This week, I finished Graham Steele’s book, Nova Scotia Politics, 1945-2020: from MacDonald to McNeil.
I thought it might offer insights as we approach next week’s Provincial Election. In particular, I was looking to understand the relationship between economic development and ecological landscape management.
I did come across Appendix 2: Top 10 Nova Scotia politicians 1945-2020. (p.236-7). This included: ”Peter Nicolson MLA 1956-1978. Finance Minister 1970-78. Set the gold standard for ministers. Smart, respected.”
This in turn, reminded me of all those days that I walked through the front doors of NSLSI (COGS) and view this plaque.
Through the Annapolis Valley library, I received Linda Lear’s “Beatrix Potter: a Life in Nature”.
I have just started this lengthy tome (584 pages). I am encouraged by the map of Beatrix Potter’s Lakeland 1892-1943. And from the first sentence in the Acknowledgements (p.ix).
”Beatrix Potter was first of all an artist and writer of place who found her personal and intellectual freedom in nature. She later became a conservationist in an effort to preserve the landscape that had inspired her art.”
This week, too, I am preparing for the AF Church Historical Maps Specialist workshop (see previous blog post). I am charged with the following topics
- outline the development of Historical GIS in Canada;
- discuss the prospects for development of this technology in Nova Scotia.
To speak to the first topic, we must explore the history of GIS in Canada and elsewhere. For the second, we must visit technological development in Nova Scotia and beyond.
Since the invitation to speak at the workshop in Truro, I have used my blog: ernestblairexperiment.wordpress.com
to reflect on both topics.
After the workshop, I hope to be in a better position to comment on current directions, within the context of the AF Church maps.
Acknowledgements
David Raymond initiated the workshop process and provided the link to “GIS Applications in Human Geography“. Edward Wedler added both his technical expertise and insight into Remote Sensing.
References
Graham Steele, 2021, Nova Scotia Politics, 1945-2020: from MacDonald to McNeil, Pottersfield Press.
Linda Lear, 2007, Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, St Martin’s Press.
AF Church Historical Maps: Specialist Workshop, August 14, 2021, Truro, NS.
Ernest Blair Experiment 