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2018-01-01

Lemieux, Christopher J., Groulx, Mark, Halpenny, Elizabeth, Stager, Heather, Dawson, Jackie, Stewart, Emma J., Hvenegaard, Glen T.

Rapid environmental change in vulnerable destinations has stimulated a new form of travel termed ‘last chance tourism’ (LCT). Studies have examined the risks of LCT, while leaving potential opportunities within this new tourism market largely underexplored. Results of survey (n=399) research in...

2007-01-01

Hvenegaard, Glen T., Manaloor, Varghese

Wildlife festivals are growing in popularity and warrant additional studies of festival visitors. However, comparisons of visitor demographics, motivations, activities, and local expenditure patterns between festivals are difficult because different methods of measurement are used. By using a...

2024-02-01

King, G, Boyd, M

Based on concerns regarding recent declining water levels in Cooking Lake, a study was launched to investigate historic water levels, aiming to extend records into the early 1800s, prior to European settlement. This project links natural and human history by examining and connecting information...

2024-02-01

King, G, Boyd, M

Based on concerns regarding recent declining water levels in Cooking Lake, a study was launched to investigate historic water levels, aiming to extend records into the early 1800s, prior to European settlement. This project links natural and human history by examining and connecting information...

2024-05-01

King, G, Boyd, M

Based on concerns regarding recent declining water levels in Cooking Lake, a study was launched to investigate historic water levels, aiming to extend records into the early 1800s, prior to European settlement. This project links natural and human history by examining and connecting information...

2023-01-01

Tara Milbrandt, Ondine Park

Loneliness is a compelling, complex, and multifaceted social issue of the times, which cannot be reduced to a personal trouble writ large. Loneliness is not one thing. There is a need for a broad and multidimensional social approach to loneliness—even broader than a public health approach—that...

2024-04-01

Kalmoni, Denzel, Goetz, Nathan L., Richardson, Kennedy, Kuhne, Grayson, Wirk, Kabir

Wildfire smoke is estimated to claim roughly 339,000 lives per year internationally as it contains hazardous air pollutants such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. With the world already seeing the effects of climate change and more frequent occurrences of wildfire smoke, many Albertan...

2020-06-01

King, G, Preston, S, Hua, W, Kappeler, J, Rolston, C

During the summer of 2019, members of the Augustana Tree-Ring Lab conducted field sampling throughout the Augustana Neighbourhood (here defined as the area bounded by 50th St. on the west, 48th Ave. on the north, the CN railway tracks on the east, and Augustana Campus to the south). Our team...

2024-12-01

Goetz, Nathan L., Shirreff, Sydney

The Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act has the potential to be a landmark piece of legislation in Alberta—mainly, impacting municipal elections and governance. Our findings, derived from comprehensive literature reviews, case studies, and media analysis, led us to conclude that implementing...

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...