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Abstract: A veteran of burnout himself, Legault looks at the culture of self-sacrifice that permeates the work done by volunteers and paid staff in the environmental conservation movement, and dissects how to manage our own time, energy, and commitment to our causes. Following a river-running metaphor, and proposing a variety of techniques to help with various states of anxiety resulting from burnout, including clarity of purpose, recognition of limits, fitness and diet, mediation and yoga, as well as organizational structural changes such as leave-of-absence policies, Legault encourages readers to find time to 'eddy out'--to rest a moment in quieter waters and scout downriver--to ensure our lifetime of engagement is fulfilling, effective, and self-sustaining. -- From Backcover

ISBN: 9781771603638

Accession Number: P2023.25

Call Number: 04 L52t

Collection: Archives Library

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Echo loba, loba echo : of wisdom, wolves and women

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2023

Author: Swift, Sonja

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 04 S5e

Author: Swift, Sonja

Responsibility: Foreword by Winona LaDuke

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2023

Physical Description: 248 pages ; 20 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Wolves; Wildlife; Conservation; Women

Abstract: A unique look at the cultural, environmental, historical, literary, metaphorical, and political role of the wolf. Echo Loba, Loba Echo is a story about the metaphor of the wolf and how this is echoed in the lives and minds of people. A metaphor that embodies worldviews colliding, and the collision, the fallout, we live with still. It is a story about wolves’ own cultures, survival stories, acts of rebellion, and vital roles in maintaining healthy territories. And it is also a story about what we have been told to forget, or never even know, and what wolves show us about ourselves. Through essay and poetry, the metaphor of the wolf, and loba – for she-wolf – is examined the way one might observe the light off a prism, in multi-dimensional ways. The associations are many and diametrically varied. Wolf as scapegoat, villain, outcast, blamed for human violence. Wolf as warrior, guide, mother to stray or orphaned children as well as her own pups. The Ojibwe word for wolf is ma’iingan: the one sent here by that all-loving spirit to show us the way. Wolf (Latin: lupus), which is another word for whore (lupa), for woman. Wolf, another word for backcountry. Yet the choice is not an easy duality, not simply between the notion of wolf as heroine or wolf as devil. -- From publisher

ISBN: 9781771606288

Accession Number: P2024.01

Call Number: 04 S5e

Collection: Archives Library

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Streams of consequence : dispatches from the conservation world

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2023

Author: Fitch, Lorne

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 04 F55s

Author: Fitch, Lorne

Publisher: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2023

Physical Description: 217 pages ; 19 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Wildlife; Wildlife management; Conservation; Animals; Alberta

Abstract: A collection of essays highlighting the splendour and diversity of the landscape of southern Alberta. Streams of Consequence weaves together a bit of “ecology for dummies,” a cross-section of stories and essays on Alberta’s biodiversity riches and treasured landscapes, and a backdrop of selections on conservation issues. These are stories of the land and of Alberta’s plants, fish, and wildlife told through the voice of a biologist with decades of experience on the front lines of conservation efforts. Through stories, metaphor, and allegory, basic ecological principles are made clear, ecosystems are described, and our human role in stewarding these natural treasures is revealed. Infused in these “dispatches from the conservation world” is the special magic of biology, taking mute organisms at a variety of scales and understanding their lives and habitats so that they have meaning and a connection to us. The role, the unstated objective of biologists, is to remind us, unceasingly, that it is only in our minds that we live apart from the natural world. These stories have power to engage and educate, to help create and sustain an ecologically literate constituency that knows and cares about Alberta’s wilder side. Readers can look back on the changes, weigh their significance, and think about where we came from, where we are today, and where the trend might take us if we choose one road or another. There are some rocks heaved at our economy-centred, consumer-driven world. Scattered between them are the acts of altruism, of caring, of forethought, and of stewardship. These are rays of hope amid dark clouds threatening our very existence. -- From publisher

ISBN: 9781771606691

Accession Number: P2023.25

Call Number: 04 F55s

Collection: Archives Library

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Hope matters : why changing the way we think is critical to solving the environmental crisis

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Medium: 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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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

Collection: Archives Library

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Transformative politics of nature : overcoming barriers to conservation in Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2023

Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press

Call Number: 04 Ol4t

Responsibility: Edited by Andrea Olive, Chance Finegan, and Karen F. Beazley

Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press

Published Date: 2023

Physical Description: x, 310 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 23 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Environment; Environmentalism; Conservation; Politics; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Law; Canada

Abstract: Transformative Politics of Nature highlights the most significant barriers to conservation in Canada and discusses strategies to confront and overcome them. Featuring contributions from academics as well as practitioners, the volume brings together the perspectives of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts on land and wildlife conservation, in a way that honours and respects all peoples and nature. Contributors provide insights that enhance understanding of key barriers, important actors, and strategies for shaping policy at multiple levels of government across Canada. The chapters engage academics, environmental conservation organizations, and Indigenous communities in dialogues and explorations of the politics of wildlife conservation. They address broad and interrelated themes, organized into three parts: barriers to conservation, transformation through reconciliation, and transformation through policy and governance. Together, they demonstrate and highlight the need for increased social-political awareness of biodiversity and conservation in Canada, enhanced wildlife conservation collaborative networks, and increased scholarly attention to the principle, policies, and practices of maintaining and restoring nature for the benefit of all peoples, other species, and ecologies. Transformative Politics of Nature presents a vision of profound change in the way humans relate to each other and with the natural world. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents: OPENING CEREMONY -- Beginning / Shalan Joudry -- PART A: INTRODUCTION -- 1. From politics to transformative politics in Canada / Karen F. Beazley, Andrea Olive, and Chance Finegan -- INTRODUCING DISRUPTIONS / Chance Finegan -- PART B: BARRIERS TO CONSERVATION IN CANADA -- 2. A pathological examination of conservation failure in Canada / Christopher J. Lemieux, Mark W. Groulx, Trevor Swerdfager, and Shannon Hagerman -- 3. Who should govern wildlife? Examining attitudes across the country / Matthew A. Williamson, Stacy Lischka, Andrea Olive, Jeremy Pitman, and Adam T. Ford -- 4. In a rut: barriers to caribou recovery / Julee Boan and Rachel Plotkin -- 5. Enacting a reciprocal ethic of care: (finally) fulfilling treaty obligations / Larry McDermott and Robin Roth -- DISRUPTIONS, PART B -- Disrupting dominant narratives for a mainstream conservation issue: a case study on "saving the bees" / Sheila R. Colla -- The national parks in disrupting heritage interpretation on Turtle Island / Chance Finegan -- PART C: TRANSFORMATION THROUGH VALUES -- 6. Reconciliation or Apiksitaultimik? indigenous relationality for conservation / Sherry Pictou -- 7. "etuaptmumk / two-eyed seeing and reconciliation with Earth" / Deborah McGregor, Jesse Popp, Andrea Reid, Elder Albert Marshall, Jacquelyn Miller, and Mahisha Sritharan -- 8. Beacons of teachings / Lisa Young -- DISRUPTIONS, PART C -- Indigenous knowledge as a disruption to state-led conservation / Natasha Myhal -- The Misipawistik Cree Nation kanawenihcikew guardians program / Heidi Cook -- PART D: TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ACTION -- 9. Transforming university cirriculum and student experiences through collaboration and land-based learning / Melanie Zurba, James Doucette, and Bridget Graham -- 10. Ecological networks and corridors in the context of global initiatives / Jodi A. Hilty and Stephen Woodley -- 11. The imperative for transformative change to address biodiversity loss in Canada / Justina C. Ray -- DISRUPTIONS, PART D. -- Conservation bright spots: focusing on solutions instead reacting to problems / Barbara Frei -- Disrupting current approaches to biodiversity conservation through innovative knowledge mobilization / Vivian Nguyen -- PART E: CONCLUSION -- 12. Achieving transformative change: conservation in Canada, 2023 and beyond / Andrea Olive and Karen F. Beazley -- CLOSING CEREMONY -- Onward / Shalan Joudry

ISBN: 9781487550516

Accession Number: P2024.02

Call Number: 04 Ol4t

Collection: Archives Library

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