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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Canadiana
Author: Report
Author: Canada. Royal Commission on EnergyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy industries
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
History of Canada's National Parks
Author: W.F. LothianSteward
Author: Gordon JaremkoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780991873425
Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Minerals, Critical Minerals, and the U.S. Economy
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309112826
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Minerals are part of virtually every product we use. Common examples include copper used in electrical wiring and titanium used to make airplane frames and paint pigments. The Information Age has ushered in a number of new mineral uses in a number of products including cell phones (e.g., tantalum) and liquid crystal displays (e.g., indium). For some minerals, such as the platinum group metals used to make cataytic converters in cars, there is no substitute. If the supply of any given mineral were to become restricted, consumers and sectors of the U.S. economy could be significantly affected. Risks to minerals supplies can include a sudden increase in demand or the possibility that natural ores can be exhausted or become too difficult to extract. Minerals are more vulnerable to supply restrictions if they come from a limited number of mines, mining companies, or nations. Baseline information on minerals is currently collected at the federal level, but no established methodology has existed to identify potentially critical minerals. This book develops such a methodology and suggests an enhanced federal initiative to collect and analyze the additional data needed to support this type of tool.
Mining and Communities in Northern Canada
Author: Arn KeelingPublisher: Canadian History and Environme
ISBN: 9781552388044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This collection examines historical and contemporary social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining on Aboriginal communities in northern Canada. Combining oral history research with intensive archival study, this work juxtaposes the perspectives of government and industry with the perspectives of local communities.
Defeathering the Indian
Author: Emma LaRoquePublisher: Agincourt, Ont. : Book Society of Canada
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Focuses squarely on the problem of stereotyping with concrete suggestions for combatting it in the classroom. Author, an Alberta Metis, stresses the need for presentness in any discussion of native people.
The San Rafael Swell
Author: Emery County ArchivesPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738548371
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The San Rafael Swell is an anticline, or a geological uplift, that originally looked like an oval bowl turned upside down. Over time it has been carved into castle-like formations and deep canyons by erosive conditions. This landscape seemed so formidable to early cartographers that it was the last area in the continental United States to be mapped. The San Rafael Swell itself has no permanent human inhabitants, but small towns are scattered along its northern and eastern borders where first American Indians and later cowboys, ranchers, and miners made their homes. The hardy settlers of these towns familiarized themselves with what they called "the Desert" and gradually discovered its treasures and its secrets.
Canada Enters the Nuclear Age
Author: Atomic Energy of Canada LimitedPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773516014
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The nuclear energy company has overseen the production of its own history, focusing on programs at its laboratories in Chalk River, Ontario, and Whiteshell, Manitoba between 1943 and 1985. The 16 scientists who wrote the narrative discuss the organization and operations of the laboratories, nuclear safety and radiation protection, radioisotopes, basic research, developing the CANDU reactor, managing the radioactive wastes, business development, and revenue generation. Canadian card order number: C97-900188-9. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Canada's Relationship with Inuit
Author: Sarah BonesteelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada, Northern
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Inuit have lived in Canada's north since time immemorial. The Canadian government's administration of Inuit affairs, however, has been generally shorter and is less well understood than the federal government's relations with First Nations and Métis. We hope to correct some of this knowledge imbalance by providing an overview of the federal government's Inuit policy and program development from first contact to 2006. Topics that are covered by this book include the 1939 Re Eskimo decision that gave Canada constitutional responsibility for Inuit, post World War II acculturation and defence projects, law and justice, sovereignty and relocations, the E-number identification system, Inuit political organizations, comprehensive claim agreements, housing, healthcare, education, economic development, self-government, the environment and urban issues. In order to develop meaningful forward-looking policy, it is essential to understand what has come before and how we got to where we are. We believe that this book will be a valuable contribution to a growing body of knowledge about Canada-Inuit relations, and will be an indispensable resource to all students of federal Inuit and northern policy development.