Sciences de la Terre, environnement, géographie et urbanisme
Dam Builders
Few animals in the world are as famous or as infamous as the beaver, and none save our species has the ability to so dramatically transform its environment. Beavers are remarkable animals. They have teeth ...
Street Sex Work and Canadian Cities
Canadian cities are striving for high safety ratings by eliminating crime, which includes “cleaning” urban areas of the street sex industry. Ironically, sex workers also want to live and work in a ...
Bringing Home Animals, 2nd edition
Bringing Home Animals is an ethnography detailing what the author learned as a result of travelling and working with Iinuu (Cree) hunters and their families in Northern Quebec. The study was conducted ...
Sauver la planète une bouchée à la fois
Dans ce guide pratique, le nutritionniste urbain Bernard Lavallée offre une foule de conseils, trucs et astuces pour que le respect et la protection de l’environnement se fassent aussi dans notre assiette. ...
Le Canada et l'Arctique
Le réchauffement climatique a des répercussions considérables sur l’environnement arctique, dont l’une est de rendre cette région beaucoup plus accessible au commun des mortels. Les nouvelles ...
A Line in the Tar Sands
Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; government environmental ...
Bold Scientists
As governments and corporations scramble to pull the plug on research that proves that they are poisoning our planet and rush to muzzle the scientists who dare to share their disturbing data, it seems ...
From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You
Clear and accurate information about the risks of radiation told through fascinating stories. Few physicians give thought to the delayed health effects of radiation or challenge the potential overuse ...
The Answer Is Still No
“The oil and gas industry has wanted into the west coast for decades. This is an ongoing struggle between the people who live here and have access to the marine resources now, the fish, and the industry, ...
Historical GIS Research in Canada
Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing ...