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ACSUS (Association for Canadian Studies in the United States)
The Centre for Canadian Studies at Simon Fraser University and the
Association
for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) will hold in
partnership the
5th interdisciplinary ACSUS-in-Canada Colloquium October 29-30, 2004,
at Simon
Fraser University, Harbour Centre Campus, Vancouver, Canada.
Dick Morrill arrived in Seattle in 1955 to study economic geography under
William Garrison at the University of Washington. He earned his Ph.D. in
1959, and spent a year at Northwestern University and a year at the
University of Lund (Sweden), before returning to UW as an Assistant,
Associate, Full, and Emeritus Professor. In these 49 years, he has turned
his writing and teaching to political geography, economic geography, and
social geography, making major imprints on the literature and on students
in all these subfields. He has been willing to take controversial
positions, out of his strong belief that academic research can improve
society. He's served as President of the Association of American
Geographers and of the Western Regional Science Association, and as
department Chair of Geography for a decade.
Please join us on this journey: Wednesday 21 January, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.,
in Smith Hall 407. Call 206-543-5843 or e-mail
dsmolar@u.washington.edu
if you need more details.
For more photos from the AWG's Fall Meeting 2003, Click Here!
Announcement of AWG Fall Meeting (Oct
18)
Archive of this AWG Newsletter:
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:18:37 -0800
From: awg2004
Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th April 2004:
AGW Spring 2004 Meeting at UCFV
in Abbotsford B.C.
(University College of the Fraser
Valley | Geography)
He'll use his
multi-disciplinary eye to interpret 49 years of change in the region's
economy, politics, and demographic profile. What with massive changes in
economic structure, rapid population growth, attempts at growth
management, and the inevitable downturns, what's left of the Seattle that
Dick Morrill found in 1955?
Also here:
W.A.Douglas Jackson, long-time Professor of
Geography at the
University
of Washington (and
still teaching) and founder of the Canadian Studies Center (in 1986),
celebrated his 80th birthday among colleagues and friends
at a reception in the Burke Museum on the UW campus.
The picture
(click!) shows the
honoree responding to the many congratulatory speeches (including by
several past and present students, representatives of the Canadian
Government and the University of Washington). The Burke Museum has been
the grateful
recipient of many pieces of Northwest and West Coast Canadian Art donated
by Douglas Jackson.
AWG has new President!
Past & Present AWG Presidents:
Patrick Buckley (WWU) & James W. Harrington (UW)
AWG Fall Meetings: October 18, 2003:
Keynote Address:
"Geographies of Trust and Risk - Managing Global Perceptions of
Microsoft"
Tom Edwards, Senior Geopolitical Strategist for
Microsoft's Geopolitical Strategy team.
Tom will discuss the role that
geography and geopolitics play in this multi-national corporation's
efforts to build local consumer trust while navigating very real and
precarious local/regional risks.
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