Location:
Main Campus
Session:
2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne
Faculty:
Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts
Unit:
Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics_Part Time Professors
Course Title:
The Anthropocene
Course Code:
ENV5101
Section:
A
Course Description:
Description
The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch characterized by unprecedented human impacts on Earth's natural environments. The resulting societal challenges - climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics - are expected to intensify as the human population and standard of living continue to grow. This course draws upon environmental and geographical thought to review the multi-dimensional issues we all face when living in the Anthropocene.
Posting limited to:
Professeur à temps-partiel étudiant / Student Part-Time Professor
Date Posted:
May 13, 2025
Applications must be received BEFORE:
June 13, 2025
Expected Enrolment:
15
Approval date:
May 13, 2025
Number of credits:
3
Work Hours:
39
Course type:
D
Posting type:
Régulier / Regular
Language of instruction:
Anglais | English
Competence in second language:
Passive
Course Schedule:
Jeudi | Thursday 19:00-22:00 - - Veuillez prendre note que l'horaire peut avoir des changements apres l'affichage. Consulter l'horaire des cours. Please not that schedule may change after the posting. Please consult the schedule.
Requirements:
Requirements
PhD in Geography or Environmental Studies (or close equivalent), with demonstrated work on the Anthropocene. Experience with real world issues and policy challenges. Experience with knowledge translation. Demonstrated capacity to explain current geographical knowledge to advanced students with diverging disciplinary backgrounds. Familiarity with seminar styles common to our department.
Un niveau d’éducation/d’expérience jugé équivalent pourrait suppléer aux exigences d’éducation et/ou d’expérience requises. An acceptable level of
education/experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience.
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Additional Information and/or Comments:
Please refer to the sessional dates as published by the Office of the Registrar, including the official examination period. The course schedule may be amended.
An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.
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