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Mac Runciman

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Author : Paul D. Earl
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887553389
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Mac Runciman written by Paul D. Earl and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most turbulent periods in the history of prairie agriculture is chronicled in a new book about the life and times of Alexander "Mac" Runciman, the Saskatchewan farmer who led the United Grain Growers as president from 1961 to 1981. Mac Runciman earned the respect and admiration on both sides of the great agriculture debates of the 1960s and 1970s from individual farmers to Pierre Trudeau, who offered Runciman a cabinet post in 1980 (Mac turned him down). Mac Runciman: A Life in the Grain Trade tells the story of how Runciman rose through the ranks of the UGG to play a central role in the fierce debates over the modernization of grain handling, subsidized freight rates, and the role of The Canadian Wheat Board. Runciman's reminiscences give new insights into the events and personalities of that critical period in Canadian agricultural history, a time in which the rural community began to question highly centralized and regulated marketing and transportation systems. The events and decisions of those years continue to reverberate in today's controversies over grain marketing and grain transportation.

The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers

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Author : Paul D. Earl
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 088755590X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers written by Paul D. Earl and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the twentieth century, United Grain Growers was one of the major forces in Canadian agriculture. Founded in 1906, for much of its history UGG worked to give western farmers a “third way” between the competing poles of cooperatives like the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and the private sector. At its peak, more than 800 UGG elevators dotted the Canadian prairies and the company had become a part of western Canada’s cultural psyche. By 2001, then known as Agricore United, it was the largest grain company on the Prairies. The UGG’s history illuminates many of the intense debates over policy and philosophy that dominated the grain industry. After the Second World War, it would be a key player as the western Canadian grain industry expanded into new international markets. Through the rest of the century, it played an important role in resolving major disputes over regulation and grain transportation policy. Despite its many innovations, the company’s final decade and eventual demise illustrated the tensions at the heart of the grain industry. In 1997, to finance the rebuilding of its grain elevator network, UGG went public and entered equity markets. While successful at first, this strategy also weakened the company’s cooperative structure. In 2007, it was purchased by Saskatchewan Pool in a hostile takeover. The disappearance of Agricore United marked the end of a century of voluntary farmer-control of the grain business in western Canada. Paul Earl’s history reveals UGG’s central role in the growth and transformation of the western grain industry at a critical period. With meticulous research supplemented by interviews with many of the key players, he also delves into the details and the debates over the company’s demise.

The Mac Runciman Collection

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Author : Mac Runciman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Mac Runciman Collection written by Mac Runciman and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Runciman was an executive of the United Grain Growers. This collection contains a single issue of Nor-West Farmer of October, 1902, and one report on the harvesting of wild rice in the Lake of the Woods area in 1938 which includes 30 black & white photographs.

The Rape of Canola

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Author : Brewster Kneen
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 9781550210668
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Rape of Canola written by Brewster Kneen and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1992-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rape of Canola is the story of the seed that became the "darling of edible oils." Once regarded as little more than a weed, rape transformed into canola. With stories by the people involved in the process, this book examines the seed, the crop and its processing by large transnational corporations.

Mawson

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Author : Philip Ayres
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780522850789
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Mawson written by Philip Ayres and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heroic age of polar exploration, Sir Douglas Mawson stands in the first rank. His Antarctic expeditions of 1911-14 and 1929-31 resulted in Australia claiming forty per cent of the sixth continent. The sole survivor of an epic 300-mile trek, Mawson was also a scientist of national stature. His image on banknotes and stamps reflects enduring public esteem. Yet until now there has been no comprehensive, objective biography of this tall, quiet figure. Aside from his two great expeditions, we have known remarkably little about him. Sources exist in profusion. People who knew him socially and professionally from as early as the 1920s are still alive. He kept copies of almost all his correspondence, and his papers reveal his most private self, his virtues and flaws, his social and professional circles, and the development and disintegration of his friendships. Most of this material has scarcely been touched over the years. Philip Ayres has now uncovered, from these and many other unpublished sources, a complex and interesting figure. He portrays Mawson the geo-politician with influential friends and rivals who, in 1942, offered his services to Prime Minister Curtin as Ambassador to Washington. In the Antarctic darkness of 1913, he confronted the bewildered delusions of a companion who believed himself to be Jesus Christ. He once took an advanced monoplane to the ends of the earth and forgot to pay for it. During the Great War, he compiled detailed reports on chemical weapons during visits to the vast war factories of England. Ayres also shows us the devoted husband of Paquita; the social Mawson of the Adelaide Club; the scientist within his national and international networks; the geologist who in 1924 failed to get the Sydney Chair; and the litigious Mawson, suing or threatening suit against associates who failed him. The icon both converges and conflicts with the real man. In this long-awaited, most impressive and readable biography, Philip Ayres not only illuminates Douglas Mawson's many achievements but also enables us to know and understand him as a human being. The book's many illustrations include reproductions of exquisite early colour photographs from the Antarctic expedition of 1911-14.

The Ordinary Genius

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Author : Ken Hoeppner
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 0888647662
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book The Ordinary Genius written by Ken Hoeppner and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2007-11-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of agriculture in Alberta owes much to Arnold W. Platt, who set out to plant a seed of positive change. Whether as a plant breeder, an organizer for the Farmers’ Union of Alberta, or a commissioner for the McPherson Royal Commission on Transportation, Platt applied his inventive and creative thinking to problems of rural development in twentieth century Alberta. In The Ordinary Genius, Ken Hoeppner pays homage to the accomplishments of this modest man, whose life’s work continues to resonate in farmlands across the Prairies. This detailed and thoroughly researched story will appeal to western history enthusiasts, agriculture specialists, and farmers.

Saskatchewan Agriculture

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Author : Brian Mlazgar
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771697
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Saskatchewan Agriculture written by Brian Mlazgar and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this province known as "the bread basket of the world," agriculture is the culture which for over a century has provided the context for life in Saskatchewan. In this volume are over 200 biographies of men and women who have made significant contributions to the field of agriculture in Saskatchewan. Farmers and ranchers; researchers, teachers, and inventors; leaders in 4-H and the cooperative movement; home economists and agriculture extension workers; journalists, politicians, and activists--whatever the individual endeavour, all worked with the goal of improving farming, and ultimately, improving the lives of those who farmed. The common denominator here is the concern for the good of the community, whether local, national, or international, a concern that has come to characterize the province itself.

mmm... Manitoba

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Author : Kimberley Moore
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 1772840432
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book mmm... Manitoba written by Kimberley Moore and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2024-04-05 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tasty oral history In 2018, Janis Thiessen, Kimberley Moore, and collaborator Kent Davies refashioned a used food truck into a mobile oral history lab. Together they embarked on a journey around Manitoba, gathering stories about the province’s food and the people who make, sell, and eat it. Along the way, they visited restaurant owners, beer brewers, grocers, farmers, scholars, and chefs in their kitchens and businesses, online, and on board the food truck. The team conducted nearly seventy interviews and indulged in a bounty of prairie delicacies, from Winnipeg’s “Fat Boys” to Steinbach’s perogies to Churchill’s cloudberry jam. Thiessen and Moore serve up the results of this research in mmm... Manitoba. Mixing recipes, maps, archival records, biographies, and full-colour photographs with fascinating stories, they showcase the province’s diverse food histories. Through the sharing and preparing of food, the authors investigate food security and regulation, Indigenous foodways and agriculture, capitalism’s impact on the agri-food industry, and the networks between Manitoban food producers and retailers. The book also explores the roles of gender, ethnicity, migration, and colonialism in Manitoba’s food history. Hop on the Manitoba Food History Truck and journey into the province’s past with engaging essays and easy-to-follow recipes for kjielkje and schmauntfat, snow goose tidbits, chicken karaage, the Salisbury House flapper pie, duck fat smashed potatoes, Ichi Ban cocktails, pork inihaw, and more. mmm... Manitoba offers a thoughtfully nuanced, deliciously digestible, and wholly unique regional history that is sure to satisfy.

Unifarm

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Author : Carrol L. Jaques
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
ISBN 13 : 1552380513
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Unifarm written by Carrol L. Jaques and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaques recounts the tumultuous history of the Alberta farm organization, Unifarm. This book documents Alberta farmers' quest to increase control over the forces that have had such an impact on their lives and describes how it led them to form organizations which have afforded them measures of stability and security throughout the past century.

Dance on the Bridge

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Author : Abernethy Heritage Association
Publisher : Abernethy, Sask. : Abernethy Heritage Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dance on the Bridge written by Abernethy Heritage Association and published by Abernethy, Sask. : Abernethy Heritage Association. This book was released on 1983 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Parliamentary Debates

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Author : Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates written by Great Britain. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Parliamentary Debates (official Report[s]) ...

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Author : Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates (official Report[s]) ... written by Great Britain. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Saskatchewan History

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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One Version of the Facts

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Author : Henry E. Duckworth
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887553524
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book One Version of the Facts written by Henry E. Duckworth and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his engaging memoirs, One Version of the Facts: My Life in the Ivory Tower, Dr. Henry Duckworth takes readers from his student days in Winnipeg and Chicago in the 1930s to his time as president of the University of Winnipeg (1971-1981) and chancellor of the University of Manitoba. An accomplished physicist, he wrote the first definitive text in English on mass spectroscopy, discovered the last stable isotope (platinum), and helped create important programs at universities and at the National Research Council. He also served on numerous councils for scientific and university organizations, and rubbed shoulders with Nobel Prize winners at international conferences. With humour and modesty, Henry Duckworth recalls trends, changes, and crises he witnessed throughout his long university career. He offers his observations, his opinions, his "version of the facts," providing a special insight into critical years in Canada's university education history, as well as his own specialty, atomic research.

Three Plays of Maureen Hunter

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Author : Hunter, Maureen
Publisher : OIBooks-Libros
ISBN 13 : 1896239994
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Three Plays of Maureen Hunter written by Hunter, Maureen and published by OIBooks-Libros. This book was released on 2003 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book is clean and tight. No writing in text. Like New

From Nothing To 90

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Author : Will Klein
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1039174051
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book From Nothing To 90 written by Will Klein and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In From Nothing to 90, Will Klein chronicles his life from hardscrabble beginnings as an adopted child in a Saskatchewan family struggling through the “Dirty Thirties” to early success as a newsboy and onto great business achievement despite numerous setbacks throughout his life. In colourful, humorous, observant prose, Will takes readers from Depression-era Saskatchewan through his rise in business in the early days of television to his leadership in a storied public service organization that takes him around the world and into a whirlwind of political machinations that threatens to destroy him. At its heart, From Nothing to 90 is an inspiring story about Saskatchewan: its history, hardships, and opportunities. But it’s also a book about individual initiative, seizing opportunity, and never giving up even after government betrayal and setbacks that might appear insurmountable.

Canadian Book Review Annual

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Author : Joyce M. Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780968242155
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (421 download)

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