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Book Synopsis Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918 by : Stuart E. Jenness
Download or read book Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918 written by Stuart E. Jenness and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive account of one of the great sagas of Arctic exploration and discovery, the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–1918, led by the ethnologist/explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the zoologist Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson. There are details of the Expedition’s successes and tragedies, including the discovery of all but one large island north of the Canadian mainland, the accumulation of considerable scientific information and valuable collections, and the personal feud of the Expedition’s two leaders. Four appendices list Expedition personnel, fifty-three geographical sites in the Arctic named after them, locations of their diaries and collected specimens, and the thirteen government volumes arising from the Expedition.
Book Synopsis Science and the Canadian Arctic by : Trevor H. Levere
Download or read book Science and the Canadian Arctic written by Trevor H. Levere and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will appeal to historians, environmental scientists, and anyone interested in the Arctic.
Book Synopsis Studying Arctic Fields by : Ricard C. Powell
Download or read book Studying Arctic Fields written by Ricard C. Powell and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the circumpolar region has emerged as the key to understanding global climate change. The plight of the polar bear, resource extraction debates, indigenous self-determination, and competing definitions of sovereignty among Arctic nation-states have brought the northernmost part of the planet to the forefront of public consideration. Yet little is reported about the social world of environmental scientists in the Arctic. What happens at the isolated sites where experts seek to answer the most pressing questions facing the future of humanity? Portraying the social lives of scientists at Resolute in Nunavut and their interactions with logistical staff and Inuit, Richard Powell demonstrates that the scientific community is structured along power differentials in response to gender, class, and race. To explain these social dynamics the author examines the history and vision of the Government of Canada’s Polar Continental Shelf Program and John Diefenbaker’s “Northern Vision,” combining ethnography with wider discourses on nationalism, identity, and the postwar evolution of scientific sovereignty in the high Arctic. By revealing an expanded understanding of the scientific life as it relates to politics, history, and cultures, Studying Arctic Fields articulates a new theory of field research. Advocating for a greater appreciation of science in the remote parts of the world, Studying Arctic Fields is an innovative approach to anthropology, environmental inquiry, and geography, and a landmark statement on Arctic science as a social practice.
Book Synopsis International Polar Year Canadian Science Report by : Canadian Polar Commission
Download or read book International Polar Year Canadian Science Report written by Canadian Polar Commission and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each Canadian research project was required to be relevant to the needs of northern communities, involve Northerners in planning and implementing the research and include an element of capacity building for students and communities. Indeed, unlike previous IPYs, IPY 2007-2008 included people from the circumpolar world in the planning and execution of research projects, a recognition that local populations in the circumpolar world now have more control over their lives through land claim settlements and self government."--Introduction.
Book Synopsis Research with Arctic Inuit Communities by : Tristan Pearce
Download or read book Research with Arctic Inuit Communities written by Tristan Pearce and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shares graduate student experiences, lessons, and life learnings from research with Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. The results of graduate student research are often disseminated in a thesis or dissertation, but their personal experiences building relationships with Inuit, working together to design and conduct research, and how this shaped their research approach and outcomes, are rarely captured. As such, there are limited resources available to new researchers that share information about the practical aspects of community-based research in the Arctic. The book is intended to provide a glimpse into what it is like to do research together with Inuit, and in doing so, contribute to the development of more productive and equitable relationships between Inuit and researchers. The chapters are written as structured narratives in the first-person and include reflections, and lessons learned.
Book Synopsis Made Modern by : Edward Jones-Imhotep
Download or read book Made Modern written by Edward Jones-Imhotep and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and technology have shaped not only economic empires and industrial landscapes, but also the identities, anxieties, and understandings of people living in modern times. Made Modern: Science and Technology in Canadian History draws together leading scholars from a wide range of fields to enrich our understanding of history inside and outside Canada’s borders. The book’s chapters examine how science and technology have allowed Canadians to imagine and reinvent themselves as modern. Focusing on topics including exploration, scientific rationality, the occult, medical instruments, patents, communication, and infrastructure, the contributors situate Canadian scientific and technological developments within larger national and transnational contexts. The first major collection of its kind in thirty years, Made Modern explores the place of science and technology in shaping Canadians’ experience of themselves and their place in the modern world.
Book Synopsis Unfreezing the Arctic by : Andrew Stuhl
Download or read book Unfreezing the Arctic written by Andrew Stuhl and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich portrait of Arctic science, informed by ethnographic fieldwork and Inuit perspective, speaks to the interplay of science and international politics. It looks at episodes of exploration, colonial control, exchanges with indigenous populations, and the process of knowledge gathering on the Arctic s natural and living resources. Andrew Stuhl s compelling narrative weaves together distinct episodes into a backstory for what some have wrongly called the unprecedented transformations in the circumpolar basin today. "Unfreezing the Arctic" is among the first books to undertake a sustained examination of scientific activity in the Arctic across the long twentieth century, and it will be warmly welcomed by anyone interested in the commingled political, economic, and social histories of transboundary regions the world over."
Author :Council of Canadian Academies. International Expert Panel on Science Priorities for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages : pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Vision for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative by : Council of Canadian Academies. International Expert Panel on Science Priorities for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative
Download or read book Vision for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative written by Council of Canadian Academies. International Expert Panel on Science Priorities for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Canada and the Changing Arctic by : Franklyn Griffiths
Download or read book Canada and the Changing Arctic written by Franklyn Griffiths and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global warming has had a dramatic impact on the Arctic environment, including the ice melt that has opened previously ice-covered waterways. State and non-state actors who look to the region and its resources with varied agendas have started to pay attention. Do new geopolitical dynamics point to a competitive and inherently conflictual “race for resources”? Or will the Arctic become a region governed by mutual benefit, international law, and the achievement of a widening array of cooperative arrangements among interested states and Indigenous peoples? As an Arctic nation Canada is not immune to the consequences of these transformations. In Canada and the Changing Arctic: Sovereignty, Security, and Stewardship, the authors, all leading commentators on Arctic affairs, grapple with fundamental questions about how Canada should craft a responsible and effective Northern strategy. They outline diverse paths to achieving sovereignty, security, and stewardship in Canada’s Arctic and in the broader circumpolar world. The changing Arctic region presents Canadians with daunting challenges and tremendous opportunities. This book will inspire continued debate on what Canada must do to protect its interests, project its values, and play a leadership role in the twenty-first-century Arctic. Forewords by Senator Hugh Segal and former Minister of Foreign Affairs and of National Defence Bill Graham.
Download or read book Cold Science written by Stephen Bocking and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science during the Cold War has become a matter of lively interest within the historical research community, attracting the attention of scholars concerned with the history of science, the Cold War, and environmental history. The Arctic—recognized as a frontier of confrontation between the superpowers, and consequently central to the Cold War—has also attracted much attention. This edited collection speaks to this dual interest by providing innovative and authoritative analyses of the history of Arctic science during the Cold War.
Book Synopsis Canada and Polar Science by : W. Peter Adams
Download or read book Canada and Polar Science written by W. Peter Adams and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Canadian national polar institute. Identifies the present situation, the needs not satisfied by the present situation and possible options.
Author :The International Expert Panel on Science Priorities for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative Publisher :Council of CanadianAcademies ISBN 13 :1926558065 Total Pages :41 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (265 download)
Book Synopsis Vision for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative: Assessing the Opportunities by : The International Expert Panel on Science Priorities for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative
Download or read book Vision for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative: Assessing the Opportunities written by The International Expert Panel on Science Priorities for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative and published by Council of CanadianAcademies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The panel takes the the Government of. [...] The panel was asked to assess the priorities identified in the report of. [...] In fact, the design and location(s) of the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative needs to help to CARI facilities will heavily influence the actual balance among build the capacity to allow meaningful and constructive the themes in practice.
Book Synopsis Exploring the Public Value of Networked Science in the Canadian Arctic by : Ashlee-Ann Pigford
Download or read book Exploring the Public Value of Networked Science in the Canadian Arctic written by Ashlee-Ann Pigford and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Arctic is one of the world’s most rapidly changing regions and is facing a series of unprecedented and complex challenges. It has been argued that science-informed innovation will be key in supporting sustainable regional development and improved policy outcomes. Despite significant and increasing public investment in Arctic research, Northern communities continue to assert that existing research governance structures have been unable to create public value, failing to deliver research that reflects public expectations, interests, and innovation needs. Given that little is known about how Arctic scientific research is embedded in broader innovation and value creation processes, this dissertation takes a systems approach to examine the complex and dynamic governance contexts that shape how networked scientific research creates public value in the Canadian Arctic. It begins with a literature review that connects the concepts of innovation ecosystems and public value with Canada’s efforts to guide Northern and Arctic research to identify salient challenges and opportunities relevant to research and innovation policy. Then, the remainder of the dissertation examines public value creation processes by focusing on the instrumental case of ArcticNet, a large Canadian research network responsible for connecting public, private, government, not-for-profit and Indigenous stakeholders to study the impacts of climate change in the Arctic with the goal of informing adaptation strategies and national policies. This empirical research focused on three levels of organization: 1) networked scientific research actors; 2) a network administrative organization; and 3) institutional mechanisms for delegating authority. A Social Network Analysis was conducted to map the configuration of science-based innovation actors in ArcticNet and its evolution over a 13-year period. Results suggest that the network was centralized around non-local public-sector actors who played central boundary spanning roles that facilitated collaboration, while local Arctic actors had an increasing propensity for carrying out boundary spanning roles and closing structural holes in the network. Next, the Network Administrative Organization (NAO) was used as the unit of analysis to explore the network-level public values associated with ArcticNet to inform network-level evaluation strategies. Public Value Mapping revealed that the NAO targeted diverse publics, seeking to create a range of public values that were identified both at the outset of the network and emerging later. Results point to the need for research networks to improve clarity in value articulation across public facing documents and different scales (e.g., research versus network impacts). Turning to the larger contract between science and society, principal-agent theory and the public value Strategic Triangle were used to identify the overlapping, multi-level principal-agent contracts for delegating public value creation in Arctic science. Findings illustrate that the adoption of networked models for science governance corresponded with a trend towards contracting roles for public value management to Arctic scientific research actors; however, it remains unclear how core elements of public value management (i.e., identifying public value, political legitimacy and operational capacity) have been realized. This dissertation presents new insights into the complex, networked and multi-dimensional nature of Arctic scientific research governance in Canada, raising important questions about how publicly-funded research efforts can be designed to enhance public value, with potential implications for the strategic design and operation of Arctic research efforts, as well as for regional research and innovation policy"--
Book Synopsis The Joint Arctic Weather Stations by : Daniel Heidt
Download or read book The Joint Arctic Weather Stations written by Daniel Heidt and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joint Arctic Weather Stations were five meteorological and scientific monitoring stations constructed at Resolute, Eureka, Mould Bay, Isachsen, and Alert with the cooperation of the Canadian Department of Transport's meteorological branch and the United States Weather Bureau. From 1947 to the early 1970s as few as four Canadians and four Americans worked and lived at each of the four satellite stations, observing and collecting scientific data. This is the first systematic account of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations, a project that profoundly shaped state activates and scientific inquiry in the Arctic Archipelago. Drawing on extensive archival evidence, unpublished personal memoirs, and interviews with former employees, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations analyzes the diplomatic, scientific, social, military, and environmental dimensions of the program alongside each station as a nexus of state planning and personal agency. Contrary to previous scholarship, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations reveals that Canadian officials sought--and achieved--a firm policy that afforded effective control of Canada's Arctic while enjoying the advantages of American contribution to the joint meteorological program. It explores the changing ways science was conducted over time and how the details of everyday life at remote stations, from the climate to leisure activities to debates over alcohol, hunting, and leadership, shaped the program's effectiveness. An exploration of the full duration of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations from high-level planning and diplomacy to personal interactions in the stations makes this book an essential exploration of collaborative polar science in the North American Arctic.
Download or read book The Polar Shelf written by Michael Foster and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of the research accomplished in 25 years of the Polar Continental Shelf Project - a project to conduct scientific research and strengthen Canada's sovereignty in the Far North.
Book Synopsis China's Arctic Ambitions and what They Mean for Canada by : P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Download or read book China's Arctic Ambitions and what They Mean for Canada written by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and published by Beyond Boundaries. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This title addresses China's ever increasing interest in the Arctic, and in Canada's Far North in particular. It offers a holistic approach to the subject - covering resource development, shipping, scientific research, governance, and military strategy - to better understand both Chinese motivations and the potential impacts of a greater Chinese presence in the circumpolar region. The book draws on extensive research into published Chinese government documentation, secondary source analysis, business and media reports, and the existing academic literature.
Book Synopsis Living Explorers of the Canadian Arctic by : Shirley Milligan
Download or read book Living Explorers of the Canadian Arctic written by Shirley Milligan and published by Yellowknife, N.W.T., Canada : Outcrop, The Northern Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 28 papers from the Symposium in which over 40 of the great names from two generations of arctic history met and recounted their discoveries and adventures in the Canadian north. Papers are arranged under the headings: Arctic exploration in the modern era; New perspectives on original peoples; Explorers: twilight of the heroic tradition; Filling in the map; Understanding the arctic environment; The lure of arctic resources.
