Monday, July 24, 2006

Calgary Heritage Authority Lion Awards - August 3 - All welcome

The public are welcome to this event, which is being held a the Pumphouse Theatre:

Thursday, August 3, 2006
Ceremony 7:00 p.m.
Reception 8:30 p.m.

More information about the awards can be found at: www.calgary.ca/heritage

The Pumphouse Theatre is at:
2140 Pumphouse Ave SW
www.pumphousetheatre.ca

Monday, July 17, 2006

New site added to Environmental Science library Web pages: Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management

The following sites are now listed on the Environmental Science Library Pages, Web Resources section:
http://library.ucalgary.ca/subjectpages/science&engineering/
environmentalscience/webresources.php?admin=1


Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm/
"... a non-profit grant funded site that provides research-based information on how to responsibly handle wildlife damage problems. This site seeks to service the needs of 4 key constituency groups: homeowners, agricultural producers, professionals (both academic and industry providers) and policy makers, such as government agencies."
The site has several online collections, including: Bird control seminar proceedings, Great plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings, Wildlife damage management proceedings, etc.

Statistics Canada's General Social Survey: Commuting times

"The average Canadian now spends nearly 12 full days a year getting to work and returning home ..."

The report (free) is available via this Daily page:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060712/d060712b.htm