New Northern Lights : Graduate Research on Circumpolar Studies from the University of Alberta

"This volume represents the diverse scholarship taking place among a multidisciplinary graduate student network, the Circumpolar Students' Association, at the University of Alberta. Academic peer-reviewed papers and extended abstracts comprise both theoretical and empirical papers on thesis and non-thesis related subjects from several disciplines. The resulting collection is varied, and touch on a wide range of themes: ethical research practices in indigenous communities, land use conflicts and development, cultural tourism and empowerment, climate change impacts on northern ecology and biodiversity, experiences in community-based research, health and environmental risk perception, socio-economic impacts of industrial development, wind energy potential in Yukon, contemporary language programs in Nunavut, the impact of industry on post-secondary education in the NWT, the integrity of reserve networks in addressing conservation issues, and a study on religious discourse of Cree Evangelical Christians in northern Alberta. The authors have diverse backgrounds, academic training, and perspectives; however, their common interest in northern issues regularly brings them together to exchange ideas concerning the changing north."--BOOK JACKET.Castleden, Heather is the author of 'New Northern Lights : Graduate Research on Circumpolar Studies from the University of Alberta', published 2005 under ISBN 9781896445366 and ISBN 1896445365.