Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics

PhD candidate Lazar Ilic and Professor Michael Sawada from the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics along with colleague Amaury Zarzelli have recently published the results of research on the use of Google Street View to detect changes occurring in our neighborhoods. “Deep mapping gentrification in a large Canadian city using deep learning and Google Street View”. Listen to the interview on CBC News.

CBC News Interview ; https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/streetview-gentrificiation-study-university-ottawa-1.5055031

Link to article in PLOS ONE : https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0212814

The new normal? Experts say dizzying weather extremes are likely here to stay, by Holly McKenziw-Sutter, The Canadian Press.

“This is the kind of thing people have been predicting for years,” said Konrad Gajewski, a professor of geography and environment at the University of Ottawa. “This kind of pattern of more alternation, more extremes, both in terms of warm and cold conditions is what we’re expecting for the future.” For full text https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-the-new-normal-experts-say-dizzying-weather-extremes-are-likely-here/

The study examines the role of neighbourhood spaces in influencing newcomer resilience. 

We are pleased to announce that our new unilingual option for the Honours, Major and Minor programs in Environmental Studies has been approved! So, you now have the choice to study completely in French or completely in English.