by Brian | Dec 20, 2019 | ON Nature, Wildlife
Most Ontarians know belugas only from nature documentaries, but a hardy population of this marine species persists in the province’s northern reaches. Can it resist the impacts of climate change? EVERY YEAR, SOMETIME DURING the Arctic spring, beluga whales wintering...
by Brian | Aug 21, 2019 | Charting Change - IDRC/CanGeo, Geography, Travel, Development
How conversation and cartography are helping redefine attitudes toward women and LGBTI people in step with the national peace process COLOMBIA HAS BEEN WRACKED by armed conflict between government forces, leftist guerrillas and paramilitary splinter groups for...
by Brian | Jul 5, 2019 | ON Nature, Wildlife
In the decade since designating the whip-poor-will a threatened species, the Ontario government has done little to halt its decline. Yet, without the bird’s call, Ontario outdoors would not be the same DUSK CREEPS IN LATE once mid-June arrives in Ontario. It’s...
by Brian | Jul 5, 2019 | American Way, Geography, Travel, Development
A new “expedition golf” cruise stops at eight beautiful seaside links courses in Ireland and Scotland SEASIDE GOLF IS one thing, but arriving via Zodiac, that’s another. It’s all part of the eight-day cruise from One Ocean Expeditions, which sees the...
by Brian | May 15, 2019 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation, Environment
How the SPRUCE project is helping assess — and plan — what the future holds for the world’s boreal forests “THERE IS SIMPLY NOTHING else like this in the world.” Danielle Way, a plant biologist and associate professor at Western University in London, Ont., could be...
