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Geomatics for sustainable development of natural resources
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) evaluating Integrated National Thematic Frameworks Project Watersheds Framework as part of National Land and Water Information Service (NLWIS)
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Northern resources development
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- Integrated petroleum resource potential and geoscience studies of the Bowser and Sustut basins, northern British Columbia
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- The tectonometamorphic history of the western Churchill province: the emerging picture from linked metamorphic and in-situ geochronologic studies
- A review of geochronological data and geological evolution of the central and northern Hearne domain
- Archean Evolution and Paleoproterozoic Reworking of the northern Rae Domain
- The Archean Rae craton: character and reworking in northern Saskatchewan
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- The Phelps Lake project: The Hearne province of northeast Saskatchewan
- New U-Pb SHRIMP results from the THO north flank TGI 2 project
- U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of zircons from Paleoproterozoic granites: probing the Hearne crust indirectly
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- Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan and Alberta: Structural History, Unconformaity Uranium and Cretaceous Heavy Oil
- Detrital geochronology of Proterozoic basins: implications for regional tectonics
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- Recent Quaternary results from N. Saskatchewan
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- Quaternary mapping in the Schultz Lake (NTS 66A) and the Wager Bay (NTS 56G) areas: a history of shifting ice flows and contrasting glacial landscapes beneath the Keewatin Ice Divide
- Disassembling a tectonic puzzle: towards a revised subdivision of the western Churchill Province
- Characteristics and comparison of the basal Paleoproterozoic cover sequence of the Superior and western Churchill provinces of Laurentia
- Tackling the last true northern frontier: towards a modern tectonostratigraphic framework for the Western Churchill Province
- Hands across the border: a preliminary tectonostratigraphic framework for the WCP in Saskatchewan, Nunavut and Northwest Territories
- EXTECH IV: Athabasca Uranium Multidisciplinary Study; Insights from Integration
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- How the western Churchill Province got its act together: a tectonometamorphic perspective
- Remote Predictive Mapping Using RADARSAT-1 & Landsat TM7 Schultz Lake Area (NTS 66a)
- Proterozoic history and reworking of the Churchill-1.9-1.8 Ga
- Framework mapping and glacial geology in the Wager Bay map sheet (NTS56G)
- Mineral potential mapping of the Kaminak area
- Evolution of the North-central Rae Domain, western Churchill Province
- Metallogeny of the western Churchilll Province and U potential of its Paleoproterozoic sequences
- The Phelps Lake Project: Geochronology and Geochemical Update andSpeculation on Archean History of the Hearne Province
- U-Pb Inheritance Data and Nd Ages of Crustal Domains in the Western Churchill Province
- Meadowbank - Archean Gold Deposits in Reworked Terrain
- Snowbird Lake map area: tectonometamorphic history
- Southwestern Margin of the Western Churchill Province: A Synthesis
- Timing and response of late-stage collision of the Slave Province from provenance analysis of the Dubawnt Supergroup
- Thermal history and deformation of the WC and implications for its lithosphere
- Speculations on crust/mantle kimberlite relations, Churchill Province
- Quaternary geology of the Schultz Lake area (NTS 66A) and implications for mineral exploration
- Boothia Peninsula Integrated Geoscience Project
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Reducing Canada's vulnerability to climate change
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- Project: Paleo-environmental records of climate change
- Activity: National paleo-environmental records of climate change
- Activity: Regional-scale high resolution reconstructions of climatic variability
- Sub-activity: Paleo-climatic and paleo-environmental reconstructions of the Northwest Pacific region from Mt. Logan ice cores
- Sub-activity: High-resolution paleo-climatic records from West coast marine and terrestrial sediment records
- Sub-activity: Past hydroclimatic change in the Eastern Canadian Prairies
- Sub-activity: Reconstruction of past temperature and water regimes using tree-ring tracers in the Canadian Boreal zone
- Activity: Critical process thresholds from past climate changes
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- Project: Earth science for national action on climate change
- Project: Socio-economic vulnerability and integrated assessment
- Project: Regional climate change impacts: Geoscience information for OGDs
- Project: Monitoring methods and assessment of carbon sequestration over Canada's landmass
- Activity: Satellite monitoring methods and products for improving biological carbon budget estimates
- Activity: Assessment of biological carbon sequestration
- Activity: In-situ monitoring methods for geological carbon sequestration
- Activity: Assessment of geological carbon sequestration potential
- Sub-activity: The carbon storage potential of Canada's coal beds
- Sub-activity: Assessment of the feasibility of CO2 sequestration as stable gas hydrate in sub-aquatic environments and terrestrial geologic reservoirs
- Sub-activity: CO2 storage by mineral carbonation reactions: kinetic and mechanical insights from natural analogs
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- Project: Municipal case studies: The planning process and climate change
- Activity: City of Calgary case study: Municipal water supply
- Activity: Corporation of Delta case study: Impacts of sea level rise
- Activity : South-eastern New Brunswick coastal communities case study: Impacts of sea level rise
- Activity: Graham Island, BC case study: Impacts of sea level rise
- Activity: Salluit case study: Impacts of degrading permafrost
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Sustainable development through knowledge integration
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- Forestland Disturbances Monitoring and Mapping for Sustainable Development Planning and Reporting
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- Mine Waste Geochemistry: - Monitoring Techniques at the Copper Cliff Tailings Impoundment
- Geospatial Information Integration to Support Policy and Decision-Making
- Monitoring the Impacts of Mining on the Environment
- Abandoned Mine Site Rehabilitation: - KamKotia Mine
- Pathways: supporting decisions in natural hazard mitigation and sustainable management of groundwater resources
- Transport-Related Energy Sustainability in Canadian Urban Areas
- Visualization of Integrated Knowledge for Sustainable Development Decision Making
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