Environment

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  • Includes: environmental issues; nature, wilderness and scenery; climate and weather; environmentalists; environmental organizations and businesses; parks and natural areas; wildlife management; habitat and species protection/recovery; conservation activities.

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          4525 Archival description results for Environment

          4525 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          2002.14.3 · Series · 1989-2006, predominant 1995-2002
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          Series largely consists of Ainley's administrative activities as professor and chair of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Material is arranged, predominately, according to the activities with which Ainley was involved, including overseeing program restructuring, coverage of the Women's Studies Program in the media, presentations to prospective students, planning for research presentations and conferences, curriculum development and retirement preparation. Series also documents Ainley's appointment as an adjunct professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Victoria. The series also includes records concerning Ainley's graduate student research assistants and their work with her. The series consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, posters, speaking notes, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, articles, course descriptions and syllabi, notes, printed emails, and employment contracts.

          2012.13.2.21.01 · File · 1983-1991
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of records created or collected by Kent Sedgwick relating to various community projects associated with river parks. Example projects included in the file are a proposed Carrier village at Hudson Bay Slough, a Cottonwood Island park, proposed commercial boat tours on the Nechako and Fraser River, and the Quesnel Paddlewheel Park. Includes a project proposal document by the Fort George Band entitled "Establishing a Permanent Carrier Village in Prince George" (1990); a 1991 meeting package of the Nechako and Fraser River Valleys Committee (regarding the Cottonwood Island property and development of the Heritage River Trails System); a 1991 memorandum entitled "Prince George River Runners - Proposed commercial boat tours on the Nechako and Fraser River"; a 1983 "Submission to Rivers Committee Public Hearings by Heritage Advisory Committee, City of Prince George" describing the various river-adjacent heritage sites in Prince George; and documentation from the Quesnel Paddlewheel Association.

          2000.1.1.2.2.52 · Item · 1963
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Conveyor sits on tall steel framework, encased in steel sheeting, and stands to right of snow-covered slope. Propane tank sits on log structure below conveyor. Snowy mountains in background. See also item 2000.1.1.2.373. Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Project completed - at 52˚ temp."

          2002.14.4.16 · File · 2000-2001
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of the components for Ainley's Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, "Re-Explorations: Science and Environment in 19th and 20th Century Canada and Australia" and conference proceedings from presentations of her research; a book chapter, entitled, "Gendered Careers: Women Science Educators at Anglo-Canadian Universities, 1920-1980"; Ainley's article, "Re-centering women in the landscape: A post-colonial feminist historian looks at gender, science and the environment in Canada"; and correspondence about edits for a publication.

          2001.8.2.2.081 · File · 1993
          Part of Geoffrey R. Weller fonds

          File consists of a conference paper by Weller and Pranlal Manga titled "Protecting Medicare in Canada." Also contains notes from the inside of the original folder photocopied by the archivist. This file was originally numbered to correspond with conference paper number 81 listed in Weller's CV.

          1996.7.1.06 · File · 1993-1994
          Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

          File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to the province of British Columbia as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the province. Also includes a "Summary of Alcan's Proposed Kemano Completion Flow Regime" and a copy of Slaney et al's "Habitat Capability Analysis of the Nechako River for Rainbow Trout and Char and the Effects of Various Flow Regimes".

          2006.18.4 · Series · 1949-2016
          Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

          Series consists of publications created by those associated with the Aleza Lake Research Forest as well as the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society itself. Includes various clippings and articles from serial publications such as newspapers and newsletters that focus on the ALRF. Also includes publications that served as reference material on topics relevant to the ALRF.

          Pulpmill
          2012.13.1.3.142 · Item · Dec. 1997
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a pulpmill, likely Northwood, in Prince George, B.C.

          Quesnelle Forks Sign
          2012.13.1.31.19 · Item · 1985
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts Kent Sedgwick standing in front of a sign with a dog in Quesnelle Forks, B.C. The sign describes the history of the site, which began as a mining camp in 1859, but was later completely abandoned after a fire in 1866. It is now managed as a Forest Service Recreation Project.

          Rail Road Tunnel
          2012.13.1.29.13 · Item · 1991
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a man and woman standing in the mouth of a tunnel from the old Kettle Valley Rail Road.

          Railway - Near Summit
          2012.13.1.100.19 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two merging railway tracks, and what appears to be a frozen river, somewhere near the summit of a mountain.

          2009.5.1.74 · Item · [after 1912]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Bridge crossing the Bulkley River. A smaller bridge speculated to be used by pedestrians stands below and parallel to the railway bridge. Photo was taken from shore, with opposite shore crossing midground. Trees in foreground, mountains in background. A small building can be seen at opposite end of bridge. Other sections of railway can be seen on hill in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "HAZELTON BULKLEY BRIDGE."

          Railway Tracks and Rocks
          2012.13.1.91.39 · Item · 1979
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a group of individuals who appear to be searching through the rocks near a railway track. It is possibly part of an educational trip.