By Stephanie Pawluk and Bronwyn Wydeman On the second week of October, we had the incredible opportunity of attending the Canadian Parks Conference in Quebec City. The theme of the conference was ‘Parks for...
Blog Post by Catarina Owen To celebrate International Mountain Day as part of the 2016 Mountain Festival, on December 12, 2016, the Western Arctic Research Centre, Inuvik, NT screened the National Film Board movie...
Feature video provided courtesy of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, Canada, www.whyte.org. To celebrate International Mountain Day 2016, the Wirth Institute at the University of Alberta organized a one-of-a-kind, on-campus,...
Just in time for Canada’s 150th anniversary, Plains Bison are set to return to Banff National Park in 2017! As part of International Mountain Day 2016 celebrations, the Canadian Mountain Network partnered with Bison...
The United Nations’ has designated December 11th as International Mountain Day; a chance for the international community to celebrate mountain ecosystems and peoples together. Each year the UN declares an International Mountain Day theme,...
Bison are the largest land animals in the Americas. Vast herds of these mighty grazers once wandered the prairies, shaping ecological communities and human populations alike. They also roamed into the mountains, including the...
On January 11th, and 12th, 2016, the University of Alberta hosted a diverse group of over 50 Canadian researchers and community leaders interested in the sustainability of our mountains. We asked the question: Does...
La fonte des glaces met en péril les ressources mondiales d'eau douce : http://ow.ly/kFbs50Au9Sw #ChangementClimatique #montagnes #glaciers
Les tensions entre l'Inde, la Chine et le Népal pourraient entraver la #recherche sur le #climat dans les #Himalayas (en anglais). http://ow.ly/MFik50Au9O1 #montagnes #ChangementClimatique
Tensions between India, China and Nepal could hinder #climate #research in the #Himalayas. http://ow.ly/AVhr50Au9KV #MountainResearch
Des scientifiques enquêtent sur la mystérieuse couleur rose d’un #glacier dans les #Alpes italiennes, une couleur probablement provoquée par des #algues qui accélèreraient les effets du #ChangementClimatique : http://ow.ly/Ryxv50Au98x
Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the #Alps, caused by #algae that accelerate the effects of #ClimateChange: http://ow.ly/ylVw50Au96M #glacier #mountain
