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Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought

Author : Harry P. Diaz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552388198
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought written by Harry P. Diaz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drought in more contemporary times. The drought of 2001-02 was, for example, the most recent large-area, intense, and prolonged drought in Canada and one of Canada's most costly natural disasters in a century. Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought on the Canadian Prairies describes the impacts of droughts and the adaptations made in prairie agriculture over recent decades. These adaptations have enhanced the capacity of rural communities to withstand drought. However, despite the high levels of technical adaptation that have occurred, and the existing human capital and vibrant social and information networks, agricultural producers in the prairie region remain vulnerable to severe droughts that last more than a couple of years. Research findings and projections suggest that droughts could become more frequent, more seveare, and of longer duration in the region over the course of the 21st century. This book provides insights into the conditions generating these challenges and the measures required to reduce vulnerability of prairie communities to them. This volume develops a greater understanding of the social forces and conditions that have contributed to enhanced resilience, as well as those which detract from successful adaptation and examines drought through an interdisciplinary lens encompassing climate science and the social sciences

The Canadian Prairies

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802066480
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Prairies written by Gerald Friesen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Canadian prairie provinces from the days of Native-European contact to the 1980s.

Code Politics

Author : Jared J. Wesley
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774820772
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Code Politics written by Jared J. Wesley and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics on the Canadian prairies are puzzling. The provinces share common roots, but they have nurtured three distinct political cultures -- Alberta is Canada's bastion of conservatism, Saskatchewan its cradle of social democracy, and Manitoba its progressive centre. Jared Wesley explains this paradox by examining the rhetoric employed by dominant parties to renew their provinces' political code -- freedom for Alberta, security for Saskatchewan, and moderation for Manitoba. Although the content of their campaigns differed, leaders from William Aberhart to Tommy Douglas to Gary Doer have employed distinct codes to ensure their parties' success and shape their provinces' political landscapes.

The New Normal

Author : University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889772311
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book The New Normal written by University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Prairies in a Changing Climate is a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of climate change in the prairie provinces, the impacts on natural resources, communities, human health and sectors of the economy, and the adaptation options that are available for alleviating adverse impacts and taking advantage of new opportunities provided by a warmer climate.

History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies

Author : Alison Calder
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887553249
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies written by Alison Calder and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2005-05-16 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Prairie has long been represented as a timeless and unchanging location, defined by settlement and landscape. Now, a new generation of writers and historians challenge that perception and argue, instead, that it is a region with an evolving culture and history. This collection of ten essays explores a more contemporary prairie identity, and reconfigures "the prairie" as a construct that is non-linear and diverse, responding to the impact of geographical, historical, and political currents. These writers explore the connections between document and imagination, between history and culture, and between geography and time.The subjects of the essays range widely: the non-linear structure of Carol Shield's The Stone Diaries; the impact of Aberhart's Social Credit, Marshall McLuhan, and Mesopotamian myth on Robert Kroetsch's prairie postmodernism; the role of document in long prairie poems; the connection between cultural tourism and heritage; the theme of regeneration in Margaret Laurence's Manawaka writing; the influence of imagination on geography in Thomas Wharton's Icefields; and the effects on an alpine climber of pre-WWII ideological concepts of time and individualism.

Prairie Fairies

Author : Valerie J. Korinek
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802095313
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Prairie Fairies written by Valerie J. Korinek and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prairie Fairies draws upon a wealth of oral, archival, and cultural histories to recover the experiences of queer urban and rural people in the prairies. Focusing on five major urban centres, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton, and Calgary, Prairie Fairies explores the regional experiences and activism of queer men and women by looking at the community centres, newsletters, magazines, and organizations that they created from 1930 to 1985.? Challenging the preconceived narratives of queer history, Valerie J. Korinek argues that the LGBTTQ community has a long history in the prairie west, and that its history, previously marginalized or omitted, deserves attention. Korinek pays tribute to the prairie activists and actors who were responsible for creating spaces for socializing, politicizing, and organizing this community, both in cities and rural areas. Far from the stereotype of the isolated, insular Canadian prairies of small towns and farming communities populated by faithful farm families, Prairie Fairies historicizes the transformation of prairie cities, and ultimately the region itself, into a predominantly urban and diverse place.

The Prairie Provinces

Author : Peter John Smith
Publisher : Heritage
ISBN 13 : 9780802061614
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book The Prairie Provinces written by Peter John Smith and published by Heritage. This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographical works embracing the whole of Canada, few in number until recently, have become more numerous during the last few years. This series is original in its purpose of the re-evaluating the regional geography of Canada. In the hope of discovering the dynamic trends and the processes responsible for them, the editors and authors of these volumes have sought to interpret the main characteristics and unique attributes of the various regions, rather than follow a strictly inventorial approach. These studies should contribute to a better understanding, among scholars, students, and the people of Canada, of the geography of their land.

Peel's Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953

Author : Ernest Boyce Ingles
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802048257
Total Pages : 948 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Peel's Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953 written by Ernest Boyce Ingles and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prairie Provinces cover Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Storied Landscapes

Author : Frances Swyripa
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887557201
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Storied Landscapes written by Frances Swyripa and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storied Landscapes is a beautifully written, sweeping examination of the evolving identity of major ethno-religious immigrant groups in the Canadian West including Ukrainians, Mennonites, Icelanders, Doukhobors, Germans, Poles, Romanians, Jews, Finns, Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes.

Owls in the Family

Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 1551991993
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Owls in the Family written by Farley Mowat and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie – which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog – grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.

The Black Prairie Archives

Author : Karina Vernon
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1771123753
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book The Black Prairie Archives written by Karina Vernon and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology recovers a new regional archive of “black prairie” literature, and includes writing that ranges from work by nineteenth-century black fur traders and pioneers, all of it published here for the first time, to contemporary writing of the twenty-first century. This anthology establishes a new black prairie literary tradition and transforms inherited understandings of what prairie literature looks and sounds like. It collects varied and unique work by writers who were both conscious and unconscious of themselves as black writers or as “prairie” people. Their letters, recipes, oral literature, autobiographies, rap, and poetry- provide vivid glimpses into the reality of their lived experiences and give meaning to them. The book includes introductory notes for each writer in non-specialist language, and notes to assist readers in their engagement with the literature. This archive and its supporting text offer new scholarly and pedagogical possibilities by expanding the nation’s and the region’s archives. They enrich our understanding of black Canada by bringing to light the prairies' black histories, cultures, and presences.

The Canadian Prairies

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835737777
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Prairies written by Gerald Friesen and published by . This book was released on with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aksel Sandemose and Canada

Author : Aksel Sandemose
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780889771840
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Aksel Sandemose and Canada written by Aksel Sandemose and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Images of the West

Author : R. Douglas Francis
Publisher : Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Images of the West written by R. Douglas Francis and published by Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Prairie West as Promised Land

Author : R. Douglas Francis
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
ISBN 13 : 1552382303
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book The Prairie West as Promised Land written by R. Douglas Francis and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of immigrants were attracted to the Canadian West by promotional literature from the government in the late 19th century to the First World War bringing with them visions of opportunity to create a Utopian society or a chance to take control of their own destinies.

Canadian Prairies

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802048677
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Prairies written by Gerald Friesen and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forest Prairie Edge

Author : Merle Massie
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887554547
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Forest Prairie Edge written by Merle Massie and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2014-04-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the Saskatchewan identity to its southern prairie denominator and has distorted cultural and historical interpretations to favor the prairie south. Forest Prairie Edge is a deep-time investigation of the edge land, or ecotone, between the open prairies and boreal forest region of Saskatchewan. Ecotones are transitions from one landscape to another, where social, economic, and cultural practices of different landscapes are blended. Using place history and edge theory, Massie considers the role and importance of the edge ecotone in building a diverse social and economic past that contradicts traditional “prairie” narratives around settlement, economic development, and culture. She offers a refreshing new perspective that overturns long-held assumptions of the prairies and the Canadian west.