Mid-week, Heather and I returned from New Glasgow.
I returned in time to celebrate David Colville’s retirement from the NSCC, along with Roger Mosher at Lunn’s Mill.
Both David and Roger were students in the Scientific Computer Programming (SCP) program in the early 1980s.
We remembered times of transition from NSLSI to COGS to NSCC. At one time, we formed a company, MCM Geographics. This allowed us to design and develop GIS software. Later, David and Roger brought their programming and teaching skills to NSCC.
From Bras D’or Lake Biosphere Association, I received their Summer Solstice newsletter.
They have been re-certified for another ten years. They have also received over a half-million dollars from the federal government, through Environment and Climate Change Canada. This will allow them to hire Doug Foster, as full-time staff. Another familiar name was Teresa MacNeil.
I recall 2001 when I was Chair, Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Association, attending their AGM.
After reading the newsletter, I checked the SNBRA website. It describes one of their current projects, an Interactive Science Atlas, working with COGS-NSCC and Ian Manning.
It will be interesting to see how the new federal funding will be used by SNBRA. Especially with the retirement of David Colville.
Recent reading has seen a return to David Manners’, Convenient Season and Awakening from the Dream of Me.
From Atlantic Books Today, #35. Heather noticed Sing in the Spring, verse by Sheree Fitch, and artwork by Deb Plestid. We were able to pick up a copy for our granddaughter at The Inside Story.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to David Colville and Roger Mosher for sharing the journey. The good work of Teresa MacNeil, Cliff Drysdale and others with the Biosphere Reserve Association in both Cape Breton and Southwest Nova. Heather shared her enthusiasm for Sheree Fitch and Mabel Murple’s Book Shoppe in River John. Edward added the links and graphics.
References
David Manners, 1941, Convenient Season, Dutton
David Manners, 1987, Awakening from the Dream of Me, Non-stop Books.
Sheree Fitch and Deb Plestid, 2022, Sing in the Spring! Nimbus
Atlantic Books Today, No 95, Spring 2022
Bras d’Or Lakes Biosphere Reserve Association, https://blbra.ca/
Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve Association, http://swnovabiosphere.ca
Ernest Blair Experiment 