Essays about: "Western Canada"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words Western Canada.
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1. A Greener Way to Go: Climate Adaptation Imperatives for Western Deathcare
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Death is a universal human experience, yet the ecological impact of the care and disposition of dead bodies is rarely considered, due in part to cultural taboos surrounding the physical reality of death and decomposition. If negative environmental consequences are to be limited, deathcare will need to adapt. READ MORE
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2. Cold War Politics and Sports : Ice Hockey Competitions and the Image of the USSR in Western Mass Media
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : The notion that politics and sport should not be mixed together have been a common notion throughout the 20th century. Nevertheless, the fact that sport is political has continuously been revealed and apparent, in particular during the period of the Cold War. READ MORE
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3. Newly designated Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Canada’s North : another label for inequitable co-management agreements or an honest attempt to walk the road of reconciliation?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Inclusion of Indigenous communities and Traditional Ecological Knowledges (TEK) alongside reconciliation efforts feature in numerous plans and policies for nature and biodiversity conservation. But to what extent do these agreements present an honest attempt to equally share power and responsibility between Indigenous peoples and governance agencies in protected area management? In this thesis, I trace how including Indigenous communities and their TEK entered Canada’s policy discourse on nature conservation. READ MORE
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4. The Role of Emotions in Ontological Conflicts : A Case Study of the Territorial Conflict Between the State of British Columbia, Coastal GasLink, and the Wet’suwe’ten
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : For almost two decades, Coastal GasLink, with the support of the State of British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, has sought to build a hydrofracking gas pipeline, which would cross a large part of Wet’suwet’en Nation’s territories. READ MORE
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5. Changes in habitat suitability for three declining Anatidae species saltmarshes on the Mersey estuary, North-West England
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Saltmarshes are areas of coastal grassland that are regularly flooded by seawater. They support a large number of resident and migratory bird species, both overwintering and breeding. READ MORE
