Geography

The Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) is committed to the dissemination of geographic research and the promotion of geography as a key discipline in education, research, and in the public and private sectors nationally and internationally.

The CCA is a non-profit association created to promote the disciplines and professions of cartography and Geographic Information Science in Canada.

The educational committee of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, they aim to strengthen the geographic education in the classroom. In addition to increasing the emphasis of geography within the school system, Can Geo Education endeavours to increase the public awareness of the importance of geographical literacy.

The RCGS is dedicated to promoting and enhancing public awareness for Canadian geography and to strengthening the bond between Canadians and their diverse and vast geographical heritage.

List of research topics recommended by the Department of Geography.

The BLDS is Europe's most comprehensive research collection on development issues. It holds 80,000 monographs, including individual research reports, working papers and books, and over 10,000 magazine, newspaper, annual report, and newsletter titles.

CIESIN, hosted by Columbia University, works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.

WRI is a global research organization that spans more than 50 countries, with offices in the United States, China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, and more. Their work focuses on seven critical issues: climate, energy, food, forests, water, cities, and the ocean.

Informs Canadians about protecting and conserving our natural heritage, and ensuring a clean, safe, and sustainable environment for present and future generations.

Provides information on weather, agriculture, wildlife, energy, natural resources, pollution, environmental protection, and fishing in Canada.

Information on water science, water quality, quantity, Great Lakes, Saint-Lawrence, cleaning lakes and rivers, and legislation from the Government of Canada.

Access historical weather, climate data, and related information for numerous locations across Canada. Temperature, precipitation, degree days, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, monthly summaries, averages, extremes and Climate Normals, are some of the information you will find on this site.

Spanning the areas of geology, environmental geoscience on land surface, vegetation, groundwater, permafrost, snow and ice as well as their interactions with resource development and infrastructure.

Contains U.S. information on environmental issues.

Access to City of Regina's open data collection.

The Ministry of Environment provides science-based solutions, compliance and mitigation measures aimed at protecting the environment, safeguarding communities and helping to ensure balanced economic growth and a better quality of life for all Saskatchewan residents.

The ASTIS database contains 84,000 records describing publications and research projects about northern Canada.

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. Agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labour and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.

U.S. Government Publications on housing issues in the U.S. can be accessed from this site

Contains international data on the state of children collected by UNICEF. Allows users to access data by country and topic, publication, datasets, journal articles, and data visualizations and dashboards.

The Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) is the authoritative national database of Canada's geographical names. The purpose of the CGNDB is to store place names and their attributes that have been approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC), the national coordinating body responsible for standards and policies on place names.

Established in 1968, the Department of Geography Map Library is the largest collection of cartographic material in Saskatchewan. A comprehensive collection of maps, atlases, cartobibliographies, periodicals, air photos, and other reference materials is maintained. The Map Library is extensively used for research, seminars, and teaching purposes by the faculty, students and researchers from various departments of the University. As the centre for cartographic information, it also provides reference and consultation services to other educational institutions, government departments, business community, and the public in general.

Provides examples of various citation styles.

Links to tutorials on the citation of data acquired through GIS products.

Document outlining methods of citing cartographic materials such as maps, globes, etc.