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Geography Students Shine at the 2025 Géolympiades

Published: 5 February 2025

From January 24th to 26th, 2025, four students traveled to Chicoutimi to compete in the Géolympiades, an annual provincial geography competition hosted this year by l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC). Over the course of these three days, the students – Zachary Honsinger-Ruoff (B.A. Environment), Jamie Silverman (B.A. & Sc. SSS), Ethan Bird (M.A. Geography), and Coco Einarsen (B.A. & Sc. SSS) – represented —one of eight participating universities and the sole English-language institution.

Paired with students from UQAM and UQAR, the team took part in a variety of activities around Chicoutimi and UQAC, including a géorallye, géojeux, géoquizzes, and even a roast. Despite the language barrier and the small size of the team, they performed outstandingly, finishing in 2nd place overall. Congratulations to the team for their incredible achievement!

The participation of the B.A.& Sc. members of the team was fully funded by the SUS Ambassador Fund, which seeks to support “students who will be representing Science in such a way as to continue building its reputation for excellence on a national and international scale.”

Next year, the Géolympiades will be hosted by this year’s champions, Université de Montréal. We hope to see you there!

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