Geography Links

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

Current Brock Students

General Information:

• Current Students
• Important Dates for Graduate Students
• Important Dates for Undergraduate Students
• Learning Skills for Students (Student Development Centre, Brock University)

Library Resources:

• James Gibson Library
• James Gibson Library (Information for Graduate Students)
• James Gibson Library (Useful Resources for Geography Students)
  

Developing Effective Oral Communication Skills:

• Effective Oral Presentations - Concordia University
• Effective Oral Presentations - U of T

Essay Writing:

• Citation Style Guides
• Essay Writing Help

How to Avoid Plagiarism:

• Avoiding Plagiarism
• Plagiarism Tutorial (Duke University)

Effective Electronic Communication:

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

Teaching Assistants

TA Handbooks:

• TA Handbook (MSU)
• TA Handbook (Stanford)
• TA Handbook (University of Guelph)
• TA Handbook (UCSB)
• 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)
• UCLA Office of Instructional Development (Great links to a TA Handbook and the Teach 2 Write website)

Geography

Associations and Societies:

• Association of American Geographers (AAG)
• Canadian Water Resources Association
• German Society for Geography (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Geographie e.V.)
• International Permafrost Association (IPA)
• 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
• The Regional Studies Assocation
• The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS)

Governmental Organizations and Agencies:

• Environment Canada
• Natural Resources Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Transportation
• Regional Municipality of Niagara

International Organizations and Agencies:

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

The Niagara Region:

• Bicycling in Niagara
• City of St. Catharines
• Niagara Navigator
• Niagara Economic Development Corporation
• Pulse Niagara
• 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