Welcome to McGill Geography
Geography is the study of physical environments and human habitats. It deals with people and places. It covers issues such as global warming and climate change, food and water resources, management of ecosystems, human health, regional economic disparities, urban infrastructure, native land claims and permafrost problems. Both a physical and a social science, it provides a unique opportunity to obtain a broad exposure to modes of analyzing the many environmental and situational problems of contemporary society. Our department is based in the Faculty of Science and offers degrees at the Bachelors (B.A., B.Sc, & B.A.Sc.), Masters (M.A. & M.Sc), and Ph.D. levels.
News and Announcements
Missed the Department of Geography Undergraduate Student Orientation? Access the slide decks here!
Access the Department of Geography Undergraduate Student Orientation slide deck, the GIC slide deck and the McGill Libraries slide deck.
If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Michelle at advisor.geog [at] mcgill.ca or book an appointment with her for immediate guidance.
Updated October 5, 2021
Congratulations to the Class of 2021.
Posted June 14, 2021
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Advising Virtual Appointment Booking System
Students in the Department of Geography can now book virtual appointments with both the Undergraduate Advisor and the Graduate Coordinator on our online appointment booking system. Appointments are hosted on MS Teams.
Updated December 3, 2020
Black Lives Matter
The Department of Geography, McGill University firmly denounces all racism and racial violence and stands in solidarity with members of the Black community. We are deeply concerned with the violence and recent events in Canada and the US. We recognize that these events are not isolated and in Canada are situated in our country’s long history of violence against Visible Minorities and Indigenous Communities. Read our full statement here.
Posted June 4, 2020
Destruction of forests endangers communities through vast areas in the South American Gran Chaco
A recent study by an international team of researchers including Geography Professor Yann le Polain de Waroux, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that advancing agriculture threatens the livelihoods of forest-dependent people.
Posted October 26, 2021
We are hiring: Open rank professor in Anti-Black Racism Studies
The Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, McGill University, invites applications from broadly-trained scholars researching racial inequities (e.g., spatial segregation), Black Geography, critical race studies, and/or anti-Black racism, particularly in urban contexts. More details are available here: English | French.
Posted September 22, 2021
Geospectives Lecture Series Schedule
Posted September 7, 2021
Over 260,000 kilometres of rivers at risk due to proposed hydro dams
Recent work by Prof. Bernhard Lehner and the Global HydroLab finds that dams and reservoirs are the leading contributors to future loss of connectivity in free-flowing rivers around the world.
Posted August 16, 2021
McGill Geographer researchers publish new study in Nature on global river flow
A new study, recently published Nature, led by researchers from McGill's Geography Department found that between 51-60% of the 64 million kilometres of rivers and streams on Earth that they investigated stop flowing periodically, or run dry for part of the year. It is the first-ever empirically grounded effort to quantify the global distribution of non-perennial rivers and streams.
