Did you know that you can add the GISc. Certificate to almost any undergraduate program offered at UWindsor? Take Certificate courses as your electives to graduate with both a degree and a (very employable!) certificate! See our webpage for more details:

Dr. Chris Weisener published an article in the Journal of Environmental Management titled "Microbial community and functional shifts across agricultural and urban landscapes within a Lake Erie watershed". His co-authors are former UWin PhD. students Yu-Ting Chen and Tom Reid.

Reminder: the deadline to apply for the 2025 ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship Program is Monday, January 27th! If you are a graduate student using GISc and/or spatial science in your project, please consider applying!

Parks Ontario is hiring for the 2025 summer season! Check out the link for a list of job openings and application procedures:

REMINDER: Dr. Cameron Proctor is hiring 3 student greenhouse research assistants through the Ignite program. Application details and the link to apply are found here: Application deadline: January 31, 2025

Applications are open for the 2025 ESRI Canada GIS Scholarship Award! Follow the link ( for instructions. This scholarship is open to senior level graduate students enrolled in advanced studies in GISc. and/or spatial science. Deadline is January 27/25.

Alice Grgicak-Mannion was co-author on an article titled "Modelling Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Spatiotemporal Species Richness and Total Abundance Across Land Use Types" in the journal Insects. Read the article here (open source):

Today is the first day of classes for the Winter 2025 semester! Welcome back everyone!

Dr. Cameron Proctor is looking for 3 Greenhouse research assistants for the Winter semester through the Ignite Program. Please follow the link to the job ad: Application deadline: January 31, 2025

Katelynn Johnson, Director of RAEON and faculty member in SOE, hosted students from Assumption high school to learn about RAEON's glider program and have an opportunity to get hands-on experience with glider mechanics. Read the Daily News article here:

The University will be closed from December 23, 2024 - January 1st, 2025 for the December Holiday Recess. Happy holidays and we, in SOE, wish everyone a restful and prosperous New Year!

Dr. Ali Polat has published 13 articles this year! His latest is co-authored with his former graduate student, Dr. Paul Sotiriou, titled "Early terrestrial and lunar anorthosites: Comparative geochemistry and evolutionary processes". Click here to view:

The University of Windsor has moved up the rankings in the QS 2024 Rankings in Sustainability! The University's initiatives include "the Living Laboratory": several student-led GISc. Certificate projects were named in the article! Read here:

Tuition fees for Winter 2025 classes are due on Sunday, December 15th!

Sarika Sharma, current SOE Master's candidate, is featured in the Daily News! She was last year's recipient of the Robert Jull Memorial Scholarship which provided research support for her undergraduate project. Read more about Sarika here:

Do you want practical experience along with course credit? Consider SCIE-3800 Service Learning for the W25 semester. There is an opportunity that would be perfect for a Environmental Studies/Science student. Applications go to Michelle Bondy and are due Mon. Dec. 9 at 9am.

Today is the last day of Fall classes! Exams begin on December 7th. Good luck to all students!

Did you see the truck fire on the bridge last Friday? Dr. Ken Drouillard continued his discussion with CBC News on the danger of transporting hazardous materials across the Ambassador and the newly-built Gordie Howe bridges. Read the article here:

The City of Windsor is hiring an Environmental Technologist! Application deadline is Wednesday, November 27 by 4:30pm. Here is the link to the job posting:

REMINDER: Today is the last day to voluntary withdraw from any Fall 2024 courses!