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Alberta Ski Resorts on the Eastern Slopes and Environmental Advocacy: Conservation Politics and Tourism Developments in Kananaskis Country, 1980-2000
DownloadFall 2018
This study investigates ski resort development and proposals on the eastern slopes of Alberta between 1980 and 2000 with a specific focus on Kananaskis Country. It highlights issues between conservation imperatives and recreation and sport development. It examines the site selection for the 1988...
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Does technological advancement really lead to industrial pollution reductions? A spatial-dynamic analysis of industrial firms in Canada
DownloadFall 2019
The environmental performance of an economic unit is often conditioned on both time (in terms of its history of pollution) and space (in terms of the performance and capital investments for abatement by its neighbors). However, despite large literatures addressing each of these linkages...
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Environmental Monitoring: Utilizing Efficient Extraction, Separation, and Detection Methods for Application in Routine and Specialized Analyses
DownloadFall 2023
Environmental analysis is a field that has made significant progress in academic research over the last number of years. Whether it be sampling techniques, sample introduction, separations, or analytical instrumentation, there seems to be no shortage of ideas and innovation to improve the way...
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Evaluating Consumer Behaviour, Attitudes, and Emotions Surrounding Environmental Aspects of the Canadian Animal and Plant-based Dairy Industries
DownloadSpring 2023
Across Canada, there are approximately 3 million people that identify as vegan or vegetarian. Though reasons for this diet vary across individuals and groups, a major motivator found in recent research is that consumers are concerned about their environmental footprints and are seeking diets and...
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Study of biodiesel-assisted ambient aqueous bitumen extraction (BA3BE) for hydrocarbon production from mineable oil sands
DownloadFall 2019
Surface mining followed by Clark’s hot water bitumen extraction (HWBE) process has been employed in the current mineable oil sands industry for massive bitumen production. This method is faced with numerous challenges such as high energy consumption, limited bitumen quality, production from...
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Using clinical growth-based antimicrobial susceptibility tests as a sensitive indicator of oil sand process-affected water toxicity
DownloadFall 2024
Current approaches for petroleum extraction in northern Alberta oil sands use heat, agitation, chemicals, and water to separate useable bitumen from oil sand deposits. During this process, caustic chemicals and sequestered compounds of environmental concern become concentrated in these waters....