozen currently underway. While new cities in Nigeria are promoted by their developers as necessary for ...
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Congrats to PhD Yiyi Zhang, Post-Doc Hugo Theirry, Prof Brian Robinson, and colleagues on their new paper "Servicesheds connect people to the landscapes upon which they depend" in People and Nature .@CanGeographers @mcgillu @McGillScience.
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Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Congratulations to Professor Raja Sengupta and colleague on their paper "Big Data (R)evolution in Geography: Complexity Modelling in the Last Two Decades" in Geography Compass.@CanGeographers @mcgillu @McGillScience
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Congratulations to Prof Mette Bendixen and colleagues on their paper "Freshwater ecosystem transitions due to artisanal sand mining in Rwanda, Africa" in Science of The Total Environment.
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Congrats to Prof Raja Sengupta and colleague on their publication "Big Data (R)evolution in Geography: Complexity Modelling in the Last Two Decades" in Geography Compass
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The use of data and statistics along with computational systems heralded the beginning of a quantitative revolution in Geography. Use of simulation models (Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Models)...
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A big congrats to Prof Bernhard Lehner, and MANY grad alumnus on their recent publication "The Global Dam Watch database of river barrier and reservoir information for large-scale applications" in Nature
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Scientific Data - The Global Dam Watch database of river barrier and reservoir information for large-scale applications
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Congrats to Prof Jon Unruh on his article "Socio-legal instabilities in Ukraine's wartime Compensation Law for damaged and destroyed residential property" in the International Journal of Law in Context @mcgillu @CanGeographers @McGillScience.
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Socio-legal instabilities in Ukraine’s wartime Compensation Law for damaged and destroyed residential property - Volume 20 Issue 4
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Congratulations to Prof. Riva and colleagues on their recent article "Housing for care, connection, and health equity" in Health and Place @mcgillu @McGillScience @CanGeographers.
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Researchers and policymakers have used a four-pillar framework- condition, consistency, context, and cost-to describe the characteristics of housing that are important for health equity. We propose...
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Congrats to PhD student Binh Nguyen and Prof Sarah Turner for their piece “Pedals and throttles” about using ride-along methods in Hanoi, Vietnam, in the journal Area. Binh designed a neat 2min video abstract that can be watched via this link!.@mcgillu
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Congrats to PhD candidate Ana Brandusescu, PhD student Suthee Sangiambut, Prof Renée Sieber, and colleague on their article "What is civic participation in artificial intelligence?" in Environment and Planning B. @CanGeographers @mcgillu @McGillScience.
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There are increasing calls across disciplines and sectors that the public should participate in decisions about the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Public ...
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RT @McGill_VPRI: Félicitations à Sara Knox, membre d'une équipe interuniversitaire du Québec qui a reçu plus de 12M$ pour l’étude des bilan….
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Congratulations to former PhD student Hongyu Zhang and Prof. Grant McKenzie on their paper "Geoprivacy knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in contemporary china" recently published in Geographical Review. @Hong_Yu_Zhang @grantdmckenzie @platialanalysis
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China has an Internet penetration rate of over 70 percent and a massive user base of social media. However, the topic of privacy attitudes among Chinese individuals remains understudied. We analyze...
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Congrats to PhD Candidate Hannah Brais and Prof Mylene Riva for their recent article "Adapting homelessness interventions for people who use drugs or alcohol in Montreal, Quebec: Service user perspectives" in Health & Social Care in the Community
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RT @platialanalysis: Great turn out for #GISday @GIC_McGill. Huge thanks to Lauren Bennett from @Esri for her keynote this afternoon. @mcgi….
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RT @RGS_IBGhe: 🔊New paper published in #areajournal by Sarah Turner and Binh N. Nguyen (@mcgillgeography) 🔊. 'Pedals and throttles: Ride-al….
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