Kaitlin and Stephanie presented their work at the McGill Sustainability Research Symposium on March 13th

IHACC Masters student Kaitlin Patterson, and Stephanie Austin (TRAC3 and CCARG member), presented their research at the 5th annual McGill Sustainability Research Symposium March 13, 2015. Kaitlin discussed her research on food security among indigenous Batwa communities in Uganda, while Stephanie presented her research on climate change adaptation in Canada’s health sector. Here are a few pictures from the event. Don't forget to follow them on twitter! Stephanie: @se_austin and Kaitlin: @kaitlinaislin

Stephanie and Michelle to present at the Geography Alumni panel "Finding your coordinates" on March 12th

TRAC3 project leader Stephanie Austin and IHACC acting project manager Michelle Maillet will be talking about their journey at the McGill Geography Alumni Panel "Finding your coordinates" this coming Thursday, March 12th starting at 5pm in Burnside Hall, room 426.

Didacus presenting at the Geography in Action! Brown Bag Seminar Series at McGill on February 27th 2015

Didacus Namanya is presenting his PhD work today at the Geography in Action! Brown Bag Seminar Series, hosted by the Department of Geography at McGill University. His talk, entitled "Access to health care in the context of malaria among Uganda Batwa indigenous people: A geospatial analysis", will take place in Burnside Hall room 426 at noon. All are welcome.

Congratulations to Kate Bishop: 2nd place at the Arctic Change Student Poster Session

Kate Bishop, a PhD student at U of Guelph received the 2nd place at the Arctic Change Student Poster Session at the Arctic Change conference in Ottawa (December 8-12 2014). She presented her poster : Seasonal Changes in Prevalence of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada (Bishop-Williams K,  Berrang-Ford L, Edge VL, Ford J, Thomas K, Shiwak, I, RICG, IHACC Research Group, Harper S). To view her poster, click here

Congratulations to Mya Sherman: People's Choice award at the Global Climate & Health Alliance

Mya Sherman's abstract was selected as one of the top 3 abstracts submitted to the Global Climate & Health Alliance research prize, which was part of the Climate and Health Summit in Lima, Peru (December 6th, 2014). She was invited to give an oral presentation on her research work in the Peruvian Amazon. Selected candidates were given the opportunity to have their climate and health research work viewed and critiqued by some of the biggest names in the field. Mya was awarded the  Best presentation and People’s choice – best presentation. To read more about the prize, click here. Congratulations Mya!