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Public Perception of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Canada: What the Frack is Going On?
DownloadSpring 2021
Hydraulic fracturing (HF), colloquially known as fracking, is an extremely divisive topic. One of its associated risks is the potential for induced seismicity (IS). Although HF has been around since the 1950s in Alberta, factors affecting public perception of the risks of IS are not fully...
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Pyrola asarifolia: common pink wintergreen, liverleaf wintergreen, shinleaf wintergreen, pink pyrola
Download2013-12-09
Wood, S., Gould, K., Smreciu, A.
Species profile for Pyrola asarifolia: common pink wintergreen, liverleaf wintergreen, shinleaf wintergreen, pink pyrola
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Qualifying Environmental Trusts as Financial Security for Oil Sands Reclamation Liabilities
Download2012-07-30
Sandilya, A., Maier, M., Dixon, R., Schneider, T.
The Alberta oil sands resource is vast; however, the amount that can be accessed via open-pit mining is limited. The process of extracting oil from bitumen via open-pit mining has now been going on for decades and could be considered a mature industry. Under Alberta law, plans for the...
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1987
Hastings, R., Olson, R., Ellis, R.
The chemical characteristics of snow in the Oil Sands area of northeastern Alberta have been monitored periodically since 1976. The accumulation of pollutants in the snowpack can be an effective indicator of total winter deposition as the snowpack preserves a continuous record of materials...
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Quantifying Potential Carbon Offset Credits for the Diversion of Leaf and Yard Waste in Alberta
Quantifying Potential Carbon Offset Credits for the Diversion of Leaf and Yard Waste in Alberta
Download2010-04-20
An abstract which accompanied a presentation to the Faculty of Engineering, which describes the work that was done to quantify potential carbon offset credits from the diversion of leaf and yard waste from landfills in Alberta.
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Queer TransCanadian Women's Writing in the 21st Century: Assembling a New Cross-Border Ethic
DownloadFall 2013
This dissertation proposes an alternative theorization of borders through the lenses of contemporary queer transCanadian women's writing. Focusing on the first decade of the 21st century, this study examines how the work of Dionne Brand, Emma Donoghue and Hiromi Goto, primarily, dismantles and...
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Reading Between the Lines and Against the Grain: English Language Arts and Social Reproduction in Alberta
DownloadFall 2012
Alberta's 2003 High School English Language Arts curriculum produces differential literacies because it grants some students access to high-status cultural knowledge and some students access to merely functional skills. This differential work reflects an important process in sorting, selecting,...
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1977-01-01
Nyborg, M., Takyi, S.K., Rowell, M.H., McGill, W.B.
One of the major environmental problems which arises with surface mining of the oil sands in the Fort McMurray-Fort MacKay area of Alberta is the permanent loss of the natural vegetation and the drastic change in the soils that supported it. It has been estimated that with a production target of...
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1977-01-01
During 1976, a variety of methods and materials were used in the search for afforestation practices that will assist in the establishment of a self sustaining vegetation cover compatible with land use objectives for the Alberta oil sands area. The project study area is located on the Great,...