Going back to school has never been so much fun. GoGeomatics Canada Back to School Socials are returning for the first season post covid and are bigger and better. This season will be the seventh […]
Geography can become a root cause for inequality when cities are built in a way that fragments social networks A study by international scientists, including members of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH), shows that […]
Last week, I picked up a copy of Robert MacFarlane’s ‘Landmarks’. I had read all of his previous works and seen reviews of ‘Landmarks’ online from the UK. MacFarlane’s book got me thinking about community […]
Interview with Brent Hall, Director of Education and Research at Esri Canada and, along with his staff, the initiator of Esri Canada’s GIS Ambassador program. Dr. Brent Hall is director of Education and Research at […]
Walking Home is a book by Ken Greenberg on ‘the life and lessons of a city builder’. It describes the experiences of a urban designer/architect who was strongly influenced by Jane Jacobs. I picked up […]
The writer and his wife, Heather Stewart visited grandchildren in Iqaluit for three weeks in April During the first week in Iqaluit, we went to a public lecture by David Pelly on his new book […]
This blog is a sequel to last month’s discussion on ‘think global, act local‘. It looks at the the Gowgaia Institute and their use of Geomatics technologies, including an interview with John Broadhead a director […]
In my previous blog “Storytelling: Haida Gwaii,” I referenced the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia’s (GANS) mentoring program between myself and Melissa Ristow, COGS graduate 2015. Together, our idea was to explore the Story Mapping […]