Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics

"But this data lets city planning departments look at the hot spots and say ‘Ok, those are areas where there’s a need for funding, or requirements need to be put in place for developers, because people are being pushed out.’ ” (From the article)

Congratulations to professor Denis Lacelle who has been elected to the sixth cohort of the Royal Canadian Society's  College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, which recognizes emerging research leaders.

The University of Ottawa is proud to announce the nomination of four new research chairs to study the Francophone world as members of the Chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone. 

When scientists installed a time-lapse camera near the Donjek Glacier in Kluane National Park and Reserve in July, they thought they were giving themselves lots of time to capture a unique phenomenon. (From CBC). Read the full article on CBC

Denis Lacelle, with broad research interests in the permafrost environments of Arctic and Antarctica, is making groundbreaking
contributions to the scientific knowledge of: i) the origin, age, constituents, and future of Arctic and Antarctic ground ice; ii)
the history and dynamics of permafrost terrain, iii) the effects of changing climate on our fragile terrestrial Arctic ecosystems
and iv) the dynamics of ground ice on Mars. (RSC)