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The picture above is an example of the Dominion Land Survey System in Fort St. John, British Colombia. Since the lots are large, square and within one of the only areas of BC that the DLS was established is evidence that this is likely a DLS system. Since it’s a DLS system, the area wasContinue reading “Task Blog Entry #9: Survey Systems”

Part A: Part B: Part C: Presentation: The psychology of self-motivation, Scott Geller, Ted Talks This presentation was effective because: Very comfortable on stage and shows confidence in what he is sharing information about. Treats it like a conversation, asking questions and being engaging with the audience. Uses props and hand gestures to keep theContinue reading “Task Blog Entry #8: Presentations”

GGE 2501 mainly focuses on the administration of land and how it’s governed, but land only accounts for 29% of the worlds surface area. The other 71 percent of the earth is covered by fresh water and oceans, so how is it governed and who claims responsibility for it?              As of 1982, the Law ofContinue reading “Reflective Entry #5: Ocean Administration”

Rwanda is a relatively small and poor country in East Africa that recently experienced a mass genocide in 1994. An estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were killed, which was roughly one tenth of a population at the time. After the genocide, returning refugees started to strain the existing land tenure system, and therefore the governmentContinue reading “Reflective Entry #4: Rwanda Land Registration Reform”

The reform of land registration systems is an important next step in the advancement of the modern world. Around the world, developing countries have notoriously inefficient and expensive land administration systems (Groppo, P., 1999). Ultimately, this indirectly results in a lot of the issues that these countries face. Land disputes in these jurisdictions are extremelyContinue reading “Reflective Entry #3: Land Registration Reform”

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Spring Bank, in the County of Rocky View, and Province of Alberta, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a standard iron pin No. 52, on the western side of Ridge Road and being the northeastern corner ofContinue reading “Task Blog Entry #7: Metes and Bounds”

Citation: R v The Lake Louise Ski Area Ltd., 2018 ABPC 280 Series of events that led to the case being brought to court: Lake Louise ski resort cut down a number of endangered tree species along a ski run without a proper permit. Lake Louise leases it’s land from Parks Canada, so the cuttingContinue reading “Task Blog Entry #6: Case Law”

Since the first settlement on Canadian lands was established in 1608, first nations and European descendants have been in a constant debate of what is law and what is not. First nations tend to operate under customary law, which is not codified and is passed down by generations orally. While the Canadian government operates underContinue reading “Reflective Entry #2: The End of Customary Law”

For this task entry, I chose the paper titled The Institutional Reform of Rural Residential Land in China Based on the Comparison with Vietnam. The authors of this paper are Chao Lin and Junsheng Qiang. Both of the authors are from the Shanxi University of Finance and Economics in China. Chao Lin is a lecturer of theContinue reading “Task Blog Entry #5: TS01I, Urban Challenges”

Goal #2: Zero hunger in the world relies on getting food to remote areas that have zero infrastructure. The easiest way to do this is by growing the food in these areas to avoid transportation costs. Zero hunger relates to land issues in the sense of ensuring that fertile farmland is properly used and thatContinue reading “Task Blog Entry 4: Sustainable Development Goals”