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All-time high - an unprecedented number of visitors are heading to Banff National Park, with a million more tourists passing through the gates in just the last five years. Has the beloved park reached its limits?

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25147
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Stewart, Ryan
Odynski, Taylor
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
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Author
Stewart, Ryan
Odynski, Taylor
Responsibility
Ryan Stewart (author)
Taylor Odynski (illustrator)
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.70 - 75
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Tourism
Ecology
Environment
Banff National Park
Wildlife
Town of Banff
Parks Canada
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the rise in visitation to Banff National Park
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
Websites
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25269
Medium
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
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ecology
Politics
History
Canada
Environment
Environmental conservation
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
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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Dark days at noon : the future of fire

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26239
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Struzik, Edward
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Call Number
04 St8d
Author
Struzik, Edward
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
ix, 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 27 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Environment
Climate change
Climate
Politics
History
History-Canada
Fire ecology
Abstract
The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading to an aggressive firefighting strategy that has left many of the continent's forests too old and vulnerable to the fires that many tree species need to regenerate. Dark Days at Noon provides a broad history of wildfire in North America, from pre-European contact to the present, in the hopes that we may learn from how we managed fire in the past, and apply those lessons in the future. As people continue to move into forested landscapes to work, play, live, and ignite fires--intentionally or unintentionally--fire has begun to take its toll, burning entire towns, knocking out utilities, closing roads, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. Fire management in North America requires attention and cooperation from both sides of the border, and many of the most significant fires have taken place at the boundary line. Despite a clear lack of political urgency among political leaders, Edward Struzik argues that wildfire science needs to guide the future of fire management, and that those same leaders need to shape public perception accordingly. By explaining how society's misguided response to fire has led to our current situation, Dark Days at Noon warns of what may happen in the future if we do not learn to live with fire as the continent's Indigenous Peoples once did. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Prelude to the dark days at noon -- 2. The fire triangle -- 3. More dark days coming -- 4. The big burn -- 5. Big burns in Canada -- 6. Paiute forestry -- 7. Fire suppression -- 8. The Civilian Conservation Corps -- 9. Canada's Conservation Corps -- 10. The fall of the Dominion Forest Service -- 11. The royal commission into wildfire -- 12. White man's fire -- 13. International co-operation -- 14. Blue moon and blue sun -- 15. Nuclear winter -- 16. Yellowstone: A turning point -- 17. Big and small grizzlies -- 18. Climate and the age of megafire -- 19. The holy shit fire -- 20. The Pyrocene -- 21. Nuclear winter: Part two -- 22. Owls and clear-cuts -- 23. Water on fire -- 24. The Arctic on fire -- 25. The big smoke -- 26. Fire news -- Conclusion.
ISBN
9780228012092
Accession Number
P2024.02
Call Number
04 St8d
Collection
Archives Library
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Transformative politics of nature : overcoming barriers to conservation in Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26252
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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Calgary goes skiing : a history of the Calgary Ski Club

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Mittelstadt, David
Publisher
Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01.5 M69c
Author
Mittelstadt, David
Publisher
Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
234 p. : ill., ports., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alpine Club of Canada Huts
Environment
Mount Norquay ski area
Olympic games
Ski Runners of the Canadian Rockies
Women
World War II
Notes
Includes index
ISBN
1-894765-65-6
Accession Number
7797
Call Number
01.5 M69c
Collection
Archives Library
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The lens of time : a repeat photography of landscape change in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13522
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2007
Author
White, Clifford A
Publisher
Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Call Number
03.2 W58w
03.2 W58w copy 2 Reference Room Browser's shelf
Author
White, Clifford A
Responsibility
Cliff White and E.J. (Ted) Hart
Publisher
Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Published Date
2007
Physical Description
vii, 312 p. : ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Development
Environment
Parks Canada
Tourism
Notes
Bibliography
ISBN
9781552382370 (pbk.)
Accession Number
7866
40500 2008-01-04
Call Number
03.2 W58w
03.2 W58w copy 2 Reference Room Browser's shelf
Collection
Archives Library
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Legacy in time : three generations of mountain photography in the Canadian West

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14441
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Vaux, Henry
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
06.4 V46l c.1
06 V46l c.2
Author
Vaux, Henry
Responsibility
Henry Vaux Jr.
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
125 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits, maps ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climatology
Environment
Glaciers
Hydrology
Photographers
Photography
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Vaux family
Notes
Includes bibliography references
Repeat photography of glacier formations in the mountains of Western Canada, comparing the photographs taken by Vaux family members in the late 19th and early 20th century with photographs taken by Henry Vaux Jr. of in the early 21st century
ISBN
9781771600606
Accession Number
P2015-01-20
tbd
Call Number
06.4 V46l c.1
06 V46l c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Water, energy and waste management in high alpine regions workshop, October 31, 1994

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1994
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
13.1 Al7w
Responsibility
Alpine Club of Canada and The Faculty of Environmental Design, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
1994
Physical Description
1v. (unpaged) : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alpine Club of Canada
Environment
Water
Notes
Abbreviated proceedings
Accession Number
2016.8602
Call Number
13.1 Al7w
Collection
Archives Library
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If this tree could talk : what fire-scarred trees in the Rocky Mountain Trench reveal about the human use of burning long before European settlement

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15249
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2016
Author
Barnes, Trish
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2016
Call Number
P
Author
Barnes, Trish
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2016
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
p.20-21
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
British Columbia
Ecology
Environment
Forest fires
First Nations
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Accession Number
P2016 - 73,000 - 05
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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If this tree could talk : what fire-scarred trees in the Rocky Mountain Trench reveal about the human use of burning long before European settlement

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15400
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2017
Author
Barnes, Trish
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2017
Call Number
P
Author
Barnes, Trish
Publisher
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol. 1, 2017
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
p.20-21
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
British Columbia
Ecology
Environment
Forest fires
First Nations
Rocky Mountains, Canada
Accession Number
P2017 - 73,000 - 05
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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