Planning for Uncertainty: Adaptation Strategies for Agricultural Self-Reliance in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada

Despite relatively progressive policies put forth by the Canadian government to tackle the challenge of climate mitigation, cities and regions across the country are only beginning to address the equally important task of adaptation. This conversation typically focuses on the spatial adaptability of shorelines, dense urban environments, and the...

Descriptor variables of the root zone storage capacity in Canada

The root zone storage capacity is a critical determinant in hydrology, playing a major role in the partitioning of precipitation into evaporation and runoff. Besides, it is an important parameter in climatological and hydrological models. Understanding of the root zone storage capacity and its major determining processes is therefore fundamental...

Status of National Open Spatial Data Infrastructures: a Comparison Across Continents

The increasing need for geospatial information demands for well-organised management among all levels of society. A Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is a multidisciplinary and dynamic instrument that facilitates access and sharing of geospatial information. The current trend towards open data initiatives is influencing the development of these...

Suburban Metabolism: Growth and Sustainability in the Greater Toronto Area

The issue of suburban sprawl in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTA) has been increasing the pressures of land consumption, infrastructure development, resource consumption, and population growth over the past 50 years. The same can be said for many peripheral regions of Canada’s urban areas. In 2011, two thirds of the population of...

Marine erosion of the Point Grey cliffs: A nearshore hydrodynamic, sediment transport and budget study

At the edge of Vancouver and the Strait of Georgia the Point Grey cliffs experience marine and subaerial erosion. The retreat of the cliffs will eventually result in losing university assets, infrastructure and archaeological treasures. Wave-induced sediment transports are supposed to be the main marine erosion mechanism. This report presents...

Potential mechanisms for the salt marsh recession on Sturgeon Bank

South of Vancouver, Canada, at the western front of the Fraser Delta lies Sturgeon Bank. The marsh on this intertidal area supports migratory birds and salmon, and it is part of the coastal protection of the city of Richmond. The marsh has faced severe recession of up to 500 m between 1989 – 2011 after having been stable for over 50 years. This...

Rejet wallon du CETA, nouvel accroc pour le libre-échange

Alors que les chefs d’État du Canada et des pays membres de l’Union européenne s’apprêtaient à se réunir à Bruxelles le 27 octobre prochain pour adopter le texte de l’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG, plus souvent désigné sous l’acronyme anglais CETA), deux parlements régionaux belges viennent d’y opposer leur veto. Cette décision...

From Big Data to Quick Decisions: Redesigning the T3 Monitoring System to Support Paediatric Critical Care Clinicians in Decision Making

The department of Critical Care Medicine at SickKids Children’s Hospital is an ever changing environment. In the department’s units one finds the most vulnerable patients, surrounded with many monitoring devices, intravenous pumps and life support devices. Sudden changes in their physiological states require clinicians to make quick decisions...

A Multiple Perspective View on Cañada Real Madrid

In the Msc3 semester the relation between spatial experience and navigation is being investigated. The new technology like GPS, smartphones and interactive maps (Google, Bing etc.) effects the way we move trough space and how we experience the space. We are directed trough space with a GPS instead of analyzing the space by our self and decide de...

Reading the space through ornamentation

Canada real is a specific linear site outside of Madrid, occupied by low-income inhabitants. The site is fragmented into 5 sectors; however, in terms of building typology, atmosphere, and culture, it is much more diverse in each of the sections. With the filter of ornamentation as my individual topic, i investigated this strip. ornamentation has...

L'université au service de l'industrie: La vente de services de laboratoire en génie au Canada, 1895-1939

Résumé : Ce chapitre traite demande quand et comment les universités ont commencé à répondre aux besoins de recherche des entreprises privées. Il étudie plus particulièrement la commercialisation des services de laboratoire par les universités pour les tests, le contrôle de la qualité et la normalisation. Le résultat saillant est que les...

New transonic test sections for the NAE 5FTx5FT trisonic wind tunnel

The NAE 5ftx5ft blowdown wind tunnel has undergone a major upgrade of its transonic testing capabilities. Two entirely new test sections, one for testing two-dimensional models (2D) and one for testing three-dimensional models and reflection plane models (3D), have been constructed. The two test sections are parts of the so-called Roll-in Roll...

Man-made Islands in the Mackenzie river: Numerical modelling of ice jam development and release

Man-made islands in the Mackenzie river (Canada) for oil exploitation may obstruct the free flow of ice during spring break up. These ice dams may cause considerable rise of the water level in the rivers, resulting in floods. A numerical model is presented to simulate ice dam formation an river floods.