Journal Articles (Augustana)

2019-01-01

Hallström, Lars K., Hvenegaard, Glen, Dipa, Susrat Jahan

Canada’s Gas Tax Fund is intended to support municipal sustainability initiatives, provided that each applying municipality formulates a form of Integrated Community Sustainability Plan. Both the federal and provincial governments made citizen participation an important requirement of the...

2013-01-01

Olson, Kiva, Hvenegaard, Glen T.

As human civilization expands and depletes resources, protected areas, such as national parks, have become key areas of conservation. Increasingly, protected areas are becoming ‘islands’ of wilderness. 1,2,3 As a result, wildlife cannot move freely throughout their ...

2010-01-01

Marentette, P., Laurent, A., Nicoladis, E.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of linguistic dominance on gesture use in bilingual children. Twenty bilingual children aged between 6 and 10 years old were split into two groups regarding their familiarity with storytelling and were videotaped when they told back the...

2010-01-01

Hvenegaard, Glen T., Kur, N. Tiitmamer

Wildlife festivals, i.e., short-term celebrations of local natural wildlife features, are growing in number across North America. To be considered ecotourism activities, wildlife festivals should focus on natural areas, deliver environmental education, and promote sustainability. The goal of this...

2013-12-01

Hvenegaard, Glen T., Link, Anne-Marie L., Moore, Sean E., Wesselius, Janet C.

North American universities are encouraged to increase opportunities for undergraduate research experiences (UREs). To this end, many universities offer directed studies courses (DSCs) which are 1-2 semester long courses involving one-on-one instruction, with a focus on student-led independent...

2021-01-01

Abraham, Bijith George, Hvenegaard, Glen T., Manaloor, Varghese, Narumiya, Hugo

Brazilian ecotourism industry is often connected with conservation and sustainability discussions. Though the web-based tourism providers are significant in promoting the tourism network of the country, one of the challenges pertained in the industry focuses on sustainable development practices....

2002-01-01

Stacey, Pam J., Hvenegaard, Glen T.

This field study addressed a number of natural history parameters of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in the Mekong River of Laos that were not well-documented, including diving behaviour, foraging ecology, habitat use, social behaviour, group size, and diurnal movements. Irrawaddy...

2019-01-01

Hvenegaard, Glen T., Hallström, Lars K., Brand, Kelaine L. P.

Many municipalities across Canada have prepared sustainability plans, but there is limited knowledge about the extent to which actions in those plans have been implemented. Based on 40 semi-structured interviews with rural leaders across Canada, we examined sustainability priority areas, rates of...

2015-01-01

Wiersma, Yolanda F., Duinker, Peter N., Haider, Wolfgang, Hvenegaard, Glen T., Schmiegelow, Fiona K.A.

The relationship between protected areas and forest management has been one that has often been fraught with conflict. New practices in the forest sector and new ecological insights have led more recently to better co-operation in some regions, although it is debatable to what extent cooperative...

2020-04-01

Korda, Andrea

Lessons on common objects, known as ‘object lessons,’ were a customary occurrence in Victorian schoolrooms. This article looks at Victorian object lessons around mid-century as a means of examining the variety of meanings that common objects, and particularly manufactured objects, might have held...