Canadian Mountain Assessment
Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2023
- Category
- Mountains, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Reference
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781773855127
- Publish Date
- Nov 2023
- List Price
- $68.99
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The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains in Canada, while also respecting and maintaining the integrity of different knowledge systems.
The Canadian Mountain Assessment is a text-based document, but also includes a variety of visual materials as well as access to video recordings of oral knowledges shared by Indigenous individuals from mountain areas in Canada. The assessment is the result of over three years of work, during which time the initiative played an important role in connecting and cultivating relationships between mountain knowledge holders from across Canada. It is the outcome of contributions from more than 80 Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals and contains six chapters:
- Introduction
- Mountain Environments
- Mountains as Homelands
- Gifts of the Mountains
- Mountains Under Pressure
- Desirable Mountain Futures
By way of these chapters, the Canadian Mountain Assessment aims to enhance appreciation for the diversity and significance of mountains in Canada, to clarify challenges and opportunities for mountain systems in the country, and to motivate and inform new research, relationships, and actions that support the realization of desirable mountain futures. More broadly, the Canadian Mountain Assessment provides insights into applied reconciliation efforts in a knowledge assessment context and seeks to inspire similar knowledge co-creation efforts in and beyond Canada.
About the authors
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Eric Higgs is Director of the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Society for Ecological Restoration.
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Dani Inkpen is assistant professor at Mount Allison University. She received her PhD in history of science from Harvard University. This is her first book.
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Brenda Parlee, former Canada Research Chair, is a professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta.
Daniel Sims is a member of the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation. He is Associate Professor of First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.
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Caroline Aubry-Wake's profile page
Ashley-Anne Churchill's profile page
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Karine Gagne is assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Guelph. She received her PhD in anthropology from the University of Montreal in 2015. This is her first book.
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Murray Humphries' profile page
Lawrence Ignace's profile page
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Stephen Johnston's profile page
Hayden Melting Tallow's profile page
Charlotte Mitchell's profile page
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Melissa Quesnelle's profile page
Lauren Rethoret's profile page
Gabriella Richardson's profile page
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Richard Schuster's profile page
Kyra St. Pierre's profile page
Julie M. Thériault's profile page
Vincent Vionnet's profile page
Gabrielle Weasel Head's profile page
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Matthew S. Wiseman is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow with The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, and the Department of History, at the University of Toronto.
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Thomas McIlwraith is an instructor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Douglas College.
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PearlAnn Reichwein is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta where she teaches Canadian history, environmental history, and leisure philosophy in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation. Her early work with Parks Canada as a research historian, cultural resource planner, and heritage interpreter living in Banff and Yoho national parks enriched her understanding of mountain landscapes.
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Steven M. Vamosi's profile page
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Lachlan MacKinnon is the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Post-industrial Communities and an associate professor of History at Cape Breton University. He is an active member of the Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time research partnership, and has published extensively on topics related to deindustrialization, labour history, and historical memory. His recent book, Closing Sysco: Industrial Decline in Atlantic Canada’s Steel City, examined the structural decline of the steel industry in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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