Awards

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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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Prometheus Wired

The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology

Describing and documenting the actual effects of computer networks on people's experience in the workplace, marketplace, and community, the book argues that the conditions of surveillance and corporate control far outweigh those of information access as key elements in the social and political presence of network computing.

Awards

2001, Winner - Communications Politcy Research Award, Donald McGannon Communication Research Center

2001, Winner - Outstanding Book in Political Theory, Choice Magazine

2002, Shortlisted - Harold Adams Innis Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Copyright year: 2000
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Special Places

The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region

Special Places explores the changing ecosystems of the Toronto area over this century, looking at the environmental conditions that influence the whole region and at the surprising range of plants and animals you can still find in many of its natural spaces.

Awards

2000, Shortlisted - Toronto Book Award, City of Toronto

  • Copyright year: 1999
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Biodiversity and Democracy

Rethinking Nature and Society

In Biodiversity and Democracy, Paul Wood argues that the problem of extinction can be traced to how we think about both biodiversity and democratic societies.

Awards

2000, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press

  • Copyright year: 2000
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