The Csillag Seminar Series in Geography

CURRENT SPEAKERS   - Sep 2012 to March 2013 (click on the title to see the abstract)

 

Date/Time

Room#

Speaker

Title

Wed, 26 Sep 2012,

12-1pm

DV3130CC

Prof. G. Tracy Mehan, III

Principal, The Cadmus Group, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

 

 

Managing North America’s Water Resources in the 21st Century

 

Wed, 03 Oct 2012,

12-1pm

DV3130CC

Dr. Magana Gonzalez

Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Humanities,

 University of Guadalajara, Centro Universitario Del Sur, Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco

 

Reflections on the construction of ethnicities in Mexico: The case of two ethnic groups in the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Wed, 07 Nov 2012,

12-1pm

IB210

Tamara Varney

Porfessor Anthropology,

Lakehead University

Heavy Metal Can Kill You: Toxic Element Poisoning in the 17th Century Royal Navy in the West Indies

Wed, 30 Jan 2013

12-1pm

DV3130 CC

Richard Shearmur,

Economic Geographer from INRS in Montreal

 

Liquid Regions? A few thoughts and suggestions about the connection between innovation and territory

 

Wed, 06 Feb 2013

12-1pm

DV3130CC

Darra Goldstein

Jackman Humanities Institute Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Bread and Salt: Russia, the Land and Its Food

 

Wed, 27 Mar 2013

12-1pm

DV3214

TBA

TBA

Speakers Sep 2011 to March 2012

Paul Tranter, PhD.
Transportation Geography
School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences - Geography
University of New South Wales, Australia
 
The Speed Paradox: time pressure, transport and health ...Abstract
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 | DV3130CC, 1-2pm
 
 
Steven Franklin, PhD.
Remote Sensing, Forestry Management
Physical Geography, President and Vice-Chancellor
Trent University
 
Perspectives on Remote Sensing for Wildlife and Forest Management ......Abstract
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 | DV3130CC, 1-2pm
 
 
April James, PhD.
Hydrology / Physical Geography
Faculty of Arts & Science – Geography
Nipissing University
 
Hydrology of North Carolinian Piedmont Headwater Catchments:  similarities and differences in seasonal water balance and rainfall-runoff response....Abstract
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 | DV3130CC, 1-2pm
 
 
Theresa Garvin, PhD.
Health Geography
Human Geography
University of Alberta
 
Can we get old here? Aging and Place(lessness) in suburban Edmonton...Abstract
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | DV3130CC, 1-2pm
 
 
Raktim Mitra, PhD.
Transportation Geography / Planning
University of Toronto
 
Exploring Needs of Children in a Healthy Community: The Case of Active School Transportation.....Abstract
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 | DV3130CC, 1-2pm
 
 
Phil Graniero, PhD.
GIS Watershed/Wetland Hydrology
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Windsor
 
TBA
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 | DV3130CC, 1-2pm
 

 Past Speaker List (click here)

The Csillag Seminar Series officially launched on September 29, 2006.  The department of Geography Mississauga has established an undergraduate scholarship fund in Ferenc Csillag's name and are now acceping donations.  If you would like to make a contribution please conact Toni Luke-Gervais (t.luke@utoronto.ca) at 905-828-3860.