Majors and Honours students, over 50 graduate students in residence, and a total student enrollment of over 2,000. During the 1980s the number of student enrollees exceeded 3,000 and the number of permanent, full-time faculty increased to 25.5. The new faculty in part were appointed as a result of the Department's success in being awarded two new programs from the Provincial Funds for Excellence in Education, in Atmospheric Science and the Geography of Japan. Today the Department enrols between 4000 and 4500 course enrollees and supervises about eighty graduate students. An external review of the Department in 1993 judged its all-round strength, and placed it among the best Geography Departments in the world.
Membership is extended to all undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members.
It maintains the undergraduate voice to the faculty, providing a forum where all concerned individuals can come together. The GSA is run by an elected executive consisting of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. All interested persons are welcome to become members, or to attend the weekly general and organizational meetings. The aim of the GSA is to encourage student participation outside the normal curriculum, giving the opportunity to meet fellow students and faculty outside the classroom, and to assist the social and academic atmosphere of the department of Geography. New members are warmly welcomed.