Got back from Tumbler Ridge... a beautiful coal resource town. Funded by the government, it was built from scratch about 20 years ago simply for the Japanese as they were BC's primary coal customers. Of course when coal prices dropped and coal mines closed, average house was only $25,000. Now with record coal prices, coal mines are opening again and real estate has shot up to $200,000 two years ago. I should of bought a house before the boom!!!
A new coal mine is in pre-application permitting stage and we were there as a part of the Working Group for the Environmental Assessment Process. A formal meeting and interesting to see the views of First Nations. Gotta love consultation... should of pursued a degree in Dispute Resolution.
Anyways, way too much travelling the last 2 weeks. Looking forward to being in town for more than 2 days.
Also registered for my courses:
1) Asia-Canada 200 - Intro to Chinese Culture
2) Asia-Canada 300 - Asians and North Americans in Public Discourse
3) Geog 422 - Theories and Practices of Development
4) Geog 468 - Society and Environment in China
5) Geog/Hist 432 - Problems in Environmental History
Depending on the job with MABC, I will probably take 3 or 4 courses. Still working on details as to how much time I will have and what I want to do for them. Also need to figure out which course I want to drop... Truth is, I don't know which one. THEY ARE ALL INTERESTING!!! With Geog 422 I can see if I still enjoy International Development at a high level... decisions, decisions, decisions.
Now I'm just looking forward to going back to school after 20 months off.
Posted by Jay at July 13, 2006 09:55 PMbum, people are going to start looking at you wondering what an old fart is still doing in college... just seeking those younger girls!!!!
Posted by: Jonathan at July 15, 2006 06:49 PMJust can't keep away from school huh??
Posted by: Emily at July 16, 2006 02:11 PM