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Imagine this valley : essays and stories celebrating the Bow Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25272
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Legault, Stephen
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 05.5 L46i
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- Author
- Legault, Stephen
- Responsibility
- Stephen Legault (editor)
- Publisher
- Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 303 pages
- Subjects
- Environment
- Bow Valley
- Literature
- Essays
- Authors
- Abstract
- Featuring essays from some of the area's most beloved personalities, this exceptional literary anthology celebrates the landscape, culture, community and natural history of Alberta's Bow Valley. Canmore and Banff are collectively renowned for their mountain culture, diverse wildlife and scenes of breathtaking natural splendour. These vibrant mountain communities are also home to exceptional adventurers, artists, thinkers and writers. For the first time, some of the area's best-known personalities have contributed essays to a collection of work that promotes this remarkable area like no other book has before (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One : A sense of place
- Part Two : Coming and going
- Part Three : The politics of place
- Part Four : The wild side
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- ISBN
- 9781771601764
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 05.5 L46i
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Thinking like a mountain
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Author
- Bateman, Robert
- Publisher
- Toronto : Viking
- Call Number
- 05.5 B31t
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- Author
- Bateman, Robert
- Responsibility
- Robert Bateman
- Publisher
- Toronto : Viking
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- xi, 130 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Environment
- Literature
- Essays
- Authors
- Bateman, Robert
- Abstract
- Thinking Like a Mountain is the result of many years of thinking, talking and writing about the world's growing environmental crisis. Beautifully designed and illustrated with original drawings, it is a gathering of questions, observations and ideas Robert Bateman has drawn from his own life experiences and gleaned from the writings of some of the visionaries who have influenced him. As Einstein said, "We cannot solve the problems of today with the same thinking that gave us the problems in the first place."Only a profound shift in philosophy, Bateman believes, can save our species from extinction. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One : Getting to know the neighbours
- Part Two : Message in the bones
- Part Three : Signs of hope
- More food for thought
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9780670893034
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 05.5 B31t
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Hope matters : why changing the way we think is critical to solving the environmental crisis
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25274
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Kelsey, Elin
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
- Call Number
- 04 K27h
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- Author
- Kelsey, Elin
- Responsibility
- Elin Kelsey
- Publisher
- Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 229 pages
- Subjects
- Environment
- Conservation
- Climate change
- Abstract
- We are at an inflection point: today, more people than ever before recognize that climate change and biodiversity loss are urgent and existential threats. Yet constant reports of climate doom are fueling an epidemic of eco-anxiety, leaving many of us feeling hopeless and powerless—and hampering our ability to address the very real challenges we face. Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom that has overtaken conversations about our future to show why hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for tackling the planetary crisis. Award-winning author, scholar, and educator Elin Kelsey reveals the collateral damage of despair—from young people who honestly believe they have no future to the link between climate anxiety and hyper-consumerism—and argues that the catastrophic environmental news that dominates the media tells only part of the story. She describes effective campaigns to support ocean conservation, species resilience, and rewilding, demonstrating how digital conservation is helping scientists target specific problems with impressive results. And she shows how we can build on these positive trends and harness all our emotions about the changing environment—anger and sadness as well as hope—into effective personal and political action. Timely, evidence-based, and persuasive, Hope Matters is an argument for the place of hope in our lives and a celebration of the turn toward solutions in the face of the environmental crisis. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- The power of expectation and belief -- The collateral damage of doom and gloom -- Hope is contagious -- Stories change -- The age of personalization -- We are not the only ones actively responding -- The strength of empathy, kindness, and compassion -- Trending hopeful.
- Notes
- Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
- ISBN
- 9781771647779
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 04 K27h
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The rebirth of Canada's Indians
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Cardinal, Harold
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Call Number
- 07.2 C11t
1 website
- Author
- Cardinal, Harold
- Responsibility
- Harold Cardinal
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 222 pages
- Abstract
- The story of the Indian peoples' fight for justice through the tunnels and mazes of bureaucracy. An affirmation of the Indian way of life, of the Indian religion, and a demand for acceptance of the Alberta proposal for a new Indian Act. Chapters cover the Indian Act, Indian organization, education, economic development and aboriginal rights. (from LAC entry)
- Contents
- A Canadian - what the hell it's all about
- Make love not war - the changing role of Indian organizations
- Organize or else - it's not enough to find a bad guy
- The politics of poverty - how to survive in the democratic system
- Economic development I - without all the crap and mythology
- Economic development II - some of teh nitty is pretty gritty
- Education I - with our heads in the clouds
- Education II - always the prime topic
- Education III - strangers in the classroom
- Education IV - the need for legislation and funding
- The Indian Act I - government by a bunch of bureaucrats, or Her Majesty pulled a fast one
- The Indian Act II - moose meat beats bologna
- The Indian Act III - time to get down to specifics
- The Indian Act IV - to serve the people, not the government
- The Indian Act V - the only good indian is a sleeping indian
- Aboriginal rights - from a philosophical, religious viewpoint
- The Treaties - the Queen's forked tongue
- The claims - our children won't wait
- Indian organization I - they breathe the same air; they drink the same water
- Indian organizations II - we forgot to scalp the general
- Indian organizations III - the war continues - Chretien rises from the dead
- Integration and alienation - education and our childres
- Earmarked for Indian education - raindrops kept falling on their heads
- The education ferment - Cold Lake stands firm
- A hell of a mess - no problem is insoluable
- Wood, grass, stone - despair and rebirth
- ISBN
- 0888301251
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 07.2 C11t
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This place : 150 years retold
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25258
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Elliott, Alicia
- Akiwensie-Damm, Kateri
- Assu, Sonny
- Mitchell, Brandon
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean
- Robertson, David A.
- Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James
- Storm, Jen
- Van Camp, Richard
- Vermette, Katherena
- Vowel, Chelsea
- Audibert, Tara
- Charles, Kyle
- Chomichuk, GMB
- Donovan, Natasha
- Ford, Scott A.
- Henderson, Scott B.
- Howe, Ryan
- Lodwick, Andrew
- Yaciuk, Donovan
- Publisher
- [Winnipeg, Manitoba] : HighWater Press
- Call Number
- 05.2 E1t
1 website
- Author
- Elliott, Alicia
- Akiwensie-Damm, Kateri
- Assu, Sonny
- Mitchell, Brandon
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel
- Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean
- Robertson, David A.
- Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James
- Storm, Jen
- Van Camp, Richard
- Vermette, Katherena
- Vowel, Chelsea
- Audibert, Tara
- Charles, Kyle
- Chomichuk, GMB
- Donovan, Natasha
- Ford, Scott A.
- Henderson, Scott B.
- Howe, Ryan
- Lodwick, Andrew
- Yaciuk, Donovan
- Responsibility
- Alicia Elliott (forward)
- Kateri Akiwensie-Damm (author)
- Sonny Assu (author)
- Brandon Mitchell (author)
- Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley (author)
- Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley (author)
- David A. Robertson (author)
- Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (author)
- Jen Storm (author) (artist)
- Richard Van Camp (author)
- Katherena Vermette (author)
- Chelsea Vowel (author)
- Tara Audibert (artist)
- Kyle Charles (artist)
- GMB Chomichuk (artist)
- Natasha Donovan (artist)
- Scott A. Ford (artist)
- Scott B. Henderson (artist)
- Ryan Howe (artist)
- Andrew Lodwick (artist)
- Donovan Yaciuk (artist)
- Publisher
- [Winnipeg, Manitoba] : HighWater Press
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- vi, 287 pages : chiefly color illustrations
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Graphic art
- History
- History-Canada
- Fiction
- Abstract
- Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Annie of Red River / Katherena Vermette ; illustration, Scott B. Henderson ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk -- Tilted ground / Sonny Assu ; illustration, Kyle Charles ; colours, Scott A. Ford -- Red clouds / Jen Storm ; illustration and colours, Natasha Donovan -- Peggy / David A. Robertson ; illustration and colours, Natasha Donovan -- Rosie / Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley ; illustration and colours, GMB Chomichuk -- Nimkii / Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm ; illustration, Ryan Howe and Jen Storm ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk -- Like a razor slash / Richard Van Camp ; illustration, Scott B. Henderson ; colours, Scott A. Ford -- Migwite'tmeg : we remember it / Brandon Mitchell ; illustration, Tara Audibert ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk -- Warrior nation / Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair ; illustration and colours, Andrew Lodwick -- kitaskinaw 2350 / Chelsea Vowel ; illustration, Tara Audibert ; colours, Donovan Yaciuk.
- ISBN
- 9781553797586
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
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- 05.2 E1t
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Blanket toss under midnight sun : portraits of everyday life in eight Indigenous communities
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Seesequasis, Paul
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Call Number
- 06.4 Se1b
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- Author
- Seesequasis, Paul
- Responsibility
- Paul Seesequasis
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Subjects
- First Nations
- History
- History-Canada
- Photography
- Abstract
- A revelatory portrait of eight Indigenous communities from across North America, shown through never-before-published archival photographs--a gorgeous extension of Paul Seesequasis's popular social media project. In 2015, writer and journalist Paul Seesequasis found himself grappling with the devastating findings of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on the residential school system. He sought understanding and inspiration in the stories of his mother, herself a residential school survivor. Gradually, Paul realized that another, mostly untold history existed alongside the official one: that of how Indigenous peoples and communities had held together during even the most difficult times. He embarked on a social media project to collect archival photos capturing everyday life in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities from the 1920s through the 1970s. As he scoured archives and libraries, Paul uncovered a trove of candid images and began to post these on social media, where they sparked an extraordinary reaction. Friends and relatives of the individuals in the photographs commented online, and through this dialogue, rich histories came to light for the first time. Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun collects some of the most arresting images and stories from Paul's project. While many of the photographs live in public archives, most have never been shown to the people in the communities they represent. As such, Blanket Toss is not only an invaluable historical record, it is a meaningful act of reclamation, showing the ongoing resilience of Indigenous communities, past, present--and future. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction -- Cape Dorset (Kinngait) -- Nunavik -- James Bay -- Hudson Bay Watershed -- Saskatchewan -- Montana and Alberta -- Northwest Territories -- Yukon Territory -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Photo credits.
- ISBN
- 9781553797586
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 06.4 Se1b
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The story of modern skiing
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Fry, John
- Publisher
- Hanover : University Press of New England
- Call Number
- 01.5 F84t
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- Author
- Fry, John
- Responsibility
- John Fry
- Publisher
- Hanover : University Press of New England
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- xxii, 380 pages : illustrations, maps
- Abstract
- This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport’s development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of Modern Skiing is laced with revelations from the author’s personal relationships with skiing greats such as triple Olympic gold medalists Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy, double gold medalist and environmental champion Andrea Mead Lawrence, first women’s World Cup winner Nancy Greene, World Alpine champion Billy Kidd, Sarajevo gold and silver medalists Phil and Steve Mahre, and industry pioneers such as Vail founder Pete Seibert, metal ski designer Howard Head, and plastic boot inventor Bob Lange. Fry writes authoritatively of alpine skiing in North America and Europe, of Nordic skiing, and of newer variations in the sport: freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and extreme skiing. He looks closely at skiing’s relationship to the environment, its portrayal in the media, and its response to social and economic change. Maps locating major resorts, records of ski champions, and a timeline, bibliography, glossary, and index of names and places make this the definitive work on modern skiing. Skiers of all ages and abilities will revel in this lively tale of their sport’s heritage. (from publisher's website)
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- People and place -- Genesis -- A way of life -- From rope tow to resort -- Technique and equipment: partners in progress -- A revolution in equipment -- Technique: from stem to carve -- New ways to learn -- The story of alpine competition -- The world of alpine racing -- How skiing changed the Olympics -- Racing in America -- Diversity: new disciplines, old ones restored -- Cross-country -- Extremities -- Freestyle -- Snowboarding -- The culture and business of skiing -- "The industry" -- In print -- In movies, on television -- The new ski country.
- ISBN
- 9781584654896
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
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- 01.5 F84t
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From recognition to reconciliation : essays on the constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal and treaty rights
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25261
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Macklem, Patrick
- Sanderson, Douglas
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press,
- Call Number
- 08.1 M11f
1 website
- Responsibility
- Patrick Macklem (editor)
- Douglas Sanderson (editor)
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press,
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- vii, 522 pages
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Treaties
- History
- Abstract
- More than thirty years ago, section 35 of the Constitution Act recognized and affirmed “the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada.” Hailed at the time as a watershed moment in the legal and political relationship between Indigenous peoples and settler societies in Canada, the constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal and treaty rights has proven to be only the beginning of the long and complicated process of giving meaning to that constitutional recognition. In From Recognition to Reconciliation, twenty leading scholars reflect on the continuing transformation of the constitutional relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. The book features essays on themes such as the role of sovereignty in constitutional jurisprudence, the diversity of methodologies at play in these legal and political questions, and connections between the Canadian constitutional experience and developments elsewhere in the world. (from publisher's website)
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- Recognition and Reconciliation in Indigenous-Settler Societies / Patrick Macklem and Douglas Sanderson -- Indigenous peoples and the ethos of legal pluralism in Canada / Patrick Macklem -- "Looking for a knot in the bulrush": reflections on law, sovereignty and Aboriginal rights / Mark D. Walters -- We Are still in the age of encounter: Section 35 and a Canada beyond sovereignty / Jeremy Webber -- The generative structure of Aboriginal rights / Brian Slattery -- A common law biography of Section 35 / P.G. McHugh -- Indigenous knowledge and the reconciliation of Section 35(1) / Dale Turner -- Military historiography, warriors and soldiers: the normative impact of epistemological choices / Jean Leclair -- Consultation and economic reconciliation / Dwight Newman -- The state of the Crown-Aboriginal fiduciary relationship: the case for an Aboriginal veto / Michael J. Bryant -- Administering consultation at the National Energy Board: evaluating tribunal authority / Sari Graben and Abbey Sinclair -- Non-status indigenous groups in Canadian courts: practical and legal difficulties in seeking recognition / Se´bastien Grammond, Isabelle Lantagne, & Natacha Gagne´ -- Liberal and tribal membership boundaries: descent, consent and Section 35 / Kirsty Gover -- Overlapping consensus, legislative reform and the Indian Act / Douglas Sanderson -- Walls and bridges: competing agendas in transitional justice / Courtney Jung -- From recognition to reconciliation: Nunavut and self-reliance: an Arctic entity in transition / Natalia Loukacheva -- Constitutional indigenous treaty jurisprudence in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Jacinta Ruru -- Constitutional reform in Australia: recognizing indigenous Australians in the absence of a reconciliation process / Megan Davis, Marcia Langton -- Legislation and indigenous self-determination in Canada and the United States / John Borrows -- The indigenous international and a jurisprudence of jurisdictions / Michael Ignatieff.
- ISBN
- 9781584654896
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 08.1 M11f
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MOUNTAINS TO METROPOLIS : the elbow river watershed
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Coleman, Diane
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified], FRIESENPRESS
- Call Number
- 03.5 C67m
- 03.5 C67m reference copy
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- Author
- Coleman, Diane
- Responsibility
- Diane Coleman
- Publisher
- [Place of publication not identified], FRIESENPRESS
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 261 pages
- Subjects
- Rivers
- Water
- Watersheds
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Abstract
- Every watershed has a story: this is the Elbow’s. The Elbow River watershed is a small yet significant watershed extending from the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains to downtown Calgary. This geographical watershed is itself at a metaphorical watershed, due to increasing pressure for urban, industrial and recreational development which will alter the healthy functioning of its interdependent parts. Mountains to Metropolis combines the author’s own explorations in the watershed with comprehensive background information to place the reader in the watershed itself. Grizzly bears and mule deer, park wardens and cowboys, First Nations and first settlers, range cattle and coyotes, urbanites and beavers, city engineers and soldiers, Grey Nuns and missionaries – all are part of this watershed’s story. And each has shaped and been shaped by the physical and spiritual power of the river at the watershed’s core. While legislators, municipal managers, industry and residents all have a responsibility for making our watershed happy and healthy, in the end it comes down to the individual. The author lays out simple actions that we each can take in our daily lives. (from publisher's website)
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- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introductions -- Part 1. In the high mountains -- Part 2. The Foothills between -- Part 3. To plains and metropolis -- Part 4. Whither the Elbow -- Appendices: 1. Historical timeline: Elbow River watershed and region ; 2. Scientific names.
- ISBN
- 9781460271155
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- 2024.26
- Call Number
- 03.5 C67m
- 03.5 C67m reference copy
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Rocks, Ridges, and Rivers : geological wonders of Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Leckie, Dale
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Dale Leckie
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46r
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- Author
- Leckie, Dale
- Responsibility
- Dale Leckie
- Publisher
- Calgary, Alberta : Dale Leckie
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 216 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps
- Subjects
- Geology
- Geology - Jasper
- Geology - Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Geology - The West, Canadian
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Abstract
- This geological guide will assist tourists to choose and visit easily accessible sites that exemplify the sensational vistas in Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks. It was this breathtaking scenery for which the parks were given status as a UNESCO Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site. The route is along the principle highways from Canmore to Banff, to Lake Louise, a side trip to Field, BC, back to Lake Louise and then north to Jasper through the Icefields Parkway. Explanations, color photographs, illustrations and maps highlight the geology for 50 sites. Mountains, rivers, glaciers and 500 million year fossils of the Burgess Shale are described. The book will assist travellers on how to arrive at a viewpoint, where to park and where to walk. Travellers interested in natural history such as birding, the vegetation and wildlife will want this book to understand the geological wonders that they are. Dale Leckie is an award-winning geologist who is internationally recognized for his many contributions to geology. Dale has a Ph.D. in Geology from McMaster University (1984), a M.Sc in Geography from McMaster University (1980) and B.Sc. in Geography from University of Alberta (1977). Dale Leckie is a Professional Geologist who has worked as a scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada and as Chief Geologist in a large Canadian energy company. He has edited numerous books and published over a 100 refereed papers most of those on the geology of Western Canada. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Geoscience Department at the University of Calgary. Dale has been President of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG). He has been leading geological field trips into the Rocky Mountains throughout his career. (from McNally Robinson website)
- Contents
- Author's preface
- Introduction
- Organization of this book
- Trip planner
- Safety
- Setting the stage
- Mount Yamnuska to Banff Townsite
- Geology of the Banff Townsite area
- Banff to Lake Louise
- Over the pass: the Field area in Yoho National Park
- Along the ridge: the Icefields Parkway
- Geology of the Jasper Townsite area
- Dissoloving the limestone: canyons, caves and lakes of the Maligne River
- Jasper to Jasper National Park Gate
- Acknowledgenments
- The glossary of terms
- The glossary of stratigraphy
- Image credits
- About the artist
- About the author
- About the designer
- ISBN
- 9780995908208
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.2 L46r
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Harking : a novel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25264
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Mercer, George
- Publisher
- [Canada] : George Mercer,
- Call Number
- 05.2 M46h
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- Author
- Mercer, George
- Responsibility
- George Mercer
- Publisher
- [Canada] : George Mercer,
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 282 pages
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Bears
- Bears, Grizzly
- Abstract
- After her parents’ divorce and the discovery of a series of cryptic notes left behind after her father is killed in an avalanche, Harking Thompson struggles to come to her own understanding of love, loss and what really matters. Caught up in a battle to save a mother grizzly bear and her cubs, Harking’s fight to protect the wildlife and wild places she loves teaches her a brutal truth: sometimes saving a life might mean losing another you love even more (from Good Reads website)
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- 9780987975485
- Call Number
- 05.2 M46h
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Indigenous peoples of North America : a concise anthropological overview
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25265
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Muckle, Robert J.
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 M88i
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- Author
- Muckle, Robert J.
- Responsibility
- Robert J. Muckle
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- xviii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- First Nations
- History
- Archaeology
- Abstract
- Most books dealing with North American Indigenous peoples are exhaustive in coverage. They provide in-depth discussion of various culture areas which, while valuable, sometimes means that the big picture context is lost. This book offers a corrective to that trend by providing a concise, thematic overview of the key issues facing Indigenous peoples in North America, from prehistory to the present. It integrates a culture area analysis within a thematic approach, covering archaeology, traditional lifeways, the colonial era, and contemporary Indigenous culture. Muckle also explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists with rigor and honesty. The result is a remarkably comprehensive book that provides a strong grounding for understanding Indigenous cultures in North America (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Situating the indigenous peoples of North America -- Studying the indigenous peoples of North America through the lens of anthropology -- Comprehending North American archaeology -- Studying population, languages, and cultures in North America as they were at AD 1500 -- Overview of traditional lifeways -- Understanding the colonial experience -- Contemporary conditions, nation-building, and anthropology -- Epilogue : final comments -- Appendices: The United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples ; Excerpts from the code of ethics of the American Anthropological Association (2009) ; Excerpts from the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) ; Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 ; Apology for residential schools ; Apology to the native peoples of the United States ; Studying indigenous peoples of North America.
- ISBN
- 9781442603561
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 07.2 M88i
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Indigenous identity formation in post-secondary institutions : I found myself in the most unlikely place
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25266
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Barnes, Barbara G.
- Voyageur, Cora J.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Call Number
- 07.2 B26i
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- Responsibility
- Barbara G. Barnes
- Cora J. Voyageur
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 132 pages
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- First Nations
- History
- Abstract
- This book presents a study conducted between 2005 and 2010 of 60 self-declared Indigenous university students from western Canada. The study explored Indigenous identity formation among these students through these central research questions:
- Do conventional definitions of identity, and conventional identity formation theories, offer ways to understand the identity of these Indigenous students?
- What role, if any, does postsecondary education play in the formation and/or confirmation of the identity of Indigenous students as Indigenous individuals? The study is unique for two reasons. First, little scholarly attention has been paid to Indigenous individuals’ sense of identity. While the literature and research on identity is diverse, it mostly focuses on Eurocentric definitions of identity. Second, this study emphasizes Indigenous identity formation in postsecondary institutions. This book moves beyond a simple understanding of Indigenous students’ concept of identity and delves into determining the role a university education can play in the development of an Indigenous individual’s identity (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Preface and dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Find the self: a history of defining Indigenous identity in Canada
- Conventional and Indigenous concepts of identity
- A history of Indigenous education in Canada
- Who were the participants?
- Identity and Blumer's symbolic interactionism: definitions and participant responses
- Identity and Mihesuah's Native identity development theory: definition and participant responses
- The university experience
- Building on Mihesuah: a Canadian Indigenous identity formation model
- References
- About the authors
- ISBN
- 9781550598544
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 07.2 B26i
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My heroes have always been Indians : a century of great Indigenous Albertans
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25267
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Voyageur, Cora J.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Call Number
- 07.2 V85m
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- Author
- Voyageur, Cora J.
- Responsibility
- Cora J. Voyageur
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 226 pages
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- First Nations
- History
- Biography
- Alberta
- Abstract
- In a series of inspirational profiles, Cora Voyageur celebrates the achievements of 100 remarkable Indigenous Albertans in the fields of art, literature, business, politics, sports, education, human rights and more. From world-renowned architect Douglas Cardinal, whose iconic designs are seen from Edmonton to Washington, DC, to Nellie Carlson, a tireless activist whose work has advanced the rights of Indigenous women, the contributions of Indigenous Peoples have greatly enriched the social, cultural and economic fabric of Alberta. An introduction provides a brief history of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta, including an explanation of the Numbered Treaties. (from publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781550597547
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 07.2 V85m
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Law's indigenous ethics
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25268
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Borrow, John
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press,
- Call Number
- 07.2 B63l
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- Author
- Borrow, John
- Responsibility
- John Borrow
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press,
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- viii, 381 pages
- Subjects
- First Nations
- History
- Treaties
- Education
- Politics
- Abstract
- Law's Indigenous Ethics examines the revitalization of Indigenous peoples' relationship to their own laws and, in so doing, attempts to enrich Canadian constitutional law more generally. Organized around the seven Anishinaabe grandmother and grandfather teachings of love, truth, bravery, humility, wisdom, honesty, and respect, this book explores ethics in relation to Aboriginal issues including title, treaties, legal education, and residential schools. With characteristic depth and sensitivity, John Borrows brings insights drawn from philosophy, law, and political science to bear on some of the most pressing issues that arise in contemplating the interaction between Canadian state law and Indigenous legal traditions. In the course of a wide-ranging but accessible inquiry, he discusses such topics as Indigenous agency, self-determination, legal pluralism, and power. In its use of Anishinaabe stories and methodologies drawn from the emerging field of Indigenous studies, Law's Indigenous Ethics makes a significant contribution to scholarly debate and is an essential resource for readers seeking a deeper understanding of Indigenous rights, societies, and cultures. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction -- Nitam-Miigiwewin : Zaagi'idiwin (gift one : love) ; Love : law and land in Canada's indigenous constitution -- Niizho-Miigiwewin : Debwewin (gift two : truth) ; Truth : origin stories, metaphysics, and law -- Niso-miigiwewin : Zoongide'iwin (gift three : bravery) ; Bravery : challenging the durability of terra nullius : Tshilhqot'in v British Columbia -- Niiyo-Miigiwewin : Dabaadendizowin (gift four : humility) ; Humility : entanglement, aboriginal title, and "private" property -- Naano-Miigiwewin : Nibwaakaawin (gift five : wisdom) ; Wisdom : outsider education, indigenous law, and land -- Ningodwaaso-Miigiwewin : Gwayakwaadiziwin (gift six : honesty) ; Honesty : legal education and heroes, tricksters, monsters, and caretakers -- Niizhwaaso-Miigewewin : Manaaji'idiwin (gift seven : respect) ; Respect : residential schools, responsibilities for past harms -- Conclusion: Nookomis's reconstitution.
- ISBN
- 9781487523558
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 07.2 B63l
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25269
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Forkey, Neil S.
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Call Number
- 04 F74c
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- Author
- Forkey, Neil S.
- Responsibility
- Neil S. Forkey
- Publisher
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 157 pages
- Abstract
- Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9780802090225
- Accession Number
- P2020.08
- Call Number
- 04 F74c
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Heart waters : sources of the Bow River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25255
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Van Tighem, Brian
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 03.5 V26h
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- Responsibility
- Kevin Van Tighem (author)
- Brian Van Tighem (photographer)
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps
- Abstract
- Water does not come from the river. It comes to the river. Heart Waters takes us to the sources of that water – and into the living beauty, human stories and future possibilities that also arise from the green uplands and valleys of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes, where the mighty Bow River is born. For more than a century the foothills and Front Range mountains of western Alberta have been recognized as being vital to the water supply for western Canada. Virtually all the water that sustains communities, ecosystems and the economy of prairie Canada comes from this narrow strip of land arrayed along the Continental Divide. For all its importance, however, water management decisions affecting this enormous region have ignored the significance of land health and focused almost exclusively on building dams. The result, as the author points out, is that the Bow River’s annual flows have decreased by more than a tenth, even as spring floods become more frequent and more destructive. The solutions to prairie Canada’s water challenges lie in healing the wounded landscapes of our headwaters. Heart Waters delves deeply into the history and ecology of a landscape whose critical value as a watershed is matched by its sheer beauty and diversity. A rich array of stunning images by Jasper-based photographer Brian Van Tighem complements the author’s well-researched explorations of the stories whispered by the living waters that drain from Banff National Park, Kananaskis Country and the famous ranchlands of the Bow River watershed. Kevin Van Tighem’s latest book is a deep exploration of place and an invitation to recognize that our water future depends upon knowing our headwaters better and caring for them more passionately — as our heart waters. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- 1. Voices in the water -- 2. River origins: Bow River -- 3. A prodigal's return: Johnson Creek -- 4. Caterpillars and cutthroats: Quirk Creek -- 5. The past and future trout: Meadow Creek -- 6. Lake of the spirits: Cascade River and Ghost River -- 7. Dammed splendor: Kananaskis River -- 8. Buck-toothed volunteers: Bateman Creek -- 9. The under-river: Middle Bow River -- 10. Water and wildness: Sheep River -- 11. Cattle in the creek: Pekisko Creek -- 12. Mountains breathing: Highwood River -- 13. Healing the headwaters -- 14. Home and heart waters -- Index.
- Notes
- Shortlisted for the 2016 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival award for Mountain & Wilderness Literature
- ISBN
- 9781771601399
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.5 V26h
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Our vanishing glaciers : the snows of yesteryear and the future climate of the mountain West
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25256
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2017
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W.
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 03.4 Sa5o
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- Author
- Sandford, Robert W.
- Responsibility
- Robert W. Sandford
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
- Subjects
- Water
- Watersheds
- Rivers
- Glaciers
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Rocky Mountains
- Climate change
- Abstract
- Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate science and featuring stunning photography collected over the past four decades, Our Vanishing Glaciers explains and illustrates why water is such a unique substance and how it makes life on this planet possible. Focusing on the Columbia Icefield, the largest and most accessible mass of ice straddling the Continental Divide in western North America, and featuring photographs, illustrations, aerial surveys and thermal imaging collected over more than 40 years of the author’s personal observations, the book reveals the stunning magnitude of glacial ice in western Canada. Citing evidence to suggest that in the Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks alone, as many as 300 glaciers may have disappeared since 1920, this large-format, fully illustrated coffee table book graphically illustrates the projected rate of glacier recession in the mountain West over the rest of this century and serves as a profound testament to the beauty and importance of western Canada’s water, ice and snow. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- 1. The wonder of water -- 2. What winter does to water -- 3. Ecology as defined by winter water -- 4. How ice fields and glaciers form -- 5. Canada's most accessible glaciers -- 6. The death of Peyto glacier : A case for more comprehensive -- 7. The Columbia ice field today -- 8. Glaciers in a changing climate -- 9. What we stand to lose -- 10. Water, climate and the National Parks ideal.
- Notes
- Winner, 2017 Lane Anderson Award for Best Canadian Science Writing
- ISBN
- 9781771602020
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.4 Sa5o
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- Reading Room
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Rain comin' down : water, memory and identity in a changed world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25257
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W.
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sa5r
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- Author
- Sandford, Robert W.
- Responsibility
- Robert W. Sandford
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- [Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 330 pages
- Subjects
- Water
- Watersheds
- Rivers
- Glaciers
- Hydrology
- Hydrology - Alberta
- Rocky Mountains
- Climate change
- Abstract
- Robert Sandford has spent a lot time watching and thinking about water. This was not because he was predisposed to do so, but because the importance of water gradually caught up with who he was and what he was doing with his life. As this self-reflective book demonstrates, when one takes up the serious study of water, one cannot but be surprised at how far that interest can take you: from the very origins of the cosmos right down to the unique structure and remarkable qualities of water as a molecule. It takes you to the depths of the oceans, to the upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere, and into the centres of storms. You fall to Earth with raindrops, travel tiny streams and great rivers, go round and round in lakes and ponds. Your study takes you down to the very roots of trees, into the soil, along the dark, dank banks of underground rivers. It takes you from one person’s thirst to the thirst of nations; from the demographics of the past to how those may drastically change in the absence of water in decades to come. Following water takes one back and forth in time, linking us to what the Earth was like in the past; what it is now; and how water will shape what it will be in the future. (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Invocation - Rain comin' down
- Celestial rivers
- Rivers of cold
- Rivers of heat
- Rivers of words
- The heart of dryness
- Irrigating Eden
- Rivers of memory
- Rivers of ice
- As the world burns
- Learning from the burning: The summer of 2018
- Afterword - Rivers of hope
- Appendix - a Canadian National Glacier Act
- Bookshelf
- ISBN
- 9781771603171
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 03.5 Sa5r
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Five little Indians
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25242
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Good, Michelle
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Harper Perennial
- Edition
- First
- Call Number
- 05.2 G59f
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- Author
- Good, Michelle
- Responsibility
- Michelle Good
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Harper Perennial
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- 293 pages
- Subjects
- Fiction
- First Nations
- Racism
- Abstract
- Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. Alone and without any skills, support or families, the teens find their way to the seedy and foreign world of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, where they cling together, striving to find a place of safety and belonging in a world that doesn't want them. The paths of the five friends cross and crisscross over the decades as they struggle to overcome, or at least forget, the trauma they endured during their years at the Mission. Fuelled by rage and furious with God, Clara finds her way into the dangerous, highly charged world of the American Indian Movement. Maisie internalizes her pain and continually places herself in dangerous situations. Famous for his daring escapes from the school, Kenny can't stop running and moves restlessly from job to job - through fishing grounds, orchards and logging camps - trying to outrun his memories and his addiction. Lucy finds peace in motherhood and nurtures a secret compulsive disorder as she waits for Kenny to return to the life they once hoped to share together. After almost beating one of his tormentors to death, Howie serves time in prison, then tries once again to re-enter society and begin life anew. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. (from publisher's website)
- ISBN
- 9781443459181
- Accession Number
- P2020.7
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- 05.2 G59f
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