Alberta

photography within the tradition of the sublime, while it also compels scrutiny of the “anaesthetics” and abstraction at work in Burtynsky’s OIL. In the following passage, the poem describes “Burtynsky’s drone helicopters” and the photographs of the Alberta Oil Sands he is able to take with them: . . . Foreground entered at distance, the eye surveils the McMurray Formation’s freestanding ruin mid-aspect to an infinity of abstraction. In Burtynsky’s photographs of the Oil Sands the foreground…

Shane Koyczan is a Canadian writer and poet that has made many amazing spoken word poems. He was born on May 22nd, 1976 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; and is currently a member of the spoken word poem group, Tons of Fun University. After high school Koyczan attended college at Okanagan University, Canada, where he studied creative writing. But, following the suggestion of his writing professor, he began to study poetry instead. Now 41, Shane Koyczan has become an amazing poet, author…

The difficulty of mining oil sands varies depending on the location of the oil sands. Oil sands deposits that are less than about 250 feet below the surface can be removed using conventional strip-mining methods. The strip-mining process includes removal of the overburden, excavation of the resource, and transportation to a processing facility. Nearly all mined bitumen is currently upgraded to synthetic crude oil. Oil sands extraction processes are generally divided into two categories: mining…

Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen, born June 16, 1874, Anderson, Ontario, was an intelligent and well-educated man. He was an important figure to Canada. He contributed to Canada in many ways, Prime minister, lawyer and an academic model to Canada. To begin with, Arthur Meighen served as a great politician to Canada. He served two terms as the P.M the first time he was the ninth P.M of Canada after he took over Borden’s mandate from 1920-1921. Arthur didn’t make many changes as a Prime Minster.…

Oil is a very important part in our live. But some people don't even acknowledge this. People want more and more oil. Canadians uses twice as much oil then ever. In 1980 people use nearly 1.8 million gallons but now they use nearly 3 million gallons. This is big. Canadians can be affected by this. People are demanding more oil some people are making pipe line this is a huge problem. This can spring a leak and the oil will go into your drinking water and can give you cancer. This is why I am on…

service to clients” (2016). Therefore, I have seen great jobs among SCI Alberta organization to empower their staff and volunteer as well. In addition, they are effectively working on “empowerment model” to their staff and clients they serve. The empowerment is “awakening of personal and interpersonal power by which individuals, families and communities can better manage and mitigate problems affecting their lives” (2014). The SCI Alberta is also achieving to empowering persons with spinal cord…

Located in northeastern Alberta (Pasqualetti 2009, p. 248) are the “largest oil-sand deposits in the world” (Pasqualetti 2009, p. 250). The Alberta oil sands provide a necessary resource that is valuable to the Albertan and Canadian economies. The oil sands have received ample attention in recent years from the media and from various environmental agencies and groups due to “growing concern about a range of environmental impacts” (Jordaan 2012, p. 3611). These concerns are not without merit, as…

The sudden discovery of a natural hot spring along the shoulder of the Sulphur Mountain, by three railway workers, lead to the creation of Canada’s oldest National Park, Banff National Park. Banff National Park is located in the province of Alberta and was established in the Rocky Mountains in 1855.. Upon the discovery, the Canadian Pacific Railway recognized the vast tourism potential and saw a future for the development of tourism in Banff. Therefore, Canada established a federal reserve…

Vriend vs. Alberta • Dewin vriend was fired as a labatory co-ordinator at a private cristian school. • January 1991 the school found out about vriends sexual orientation and fired him. • Vriend filled a complaint but was denied • He was not protected under the IRPA • He thought it violated his right (Section 15 of the charter of rights and freedoms) • 7(1) IRPA- “no employer or person acting on behalf of an employer shall (b) discriminate against any person with regard to employment or any…

Coal has been the lowest costing and largest source of electricity for Alberta to date. As it stands, coal accounts for 43 per cent, or around 6,300 megawatts, of Alberta's total electricity generation which is about 14,500 MWs, and is responsible for 65 per cent of the country's coal-fired electricity generation (Haavardsrud, Paul, Alberta's quitting coal, for better and worse). The concern however steams from the environmental issues, more specially pollution and greenhouse gases that come…