DOCSLIB.ORG

Winter Magic Romance in the Rockies

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Winter Magic Romance in the Rockies +51° 15' 31.87" N -115° 50' 6.29" W travelalberta.com WINTER WINTER MAGIC ON ALBERTA'S SNOWMOBILE TRAILS ROMANCE IN THE ROCKIES PERFECT GETAWAYS IN AUTHENTIC MOUNTAIN LODGES COOL IDEAS FOR WINTER FUN When nature wraps itself in a thick, snowy Kick off the season at the WinterStart Winter fun continues indoors. Release your blanket and the mercury plunges, it’s Festival in Banff-Lake Louise. Watch the inner Jedi Knight at the Star Wars Exhibition tempting to slip into hibernation mode, but top alpine skiers compete in the World Cup when it comes to Edmonton’s Telus World you really should resist. Waiting out winter Downhill races. Find out why the two day of Science centre. In Calgary, introduce the is a sure route to cabin fever and a lingering cross country ski festival affectionately family to the symphony at the sci fi themed, case of the winter blahs. Any true Albertan known as “the Birkie” is so popular. Drive Space the Final Frontier. knows that instead of hiding out, it’s best to an ice road. Try comfort ice fishing. Learn embrace the special delights of the season – to mush. Discover Jasper in January. in all their wondrous forms. You get the picture. 02 travelalberta.com CONTENTS Six Icy Adventures 4 Ski Local This Winter 6 Winter Magic On Alberta's Snowmobile Trails 10 Why Spa Rhymes With Ahhh 12 Winter Escapes 14 Winter Play Time 20 Get Out And Do It This Winter 22 Romance In The Rockies 25 Ice Road To The North 28 Ice Fishing In Style 31 No Cost Family Fun This Winter 32 Culinary Creature Comforts 35 In these pages, we’ve put together some Doggone Fun 37 ideas that will inspire you to step outside your door this winter. Read on, make plans, get going, and enjoy the season! Star WARS Identities: For all sorts of winter adventures, visit The Exhibition 39 travelalberta.com | 1-800-ALBERTA SIX ICY ADVENTURES By Heather Egger SYLVAN LAKE HAS you towards the ice playground to climb Here in Alberta, we know how to have fun in through the ice tunnels and whoosh down the winter – even if we need to bundle up to A 5 KM SKATING the slide. Jan 18-27, 2013 do it. In fact, we celebrate it with ice festivals TRACK THAT banfflakelouise.com | 403-762-8421 and activities all over the province. Here are six IS ONE OF THE Maligne Canyon Ice Walk, Jasper icy adventures to check off your list this winter. LONGEST Strap on a pair of cleats and descend into Festival of Speed, Lac La Biche IN CANADA the deepest canyon in Jasper National From the side of the icy track, you cheer Park to walk among the bright blue frozen on the cars, snowmobiles, quads and waterfalls and natural ice sculptures. If you motorcycles as they speed around the go at night, you’ll discover another world frozen lake. You consider challenging your altogether – your head-lamp illuminating the buddies to an amateur drag race, until ice and creating an ethereal glow. Take a you see how fast these adrenaline junkies moment to turn off the lights and appreciate actually go. Maybe you’ll stick to a game a sky packed full of stars in Canada’s largest of shinny before hitting the local pub with dark sky preserve. about a hundred of your new best friends. jasper.travel | 780-852-6236 Mar 2-3, 2013 Ice on Whyte, Edmonton laclabicheregion.ab.ca | 877-623-9696 After lunch at one of the many restaurants Ice Magic, Lake Louise on super cool Whyte Avenue, you make As you stroll the boardwalk of iconic Lake your way to the tenth anniversary of this Louise, glittering blocks of ice are being family festival. Learn how to make an ice magically transformed into translucent lantern, watch some carving demos, grab scenes of adorable animals, shining knights a hot chocolate and take in some local and even fierce dinosaurs. Talented carvers musicians. Unleash the kiddies in the play come from around the globe to compete area where they can climb up, over, down in this annual event, now in its 19th year. and through the ice tunnels and slides. You pause at each sculpture, but only for As twilight settles, wander through the a minute, since the little ones are dragging twinkling lit-up sculptures and settle awhile 4 travelalberta.com by the ice chimney to watch the glow of the snow-peaked mountains all around you. fire inside. Jan 25-Feb 3, 2013 As if you needed more reasons for a game iceonwhyte.ca | 780-758-5878 of shinny – you are playing it in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Twenty-nine Silver Skate Festival, Edmonton lucky teams and their fans will gather at the Edmonton’s longest running winter Fairmont Lake Louise to play, skate and festival is set in one of its most beautiful luxuriate – come join the party. river valley parks. The frozen pond at Mar 1-3, 2013 Hawrelak Park is one of the city’s most banfflakelouise.com | 403-762-8421 popular places for outdoor skating and for ten days this winter will host skating Popular Sylvan Lake also hosts a Pond races and marathons, a snow sculpture Hockey Tournament in February, so you can competition, orienteering courses, food plan a road trip with the team and double tents and live music. To see everything your bragging rights. that’s going on, we suggest grabbing a Mar 1-3, 2013 hot chocolate and some warm bannock sylvanlakepondhockey.ca | 403-877-2199 with jam for a horse-drawn sleigh ride Skate Under the Stars, around the sparkling park. Then you can Anywhere in Alberta decide what to do first – skate, slide, eat A wonderful winter activity in Alberta is or meander through the snow and fire bundling up and strapping on skates for sculpture gardens. Feb 15-24, 2013 a go around a frozen pond. Practice your silverskatefestival.org | 780-488-1960 WWW.ICEONWHYTE.CAWWW.ICEONWHYTE.CA figure eights and backwards crossovers Lake Louise Pond Hockey Classic under crisp clear skies and then head Your breath makes billowing clouds as you inside for a cuddle by the fire. Some of the break away from the pack and power to province’s most popular natural rinks are JanuaryJanuary 25 25 to to the net. As you revel in the glory of your the stunning Lake Louise, Bower Ponds in FebruaryFebruary 3, 3, 2013 2013 gorgeous goal, you take a moment to Red Deer, Bowness Lagoon in Calgary and catch your breath and drink in the towering Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie. ICEICE CARVING CARVING COMPETITION COMPETITION ICEICE CARVINGS CARVINGS SNOWSNOW CARVINGS CARVINGS GIANTGIANT ICE ICE SLIDE SLIDE CHILDREN’SCHILDREN’S PLAY PLAY AREA AREA LIVELIVE MUSIC MUSIC FASHIONFASHION FOODFOOD ANDAND MORE! MORE! EndEnd of ofSteel Steel Park Park GatewayGateway Blvd Blvd & &Tommy Tommy Banks Banks Way Way EdmontonEdmonton PRESENTEDPRESENTED BY: BY: WWW.STAYEDMONTONSOUTH.COMWWW.STAYEDMONTONSOUTH.COM travelalberta.com 5 SKI LOCAL THIS WINTER slopes! These calm corners are far less FAMILY TIME intimidating and ideal for taking up skiing IN ALBERTA or snowboarding with your whole family. Almost all the hills offer a ski/snowboard included. If you’re like me, it’s definitely school and some include private lessons. worth visiting some of Alberta’s not-so- intimidating local slopes. Rural ski areas Calling all Freestylers offer great value, fewer line-ups and a place Several of the rural hills also have state of to practice without all the pressure. the art terrain parks complete with half pipes and even natural luge tracks. These are Starting Out or Starting Over Maybe you’re just learning to ski or By Colleen Seto snowboard, or it’s been a while since you Flying down the mountain, plunging strapped on the ol’ planks. Or maybe you through fresh powder and weaving around want to introduce your little ones to skiing sky-scraping trees, I think, “Wow, Alberta without breaking the bank or worrying they’ll has the best skiing and snowboarding in get swallowed up by a massive mountain. the world!” At least, I would think that if I Whatever the case, Alberta’s rural ski hills wasn’t white-knuckling it all the way down are calling your name. the mountain, praying that I make it to the Away from our mountain parks, there bottom in one piece. are more than 20 ski areas for all levels Let’s face it. Not everyone is ready to hurl of expertise, not just my own personal themselves down the world’s best, myself favourites – beginner zones and bunny 6 travelalberta.com great places to practice your tricks, catch some air, and if you’re feeling gutsy, take a Camrose shot at the 360. in Here are a Few Action Freestyler Favourites: • Vista Ridge, near Fort McMurray vistaridge.ab.ca | 780-743-8651 • Nighthawk Recreation Area, outside Grande Prairie gonitehawk.com | 888-754-6778 • Tawatinaw Valley, in Westlock skitawatinawvalley.com | 866-698-2212 Ski by Night Inhaling the crisp night air as I carve, or more SOME LOCAL FAN FAVOURITES: precisely, snowplow my way down the slopes is something I really enjoy. One of the biggest Pass Powderkeg Ski Area, Winter Events in Camrose perks of rural ski hills is night skiing, which Crowsnest Pass Festival of Trees -Nov. 23-25 adds a whole new dimension of excitement, passpowderkeg.com | not to mention convenience – there’s nothing 403-562-8334 Canadian Bull Congress - better than getting in a few runs after a long day parked in front of a computer.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Ski Resorts (Canada)
    SKI RESORTS (CANADA) Resource MAP LINK [email protected] ALBERTA • WinSport's Canada Olympic Park (1988 Winter Olympics • Canmore Nordic Centre (1988 Winter Olympics) • Canyon Ski Area - Red Deer • Castle Mountain Resort - Pincher Creek • Drumheller Valley Ski Club • Eastlink Park - Whitecourt, Alberta • Edmonton Ski Club • Fairview Ski Hill - Fairview • Fortress Mountain Resort - Kananaskis Country, Alberta between Calgary and Banff • Hidden Valley Ski Area - near Medicine Hat, located in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in south-eastern Alberta • Innisfail Ski Hill - in Innisfail • Kinosoo Ridge Ski Resort - Cold Lake • Lake Louise Mountain Resort - Lake Louise in Banff National Park • Little Smokey Ski Area - Falher, Alberta • Marmot Basin - Jasper • Misery Mountain, Alberta - Peace River • Mount Norquay ski resort - Banff • Nakiska (1988 Winter Olympics) • Nitehawk Ski Area - Grande Prairie • Pass Powderkeg - Blairmore • Rabbit Hill Snow Resort - Leduc • Silver Summit - Edson • Snow Valley Ski Club - city of Edmonton • Sunridge Ski Area - city of Edmonton • Sunshine Village - Banff • Tawatinaw Valley Ski Club - Tawatinaw, Alberta • Valley Ski Club - Alliance, Alberta • Vista Ridge - in Fort McMurray • Whispering Pines ski resort - Worsley British Columbia Page 1 of 8 SKI RESORTS (CANADA) Resource MAP LINK [email protected] • HELI SKIING OPERATORS: • Bearpaw Heli • Bella Coola Heli Sports[2] • CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures[3] • Crescent Spur Heli[4] • Eagle Pass Heli[5] • Great Canadian Heliskiing[6] • James Orr Heliski[7] • Kingfisher Heli[8] • Last Frontier Heliskiing[9] • Mica Heliskiing Guides[10] • Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing[11] • Northern Escape Heli-skiing[12] • Powder Mountain Whistler • Purcell Heli[13] • RK Heliski[14] • Selkirk Tangiers Heli[15] • Silvertip Lodge Heli[16] • Skeena Heli[17] • Snowwater Heli[18] • Stellar Heliskiing[19] • Tyax Lodge & Heliskiing [20] • Whistler Heli[21] • White Wilderness Heli[22] • Apex Mountain Resort, Penticton • Bear Mountain Ski Hill, Dawson Creek • Big Bam Ski Hill, Fort St.
    [Show full text]
  • City of Leduc Sport Tourism Strategic Master Plan 2014.Pdf
    Sport Tourism Strategic Master Plan 2014 – 2024 Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 2 DEFINING SPORT TOURISM FOR LEDUC 3 THE CONTEXT FOR SPORT TOURISM IN LEDUC 4 1 DEFINING THE COMPETITION ........................................................................................................ 9 1.1 SPORT TOURISM IN NEIGHBOURING JURISDICTIONS 9 1.2 BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES 11 2 ASSESSING SPORT TOURISM REQUIREMENTS AND LEDUC’S CAPACITY ........................... 19 2.1 KEY FACTORS DRIVING LOCATION OF SPORTING COMPETITIONS 19 2.2 LEDUC’S MARKET BASE 21 2.3 LEDUC’S SPORTING HISTORY 22 2.4 LEDUC’S ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY 24 2.5 LEDUC’S SPORT TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE 25 2.5.1 KEY THEMES FROM LOCAL INPUT 25 2.5.2 LEDUC’S SPORT FACILITIES 27 2.5.3 LEDUC’S OTHER SERVICES 30 3 BUILDING LEDUC’S CAPACITY .................................................................................................... 33 3.1 BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES TO SUPPORT SPORT TOURISM IN LEDUC 36 3.2 SECURING FINANCIAL STABILITY 36 3.3 THE NEED FOR A DESTINATION MARKETING FUND IN LEDUC 37 3.4 TYPE OF EVENTS TO TARGET 38 3.5 COMMUNITY LEGACY 38 4 A HOSTING POLICY FOR LEDUC ................................................................................................. 40 5 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN .............................................................................................................. 42 Millier Dickinson Blais: Sport
    [Show full text]
  • AU Front Cover
    SPRING/SUMMER 2014 ALGOMA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE BeyondBeyond OurOur BordersBorders Sault Ste. Marie, ON www.algomau.ca SG_jiAUA_HAad_Eng_Mar2014FINAL.pdf 1 2014-04-15 12:44 PM ALGOMA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE Contents Alumni Council Chair’s Message 3 President’s Message - Dr. Richard Myers 4 Current Student Profile: Daniel Friyia and Brandon Mackinnon 5 Students and Mentors Gather at Algoma U’s 8th Annual Northern Ontario Business Case Competition 6-7 Providing a Pathway for Students in the North 8 Current Student Profile: Tara Yeates 9 A Big Step Forward for ESL@Algoma 10 Experiencing the World Through Student Exchange 11 Around the World at Algoma U 12-13 Algoma U People: Roxanne Martin 14 CESD Program Lives Up to its Name on Many Fronts 15 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS: The Campaign for Algoma University 16-17 Taking Centre Stage: Algoma U in 2013 18-19 Algoma U Basketball Shoots for a Cure 20 Keeping in Touch - A Message from the Alumni Office 21 Algoma University News 22 Contributing Editors Joanne Nanne, Communications Officer [email protected] Bev Teller, CFRE Alumni & Development Officer ALUMNI COUNCIL CHAIR’S MESSAGE [email protected] Kevin Hemsworth By: Paul Skeggs, Chair, Algoma University Alumni Council Director of Marketing and Communications [email protected] Algoma University continues to thrive and These efforts are likely to continue and Photos Contributing Writers Algoma University’s alumni continue to exponentially increase with the graduation of Tammy Fieghan Nadine Robinson accomplish. The ongoing expansion and more alumni and supporters of the university. Ken Armstrong Rick McGee Curt O’Neil Marc Capancioni improvements to Algoma University only As alumni, our council is the voice and Meaghan Smith Meaghan Smith further guarantee its achievement of providing Nadine Robinson Melanie Nolan mechanism to stay connected to the university.
    [Show full text]
  • March 17-25 • ENMAX Centre Page 2 Heartchart Extra-End Rings Drama Semi-Final
    Issue 9 – Sunday, February 26, 2012 • An Official Publication of the Canadian Curling Association. A Nedo- Win!!! Alberta skip Heather Nedohin takes on B.C.’s Kelly Scott in today’s finale. March 17-25 • ENMAX Centre Page 2 HeartChart Extra-end rings drama Semi-final LARRY WOOD rock. I was in Amy’s (alternate player going to be good,” said Nedohin. Heart Chart Editor Nixon’s) arms already. Because she didn’t “I expect to see some shots from Kelly think it was us and I said, ‘Neither do I’. and the girls. Lots of rocks in play. We had t boiled down to an extra 11th end, a And then she said, ‘Heather, it’s us’. And a great battle against them in the round last draw shot, a measure and a vic- I just jumped into her arms. And then she robin. It’s the final. I would expect nothing Itory by two centimetres on the gauge. said, ‘They’re re-measuring’. And I said, “I less than the best from both of us.” Alberta’s 6-5 sudden-death semi-final can’t handle this.” The loss for Jones (Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Of- decision over Manitoba on Saturday night Second later . ficer, Dawn Askin) dropped her team to at the Enmax Centrium denied four-time “I’m in shock right now. I’m going to en- a bronze-medal match against Quebec’s Scotties Tournament Of Hearts champion joy this. That roar of the crowd was pretty Marie-France Larouche today at 8:30 a.m.
    [Show full text]
  • Copper Retirement ID No. 2019-01-A-VA
    6929 N. Lakewood Avenue Tulsa, OK 74117 PUBLIC NOTICE OF COPPER RETIREMENT UNDER RULE 51.333 Copper Retirement ID No. 2019-01-A-VA March 20, 2019 Carrier: Verizon Virginia LLC, 22001 Loudon County Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147 Contact: For additional information on these planned network changes, please contact: Janet Gazlay Martin Director – Network Transformation Verizon Communications 230 W. 36th Street, Room 802 New York, NY 10018 1-844-881-4693 Implementation Date: On or after March 27, 2020 Planned Network Change(s) will occur at specified locations in the following wire center in Virginia. Exhibit A provides the list of addresses associated with the following wire center. Wire Center Address CLLI ANNANDALE 6538 Little River Tpke., Alexandria, VA 22370 ALXNVAAD ALEXANDRIA 1316 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA 22370 ALXNVAAX BARCROFT 4805 King St., Alexandria, VA 22206 ALXNVABA BURGUNDY ROAD 3101 Burgundy Rd., Alexandria, VA 22303 ALXNVABR MOUNT VERNON 8534 Old Mt. Vernon Rd., Alexandria, VA 22309 ALXNVAMV ARLINGTON 1025 N. Irving St., Arlington, VA 22201 ARTNVAAR CRYSTAL CITY 400 S. 11th St., Arlington, VA 22202 ARTNVACY BETHIA 13511 Hull Street Rd., Bethia, VA 23112 BTHIVABT CHESTER 3807 W. Hundred Rd., Chester, VA 23831 CHESVACR CHANCELLOR 1 11940 Cherry Rd., Chancellor, VA 22407 CHNCVAXA CHANCELLOR 2 Rte 673 & Rte 628, Chancellor, VA 22401 CHNCVAXB 957 N. George Washington Hwy., Chesapeake, DEEP CREEK CHSKVADC VA 23323 CULPEPER 502 E. Piedmont St., Culpeper, VA 22701 CLPPVACU CRITTENDEN 409 Battlefield Blvd., Great Bridge, VA 23320 CRTDVAXA DALE CITY 14701 Cloverdale Rd., Dale City, VA 22193 DLCYVAXA Wire Center Address CLLI LEE HILL 4633 Mine Rd., Fredericksburg, VA 22408 FRBGVALH FAIRFAX 10431 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22030 FRFXVAFF BATTLEFIELD 765 Battlefield Blvd., Great Bridge, VA 23320 GRBRVAXB GREAT FALLS 755 Walker Rd., Great Falls, VA 22066 GRFLVAGF GROVETON 2806 Popkins Ln., Groveton, VA 22306 GVTNVAGR DRUMMONDS CORNER 11 Wythe Creek Rd., Hampton, VA 23666 HMPNVADC QUEEN STREET 131 E.
    [Show full text]
  • Job Description Lead Pastor
    JOB DESCRIPTION LEAD PASTOR FULL TIME POSITION POSTED: OCTOBER 13, 2020 OUR COMMUNITY OF FAIRVIEW, ALBERTA The town of Fairview is located in the ‘Heart of the Peace’ country in beautiful northern Alberta, 1 hour north of Grande Prairie and 3⁄4 hour south of Peace River. The population of approximately 2800 residents and another 3000 in the surrounding area, are served well by many medical services, shops, grocery stores and businesses. We enjoy a wide range of indoor and outdoor recreational activities and have great educational opportunities at the Fairview College Campus of the Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) including trades, agriculture and business programs. In terms of recreation, the complex, located at the GPRC Fairview College Campus includes a 300 seat theatre, racquetball courts, an indoor aquatic centre, a waterslide, a zero depth wading pool, a 25m lap pool, a tarzan swing, monkey bars, a whirlpool, and a climbing wall. The facility is home to the Fairview Olympians swim club and offers various programming. As well, residents can enjoy golfing at the mature, 9 hole Fairview Golf Course, skating at the Fairplex, skiing at the Fairview Ski Hill, a curling arena, hockey arena, and bowling. For kids we have: kids summer splash park, skateboard & BMX park, local library, 2 daycares, local motocross club, cross country ski trails and a taekwondo club. For the family we have, 2 fitness facilities, fine arts centre, many lakes& rivers for fishing & boating, two local campgrounds, local gun club, Ukrainian dance club, free public wi-fi in the downtown core, and 8 km of maintain walking trails.
    [Show full text]
  • RECREATION ASSESSMENT September 2017 1
    RIBBON of GREEN RECREATION ASSESSMENT September 2017 1. Prepared for City of Edmonton Prepared by O2 Planning + Design Inc. & RC Strategies + PERC 1. INTRODUCTION 1 RIBBON OF GREEN STUDY AREAS 2 RECREATION THROUGHOUT THE RIBBON OF GREEN 3 TOP OF BANK PARKS 4 CENTRAL RIVER VALLEY PARKS 7 RIVER VALLEY AND RAVINE PARKS OVERVIEW 11 RECREATION INFRASTRUCTURE 16 RECREATION ACTIVITIES 17 USE 17 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FINDINGS 17 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY 19 RECREATION PLANNING INFLUENCES 20 RECREATION PREFERENCES 20 RECREATION PRINCIPLES 24 EMERGING RECREATION PRACTICES AND PURSUITS 30 AGRICULTURAL-BASED RECREATION 34 NATURE EDUCATION AND ECOLOGY RECREATION 37 CULTURE AND HERITAGE RECREATION 39 RIBBON OF GREEN RECREATION SWOC ASSESSMENT 41 STUDY AREA RECREATION CONSIDERATIONS 43 PATHWAYS AND TRAILS 43 SUPPORT AMENITIES 43 RIVER ACCESS 44 UNSTRUCTURED AREAS 45 PROGRAMMABLE AREAS 45 SOUTHWEST STUDY AREA 46 NORTHEAST STUDY AREA 48 SUMMARY 50 INTRODUCTION The North Saskatchewan River Valley and Ravine System, Input for this assessment was gathered from the Ribbon of otherwise known as the Ribbon of Green, is an integral Green’s first public engagement phase and from BREATHE component of the recreational, cultural, and ecological — the City of Edmonton’s Green Network Strategy (2017). systems within the City of Edmonton and broader These sources, along with other studies and previous Edmonton Region. The river valley and ravines are a planning work, helped identify how the river valley and defining asset for the region and a key contributor to the ravines are currently used, highlight trends in recreational quality of life of Edmontonians. activities throughout the region and province, and present existing recreation gaps.
    [Show full text]
  • MUSIC and POLITICS Thoughts from Thefield10 Continued on Next Page
    SEM {STUDENTNEWS} A publication of MUSIC AND POLITICS the Society for Ethnomusicology © Letter from the SEM President 1 Student Voices: Who Cares About Ethnomusicology? 5 Thoughts from the Field 10 Audiovisual Frames: What Films Can Do: An Interview with Jeff Roy 14 Dear SEM 19 “We’re Not Gonna Take It”: Trump and Striking West Virginia Teachers 22 Deconstruction as Political Discourse in Janelle Monáe’s “Q.U.E.E.N.” 25 Stadium Shows and Spotify: Popular Music and the Complicity of Consumption 29 “Baile de Favela” and Its Sounding Transgressions 32 Glocal Politics in Bavarian Slang Rap: “Wolli” by Liquid & Maniac 37 Music and Conflict Resolution in Israeli-Palestinian Relations 42 Peacebuilding, Not Politics: Music and MESPO’s Model for Change 46 Ethnomusicology and Empathy 49 Join your peers After the Mudslides: The Ethics of Singing, Witnessing, and Fieldwork 51 by following us on Beyond the IRB: Affirmative Consent in the Field 54 Facebook, Twitter, Analogies of Political Structure in Ethnomusicological Writing 56 and semsn.com Politics & Music: An Annotated Bibliography 60 to get the latest updates and calls Our Staff 63 Volume 14, Number 1 | Spring/Summer 2018 Volume for submission! Cover image courtesy of Liquid & Maniac/Demograffics © (see page 37) Letter from the SEM President The Coextensive Moment of Music and Politics continue to be surprised at how many case studies, in Africa: A Pedagogical Perspective musical repertoires, and pedagogical experiences As I write this brief reflection, I we have in common (note that both of us conducted wind down the spring semester doctoral-level field research in Tanzania).
    [Show full text]
  • 2010 Proceedings
    Elks of Canada Proceedings Book of the 98th Annual GRAND LODGE CONVENTION July 20 – July 22, 2010 YELLOWKNIFE, NT MISSION STATEMENT: A NATIONAL, FRATERNAL, AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION PROMOTING AND SERVING COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH LOCAL LODGE VOLUNTEERS. VISION STATEMENT: TO BE THE MOST PROGRESSIVE FAMILY FOCUSED ORGANIZATION IN CANADA, MEETING COMMUNITY AND MEMBER NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS. ELKS & ROYAL PURPLE FUND FOR CHILDREN ANNUAL MEETING GYMNASIUM, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL YELLOWKNIFE, NT Tuesday, July 20, 2010 OPENING Sister Elizabeth Busby, Chair of the National Charities Committee, and Lady Terri Paziuk, Co- Chair of the National Charities Committee, called the Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children Annual Meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES MOTION: BRO. BILL WARD/BRO. MARK MONTGOMERY: THAT the minutes of the 2009 Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children Annual Meeting be adopted as printed and circulated. CARRIED REPORTS The 2009-10 Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children Annual Report was highlighted by Chair, Sister Elizabeth Busby and Co-Chair, Lady Terri Paziuk. MOTION: BRO. DON PEZZUTTO/BRO. TERRY HUNTER: THAT the 2009-10 Elks & Royal Purple Fund for Children Annual Report be accepted as printed and circulated. CARRIED STANTON TERRITORIAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AUGMENTATIVE ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC) Ms. Shirley Gau, M.Sc. S-LP (C), Speech-Language Pathologist for the Stanton Territorial Health Authority, was introduced to the delegates. Ms. Gau explained the difficulties for children who can not communicate but are able to understand language and how an augmentative alternative communication (AAC) device offers them the tools they need to express themselves and provides increased opportunities for participation in home, school, and community activities.
    [Show full text]
  • Visitors Guide Through out This Guide Links and QR Codes Have Been Imbedded for Your 11-12 Best Travel Experience
    2021 ALBERTA FAIRVIEW Visitors Guide We are happy to extend our well-known Town of Fairview hospitality to visitors travelling in Northwestern Alberta. Take time to enjoy the beautiful Cummings Lake Trail, Campground and Community of Choice Recreation Area, as well as all our amazing in the Peace Country amenities within town. Our retail and service centres will meet all of your travel needs. The impacts of the pandemic to our hosted events have been notable, but the experiences Page of Contents we have waiting for you with our 4 season outdoor amenities, and cultural attractions are HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/TOWNOFFAIRVIEW extraordinary. Fairview’s beauty will capture you, with our tree-lines streets, charming downtown shopping and green spaces. Welcome 4 Thank you for visiting; come again soon and bring your friends! HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/FAIRVIEWALBERTA/ Gordon MacLeod, Mayor Community 5-6 EXPERIENCE OUR WEBSITE AND FIND ALL THAT FAIRVIEW HAS TO OFFER Fairview Regional Aquatic Centre 7-8 HTTPS://WWW.FAIRVIEW.CA/ Fairview Golf & Country Club 9-10 Welcome to our fully interactive Visitors Guide Through out this guide links and QR codes have been imbedded for your 11-12 best travel experience. Every page will bring all that Fairview has to Splash Park | Skate Park offer, to life. Click in and enjoy! Fairview Ski Hill & Snow Boarding 13-14 Fairview Arena | Fairview Fine Arts 15-16 Watch for our Heart of the Peace emblem throughout the guide, online users can click to reveal unique Fairview treasures Historic Dunvegan 17-22 Thank you for visiting! the Maples Park M.D.
    [Show full text]
  • Clear Hills County
    A Community GuideIn and for Around Residents & Visitors to the North Peace FAIRVIEWA community guide for residents & visitors to the North Peace Fall/Winter ‘14 fairview.ca ADVERTISE What’s Inside In and Around Fairview Fall/Winter 2014 The In and Around Fairview Guide will have 2 issues TOWN OF FAIRVIEW CONTACT INFORMATION per year. Town Office: ....................................................................................780-835-5461 The Spring/Summer is to Fax: .....................................................................................................780-835-3576 be released early Email: ................................................................................reception@fairview.ca April and the Fall/Winter Website: .......................................................................................www.fairview.ca is to be released early Public Works: ..................................................................................780-835-4026 September. Fairplex Arena: ..............................................................................780-835-2723 Fire Department: ..........................................................................780-835-4372 If you wish to be a part Aquatic Centre: .............................................................................780-835-2812 of the guide to promote NPR Landfill: ...................................................................................780-835-2576 your organization Garbage Pick-up: ..........................................................................780-835-5950
    [Show full text]
  • Survey of Native Grassland Butterflies in the Peace Parkland Region of Northwestern Alberta - 2001
    Survey of Native Grassland Butterflies in the Peace Parkland Region of Northwestern Alberta - 2001 Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 47 Survey of Native Grassland Butterflies in the Peace Parkland Region of Northwestern Alberta - 2001 Margot Hervieux Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 47 May 2002 Publication No.: I/068 ISBN: 0-7785-2176-1 (Printed Edition) ISBN: 0-7785-2177-X (On-line Edition) ISSN: 1496-7219 (Printed Edition) ISSN: 1496-7146 (On-line Edition) Cover photograph: Pike’s Old World Swallowtail by Adam James For copies of this report, contact: Information Centre – Publications Alberta Environment / Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Main Floor, Great West Life Building 9920 108 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5K 2M4 Telephone: (780) 422-2079 OR Information Service Alberta Environment / Alberta Sustainable Resource Development #100, 3115 12 Street NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7J2 Telephone: (403) 297-3362 OR Visit our web site at: http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/riskspecies/ This publication may be cited as: Hervieux, M. 2002. Survey of native grassland butterflies in the Peace parkland region of northwestern Alberta – 2001. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Fish and Wildlife Division, Alberta Species at Risk Report No. 47. Edmonton, AB. 19pp. DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the policies or positions of the Department or the Alberta Government. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................
    [Show full text]