Letter From the Editors-In-Chief

Dear Readers,

It has been an honour leading the 11th edition of Field Notes. The opportunity to thoughtfully assess and curate this year’s complicated and diverse works was an enlightening process. We are proud of the team of editors and writers who contributed to making this year’s journal what it is, and are excited to share the outstanding work.

Geography is an education for life. In today’s age of uncertainty and transformation, learning through geography – whether through a classroom setting or through inthe-field travel and expeditions – crucially shapes socially and environmentally sensitive, better informed, and responsible individuals.

Through Field Notes, we are proud to publish the diverse work of the talented and creative undergraduate students in the department. This year’s edition showcases eleven papers that truly epitomize the interdisciplinarity of the program. Geography is a study of people, places, and the ways that people interact with those places. The topics, techniques, and perspectives displayed in each paper demonstrate the ways that social sciences, humanities, and physical sciences interact with one another to create a deeper geographic understanding.

We would like to issue a big thank you to our authors and editors whose hard work brought this year’s edition to life. Thanks especially to the vision of our outstanding graphic designer, Ankiné Apardian. Additionally, we would like to thank MUGS and AUS, without whom this year’s edition wouldn’t be possible. Lastly, we are especially grateful to our readers for supporting Field Notes.

Cheers!

Lilly Lecanu-Fayet and Olivia Kennedy Editors-In-Chief

The Pulp and Paper Industry Cluster of the St-Maurice Valley

Zacharie Magnan

Plex Housing as the Montreal Model

Madeleine Anderson

Tewin, a Contested Suburb: Complexities of Incorporating Reconciliation into Urban Planning

Cat Carkner

Women in the Modern Suburb: A Comparison of Albany, California and San Francisco, California

Ailish McGiffin

Dependent Development and Subalternity in Puerto Rico: Why Hurricane Fiona was Worse than Expected

Max Garcia

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Geospatial Analysis of Water Treatment Plant Vulnerability to Storm Surge-Induced Flooding and Proposed Adaptive Strategies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Charter City and its “Birthplace” - Hong Kong: Do Charter Cities Worsen Inequality Instead of Alleviating Poverty?

Chester Chau

The Life and Death of the MUGS Lounge: A Brief History of MUGS Lounge BH305 and Its Move

MUGS Executive Board

Meta-Analysis on the Study of Entomophagy

Isabella Pannu

Ontology of a United Geography

Abbi Baran

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