Map of the Week Blog

The Toronto Star supported a ‘map of the week’ blog project which ended on July 10, 2010 but had some really great maps. Some of the topics that were mapped for the Toronto area included: Bed Bugs, Organ Donor registry, Child Birth, Same Sex Marriage, Infectious Disease, Gun Ownership, Military Recruiting, Agriculture and more. Have a look.

The author of the blog is Patrick Cain.ca who is a journalist who makes maps for the web and is now web coordinator for Global News.

Source: CAG and Toronto Star

 

 

Just published in open access journal!

Check out this newly published article from Carleton in the “open access” journal – Remote Sensing:

Rebecca Barker and Douglas J. King Article: Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) Potential Habitat Mapping Using Aerial Orthophotographic Imagery and Object Based Classification Remote Sens. 2012, 4(1), 194-219; doi:10.3390/rs4010194 Received: 14 November 2011; in revised form: 30 December 2011 / Accepted: 31 December 2011 / Published: 11 January 2012 Show/Hide Abstract | Download PDF Full-text (1376 KB)

Congratulations Rebecca and Doug!

Thesis/Dissertation preparation guides @ your library

Nothing is more stressful than writing a thesis or dissertation during an academic career. Here are few good books from the library’s collection for all those graduate students facing this overwhelming task!

How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines  also in e-book format

Information skills: finding and using the right resources

Mapping your thesis; the comprehensive manual of theory and techniques for masters and doctoral research

Publishing pedagogies for the doctorate and beyond

Revising your dissertation: advice from leading editors

The student’s guide to preparing dissertation and theses e-book format

The thesis and the book: a guide for first-time academic authors

 

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. — Gustave Flaubert

Public Alerts now on Google Maps

If a major weather event is headed for your area, you might go online to search for the information you need: What’s happening? Where and when will it strike? How severe will it be? What resources are available to help?

The Google Crisis Response team works on providing critical emergency information during crises. Our goal is to surface emergency information through the online tools you use everyday, when that information is relevant and useful. Read more.

Source: Google.org Blog

The Scholar

Check out a new web site called “The Scholar” that features an innovative publishing initiative for graduate student research across all disciplines, and at all levels in the UK.

The idea is to highlight some of the great work undertaken within UK universities. It also will help students develop skills needed outside of the academic environment.

The team at The Scholar will be keeping everyone up to date on the development during the countdown to the launch of the first issue in September of 2012 via their blog! Check back often.

Source: The Scholar web site

 

 

Professional Skills Workshops for Grads

The Library is offering a week-long series of professional research skills workshops from January 30 to February 3, 2012. Workshops will cover topics of particular interest to all graduate students seeking to hone research skills that they can carry over into the workplace whether within academia, the private or public sectors.

Here is a list of the workshops:

• Copyright and your thesis
• Opening Presentation
• COS Pivot – Finding Research and Funding Opportunities
• Ethics and Writing: How to Use Sources Effectively (and Honestly)
• Writing for Publication
• Introduction to Research Data Management
• Citation Management
• NVivo
• My paper is Published…So Am I begin Cited? Introduction to Cited Reference Searching

This event is co-sponsored by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs.  All workshops take place in the library unless otherwise posted. Advanced registration is required. Click here for more information.

Mercury Rising Lecture

Dr. Peter Outridge of the Geological Survey of Canada and Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba will give a lecture on: “Mercury Rising” – Impacts of Climate Warming on the Biogeochemistry of Mercury in Northern Aquatic Ecosystems

Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 2:45 p.m.
Location: A220 Loeb
For more information contact: www.carleton.ca/geography

Atlas of Wellness – British Columbia

Researchers from the University of Victoria have produced a second, expanded edition of The British Columbia Atlas of Wellness that details dozens of indicators they believe measure the building blocks of healthy communities.

Source: Vancoucer Sun

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Mapping+path+healthier+future/5943997/story.html#ixzz1iaw2Et8w

Sustainable Strategies in Canada’s North

 The search for sustainable energy and protection for the environment is an important theme in Canada’s North these days. In a recent interview on Canada A.M., Derek Mueller, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University advised that the Canadian ice shelves are melting in what he suggests is now an irreversible process, due to climate change.

This new and shocking environmental reality is causing a variety of responses from different regions. For example, the Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency recently announced funding for new research into long-term, clean energy initiatives in Yukon. Alternative energy projects such as geothermal, wind, hydro and solar are some of the ideas that will be explored. This type of energy is seen as being key to Yukon’s future, given the need for energy in growing sectors while balancing the need to protect the environment.

See the full CTV News Video

Source: CAG Digest

Guide for Publishing in Geography

The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) has published an extremely useful guide for new researchers to help them get started with their publishing career. It is packed with great ideas and sound advice on how to choose a journal, write review essays and book reviews, and covers all sorts of tidbits on the ins and outs of the publishing world, including things like the referring process, co-authorship, and electronic publishing.

Here is the link to download a free PDF of “Publishing in Geography; a guide for new researchers”

Source: Royal Geographical Society