Sökning: "Western Canada"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 35 uppsatser innehållade orden Western Canada.
1. Effekten av Årsringsbredd, Sommarvedsandel, Svällning och Växtplats på Utvalda Mekaniska Egenskaper av Contorta (Pinus Contorta)
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurserSammanfattning : I dagsläget finns ca 600 000 ha Contortaskog i Sverige varav en stor del planterades runt 70- till 80-talet. Contorta har sitt ursprung i västra USA och Kanada och introducerades i Sverige som en lösning på en förutspådd fibersvacka. LÄS MER
2. A Greener Way to Go: Climate Adaptation Imperatives for Western Deathcare
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetSammanfattning : Death is a universal human experience, yet the ecological impact of the care and disposition of dead bodies is rarely considered, due in part to cultural taboos surrounding the physical reality of death and decomposition. If negative environmental consequences are to be limited, deathcare will need to adapt. LÄS MER
3. Cold War Politics and Sports : Ice Hockey Competitions and the Image of the USSR in Western Mass Media
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaSammanfattning : The notion that politics and sport should not be mixed together have been a common notion throughout the 20th century. Nevertheless, the fact that sport is political has continuously been revealed and apparent, in particular during the period of the Cold War. LÄS MER
4. Newly designated Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Canada’s North : another label for inequitable co-management agreements or an honest attempt to walk the road of reconciliation?
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikSammanfattning : Inclusion of Indigenous communities and Traditional Ecological Knowledges (TEK) alongside reconciliation efforts feature in numerous plans and policies for nature and biodiversity conservation. But to what extent do these agreements present an honest attempt to equally share power and responsibility between Indigenous peoples and governance agencies in protected area management? In this thesis, I trace how including Indigenous communities and their TEK entered Canada’s policy discourse on nature conservation. LÄS MER
5. Värdet av repatriering. En biografi av totempålen G’psgolox’s repatriering från Sverige till Kanada. (Svenska)
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : The study is an archaeological biography of the G'psgolox totem pole told from the Haisla people's perspective in Canada and adopts cultural relativism and the theory of ontology to highlight their experience and perspective on the repatriation process of the G'psgolox totem pole. The research has been limited to studying the totem pole only based on an emic perceptive, the Haisla people, and departures from secondary sources consisting of films, Haisla organizations websites, and literature where they shared their experiences. LÄS MER
