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University of Canterbury,
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Christchurch 8140,
New Zealand
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Masters project for GIS savy student (9 Feb 2012)
We are seeking a student with GIS skills to join a team of researchers examining the effects of the earthquakes on the Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai saltmarsh ecosystems...more
Prizes Awarded (28 Jan 2012)
Congratulations to Sarah McSweeney and Ekki Scheffler, who have been awarded R.W. Morris Prizes for Coastal and Ocean Engineering, for academic achievement in coastal research within Geography for 2011.
Geographies of Media Convergence Graduate Scholarships (4 Jan 2012)
We are currently seeking applicants for graduate scholarships in Geography or Cultural Studies for a Marsden-funded project entitled:
Geographies of Media Convergence: Spaces of Democracy, Connectivity and the Reconfiguration of Cultural Citizenship. There are two scholarships available, one at Masters level (one EFT) and one at PhD (three EFTs)...more
Congratulations to the MGIS programme! From 2012 the MGIS and PGDipGIS programmes will be jointly delivered from Victoria University of Wellington and Canterbury University, such that students can take the full programmes from Wellington or Christchurch
Masters in Geographic Information Science (MGIS) and PGDipGIS students undertake a full aerial photography data capture mission as part of GISC413 (4 Nov 2011)
