departmental Committees

Building, Equipment and Safety Committee

Sandy Lapsky (Chair), Andreas Christen (building); Dan Moore (field safety); Greg Henry (equipment); Eric Leinberger (wall displays); Ivan Liu (equipment); Albert Teng (building safety)
Graduate Students: Caitlin Sinclair (safety), Matt Kinnear (safety)
Contact:  sandy.lapsky@geog.ubc.ca

Colloquium Committee

Philippe Le Billon (Co-Chair), Simon Donner (Co-Chair)
Staff Representative: Jeanne Yang
Graduate Students: Sophie Webber, May Farales, Doris Leong, Claudia VF
Contact:  jeanne.yang@geog.ubc.ca

Computing Committee

Brian Klinkenberg (Chair), Sally Hermansen, José Aparicio, Vincent Kujala, Sandy Lapsky, Julie Ranada
Graduate Student: Joel Trubilowicz, Alan McConchie
Contact:  jose.aparicio@geog.ubc.ca

Curriculum Committee

Karen Bakker and Karen Young (Co-Chairs), Matthew Evenden, Michèle Koppes, Ian McKendry (Science rep), Juanita Sundberg
undergradaute student: Iain Marjoribanks
Contact:  karen.young@geog.ubc.ca

Equity and Diversity Committee

The Department of Geography is committed to providing a learning and working environment that encourages collegiality, support and respect—an environment where students, faculty, and staff promote the goal of equity.
Contact: kevin.gillard@geog.ubc.ca

Events Committee

Kevin Gillard and Jennifer Hamilton
Contact:  kevin.gillard@geog.ubc.ca

Graduate Committee

Marwan Hassan (Chair), Andreas Christen, Dan Hiebert, Jim Glassman, Merje Kuus, Jamie Peck
Staff Representative: Suzanne Lawrence
Graduate Students: Emily Rosenman, Jenna Keane, Paige Patchin
Contact: gradprogram@geog.ubc.ca

Sustainability Committee

Marc Edwards, Rosemary Collard, Kim Bryson, Sophie Webber, Alan Grove, Anne Bjorkman, Julian Yates
Faculty Representative: Simon Donner
Staff: Vicky Baker
Contact: vbaker@geog.ubc.ca

Through activities, discussion and information dissemination, the UBC Geography Department Sustainability Committee seeks to:

1. Enhance the quality of human and nonhuman life
2. Lessen the impact of the department on local, regional and global environments
3. Promote a work-place culture of minimizing consumption and waste
4. Act as a forum for addressing sustainability assessments of and issues in the department
5. Raise awareness of staff, faculty, and students concerning environmental issues

Peer Review Committee:

Elvin Wyly (Chair), Matthew Evenden, Ian McKendry

Post-Doctoral Committe:

Dan Moore, Trevor Barnes (includes Killam PDF)

Staff: Catherine Aldana

Research and Awards Committee:

Jamie Peck (Chair), Graeme Wynn, Ian McKendry

Staff: Jeanne Yang

Undergraduate Affairs Committee

Trevor Barnes and Karen Young (Co-Chairs), Loch Brown
Contact:  karen.young@geog.ubc.ca