Identity can stem from many places for example; people may pull their identity from achievements and experiences, many draw identity from their hometowns and places they’ve traveled. Place can be central to a person’s identity, while physical landscape and all the resources that it holds can shape ideas of value. Canada is known since written history, and the history before that as a place with unbounded natural beauty, unique to itself. Canada, as a whole, in a physical sense, in an emotional and spiritual sense, draws its identity from this and does its people. Canada’s power is also sourced from its natural resources, from resources like tar sands, oil and water. Hydroelectric power is credited as one of the catalysts that put Canada in
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Canada’s landscape was a prime example of a perfect site for the industry of hydropower to reach its fullest potential. A landscape perfect for the globalization of hydropower energy production, “there were several important material conditions: a flowing river, a firm foundation (preferably granite bedrock), and physical space that included a topographical differential (a falls), and possible a canyon for flooding” to which Canada had no shortage of (Everden M. et al, 2016 pg. 255). Canada now supplies its power generated from hydroelectricity …show more content…
et al, 2016 pg. 252). Canada secured its position as an international player through its determination to adhere to urbanization. However, it was not a fully realized fact what adhering to urbanization, capitalism and monetization of natural resources truly meant, what consequences and ironies follow. It is fact that, “in Canada, 59% of the electricity supply is from hydroelectric power” (Calder, Ryan S. D., et al., 2016) yet the utilization of hydropower, of water is ironically “ under increasing threat in Canada as the demand for Canadian water resources increases” (Phare, 2017) as “expansion is a key component” (Calder, Ryan S. D., et al., 2016). Expansion means more dams built in and on top of rivers, with reservoirs that span miles deep and wide of Canada’s landscape. Not only is Canada approaching the problem of trying to meet growing global energy demands with outdated technology but also with outdated law and
Canada’s landscape was a prime example of a perfect site for the industry of hydropower to reach its fullest potential. A landscape perfect for the globalization of hydropower energy production, “there were several important material conditions: a flowing river, a firm foundation (preferably granite bedrock), and physical space that included a topographical differential (a falls), and possible a canyon for flooding” to which Canada had no shortage of (Everden M. et al, 2016 pg. 255). Canada now supplies its power generated from hydroelectricity …show more content…
et al, 2016 pg. 252). Canada secured its position as an international player through its determination to adhere to urbanization. However, it was not a fully realized fact what adhering to urbanization, capitalism and monetization of natural resources truly meant, what consequences and ironies follow. It is fact that, “in Canada, 59% of the electricity supply is from hydroelectric power” (Calder, Ryan S. D., et al., 2016) yet the utilization of hydropower, of water is ironically “ under increasing threat in Canada as the demand for Canadian water resources increases” (Phare, 2017) as “expansion is a key component” (Calder, Ryan S. D., et al., 2016). Expansion means more dams built in and on top of rivers, with reservoirs that span miles deep and wide of Canada’s landscape. Not only is Canada approaching the problem of trying to meet growing global energy demands with outdated technology but also with outdated law and