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Lakeland

Par (auteur) Allan Casey
Catégories: Tourisme et voyage

More than just a place, Lakeland is a state of mind in this ode to Canada's abundant freshwater systems.

The story begins at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, site of writer Allan Casey's family cabin, built by ...

Pond Memories

Par (auteur) Lil Anderson
Catégories: Mémoires

“Wildlife rehabilitators, or wildlife custodians, as we are now called in Ontario, often do not have the opportunity to monitor the lives of their wards once they have been released to the wild. Sometimes ...

Taking the Air

In Taking the Air, Paul Kopas takes a comprehensive approach to the policy aspects of the management of parks and protected areas. He scrutinizes the policy-making process for national parks since the ...

Some Like It Cold

Par (auteur) Robert C. Paehlke
Catégories: Changements climatiques

Some Like It Cold plunges headlong into the political conundrum of Canada’s climate change debate. Focusing on the past responses of both Liberal and Conservative governments to the looming crisis, ranging ...

The Wolf's Head

Par (auteur) Peter Unwin
Catégories: Histoire naturelle

Immortalized in words and song, the symbol of the great, untreaded Wilderness, the shores surrounding Lake Superior rustle with stories of gregarious legend, unlikely heroes, quiet sorrow, and unmatched ...

Hunters at the Margin

Par (auteur) John Sandlos
Catégories: Nature
Séries: Nature | History | Society

Hunters at the Margin examines the conflict in the Northwest Territories between Native hunters and conservationists over three big game species: the wood bison, the muskox, and the caribou. John Sandlos ...

The Archive of Place

Par (auteur) William Turkel
Catégories: History
Séries: Nature | History | Society

The Archive of Place weaves together a series of narratives about environmental history in a particular location – British Columbia’s Chilcotin Plateau. In the mid-1990s, the Chilcotin was at the centre ...

Awful Splendour

Par (auteur) Stephen J. Pyne
Catégories: Nature
Séries: Nature | History | Society

Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada’s forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from ...

Hunting for Empire

Par (auteur) Greg Gillespie
Catégories: Chasse
Séries: Nature | History | Society

Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives from cultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyze ...

States of Nature

States of Nature is one of the first books to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots. While noting the influence of celebrity conservationists ...