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Author : Canadian Nature Federation,William A. Davies
Publisher : Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 088977014X
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 088977014X
Author : University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0889772312
The Canadian Prairies in a Changing Climate is a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of climate change in the prairie provinces, the impacts on natural resources, communities, human health and sectors of the economy, and the adaptation options that are available for alleviating adverse impacts and taking advantage of new opportunities provided by a warmer climate.
Author : John Parkins,Maureen Reed
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774823821
The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities is more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living in rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations, inviting us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, and citizenship. This volume presents the work of researchers from a variety of fields who explore social transformation in rural settlements across the country. The essays collectively generate a nuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity, and imagination are reshaping aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities of rural Canada.
Author : Patrick Douaud,Todd A. Radenbaugh
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Ecology
ISBN : 0889771464
Landscapes of the Northern Great Plains have been constantly changing, but never so rapidly as under modern conditions of economic affluence and technological development. This change is multifaceted and has an impact not only on the fabric of culture and its perception of landscape, but also on the ecology and physical landforms. Multidisciplinary research has therefore become an important tool in identifying the influences that human activities have, not only on cultural landscapes but on biophysical ones as well. This collection of articles, originating in a conference held at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in April 2000, focuses on just such an integration of research concerning the Great Plains of North America and involving the disciplines of geology, archaeology, biology, geography, sociology, and agriculture.
Author : University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0889771774
Author : Colin M. Coates,Graeme Wynn
Publisher : On Point Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780774890380
Intended to delight and provoke, these short, beautifully crafted essays, enlivened with photos and illustrations, explore how humans have engaged with the Canadian environment and what those interactions say about the nature of Canada. Tracing a path from the Ice Age to the Anthropocene, some of the foremost stars in the field of environmental history reflect on how we, as a nation, have idolized and found inspiration in nature even as fishers, fur traders, farmers, foresters, miners, and city planners have commodified it or tried to tame it. Their insights are just what we need as Canada attempts to reconcile the opposing goals of prosperity and preservation.
Author : Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists. Meeting,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Restoration ecology
ISBN : 0889771022
Presents proceedings of a conference on the ecologically based reclamation and restoration of lands and waters disturbed by human activities. Topics of papers included restoration of mined lands, disturbed wetlands, soils disturbed by seeding and irrigation practices, lands and waters disturbed by removal and dumping of urban snow, and more general topics including effects of climate change over a major river basin and the role of environmental impact assessment in ecological restoration. The final paper is an evaluation of the ecological restoration situation in Canada. Although papers were presented from most parts of Canada, emphasis was on the Canadian prairies.
Author : James William Daschuk
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889772960
In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, climate, and, most disturbingly, Canadian politics--the politics of ethnocide--played in the deaths and subjugation of thousands of aboriginal people in the realization of Sir John A. Macdonald's "National Dream." It was a dream that came at great expense: the present disparity in health and economic well-being between First Nations and non-Native populations, and the lingering racism and misunderstanding that permeates the national consciousness to this day. " Clearing the Plains is a tour de force that dismantles and destroys the view that Canada has a special claim to humanity in its treatment of indigenous peoples. Daschuk shows how infectious disease and state-supported starvation combined to create a creeping, relentless catastrophe that persists to the present day. The prose is gripping, the analysis is incisive, and the narrative is so chilling that it leaves its reader stunned and disturbed. For days after reading it, I was unable to shake a profound sense of sorrow. This is fearless, evidence-driven history at its finest." -Elizabeth A. Fenn, author of Pox Americana "Required reading for all Canadians." -Candace Savage, author of A Geography of Blood "Clearly written, deeply researched, and properly contextualized history...Essential reading for everyone interested in the history of indigenous North America." -J.R. McNeill, author of Mosquito Empires
Author : Donald G. Wetherell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780773599895
Encounters with wild animals are among the most significant relationships between humans and the natural world. Presenting a history of human interactions with wildlife in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan between 1870 and 1960, Wildlife, Land, and People examines the confrontations that led to diverse consequences – from the near annihilation of some species to the extraordinary preservation of others – and skilfully finds the roots of these relationships in people’s needs for food, sport, security, economic development, personal fulfillment, and identity. Donald Wetherell shows how utilitarian practices, in which humans viewed animals either as friendly sources of profit or as threats to their economic and personal security, dominated until the 1960s. Alongside these views, however, other attitudes asserted that wild animals were part of the beauty, mystery, and order of the natural world. Wetherell outlines the ways in which this attitude gained strength after World War II, distinguished by a growing conviction that every species has ecological value. Through a century in which the natural landscape of the prairie region was radically transformed by human activity, conflicts developed over fur and game management, over Aboriginal use of the land, and over the preservation of endangered species like bison and elk. Yet the period also saw the creation of national parks, zoos, and natural history societies. Drawing on a wide array of historical sources and photographs as well as current approaches to environmental history, Wildlife, Land, and People enriches our understanding of the many-layered relationships between humans and nature.
Author : Gregory P. Marchildon
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 0889772177
Scientists have been issuing increasingly direct warnings about the impact that climate change is having on the planet. These interdisciplinary studies break new ground in terms of our understanding of the climate experience in the Great Plains before and after agriculture was introduced, the current array of institutions surrounding water governance, and the strengths and weaknesses of rural and Aboriginal communities. Four chapters focus on the present attributes of, as well as future scenarios for, the South Saskatchewan River Basin in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The final group of chapters present case studies of rural communities, Cabri and Stewart Valley Saskatchewan, and Hanna as well as a First Nation reserve in Alberta, as well as a major conflict over water rights in Alberta. Book jacket.
Author : Melody Hessing,Michael Howlett
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 0774806141
This book examines policy-making in one of the most significant areasof activity in the Canadian economy -- natural resources and theenvironment. It discusses the evolution of resource policies from theearly era of exploitation to the present era of resource andenvironmental management. Using an integrated political economy andpolicy perspective, the book provides an analytic framework from whichthe foundation of ideological perspectives, administrative structures,and substantive issues are explored. The integration of social scienceperspectives and the combination of theoretical and empirical work makethis innovative book one of the most comprehensive analyses of Canadiannatural resource and environmental policy to date.
Author : Candace Savage
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781553655886
Outline: The natural and environmental history of the Great Plains.
Author : David Goodman Mandelbaum
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 0889770131
Based on the author's thesis. Part I was previously published in 1940 by the American Museum of Natural History. This revised edition includes two additional comparative sections.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MINN:31951P005622705