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Once Upon an Oldman

Special Interest Politics and the Oldman River Dam

Once Upon an Oldman is an account of the controversy that surrounded the Alberta government's construction of a dam on the Oldman River to provide water for irrigation in the southern part of the province.

Awards

2000, Winner - Clio Award (Alberta), Canadian Historical Association

  • Copyright year: 1999
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No Place to Run

The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War

This book is a reevaluation of the Canadian Corps and poison gas in WWI. It examines how the Canadian Corps organized and protected its soldiers from poison gas.

Awards

2002, Winner - Charles P. Stacey Award

1999, Commended - Alcuin Citation for excellence in book design in Canada, Alcuin Society

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals

Awards

1999, Winner - Reference Award, American Association of University Presses

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Against the Grain

Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia

This book argues that forestry is a more diverse and complex activity than has been generally recognized. It also underlines the political character of the profession.

Awards

2001, Winner - Clio Award (Atlantic), Canadian Historical Association

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Policy and Practices for Biodiversity in Managed Forests

The Living Dance

Edited by Fred Bunnell

This book addresses the major problems facing policy-makers and managers in sustaining biological diversity in managed forests.

Awards

1998, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press

2000, Winner - Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage

A Global Challenge

An international appraisal of how current legal regimes worldwide fail to protect Indigenous knowledge and what needs to change

Awards

2000, Winner - First Peoples' Publishing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards

  • Copyright year: 2000
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