Haida Gwaii
The Accidental Geographer: Thoughts on Coming Home
My friend, Edward, directed me towards the Internet and the podcast website entitled ‘The Accidental Geographer’. Edward, in his version…
A Shared Vision
Every year, a small team of Esri staff come to COGS to recruit new talent. As part of the interview…
The Real Thing: Robert Maher Examines the Book “The Real Thing” by Briony Penn
Over Christmas, I had the opportunity to go ‘off island’. One of the pleasures of visiting Victoria, British Columbia is…
Local Action & Geomatics: the Gowgaia Institute on Haida Gwaii
This blog is a sequel to last month’s discussion on ‘think global, act local‘. It looks at the the Gowgaia…
Beyond the Outer Shores
For over fifty years, the islands off the coast of British Columbia and Alaska have been called ‘the outer shores’.…
Finding Common Ground: CGCRT & GeoAlliance Canada
The full title of Ted Chamberlin’s 2003 book is ‘If this is your land, where are your stories ? Finding…
Ground Truthing
In the world of Remote Sensing, one of the key concepts is ground truthing. This has both a positional component,…
Story Mapping: Haida Gwaii
In my previous blog “Storytelling: Haida Gwaii,” I referenced the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia’s (GANS) mentoring program between myself…
Storytelling: Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii is a rich source for stories. There are many perspectives and many different formats. In the Haida culture…
Landscape and Language: Haida Gwaii
Over the Easter break, I was walking along the North shore of Graham Island towards Tow Hill (pictured below). At…
Island Geography: Haida Gwaii
Canada, with its endless coastline, has thousands of islands. Besides the physical islands with tangible, defined boundaries, there are also…
Geography Education: First Thoughts from Haida Gwaii
One of the joys of leaving your residence on one coast (Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia) and moving to a new…
