By SPF, on October 7th, 2010%
The multiple routes of the northwest passage, whose potential opening plays a major role in discussions of Arctic Sovereignty.
Andrea Charron: Arctic Sovereignty By: Henry Hawkins, Regular SpF Contributor
Dr. Charron is a research fellow with the Carleton Centre for Security and Defense Studies, and has written a number of papers on Arctic Sovereignty, . . . → Read More: October 7, 2010: Arctic Sovereignty
By SPF, on September 9th, 2010%
The 322MW Whitelee Wind Farm on the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland.
The elimination of the mandatory long form census was announced this June, and has since caused a considerable amount of public outcry, with the resignation of the head statistician of Statistics Canada, as well as over 300 organizations formally coming out against the . . . → Read More: September 9, 2010: The 2011 Canadian Census
By SPF, on June 24th, 2010%
A 14 MW solar power plant in Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, formerly the largest photovoltaic installation in North America.
This week on the show we heard a report from Matt Street and John Wall on their participation in the Canadian Association of Geographers Conference. They both made the trip to Regina a . . . → Read More: June 24, 2010: The C.A.G Conference Report
By SPF, on June 10th, 2010%
A satellite image of the oil spill from the former Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
Today on the show we heard from Henry Hawkins with a recap of the first 50 days of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico. He explained what happened to cause the . . . → Read More: June 10, 2010: The Deepwater Horizon Spill, Day 50