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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.
2000, Winner - Clio Award (Alberta), Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 1999
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.
2002, Winner - Charles P. Stacey Award
1999, Commended - Alcuin Citation for excellence in book design in Canada, Alcuin Society
- Copyright year: 2000
Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
1999, Winner - Reference Award, American Association of University Presses
- Copyright year: 1999
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.
2001, Winner - Clio Award (Atlantic), Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2000
Policy and Practices for Biodiversity in Managed Forests
The Living Dance
This book addresses the major problems facing policy-makers and managers in sustaining biological diversity in managed forests.
1998, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press
2000, Winner - Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine
- Copyright year: 1999
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
2000, Winner - First Peoples' Publishing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards
- Copyright year: 2000