Department of Geography Facilities and Resources

Computer Lab Facilities
The Department maintains three high performance computing labs each with 24 seats. These labs are located on the 3rd (ES307) and 4th (ES407 & ES415) floors of the Earth Science building and are primarily used for lab and lecture instruction for GIS, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Hydrology, Landscape Ecology, and Spatial Statistics. The ES415 computer lab has a special designation as the 'MGIS Computing Lab' and is for use by students enrolled in the Masters of GIS program. The ES407 computer lab is designated as a Centre of Excellence in Object Oriented Image Analysis

Geography Collections Room
The Department maintains a Collections Room on the 4th floor of the Earth Sciences Bldg (ES-457). Here we house our large collection of atlases, air photos, topographic maps of Alberta and Canada (NTS), and other maps from around the world, as well as geographical reference and course materials.

Gallagher Library of Geology
The department also contributes space and materials to the Gallagher Library of Geology, located on the main floor of the Earth Sciences Building, in oder to enhance the access to research materials by faculty and students alike.

MADGIC Desk (Maps, Academic Data, Geographic Information Centre)
MADGIC is the Library centre for academic data, and for maps, airphotos and other geographic information. It provides access to approximately 200,000 map sheets and over 1 million aerial photographs. We also have a small collection of reference atlases.

University Weather Station
One of the most important services provided by the department is the servicing and maintenance of The University Weather Station housed in a separate building located on the west side of the campus.

Career Services Centre
Need help with your job search? David Cataford is the Career Advisor for the Faculty of Social Sciences and helps students and recent alumni with their career planning and development. Whether it's figuring out what to do with your Geography degree, writing a resume, marketing yourself to employers or articulating your transferable skills, he specializes in providing career advice to students from Social Sciences programs. Click on the heading to go to the Career Services website, or contact David at dcatafor@ucalgary.ca.

About Geography
About.com maintains a Geography web site that has a wide variety of information on careers, internships, job searching, etc.

CAG job Listings
The Canadian Association of Geographers maintains a page containing job postings in Geography - particuarly academic postings at various colleges and universities.

Earthworks Jobs
Earthworks Jobs maintains a much broader job database, including positions in energy, oil, mining, geoscience, seismology, geodesy, earth system science, environmental science, remediation, contaminated land, agriculture, forestry, ecology, plant science, meteorology, atmospheric science, oceanography, marine science, hydrology, hydrogeology, soil science, remote sensing, GIS, geomatics, geotechnical / civil engineering and related subjects.

Undergraduate Society: The Palliser Club
Undergraduates may join the Palliser Club, namnes for Captain John Palliser, an Alberta Surveyor and one of the many famous Geographers in southern Alberta

Earth Science Jobs
EarthScience Jobs maintains a wide range of positions for graduates of earth science, geography, and geology degrees.