Today is Mike's convocation from the University of Regina. He officially receives his degree Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Geography. He has come a long way since he first went off to school and his first graduation. (He always looked good in that red bow tie.)For his honours program he majored in urban planning. I was very impressed with his thesis entitled "Past, Present and Future Influences of Railways in Regina: A Critical Analysis of Regina's Rail Relocation Program". It is well written and he obviously put a lot of work into it. It is over 60 pages long, based on research with over 100 references, and someone at the archives said there is enough there for a master's thesis. And he got an excellent mark for it.
Congratulations Mike. We are proud of your accomplishments!
3 comments:
Congratulations, Baby Brother! He's my favourite geographer.
Well done, Mike!!
Regina has a rail relocation program? Like something that would remove the railroad tracks running thorugh the middle of the house and move them all 20 km north or south of the city where they are out of the way? Before the year 2099?
Mike reviewed the whole history of the effect of railways on urban development. Some of the difficulties in relocation have been trying to get agreement between 3 levels of politicians and 2 rail companies. An example of a successful relocation was removal of the Lewvan rail line and building Lewvan Drive. There are some current relocation proposals but the final funding agreements are still to be finalized.
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