Geography Links

Quick Links: Current Brock Students | Teaching Assistants | Geography Sites

Current Brock Students

General Information:

• Career Services at Brock
• Current Students
• Learning Skills for Students (Student Development Centre, Brock University)
  
• James Gibson Library

Developing Effective Oral Communication Skills:

• Effective Oral Presentations - Newcastle University
  
• Effective Oral Presentations - U of T
• Effective Presentations, Kansas University Medical Center

Essay Writing:

• Citation Style Guides (Brock University)
• Citation Style Guides (University of Waterloo)
• Essay Writing Help
• Litature Reviews (Brock University)

How to Avoid Plagiarism:

• Avoiding Plagiarism

Effective Electronic Communication:

• Netiquette (Tips on how to communicate in an electronic world!) Indiana University
• Netiquette (UBC)
   

Teaching Assistants

TA Handbooks:

• TA Handbook (MSU)
• TA Handbook (Stanford)
• TA Handbook (University of Guelph)
• TA Handbook (University of Washington)
• TA Handbook (UWO)
• TA Manual (UVic)

TA Resources:

• Brock TA Guide
• Brock TA Workshops Series
• TA Tips Sheets (University of Waterloo, TRACE Office)
   

Geography

Associations and Societies:

• Association of American Geographers (AAG)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA)
• Geomatics Industry Association of Canada (GIAC)
• Royal Geographical Society
• The Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG)
• The Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division (CAGONT)
• The Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA)
• The Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS)
• The Regional Studies Assocation
• The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS)

Geography Conferences 2013

• ELDAAG/CAGONT Joint Meeting, October 2013 (Toledo, Ohio)

Governmental Organizations and Agencies:

• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS at NRCan)
• Environment Canada
• Natural Resources Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Transportation
• Regional Municipality of Niagara

International Organizations and Agencies:

• International Geographical Union (IGU)
• International Permafrost Association (IPA)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Geospatial Data and Other Geospatial Resources:

• BU Map Library
• Cartographic Resources (University of Waterloo)
• GeoEye-1
• NASA
• Online GIS Course Materials (Don Boyes, UT)
• Trimble GPS GPS Tutorial
• Towards a National Geomatics Strategy – Shaping Canada’s Landscape (GIAC, 2009)

Geomatics/Geospatial Employment Opportunities:

• Geomatics Canada

Other Employment Opportunities:

• Job Bank Canada
• Ontario Public Service

The Niagara Region:

• City of St. Catharines
• Niagara Navigator
• Niagara Economic Development Corporation
• Regional Municipality of Niagara
• St. Catharines & District Labour Council
• St. Catharines Public Library

The Niagara Region (Statistics Canada Data):

• Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profile – St. Catharines (City)
• Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile – St. Catharines (City)
• Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profile – St. Catharines – Niagara (CMA)
• Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile – St. Catharines – Niagara (CMA)

Other Interesting Sites:

• Geography Departments Worldwide
• World Resources Institute

Updated: February 8, 2013 - MJ