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A Study of Ecosystem Services that Draw Users to Tombstone Territorial Park and a Review of Potential Conflict Areas
This study is an evaluation of the ecosystem services (ES) in Yukon's Tombstone Territorial Park (TTP), the spatial distribution of those ES and the location of potential user conflict areas within the park. Cultural ... -
Teachers' Perceptions and Experiences of Live Dives in the Classroom
Interviews were conducted with eight middle school teachers who participated, along with their students, in live-streamed scuba dives, known as “live dives”. Teachers ranked student engagement as their most important ... -
Social Mobilization for Climate Action
This research addressed the need for society to collectively mobilize citizens to respond to climate change, a body of research referred to as social mobilization for climate action. I explored the practical applications ... -
Come hell or high water : a comparative analysis of the 2013 High River flood response
Southern Alberta and the Town of High River were impacted by the most devastating floods in Alberta history in 2013 (MNP, 2015, p. 1). This research was designed to analyze how well prepared the Government of Alberta and ... -
The role of microfinance institutions in advancing smallholder resilience and food security under a climate changed present and future
This thesis investigates the organizational design and program outputs of 162 microfinance institutions (MFIs) within 20 nations at-risk of food insecurity. The study involved a cross-examination of microfinance institutions ... -
Stories of Arctic wonder : exploring transformative environmental education
This paper explores the experience of ten Canadian youth participants from the 2009 Arctic expedition with Students on Ice, an environmental education organization with a mandate of transformation. Through semi-structured ... -
Evaluation of tilling and herbicide treatment for control of wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm.) in metro Vancouver regional parks
Wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) is an invasive plant and a member of the Carrot family (Apiaceae). This species concerns natural resource managers because it reduces hay forage quality and adversely alters terrestrial ... -
Wild walking: A twofold critique of the walk-along method
(Routledge, 2017)Over the last decade the mobile research method known as the “go-along” (in its various manifestations such as the “ride-along” and the “walk-along”) has become increasingly popular. The popularity of the go-along makes ... -
Video methods beyond representation: Experimenting with multimodal, sensuous, affective intensities in the 21st century
(Routledge, 2014)I received Charlotte Bates’s kind request to write the conclusion to this fine and timely collection of essays as Jonathan Taggart and I were en route back home after a week spent filming and doing fieldwork on the East ... -
The GoPro gaze
(cultural geographies, 2017)During 2014–2015, we produced a short video documentary, titled The Art of Wild, which focused on the audiovisual practices of outdoor adventurers. This short written report reflects on an idea inspired by the video: the ... -
Non-representational ethnography: New ways of animating lifeworlds
(cultural geographies, 2015)Over the last decade and a half, socio-cultural geographies have witnessed a genuine explosion of interest in the ethnographic tradition. Such interest is due in part to the increasing acceptance of non-representational ... -
Low and slow: Notes on the production and distribution of a mobile video ethnography
(Mobilities, 2017)The present article is a brief reflection accompanying Low and Slow: a 26 min ethnographic video documenting the occupation of commercial floatplane pilots, with a particular focus on their skills, technologies, sense of ... -
Storm watching: Making sense of Clayoquot Sound winter mobilities
(Routledge, 2016)From Goa to Bali, from Tuscany to rural and coastal Spain, and from Puerto Vallarta to Palm Springs, one key characteristic of lifestyle migration destinations is clear: warm, sunny climates (e.g. see Gustafson 2009; Korpela ... -
Intensities of mobility: Kinetic energy, commotion, and qualities of supercommuting
(Mobilities, 2016)This paper explores the intensities of long distance commuting journeys in order to understand how bodily sensibilities become attuned to the regular mobilities which they undertake. More people these days are travelling ... -
How to climb Mount Fuji (at your earliest convenience): A non-representational approach
(Routledge, 2016)I am no climber. Though I deeply respect and sometimes even admire the brave souls that put their lives on the line for the sake of mountaineering glory and obsessive goal-achievement, I have always enjoyed my mountains ... -
Ethnographic film and video on hybrid television: Learning from the content, style, and distribution of popular ethnographic documentaries.
(Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2015)Academic ethnographers have been utilizing film, and more recently video, for a variety of research purposes including the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data. But ethnographic film and video are not the exclusive ... -
Dramaturgy and post-structuralism
(Routledge, 2016)The relationship between dramaturgy and post-structuralism—the subject of this chapter—is an uneasy one. Now, Goffman’s work to be sure has vastly appealed to both postmodernists and post-structuralists for various ... -
Doing islandness: A non-representational approach to an island's sense of place
(cultural geographies, 2013)This paper presents both an empirical characterization and a theoretical treatment of an island as practice. Through video and ethnographic description we describe and interpret how one kind of islandness is done. Thus we ... -
Case study analysis on the impacts of surface water allocations for hydraulic fracturing on surface water availability of the upper Athabasca River
The Duvernay Formation of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin underlies portions of the Upper Athabasca Watershed. To access unconventional shale resources in the Duvernay Formation, horizontal drilling and hydraulic ... -
Applying learning design principles in the development of training materials for paramedic instructors
(2018-03-29)In Saskatchewan, the level of medical training determines the certification of the paramedic; for example, Primary Care or Advanced Care. There is no designation for instructors, although as the governing body, the ...
