Friday’s Founder’s Seminar

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies present the Founders Seminar

Title: “Exploring links between agrobiodiversity, market integration, and cultural identities in a tropical frontier”

by

Dr. Kate Kirby, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto

DATE/TIME
Friday, November 25th, 2011, 2:45 p.m.
A220 Loeb
More information:  http://www2.carleton.ca/geography/

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Careers in Geography

While a common question of those who are studying geography is, “What are you going to do with a degree in geography?,” there are actually many options and potential careers for geography majors. Geography is a major that teaches students a wide-range of useful skills for the marketplace. Employers value the wide-ranging computer, research, and analytical skills that geography students bring to work as employees.

Click here to read about your options that includes, Urban planner, Cartographer, GIS Specialist, Climatologist, Transportation management, Environmental assessment, Writer/researcher, Teaching, Emergency management, Demographer, Marketer, Librarian, Real estate, etc.

Source: About.com Geography

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Friday’s DGES Founder’s Seminar

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Founders Seminar on Friday will feature Professor David Bennett.

Title:  “Who built the ‘Silent Cities’; place, memory and meaning on the Western Front”
When & Where:Friday, November 11th, 2011

2:30 p.m.  A220 Loeb
More information:  http://www2.carleton.ca/geography/

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Canada’s greenest employers

After Macleans magazine surveyed employees of Canadian firms to create its 50 Best Employers list, it asked the companies for information on what they thought was the reason they won the recognition. A number of firms identified environmental initiatives as one of the three to four reasons they listed:

• BC Biomedical Laboratories Ltd.(Surrey, British Columbia)-“”Go Green” team educates staff on green initiatives; the “Giving Back” committee holds fundraisers for local charities”
• British Columbia Automobile Association (Surrey, British Columbia) -“Employees take pride in the organization’s efforts to be socially and environmentally responsible”
• La Capitale Financial Group (Quebec City, Quebec)-“Prides itself on its social and environmental responsibility”
• Canadian Western Bank (Edmonton, Alberta)-“Commitment to corporate social responsibility through initiatives including the “Green Team” and the “Employee Volunteer Grant Program” “
• Loyaltyone (Toronto, Ontario)-“Environmental sustainability programs, including a waste-reduction program, and a Smart car fleet”
• Scotiabank Group (Toronto, Ontario)-“A commitment to corporate social responsibility, including supporting the arts (Scotiabank Nuit Blanche), the environment and charity”

Of course, other companies listed might also have environment captured in such programs as an Open Door policy to air concerns without having to talk to the manager, contributing to charities which could be environmental as well but these are interesting because of the three to four reasons given, environment is mentioned specifically  by the firm as a reason Maclean’s survey of employees rated these companies highly as employers. Read more.

Source: Gallon Environment Letter

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Friday Founder’s Seminar

The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Founders Seminar Presents “Periglacial landform dynamics in Svalbard, given by Hanne H. Christiansen, University Centre in Svalbard, Norway, on Friday, Oct. 28 at 2:30 p.m. in A220 Loeb.

See you there!

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Calling all 4th year geography students

There are many library Subject Guides that will help you with your research this fall. Get a head start by browsing the content on the following pages. New links are being added daily!

 

 

Environmental Studies

Geomatics

Geopolitics

Global Warming

Northern Studies

Resource Use and Conservation

Urban Studies

Water Resources

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Subject Guides @ your Library

The Library’s new home page features many Subject Guides that are designed to help students discover the sources they may need for their papers. The guides include links to references material, e-books, journal article databases, archives and primary sources, data and statistics, government information, maps and GIS, videos, podcasts and many writing and citing tools.

Here are the links for:

• Geography Subject Guide
• Environmental Studies Subject Guide
• Urban Studies Subject Guide
• Northern Studies Subject Guide
• Resources Use and Conservation Subject Guide
• Water Resources Subject Guide
• Geomatics Subject Guide

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Happy 10th Geographical Journal

Geographical Journal is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The anniversary issue discusses the legacy of the 9/11 events. Please feel free to circulate.

See also the article “Did the world really change? 10 years after September 11′

Source: Carleton Newsroom

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New Theses in Geography

Congratulations to the following geography students whose theses are highlighted here for 2010. The links provided connect to the Library’s catalogue, however each thesis is also available in full-text via ProQuest.

Author: Julia Worswick

Title: Access to cochlear implant technology; a structurationist approach

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Author: Melissa Koluksuz

Title: Weapons of mass distraction: 9/11 and Bush’s window of opportunity into a state of exception

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Author: Benjamin Deschamps

Title: Evaluation of three semi-empirical soil moisture estimation models with RADARSAT-2 imagery

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Author: Valerie Torontow

Title: Multivariate forest modelling and mapping using Quickbird imagery and topographic data in Chelsea, Quebec

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Author: Matthew Cosgrove

Title: The power of place: the effects of productivity discourses on single homeless males in Ottawa

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Author: Nicholas Ochoski

Title: Phragmites australis detection using RADARSAT-2: single-polarized analysis and fully polarimetric decomposition

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Author: Matthew Maloley

Title: Thermal remote sensing of urban heat islands: Greater Toronto Area

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Author: France-Lise Colin

Title: “Nosotros no solamente podemos vivir de cultura”: identity, nature, and power in the Comarca Embera of Eastern Panama

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Author: Rebecca Barker

Title: Mapping potential Blanding’s turtle habitat using aerial orthophotographic imagery and object based classification

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Author: Yannick Cabassu

Title: Impacts of indigenous subsistence hunting on wildlife abundance in the Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras

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Renewable energies in Ontario

Listen to a great series about renewable energies on Spaces, Places and Faces on CKCU 93.1 FM that looks at:

• All the different kinds of renewable energies and how they can be implemented.
• How Ontario’s microFIT program help you to get solar panels for your home.
• Other geothermal systems for the average home owner

These features were created in part for the 4th year requirements of Henry Hawkins’ undergraduate degree in the Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies. Read more about solar panel adoption in Ontario under the micorFIT program:  “Towards a Brighter Future”

Congratulations Henry!

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