This morning was busy (Thursday). I decided to talk to Pam Ellis, Librarian at the Bridgetown library. I wanted to know whether they had a complete collection of Rachel Brighton’s The Nova Scotia Policy Review. Unfortunately, the answer was negative.
Prior to leaving home, Ed Symons emailed me that he was meeting with Jennifer Wesman and Jamie Dennison at CORAH to discuss community asset mapping. Ed now teaches at COGS in the GIS technician program.
The concept was to engage students in the program with citizens, with an interest in mapping community assets. It was likely about a dozen years ago when Ed worked with Heather Leblanc, Anne Crossman and others in Annapolis County. This led to MapAnnapolis.
Ed also shared access to Chris Turner’s book ‘ The Geography of Hope’. A Tour of the World we need.
The end results of the CORAH meeting was a plan for a series of community mapping sessions, defining and mapping local assets, starting in February 2026.
Anyone who follows my blog will understand that I have deep interest in our ‘sense of place’, the availability of mapping resources at COGS, and through Ed Symons, at CORAH.
Talking with Ed today, I realized, yet again, the changes that are happening, in terms of education and mapping technology, with both traditional tools, as well as online technology.
I look forward to attending these community mapping workshops in the Spring of 2026. I also look forward to discovering more about our Geography: its unique assets and stories.
Reference
Chris Turner. 2008. The Geography of Hope. A tour of the world we need. Vintage Canada.
Ernest Blair Experiment 