Northwestern Ontario

Author : Michael S Beaulieu,Chris Southcott
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552774694

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North of Superior by Michael S Beaulieu,Chris Southcott Pdf

Northwestern Ontario is a little-known region that has been central to Canada's prosperity. For many Canadians, the majestic landscape north of Lake Superior conjures up images of tourism, bears, and canoes. For others, it conjures up the phrase "hewers of wood and drawers of water." For almost everyone but its inhabitants, it represents a mythical notion of Canada that never truly existed in the past and certainly does not exist today. In North of Superior, Michel Beaulieu and Chris Southcott explore the region's colourful history from the period before European contact through to the present. Along the way, they tell the stories of the native peoples who first lived there; the traders and adventurers who shaped the region through the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company; the politicians and workers who pushed through the CPR; the lumberjacks and miners who profited during the region's golden age; and the vibrant and diverse communities who make their home there today. Northwestern Ontario has always symbolized wealth and adventure for Canadians. This fascinating popular history will interest anyone who wants to know more about a region that occupies an iconic place in Canada's past.

Author : Lois Pollard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Authors, Canadian (English)
ISBN : 1894747305

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Highway Book Shop by Lois Pollard Pdf

"In March 1981, The Toronto Star's Today Magazine asked its readers to nominate 100 praiseworthy things, the best in their category anywhere in Canada. Highway Book Shop was nominated as the Best Bookstore. Other writers have noted that from its small beginning in job printing, Highway Book Shop became one of the largest independent book stores in Canada, and a tourist attraction in its own right. It is also credited as a promoter and preserver of local history and culture, and for this and other reasons, its founder and proprietor Dr. Douglas C. Pollard was awarded membership in the Order of Canada, October 23, 2008.Unique in its character, with its policies grounded in service to the reading public, it attracted four generations of customers who returned year after year. This is the story from its beginnings told by Lois Pollard while the pieces of the story exist intact, undamaged by time. The Tri-Town area comprises the City of Temiskaming Shores (formerly New Liskeard, Haileybury and Dymond Township) and Cobalt. Its location is approximately 150 kilometers or about 95 miles north of North Bay on Highway 11. Highway Book Shop has been referred to jokingly as bearing the address 300,000 Yonge Street, because if you follow Toronto's Yonge Street straight north you will eventually find yourself on Highway 11.The book includes an extensive Appendix which includes a series of the floor plans depicting how the Book Shop expanded over the years, a listing of the over 300 individual authors published by HBS over the years, and a listing of the 460+ book titles they published. Many have asked how and why a small enterprise could have pursued its way steadily into the internet age, as though a strange phenomenon had occurred. We present some of the answers in this history of an unexpected, unique book shop and publishing house in northern Ontario."--Www.wmpub.ca/1033-HBS.htm.

Author : Robert Matthew Bray,A. Ernest Epp,Ontario. Ministry of Northern Affairs
Publisher : Thunder Bay, Ont. : Lakehead University ; Sudbury, Ont. : Laurentian University
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Ontario
ISBN : 0886630010

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A Vast and Magnificent Land by Robert Matthew Bray,A. Ernest Epp,Ontario. Ministry of Northern Affairs Pdf

Ontario, History of northern Ontario.

Author : Charles Conteh,Bob Segsworth
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442662865

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Governance in Northern Ontario by Charles Conteh,Bob Segsworth Pdf

This book analyzes economic development policy governance in northern Ontario over the past thirty years, with the goal of making practical policy recommendations for present and future government engagement with the region. It brings together scholars from several disciplines to address the policy and management challenges in various sectors of northern Ontario’s economy, including the mining, pulp and paper, and tourism industries, and both small- and medium-sized businesses. Governance in Northern Ontario assesses the role of the provincial government and its economic policy intervention in the region’s economic development. The contributors evaluate the relationship between the provincial and local governments and the business sector, and also looser structures of policy networks, such as those of First Nations and other interested community groups. Focusing on the nature of partnerships between governments and societal interests, Governance in Northern Ontario makes a significant contribution to the theories and practice of public policy governance in socioeconomically disadvantaged regions.

Author : Geoffrey Tesson,Geoffrey Hudson,Roger Strasser
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780773576490

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Making of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine by Geoffrey Tesson,Geoffrey Hudson,Roger Strasser Pdf

Twelve contributors highlight the various aspects of the school's development and the unique opportunities it offers. The first new medical school in Canada in over thirty years, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine provides a blueprint for those interested in an innovative approach to medical education. This collection provides a fascinating and detailed account of the challenges and rewards faced by those who insisted on creating a patient-centered, community-based, and culturally sensitive learning environment for the physicians of tomorrow.

Author : Matt Bray,Ashley Thomson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459719675

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At the End of the Shift by Matt Bray,Ashley Thomson Pdf

Mining has played a formative role in the history of Northern Ontario. It has been one of the key generators of wealth in the area since the mid-19th century, and is also responsible for much of the urban development of Ontario's northland. The twelve papers published here came out of the second annual confernce of Northern Ontario research and development held in 1990. The papers are grouped into four sections, the early years; the era of government intervention; the present and finally the future and what can be done to maintain the commnities.

Author : Steven High
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487518677

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One Job Town by Steven High Pdf

There’s a pervasive sense of betrayal in areas scarred by mine, mill and factory closures. Steven High’s One Job Town delves into the long history of deindustrialization in the paper-making town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, located on Canada’s resource periphery. Much like hundreds of other towns and cities across North America and Europe, Sturgeon Falls has lost their primary source of industry, resulting in the displacement of workers and their families. One Job Town takes us into the making of a culture of industrialism and the significance of industrial work for mill-working families. One Job Town approaches deindustrialization as a long term, economic, political, and cultural process, which did not begin and simply end with the closure of the local mill in 2002. High examines the work-life histories of fifty paper mill workers and managers, as well as city officials, to gain an in-depth understanding of the impact of the formation and dissolution of a culture of industrialism. Oral history and memory are at the heart of One Job Town, challenging us to rethink the relationship between the past and the present in what was formerly known as the industrialized world.

Author : G. D. Racey,Ontario. Northwest Science & Technology
Publisher : Thunder Bay, Ont. : Northwest Science & Technology, Ministry of Natural Resources
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biotic communities
ISBN : MINN:31951D01475777X

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Terrestrial and Wetland Ecosites of Northwestern Ontario by G. D. Racey,Ontario. Northwest Science & Technology Pdf

This guide provides a framework for classifying and mapping terrestrial and wetland ecosites (mappable ecological land units) in north-western Ontario. Ecosites are appropriate for describing and mapping forest ecosystems at a scale compatible with the Ontario Forest Resources Inventory and operational forest management planning. The classification of ecosites presented in the guide is based on data and experience from north-western Ontario. The guide describes 40 forested and wetland ecosites and provides fact sheets, ecosite keys to aid in identification, and information to support the understanding, interpretation, and application of ecosites. Appendices include lists of common and scientific names of plant species, and background information on the process of developing ecosites.

Author : Graham White
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802078737

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The Government and Politics of Ontario by Graham White Pdf

This textbook is the standard authority on the government and politics of Ontario. Extensively revised and updated to reflect the early Harris era, this edition also features a new section on change and continuity in the Ontario political system.

Author : Dominique Prinet
Publisher : Hancock House
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0888397550

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Flying to Extremes by Dominique Prinet Pdf

Recalling some of the most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ?60s and early ?70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the heart of the Northwest Territories. Beyond recounting so many near-mishaps, this book is also about colourful people: the trappers, prospectors, miners, adventurers and gold-ingot thieves who constituted the fauna at the main bar in Yellowknife in those days. For Arctic dreamers, there was always the flight to the Nahanni River, with its Deadman's Valley, hot springs, tales of lost or dead prospectors, the many airplanes crashed in pursuit of gold, and much more Nahanni lore. This entertaining book recollects Prinet's adventures as a young man while capturing the humour, beauty, danger and unique culture of northern communities, in the dramatic landscape of the Canadian Arctic. Readers familiar with the region and those who can only dream of visiting it will both find this title a nostalgic and captivating read.

Author : Michael A. Robidoux,Courtney W. Mason
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887555152

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A Land Not Forgotten by Michael A. Robidoux,Courtney W. Mason Pdf

Food insecurity takes a disproportionate toll on the health of Canada’s Indigenous people. "A Land Not Forgotten" examines the disruptions in local food practices as a result of colonization and the cultural, educational, and health consequences of those disruptions. This multidisciplinary work demonstrates how some Indigenous communities in northern Ontario are addressing challenges to food security through the restoration of land-based cultural practices. Improving Indigenous health, food security, and sovereignty means reinforcing practices that build resiliency in ecosystems and communities. As this book contends, this includes facilitating productive collaborations and establishing networks of Indigenous communities and allies to work together in promotion and protection of Indigenous food systems. This will influence diverse groups and encourage them to recognize the complexity of colonial histories and the destructive health impacts in Indigenous communities. In addition to its multidisciplinary lens, the authors employ a community based participatory approach that privileges Indigenous interests and perspectives. "A Land Not Forgotten" provides a comprehensive picture of the food security and health issues Indigenous peoples are encountering in Canada’s rural north.

Author : Cheryl N. Collier,Jonathan Malloy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487562243

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The Politics of Ontario by Cheryl N. Collier,Jonathan Malloy Pdf

Ontario is the most populous province in Canada and perhaps the most complex. It encompasses a range of regions, cities, and local cultures, while also claiming a long-standing pre-eminence in Canadian federalism. The second edition of The Politics of Ontario aims to understand this unique and ever-changing province. The new edition captures the growing diversity of Ontario, with new chapters on race and Ontario politics, Black Ontarians, and the relationship of Indigenous Peoples and Ontario. With contributors from across the province, the book analyses the political institutions of Ontario, key areas such as gender, Northern Ontario, the intricate Ontario political economy, and public policy challenges with the environment, labour relations, governing the GTA, and health care. Completely refreshed from the earlier edition, it emphasizes the evolution of Ontario and key public policy challenges facing the province. In doing so, The Politics of Ontario provides readers with a thorough understanding of this complicated province.

Author : R. A. Sims,Canada-Ontario Forest Resource Development Agreement
Publisher : [Sault Ste. Marie] : Canada-Ontario Forest Resource Development Agreement
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCBK:C045651825

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Landform Features in Northwestern Ontario by R. A. Sims,Canada-Ontario Forest Resource Development Agreement Pdf

Author : Roy MacGregor
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307361424

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Canoe Country by Roy MacGregor Pdf

One of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes. From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep in the Algonquin wilderness to modern families who have canoed across the country (kids and dogs included): Canoe Country is Roy MacGregor's celebration of the essential and enduring love affair Canadians have with our first and still favourite means of getting around. Famous paddlers have been so enchanted with the canoe that one swore God made Canada as the perfect country in which to paddle it. Drawing on MacGregor's own decades spent whenever possible with a paddle in his hand, this is a story of high adventure on white water and the sweetest peace in nature's quietest corners, from the author best able (and most eager) to tell it.

Author : Russell Mussio
Publisher : Mussio Ventures Ltd.
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781926806402

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Northwestern Ontario Backroad Mapbook by Russell Mussio Pdf

Covering a sprawling wilderness landscape of interconnected lakes, rivers, canyons, hills, forests and wetland, Northwestern Ontario is a massive outdoor playground just waiting to be explored. From paddling to hiking, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, ATVing, cross-country skiing, camping and more, there is no limit to outdoor activity in Northwestern Ontario. Covering the area around Thunder Bay and Atikokan in the south to the remote wilderness of Opasquia Provincial Park further north and all the way up to Hudson’s Bay, there are endless opportunities for adventure covered in this guidebook. Features - Map Key & Legend - Topographic Maps - Detailed Adventure Section >> Backroad Attractions, Fishing Locations, Hunting Areas, Paddling Routes, Parks & Campsites, Trail Systems, ATV Routes,Snowmobile Areas, Wildlife Viewing, Winter Recreation, Service Directory, Accommodations, Sales & Services, Tours & Guides, Index, Adventure Index, Map Index, Trip Planning Tools,