Athabasca Essay

There are many lakes in the Canadian Shield. The rocks can be very old because the Canadian Shield is about 2 billion years old! Large bodies of water are found in this region like Salve River and Lake Athabasca. The landscape of this region is rocky and…

Even though there are many reasons to support why Keystone XL pipeline will be a very good idea, there are also many reasons that support that the oppositions gave the reasons why this Keystone XL Pipeline will be a problem to society. A lot of people opposite this idea of building the Keystone XL pipeline, because they consider this pipeline will not create as many jobs as it is promised. “Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) went as far as to argue that pipeline jobs are not…

The Meaning of Nature According to Indigenous Peoples According to Grim & Tucker (2014) Indigenous Peoples recognize sacredness in plants and animals that provide food and health for their bodies and soul. Therefore, their wellbeing and identity are profoundly embodied in rivers, mountains, and sacred sites which is why they maintain a constant relationship with nature (Grim & Tucker, 2014). This crucial connection with nature is expressed through rituals and remembered through stories (Grim &…

use of flashbacks provides insight to the history of the characters in the novel. One may believe that Sara’s flashback is the most memorable. As she aids Byrne in the trading post Sara finds an opportunity to tell him about her parents, Viraj and Athabasca.…

I would like to introduce myself. I am Valeria Zaharchenko, RN graduated from Grand McEwan University four-year program would like to apply for the Graduate Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Master of Nursing: Nurse Practitioner (MN:NP) program. Coming to this decision was a several years long process influenced by the exposure to the health care system both as a health care provider and a daughter of aging parents whose health is on decline. Becoming a nurse practitioner means having an…

Continuity of caribou harvests is critical for Northern peoples. Kendrick (2003:196) states that: Rangifer (caribou and reindeer) continue to be the most important terrestrial subsistence resource for northern Aboriginal peoples. Traditional caribou-hunting communities in the Canadian North are bound in their relationship to caribou to many other circumpolar societies, including more than two dozen aboriginal cultural groups in Eurasia and North America The Denesųłiné emphasis on caribou is not…

1. How do you feel about yourself as you read about your learning/experiential history? I have mixed feelings reading about my learning and experiential history. Sometimes tears well up in my eyes as I travel down memory lane reading it, knowing the harrowing experiences I had at some points and how those experiences have helped shape my current status. On the other hand, reading about my experiential learning/history, always elates me for the wealth of experience I have in my current line of…

In regard to online learning, this is not the first time I've taken a course online. However, this was the first time I took a class online with Athabasca University. As a whole, online learning is great. I actually prefer online learning as opposed to taking classes in person. I work full-time as well as, being a full-time student, so when I have the luxuary to take classes online I do it because…

mine of any type in the entire world. Another mine was also developed by Syncrude in the Athabasca Oil Sands and began operations in 2003 however was later bought out by Marathon Oil Corporation in 2007. Another $33 million project was also being developed in in Fort Hills by Petro Canada but lost momentum after the Petro Canada into Suncor merger. By 2013 there were nine oil sands projects in the Athabasca Oil Sands which had produced 52 million cubic meters of Bitumen (a combination of sand,…

In this chapter, I aim to show how caribou sustain the Denesųłiné. The first section addresses how Denesųłiné safeguard caribou. It summarizes regional influences and caribou management practices. The second section explores how to teach respect for caribou to harvesters. It identifies Denesųłiné challenges related to education and income. These influence the approach to teach wise hunting practices. The third section addresses the advantages and disadvantages of using a community directed…