“Overall, the forest is pretty full, there is the odd leaf falling off the tree, but basically everything is still in tacked.”
Category: Academia
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education Volume 12 – Call for Book Reviewers
In one of my other lives, I edit the book reviews for Canada’s pre-eminent academic journal on all things related to education for, by, in and about the environment (don’t worry, thankfully this is a description of the journal that I just made up and is in no way the official, well-worded one). Anywhoo. Assuming […]
Home from Nova Scotia
Fishers and some spray, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I got home last night from EECOM 06 & Nova Scotia. I was there presenting a paper / workshop with Dad. Nova Scotia was gorgeous in all it’s maritime rustic glory. The conference itself was meh (I mean our presentation was outstanding, of course) as far as […]
Students write the darndest things…
I’m in the middle of marking my student’s major assignment for the year: research essays on any topic of their choice that relates to the course’s themes. Generally speaking, this means that their essays should have something to do with the environment, art, technology, education, philosophy and culture. I’ve enjoyed reading them, but I can’t […]
AAG 2006: Success
So my first trip to the American Association of Geographer’s Annual Conference went off without a hitch. We left on Tuesday and got back early Sunday morning. I presented a post-structual analysis of a recent sighting of a Barn Owl on the Ontbirds listserv. It brought down the house. We did get some weirdo show […]
PhD in Two Weeks? WTF am I doing at York?
I just got some "GET A DEGREE BASED ON LIFE EXPERIENCE!" spam in my inbox. Not such a big deal normally. While it’s true that I’m honoured that Clarence has been trying to get in touch with me; sadly, he doesn’t say who I am. He doesn’t even say what University he’s from. Usually, it’s […]
Some good news: My abstract for a Trash Animals anthology has been accepted
Just had an email pop in my inbox with the following message: Congratulations! We are happy to inform you that your abstracts have been accepted for the Trash Animals anthology project. Which is fantastic news, all ’round. I proposed to write about Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis) in Toronto. Here is a snippit of my abstract: […]