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Fall 2021

Herlein, Kalli

Wildfire management agencies are increasingly interested in the efficiency of wildfire suppression as they work to protect human lives and communities from wildfire damages under constrained management budgets. In Alberta, climate change is expected to increase the length of the wildfire season...

Fall 2015

Doerksen, Chad

This research explores public opinion regarding the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program in Canada. It is situated within an important moment in the program’s history, in a province with particularly widespread reliance on it. Utilizing the 2013 Alberta Survey – a province-wide telephone survey...

2011

Higginbottom, G.M.A.

Background: Beyond well-documented credentialing issues, internationally-educated nurses (IENs) may need considerable support in transitioning into new social and health care environments. This study was undertaken to gain an understanding of transitioning experiences of IENs upon relocation to...

Fall 2019

Ng, Elim

The complexities and challenges of minority media production bring sharp focus to the sprawling and nebulous politics of transnational migration. By creating news programs meant to inform people with attachments in Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China, Canadian, Chinese-language...

1997

Buckwold, Tamara M.

Presents information on the conceptual and practical implications of the Personal Securities Act in Canada in relation to the treatment which receivers get. Details on the Act; Stipulations of the Act; What are the requirements of receiver's liability at common law.

1987

Davis, A., Peake, E., Cheng, L., Rogers, D.

A field program study was conducted to determine the transport, dispersion, and transformation of sulphur and nitrogen oxides emitted from oil sands extraction plants in the Fort McMurray area. Measurements using the Intera/Alberta Research Council research aircraft were made under cold winter...

2007

Reif, Linda C.

The article focuses on international commercial disputes, which are typically between private partners. It then emphasizes the conciliation or mediation as a method for the resolution of such disputes. It explores more international rules and model laws for the use of conciliation as an...

Fall 2018

Witte, Johanna

The Canadian and Irish beef industries are facing numerous challenges ranging from domestic consumer concerns, margin pressures, uncertainties around new trade agreements and developments in key export markets. These issues present competitive threats but also offer potential new opportunities to...

2019-10-11

Maroto, Michelle

SSHRC IG awarded 2020: The Great Canadian Class Study (GCCS) aims to reinvigorate the study of economic inequality and class stratification in Canada -- a vital undertaking in light of ongoing economic and social change --through a large-scale mixed-methods project. Does social class function as...

1977

M.E.P. Company

A study of the winds of the Alberta Tar Sands region was performed by the MEP Company from 1974 to 1976. The objectives of this study were to establish the wind climatology of the region in order to predict the dispersion of emissions from the Syncrude plant. Detailed studies of the vertical,...