Notley Nation

Author : Don Braid
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1525262920

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Notley Nation by Don Braid Pdf

A timely oral history of the resurgent left wing and the youth vote in Canadian politics Explains how left-leaning, younger and urban Albertans found common ground with disillusioned Conservative voters weary of a dysfunctional dynasty in Alberta, and why this could be good for everyone Book moves from the municipal level, with the election of Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, to the provincial level with Notley and the NDP, ending on the national level with the triumph of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, and examines how these were part of a chain reaction Argues that Alberta was never politically stable, and instead shows the beginning of discontent in the province Authors are well-known journalists and have authored various political books

Author : Sydney Sharpe,Don Braid
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459736047

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Notley Nation by Sydney Sharpe,Don Braid Pdf

When Alberta conservatism came to an end after forty-three years with a stunning left-wing victory in 2015, it was clear that Rachel Notley and the NDP had achieved the impossible. But was this victory so unprecedented? Sydney Sharpe and Don Braid explore the NDP breakthrough and how it affected the later federal election.

Author : George Hoberg
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262367165

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The Resistance Dilemma by George Hoberg Pdf

How organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy. Organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly conflicts over pipelines, has become a formidable political force in North America. In this book, George Hoberg examines whether such place-based environmental movements are effective ways of promoting climate action, if they might inadvertently feed resistance to the development of renewable energy infrastructure, and what other, more innovative processes of decision-making would encourage the acceptance of clean energy systems. Focusing on a series of conflicts over new oil sands pipelines, Hoberg investigates activists’ strategy of blocking fossil fuel infrastructure, often in alliance with Indigenous groups, and examines the political and environmental outcomes of these actions. After discussing the oil sands policy regime and the relevant political institutions in Canada and the United States, Hoberg analyzes in detail four anti-pipeline campaigns, examining the controversies over the Keystone XL, the most well-known of these movements and the first one to use infrastructure resistance as a core strategy; the Northern Gateway pipeline; the Trans Mountain pipeline; and the Energy East pipeline. He then considers the “resistance dilemma”: the potential of place-based activism to threaten the much-needed transition to renewable energy. He examines several episodes of resistance to clean energy infrastructure in eastern Canada and the United States. Finally, Hoberg describes some innovative processes of energy decision-making, including strategic environment assessment, and cumulative impact assessment, looking at cases in British Columbia and Lower Alberta.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031805815

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National Harbor Project by Anonim Pdf

Author : Howard Leeson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015028422221

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Grant Notley by Howard Leeson Pdf

Grant Notley, leader of Alberta's New Democratic Party from 1967 until his death in 1984, stood out in Alberta politics. His goals, his personal integrity, his obvious dedication to social change, and his "practical idealism" made him the social conscience of Alberta. His death in 1984 saddened Albertans of every political stripe.

Author : Tom Mulcair
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459732964

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Strength of Conviction by Tom Mulcair Pdf

The inside story of Thomas Mulcair’s rise from modest beginnings to the threshold of power. Discover the man behind the headlines, who he is, how he thinks, and the struggles he faced — from fighting sexual misconduct, to protecting our environment, to his work alongside Jack Layton leading the NDP to a historic breakthrough in Quebec.

Author : Sarah Carter,Nanci Langford
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887558726

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Compelled to Act by Sarah Carter,Nanci Langford Pdf

"Compelled to Act" showcases fresh historical perspectives on the diversity of women’s contributions to social and political change in prairie Canada in the twentieth century, including but looking beyond the era of suffrage activism. In our current time of revitalized activism against racism, colonialism, violence, and misogyny, this volume reminds us of the myriad ways women have challenged and confronted injustices and inequalities. The women and their activities shared in "Compelled to Act" are diverse in time, place, and purpose, but there are some common threads. In their attempts to correct wrongs, achieve just solutions, and create change, women experienced multiple sites of resistance, both formal and informal. The acts of speaking out, of organizing, of picketing and protesting were characterized as unnatural for women, as violations of gender and societal norms, and as dangerous to the state and to family stability. Still as these accounts demonstrate, prairie women felt compelled to respond to women’s needs, to challenges to family security, both health and economic, and to the need for community. They reacted with the resources at hand, and beyond, to support effective action, joining the ranks of women all over the world seeking political and social agency to create a society more responsive to the needs of women and their children.

Author : Carol Shaben
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780307360243

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Into the Abyss by Carol Shaben Pdf

On an icy night in October 1984, a Piper Navajo commuter plane carrying 9 passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta, killing 6 people. Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges. Despite the poor weather, Erik Vogel, the 24-year-old pilot, was under intense pressure to fly--a situation not uncommon to pilots working for small airlines. Overworked and exhausted, he feared losing his job if he refused to fly. Larry Shaben, the author's father and Canada's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, was commuting home after a busy week at the Alberta Legislature. After Paul Archambault, a drifter wanted on an outstanding warrant, boarded the plane, rookie Constable Scott Deschamps decided, against RCMP regulations, to remove his handcuffs--a decision that profoundly impacted the men's survival. As they fought through the night to stay alive, the dividing lines of power, wealth and status were erased and each man was forced to confront the precious and limited nature of his existence. The survivors forged unlikely friendships and through them found strength and courage to rebuild their lives. Into the Abyss is a powerful narrative that combines in-depth reporting with sympathy and grace to explore how a single, tragic event can upset our assumptions and become a catalyst for transformation.

Author : George Alfred Townsend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Washington (D.C.)
ISBN : UCAL:$B727595

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Events at the National Capital and the Campaign of 1876 by George Alfred Townsend Pdf

Author : Hoke P. Kimball,Bruce Henson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476625935

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Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783 by Hoke P. Kimball,Bruce Henson Pdf

This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.

Author : Douglas Macdonald
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9781487524906

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Carbon Province, Hydro Province by Douglas Macdonald Pdf

Why has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate change targets? Part of the reason is that emissions in two provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, have been steadily increasing as a result of expanding oil and gas production. Declining emissions in other provinces, such as Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been cancelled out by those western increases. The ultimate explanation for Canadian failure lies in the differing energy interests of the western and eastern provinces. How can Ottawa possibly get all the provinces moving in the same direction of decreasing emissions? To answer this question, Douglas Macdonald explores the five attempts to date to put in place co-ordinated national policy in the fields of energy and climate change - from Pierre Trudeau's ill-fated National Energy Program to Justin Trudeau's bitterly contested Pan-Canadian program - analyzing and comparing them for the first time.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCR:31210005089527

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Official Congressional Directory by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Alice Notley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UCSC:32106018884442

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Alma, Or, The Dead Women by Alice Notley Pdf

Alice Notley's Alma, or The Dead Women is a cross-genre book, poem/novel, poetry/prose, comedy/tragedy, that submits to no discipline but its own and was conceived by the author in a state of personal, national and planetary grief. In this book, Alma, the true god of our world, is a foul-mouthed middle-aged working-class woman, a junkie who injects heroin into the center of her forehead and dreams and suffers our nightmares with us. With the Dead Women, a community of spirits she attracts before but especially after September 11, 2001, Alma surveys with disbelief and horror the actions of the United States government as it perpetrates one war and prepares for another.

Author : Alice Notley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996-04-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0140587640

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The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley Pdf

The Decent Of Alette is a rich odyssey of transformation in the tradition of The Inferno. Alice Notley presents a feminist epic: a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and people ride endlessly on subways, not allowed to live in the world above. Traveling deeper and deeper, she is on a journey of continual transformation, encountering a series of figures and undergoing fragmentations and metamorphoses as she seeks to confront the Tyrant and heal the world. Using a new measure, with rhythmic units indicated by quotations marks, Notley has created a "spoken" text, a rich and mesmerizing work of imagination, mystery, and power.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1730 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555018419

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THIRTEITH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING by Anonim Pdf