Edmonton's Al Rashid Mosque has played a key role in Islam's Canadian development. Founded by Muslims from Lebanon, it has grown into a vibrant community fully integrated into Canada's cultural mosaic. The mosque continues to be a...
Alberta
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Author:Graham, MarySummary:Alberta's magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval mountain wilderness and the last...
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The days of buoyant capital investment, jobs, and wealth are passing Alberta by as the boom-and-bust cycle runs its course and the global climate crisis becomes more acute. As the province scrambles to boost the dying oil economy and...
- Author:D'Arcy, Stephen, Black, Toban, Weis, Tony, Kahn Russell, JoshuaSummary:
Tar sands "development" comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents (who are fighting a powerful international industry) are likened to terrorists; government environmental scientists are...
- Author:Mendoza, Rogelio Velez, Juzwishin, Donald W. M. (Donald William Moore), McLaren, LindsaySummary:
Public health is diffuse, divided, and poorly understood. As a policy and practice, public health promotes and protects people and communities. As a field of academic inquiry it provides deep insights into the ways individuals and...
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Author:Dunlop, R.W.Summary:Whether it’s a middle-aged man travelling to Mexico in search of a troubled sister or a thirty-something restaurant manager trying desperately to hold her life together, this stunning debut collection of interconnected stories...
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Author:Bryan, LizSummary:Stone by Stone takes readers on a fascinating journey across the short-grass prairie of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan in search of tangible evidence of the region’s ancient past—a civilization dating back at least twelve thousand...
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