A History of the University of Alberta

A History of the University of Alberta
Title A History of the University of Alberta PDF eBook
Author Walter H. Johns
Publisher University of Alberta
Pages 632
Release 1981
Genre Education
ISBN 9780888640253

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Walter H. Johns, president of the University of Alberta during the most hectic years of growth, 1959 to 1969, tells a story of great human interest as well as documenting for posterity the academic and administrative functions of this Canadian university and the covering provincial legislation.

I Was There

I Was There
Title I Was There PDF eBook
Author Ellen Schoeck
Publisher University of Alberta
Pages 777
Release 2006-10-01
Genre Education
ISBN 0888648553

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I Was There shares the insights and experiences of the generations of students, professors, and staff who lived and worked at the U of A for the past 100 years. First-person stories and period photographs present a unique insight into university lore from the vantage point of those who were most intimately involved in making the university what it is today: the students and alumni.

Henry Marshall Tory, A Biography

Henry Marshall Tory, A Biography
Title Henry Marshall Tory, A Biography PDF eBook
Author E. A. Corbett
Publisher University of Alberta
Pages 300
Release 1992
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780888642509

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Henry Marshall Tory was one of Canada's foremost education "founders." E.A. Corbett's biography, originally published in 1954, provides an intelligent assessment of a man who began life intending to be a Methodist minister, moved into the field of science and became an administrator.

A History of the University of Alberta, 1908-1969

A History of the University of Alberta, 1908-1969
Title A History of the University of Alberta, 1908-1969 PDF eBook
Author Walter H. Johns
Publisher University of Alberta
Pages 382
Release 1981
Genre Electronic books
ISBN 9780888640574

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Towards Continental Environmental Policy?

Towards Continental Environmental Policy?
Title Towards Continental Environmental Policy? PDF eBook
Author Owen Temby
Publisher SUNY Press
Pages 434
Release 2017-07-25
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1438467575

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Examines the challenges of environmental governance in contemporary North America. What are the most important transnational governance arrangements for environmental policy in North America? Has their proliferation facilitated a transition towards integrated continental environmental policy, and if so, to what degree is this integration irreversible? These governance arrangements are diverse and evolving, consisting of binational and trinational organizations created decades ago by treaties and groups of stakeholders—with varying degrees of formalization—who work together to address issues that no single country can alone. Together they provide leadership in numerous areas of environmental concern, including invasive species, energy efficiency, water, and terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. This book explores these arrangements, examining features such as stakeholder inclusion, organizational activities and functions, and issue comprehensiveness. Overall, the contributors report an underdeveloped policy architecture consisting of fragmented regional transnational networks of stakeholders and underfunded binational and trinational organizations. They also show evidence of substantial policy entrepreneurship and a vibrant informal underbelly to North American environmental governance, which will be vital in the challenging days ahead.

Making a Middle Class

Making a Middle Class
Title Making a Middle Class PDF eBook
Author Paul Axelrod
Publisher McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Pages 298
Release 1990-10-01
Genre History
ISBN 0773562427

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Using a rich array of archival and quantitative sources, and oral testimony from ex-students across Canada, Axelrod explores the characteristics and significance of university life during a trying decade. He describes who went to university, what they were taught, how they amused themselves, how they responded to the pressing political issues of the day, and what became of them after graduation. Axelrod argues that these students shared the aspirations of middle-class communities elsewhere. Dreading the prospect of downward social mobility, they craved the status a university degree and professional credentials might produce. Accordingly, they forged an associational life on campus that challenged the control of paternalistic authorities, perpetuated the values of middle-class culture, and helped them cope with the stresses of the time. Women composed almost one-quarter of the student population -- and faced discrimination inside and outside the classroom. How they coped with this, how they adapted their own expectations, and how they contributed to campus and community culture are extensively discussed. Through the prism of the student experience, Making a Middle Class furnishes fresh insights into the social history of higher education, the history of youth, the history of the middle class, and the history of the Depression.

American Empire and the Canadian Oil Sands

American Empire and the Canadian Oil Sands
Title American Empire and the Canadian Oil Sands PDF eBook
Author George A. Gonzalez
Publisher Springer
Pages 199
Release 2016-04-08
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1137539569

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Throughout the US oil and gas shale are being 'hydrofracked' to produce petroleum and natural gas. Oil (or tar) sands from Canada is being 'processed' – thereby generating large amounts of crude. This book places the unconventional fossil fuels revolution that is taking place in North America within the context of great power politics.