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CANADIAN PARKS FOR TOMORROW: 40th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Canadian Parks for Tomorrow: 40th Anniversary Conference Assessing Change, Accomplishment and Challenge In Canadian Parks and Protected Areas
University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada May 8 to 11, 2008
Mission Statement “An international conference to describe, analyze and assess the history, current status and trends and future directions of protected areas, landscapes and heritage resources and their role in Canadian society”
Organizing Committee
CO-CHAIRS
Dr Dianne Draper, Department of Geography, University of Calgary
Dr Robert Scace, Scace Environmental Advisors Inc., Calgary
MEMBERS
Dr George Colpitts, Department of History, University of Calgary
Dr Conny Davidsen, Department of Geography, University of Calgary
Steve Donelon, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Dr Stephen Herrero, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary
Dave Poulton, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Dr Mike Quinn, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary
Angeles Mendoza-Sammet, Graduate Student, Faculty of Environmental Design
Dr Kathy Rettie, Parks Canada
Dr Donald Smith, Department of History, University of Calgary
Ian Waugh, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Rhonda McNeil, Conference Coordinator, University of Calgary
Susan de Caen, Coordinator of Fund Development, University of Calgary
Dr Jim Taylor, Parks Canada
Linda Holford, Conference Administrator
INDEPENDENT ADVISORS
Harvey Locke, The Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation
Dr Gordon Nelson, Parks Research Forum of Ontario Supporting Organizations
Kinder Morgan Alberta Government Foundation
Alberta Lottery Fund Parks Canada
Alberta Wilderness Parks Foundation, Calgary Association
Calgary Airport Authority
Stantec Consulting Ltd
Canada West Foundation The Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation
NiCHE The Big Wild Network in Canadian Network in Canadian History and Environment
Canadian Parks and University of Calgary Wilderness Society
Canadian Parks for Tomorrow: 40th Anniversary Conference Assessing Change, Accomplishment and Challenge in Canadian Parks and Protected Areas
“An international conference to describe, analyze and assess the history, current status and trends and future directions of protected areas, landscapes and heritage resources and their role in Canadian society”
Rozsa Centre University of Calgary May 8 to 11, 2008
Conference Program
MAY 8 (THURSDAY)
3:00-7:00 Registration
7:00 -9:30 Reception
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Don Smith, Department of History
7.30
Greetings: On behalf of the Conference; Conference Co-Chairperson, Dr. Dianne Draper, Dept. of Geography
On behalf of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Dean Kevin McQuillan
On behalf of the Faculty of Environmental Design; Dean Loraine Fowlow
Performance: “Sikumiut – People of the Ice” Inuit Throat Singing and Dance Group
MAY 9 (FRIDAY)
MORNING
8:00 – 8:30 Registration Coffee
8:30 – 9:00
Call to Order: Conference Co-Chairperson: Dr Robert Scace
Welcomes: University of Calgary: President Harvey Weingarten
Government of Canada: Honourable John Baird Minister of the Environment (represented by Mark Warawa, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Environment)
Government of Alberta: Honourable Cindy Ady Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Opening Address: Honourable John Baird
I: SETTING THE STAGE: LEGACY AND PROSPECT
09.00 – 10:30 Plenary Session
Chair: Robert Scace, Scace Environmental Advisors Inc., Calgary
1. Exploring the Past, Shaping the Future, From Parks as Fortresses to Sources of Knowledge: 1968-2008 (Gordon Nelson, Parks Research Forum of Ontario, Waterloo)
2. The National Parks System; A View from Parks Canada (Alan Latourelle, CEO, Parks Canada, Gatineau, Quebec)
3. Beyond Banff: Changing Perspectives on the Conservation Mandate on Alberta’s East Slopes (John Kristensen, Government of Alberta (Retired))
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
I (continued) SETTING THE STAGE: LEGACY AND PROSPECT
11:00 – 12:00 Plenary Session
Chair: Dianne Draper, University of Calgary
4. Forty Years of Change and Institutional Arrangements for Canadian Protected Areas; or, Are Things Getting Better or Just More Complicated? (Scott Slocombe, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario)
5. Civil Society and Protected Areas (Harvey Locke, Harvey Locke Consulting, Montreal, Quebec)
AFTERNOON
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society J.B. Harkin Medal Award
II. SETTING THE STAGE: CHRONIC ISSUES AND EMERGING CHALLENGES
1:30 – 3:00 Plenary Session
Chair: Ian Waugh, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation, Edmonton
6. Progress and Problems in Canada’s Protected Areas: Overview of Progress, Chronic Issues and Emerging Challenges in the Early 21st Century (Philip Dearden, University of Victoria, British Columbia)
7. Issues Facing the United States National Park System, (Jon Jarvis, Regional Director, Pacific West Region, United States National Park Service)
8. A Global Perspective on the Challenges and Opportunities for Protected Areas in Today’s and Tomorrow’s World “for Life’s Sake”, (Nik Lopoukhine, Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas - IUCN, Gatineau, Quebec)
3:00 – 3:15 Coffee
II (continued). SETTING THE STAGE: RESPONSE AND DISCUSSION
3:30 – 5:00 Panel Session
Chair: Elizabeth Seale, (Parks Canada (Retired), Calgary) Julie Gelfand, (Nature Canada, Ottawa, Ontario) Richard Roberts, (The Praxis Group, Calgary) Wayne Stetski, (BC Ministry of Environment, Cranbrook)
EVENING
5:00 – 7:00 Dinner
7:00 – 10.00 Special Session
Special Session: “When is a Protected Area not a Protected Area?” Roundtable Session on the Relationship between Protected Areas and Sustainable Forest Management.
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MAY 10 (SATURDAY)
MORNING
III. HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY
8:30 – 10:30 Parallel Plenary
Chair: George Colpitts, University of Calgary
9. Writing the History of Canadian Parks: Past, Present and Future (Alan MacEachern, University of Western Ontario, London)
10. Wildlife Conservation in the North: Historic Approaches and their Consequences; Seeking Insights for Contemporary Resource Management (John Sandlos, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s)
11. “The Land That We Keep for Us,” Aboriginal Perspective on Conservation – The Case of Thaidene Nene/East Arm of Great Slave Lake (Steve Ellis and Gloria Enzoe, Lutsei K’e Dene First Nation, Northwest Territories)
12. Environmental Conservation in Northern Canada and the Circumpolar Arctic: Policy Needs in a Time of Shifting Political, Cultural and Economic Realities (Terry Fenge, Consultant, Circumpolar Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario)
IV. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; ROLES OF AUTHORITIES, INSTITUTIONS AND CITIZENS
8:30 – 10:30 Parallel Plenary
Chair: Michael Quinn, University of Calgary
13. Islands to Networks – Solution for Nature Conservation? (Stephen Woodley and John Middlemiss, Parks Canada, Gatineau, Quebec) and (Kim Borg, Consultant Biologist, Ottawa, Ontario)
14. Provincial Parks, 1968-2008: Progress and Challenges (John Marsh, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario)
15. Exploring Dimensions of Sustainable Urban Development Planning and their Potential Impact on Parks in the Calgary Region (Dave Day, City of Calgary, Alberta)
16. Conservation of Biodiversity: The Role of Private Lands, Private Rights to Land and Conservation Easements; The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC); A NCC Alberta Approach (Larry Simpson, Nature Conservancy of Canada – Alberta Region, Calgary)
17. The Role of the Non-Governmental Organizations in Parks and Protected Areas: The Case of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) (Alison Woodley, Ottawa, and Dave Poulton, Calgary)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 Panel Session Chair: Elizabeth Halpenny, (University of Alberta, Edmonton) Jim Gardner, (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg) John Good, (Canadian Parks Council, Warsaw, Ontario) Rick Searle, (Ekos Communications Inc, Victoria, BC)
AFTERNOON
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
AFTERNOON
V. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS SESSIONS
1:30 – 3:00 A series of concurrent theme sessions, each with a chair, multiple contributed papers and presentations, group discussion and later, feedback at the plenary session (VI) on the afternoon of Sunday, May 11.
The authors and titles of over 100 contributed papers and presentations are identified on the accompanying table. These papers and presentations were delivered during 4 groups (A, B, C and D) of theme sessions, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, each group consisting of 6 concurrent theme sessions – a total of 24 theme sessions.
1:30 – 3:00 Group A Theme Sessions (6 concurrent sessions)
Session A1: Water Environment
Session A2: Historical Perspectives, Future Implications (I)
Session A3: Research and Protected Areas (I): Science, Research and Reporting
Session A4: Philosophy, Policy and Legislation
Session A5: Habitats and Ecosystems (I): Fire
Session A6: People and Parks (I): Consultation, Participation, Problem Solving
3:00 – 3:30 Coffee
V (continued) CONTRIBUTED PAPERS SESSIONS
3:30 – 5:30 Group B Theme Sessions (6 concurrent sessions)
Session B1: Aboriginal Peoples and Protected Areas (I)
Session B: Historical Perspectives, Future Implications (II)
Session B3: Research and Protected Areas (II): Monitoring
Session B4: Rocky Mountains World Heritage Site Ecosystem
Session B5: Climate Change
Session B6: People and Parks (II): Multiculturalism, Perception and Stewardship
EVENING
7:00 – 10:00 Special Session: SAMPAA, (Science and Management of Protected Areas Association)
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MAY 11 (SUNDAY)
MORNING
V (continued) CONTRIBUTED PAPERS SESSIONS
8:30 – 10:00 Group C Theme Sessions (6 concurrent sessions)
Session C1: Aboriginal Peoples and Protected Areas (II)
Session C2: Leisure, Tourism and Recreation
Session C3: Research and Protected Areas (III): Signposts to Ecological Integrity
Session C4: Planning Processes and Ecosystem Integration
Session C5: Habitats and Ecosystems (II): Species and Processes
Session C6: People and Parks (III): Special Events, Special Needs
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee
V (continued) CONTRIBUTED PAPERS SESSIONS
10:30 – 12:00 Group D Theme Sessions (6 concurrent sessions)
Session D1: Trans-boundary Arrangements
Session D2: Perspectives on Landscape
Session D3: Research and Protected Areas (IV): Technologies
Session D4: Co-Management and Co-operative Arrangements
Session D5: The Built Environment: Urban Places and Industrial Infrastructure
Session D6: People and Parks (IV): Accreditation, Commercial Operations and Education
12:00 – 1:30 Closing Lunch
AFTERNOON
VI CANADA, CIVIL SOCIETY, PROTECTED AREAS AND TOMORROW: SIGNPOSTS TO FOLLOW
1:30 – 3:00 Plenary Session
Reports to Conference from Groups A, B, C and D theme sessions Q and A
3:00 – 3:30 Coffee
VII CONFERENCE FINDINGS
3:30 – 5:00 Plenary Session
Commentaries Q and A Conference Conclusion Conference Contributed Papers Table
Group A
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 Water Historical Research And Philosophy, Policy Habitats And People And Parks Environment Perspectives/ Protected Areas And Legislation Ecosystems (I): (I): Consultation, Future (I): Science, Fire Participation, Implications (I) Research and Problem Solving Reporting
Francis, The Upper Maclaren, The Gardner, The Fluker, Ecological Jevons, Maintaining Simic, Moraine Lake Bow River Creation Of Continuing Role Of Integrity And The Historical Rates Of - 2007 Group Watershed: A Case Wilderness And Research In Law: The View Wildfire Within The Access Study: Study In Impacts Early Parks Policy Canada’s Mountain From Canada’s Historical Range Of Visitor Experience, And Restoration Respecting National Parks National Parks Variation Compliance And Squatters: The Awareness Case Of The Jasper House Indians Or Moberly Breeds.
Sandford, Bouwsema, A Rettie, Social Penna, Protected Chernoff, Studying Edwards, An Diminishing Flow: Passion For Science In The Areas As Natural Ecological Interdisciplinary The Growing Wilderness: Canadian Rockies Constructed Processes In The Approach To Importance Of Understanding The World Heritage Site Organizations National Parks: Problem Solving To Upland Parks As Mountain Travels Of Plant Community Conserve Grizzly Watersheds Mary T.S. Schäffer Diversity And The Bears In The Banff- Warren , 1889-1939 Vermilion Burn Bow Valley Region Of Alberta, Canada.
Jessen, Challenges Bradley,B, The Gould, Alberta Ferrari, Can Robinson, Modelling Dubois, A Process And Innovations In Greatest Gobbler Of Parks: A New Vision Ontario’s New Parks Relationships For Re-Creating A Establishing Park Acreage That For Science And Legislation Change Between Fire, Trail Network To Canada’s Marine Exists: Automobiles Research. Business As Usual? Caribou, Wolves, Improve Ecological Protected Area And Highways In Elk And Moose To Conditions And Network British Columbia’s Aid Prescribed Fire Visitor Experience Provincial Parks, And Caribou In The Montane 1940-1960 Recovery In The (Jasper National Canadian Rocky Park Suite) Mountain National Parks.
Lemelin, Foresight Zezulka-Mailloux, Wiersma, Kincaid, Wild Or Elmeligi, Conserving Through Hindsight: What Drives The Representative Feral? Historical Yellowstone To The Establishment Mountain Parks? Reserve Design In And Biological Yukon Putting Of The Lake Canada: The Consideration Of Science Into Action Superior National Contribution Of Free Roaming Marine Existing Protected Horses In Alberta Conservation Area Areas In Northern Ontario, A Decade In Overview
Montevecchi, Wright, Review And Waithaka, Policy On Simic, Winter Seabird Capitals, Analysis Of Management Of Recreation In The The Seabird Methods For ‘State Hyperbundant Rocky Mountain Ecological Reserves Of’ Reporting For Wildlife Populations Parks: Pilot Study Of Newfoundland Protected Areas In Canada’s And Labrador. National Parks Marine Protected Areas In A Sea Of Activity And Development Group B
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Aboriginal Peoples Historical Research And Rocky Mountains Climate Change People And Parks and Protected Perspectives, Protected Areas World Heritage (II): Areas (I) Future (II): Monitoring Site Ecosystem Multiculturalism, Implications (II) Perception And Stewardship
Barbour, Torngat Taylor, The Reid, Can Field Sandford, Greater Buckmaster, Carruthers Den Mountains National Canadian National Courses Provide Than The Sum Of Looking Backward, Hoed, Unpacking Park Reserve Of Parks Today And Monitoring Data For Its Parks: History, Looking Forward – The Privilege Canada, Tomorrow Protected Areas? Ecology And Reflections On Knapsack: Creating Newfoundland Conference Of 1968 Wonder In The “Energy, Climate, Park Experiences Labrador, Canada Vs. Banff And Canadian Rocky People, That Foster Social Jasper National Mountain Parks Conservation And Diversity Parks World Heritage Site National Parks And Related Reserves”
Wyma, Proposed Kheraj, Creature Duffe, Geospatial Hart, Bunnie’s Harris, Climatic Clayton, Clyde River Comforts: Remaking Technologies For Legacy: The Changes Along The Voluntarism, Territorial Park, The Animal Wildlife Formation Of Canadian Cordillera Reconciling Parks Nunavut Landscape Of Enforcement In Canadian National During The Last And Local People? Vancouver’s Stanley Protected Areas Park Policy In The Thirty Years Based Local Initiatives For Park, 1887-1911 RMWHS Area On Actual Recreational Space Measurements And In British columbia The Need For 1925-2007 Continuing Monitoring
Gibson, Hay-Zama Warner, The Shepherd, Non- Lux, Sustainable Gould, Monitoring Mcinnes, Lakes Wildland Construction Of Invasive Techniques Parks Landscape For Ecosystem Environmental Provincial Park, Wilderness: An To Monitor Wildlife Planning, Benefits Change In The Stewardship In Alberta Historical Corridor Restoration Of Collaboration Canadian Arctic Jasper National Perspective Success In Jasper (Auyuittuq National Park National Park Park, Baffin Island) (Jasper National Park Suite)
Mcculley, Tr’ondek Craig-Dupont, From Mendoza-Sammet, White, Maintaining Welch, What Mcquitty, Into The Hwech’in First “Natural Beauties” An Alternative To And Restoring Tomorrow? What Wild? – An Nation Tombstone To Precambrian: Evaluate Native Large Parks? Climate Anthropological Territorial Park, The Scientific Management Mammal Change, Its Impact Perspective. Yukon Objectivation Of Effectiveness For Communities In The On Ecosystems, Nature In La Protected Areas Canadian Rocky Cultural Resources Mauricie National Mountains And Visitor Use, Park, 1969-1979 And How Protected Area Management Should Adapt
Martin, Brook, Locals In Higgs, The Rocky Lamphier, Climate Bain, New Conservation In The The Dark: Why Are Mountain World Change – Emerging Canadians And ‘Post-Colonial’ People Living Near Heritage Site: A Effects On Peruvian National Parks: North: Inuit Rights, National Parks Landscape Of Past Economic Managing Protected Wildlife Unaware Of Park Change And Future Development, Areas For Ethnic Management, And Research? Hope Biodiversity And Diversity The Politics Of High Mountain National Park National Parks Establishment In The Canadian Arctic, 1960-1990
Lemieux, Towards Pavelka, Leisure Adaptation: Climate Negotiation And Change And Amenity Migration Protected Areas For Gateway Policy, Planning Communities And Management In Canada Group C
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 Aboriginal Peoples Leisure, Tourism Research And Planning Processes Habitats And People And Parks And Protected And Recreation Protected Areas And Ecosystem Ecosystems (II): (III): Areas (II) (III): Signposts To Integration Species And Special Events, Ecological Integrity Processes Special Needs
Young, Indigenous Sheppard, Gould, Principles Rennie, Updating Harris, Land Snails Halpenny, Events Place, Research, Snowmobiling And Guidelines For The Process Of As Indicators Of The Tourism In Mountain And Management Experience In Gros Ecological Establishing New Health Of The Parks: Two Case Options: Jasper Morne National Park Restoration In National Parks And Decomposer Part Of Studies Of Visitor National Park And Canada’s Protected National Marine The Ecosystem In Characteristics And The Foothills Natural Areas Conservation Areas Parks In Alberta Outcomes Related Research Institute – An Integrated To Special Events Aboriginal Approach To Held In Jasper And Involvement Program Protection, Visitor Banff National Parks, (Jasper National Experience And 2007 Park Suite) Education
Mills, Fostering The Stewart, Cruise Fenton, Evolutionary McCleave, The Webb, Perspectives Mendoza-Sammet People In Co- Tourism In A Tails Of The Dis- Regional Integration On Wolf-Prey Orienteering: An Management Warming Arctic: Stressing Response Of Protected Areas: Systems Along The Example Of Implications For To Nature And Results From A Central East Slopes Willingness To Learn Northern National Future Research Study Of Five Of Alberta And Minimize Parks Directions National Parks In Impacts From Canada Outdoor Activities In Protected Areas
Mason, Co- Mullins, The Massolo, Elk Adopt Bruce, Identifying Ancelin, Paradoxical Carruthers Den Management Of Architecture Of An Anti-Predatory Appropriate Use In Ecological Hoed, Planning With Protected Areas: Adventure Travel: Strategy, Getting Canada’s Parks: Processes: (Not For) Persons Lessons From Latin Making Places And Closer To Hikers In Collaborative Challenges To Rare With Disabilities: America Opening Spaces For Banff National Park Decision Making Vegetation Species Insights And Socio-Environmental Diversity Opportunities Sustainability
Neufeld, Omitola, Parks For Austin, Adapting Lukasik, Coyote Diet Owchar, Summer Kormos, The World Rediscovering Dan Tourism Management And Conflict In Urban Wildlife And Human Wilderness Keyi (The People’s Development In Strategies To Parks In Calgary, Activities In The Congress: Origins, Land) Protected Nigeria: Problems Improve Recovery Of Alberta Cascade Wildlife Accomplishments, Areas, The State And And Prospects Species At Risk In Corridor, Banff And New Directions Aboriginal Peoples National Parks: The National Park, Case Of The Piping Alberta 2005 – 2006 Plover (Charadrius Melodus Melodus) In Atlantic Canada
Jonas, Innovations In Johnson, Evaluating Cooperative The Effectiveness Of Management With Geotourism From The Dehcho First Regional Nations, Nahanni Stewardship In The National Park Crown Of The Reserve, Northwest Continent Territories
Simic, Environmental Consciousness Of RV Visitors To Rocky Mountain National Parks
Group D
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 Trans-Boundary Perspectives On Research and Co-Management The Built People And Arrangements Landscape Protected Areas And Co-Operative Environment: Parks (IV): (IV): Technologies Arrangements Urban Places and Accreditation, Industrial Commercial Infrastructure Operations and Education
Landry, Making Townshend, Alexander, Human- Val, Lessons Reid, Conserving Maunder, Issues Collaboration Work: Canadian Parks And Coyote (Canis Learned In Calgary's Cultural And Challenges A Case Study Of Protected Areas latrans) Interaction In Cooperative Landscapes: Facing Guided Two Through Artists’ Canadian Urban Management: Protection, Interpretation In Canadian National Eyes: Transforming Parks And Green Commercial Grizzly Restoration And Parks And Parks The Western Spaces: Preliminary Bear Viewing Adaptive Re-Use Protected Areas: Canadian Rockies Findings From A Management In The A Case Study In Media-Content Fishing Branch Banff, Canada Analysis (Ni'iinlii Njik) Protected Area (Yukon, Canada)
Hayden, The Crown 040, Reichwein, Bradley, M, Using Langemann, Cardiff, Defying Burfield, Of The Continent Mountaineers And DNA From Caribou Archaeology And Gravity - Managing Conservation Managers Mountain Parks: Faeces As A Non- Ecosystem For Multiple Values Education For BC Partnership- Preliminary Invasive Population Management In The While Pipelining Parks’ Collaboration Across Reflections On Monitoring Rocky Mountain Jasper National Park Commercial Agency Boundaries History, Technique National Parks And Yellowhead Recreation In An International Epistemology, And (Jasper National Pass National Operators: A Setting Cultural Landscapes Parks Suite) Historic Site Needs (Jasper National Assessment Parks Suite)
Quinn, Dibb, The Redstreak Seed, A Land Cover Erhlich, The Co- Percy, Protected Ross, Transboundary Restoration Project: Monitoring Initiative Management Route Areas Within Communicating Protected Areas: Human Attitudes And In Environment To Creating A Industrial The Values Of Global Opportunities Response Of Bighorn Canada’s Protected Protected Area Landscapes: Meeting Ecological And Challenges Sheep And Plant Area Network Research And Integrity Through Communities To Conservation Goals Education In Ecosystem Through Corporate National Parks: A Restoration In Partnerships Case Study Of Ungulate Winter The Icefields Range In British Parkway Columbia
Brook, Rethinking Vorster, The Dying McNicol, Developing Ferguson, A Park Rghei, Designing Knowlton Cockett The Culture Of National Wetland- A Web 2.0 Prototype For Tomorrow? Protected Areas Of - Ecological Corridors Case Study Of Yala To Promote Lessons From The Dubai, Past, Present Pedagogy In An Swamp Beyond Sustainable Cairngorms National And Future Urban 2020-KENYA Decision-Making For Park, Scotland Prairiescape Recreational Large Group Use And The Ecological Health Of Protected Habitats
Nelson, Parks And Kromplak, Protected Areas In Volunteers, Our The Emirates Of The Parks’ Hidden Gulf Coast Resource: A Case Study Of Fish Creek Provincial Park
Parks Conferences/Assemblies - 1968-1978-1985-2008 Table of Contents Prepared by Robert Scace
1968 1978 1985 2008
The Canadian National The Canadian Heritage for Canadian Parks for Parks: Today and National Parks: Tomorrow: Tomorrow: 40th Tomorrow Today and Tomorrow Canadian Assembly Anniversary (plenary sessions & field Conference II, Ten on National Parks and Conference. trip) Years Later Protected Areas Assessing Change, Proceedings in 2 vols. (plenary sessions & (regional caucuses Accomplishment and University of Calgary field trip) throughout Canada Challenge in Canadian Proceedings in 2 vols. (1984-86); National Parks and Protected The Banff Centre Assembly (plenary Areas sessions & workshops) (plenary and theme in Banff (1985); sessions), contributed documents; “An international National Issues Paper conference to describe, included in analyze and assess the Proceedings (5 vols.) history, current status and (1986-87) trends and future directions of protected areas, landscapes and heritage resources and their role in Canadian society”
The Opening Address: The Opening (Addresses by federal The Opening Address: (Hon. Jean Chretien) Address: (Hon. Hugh Minister of the (Hon. John Baird) Faulkner) Environment and I. Setting the Stage): Setting the Stage: Ministers Responsible Legacy and Prospect The Development of the Setting the Stage: for Park in Ontario, (Plenary) National Park Movement The Canadian National Manitoba and Exploring the Past, (Harroy) Parks: Today and Newfoundland and Shaping the Future, From Tomorrow, Conference Labrador were Parks as Fortresses to The National Parks II, An Introduction presented at the Sources of Knowledge: Movement in Canada (Nelson) Assembly) 1968-2008 (Nelson) (Nicol) Canada’s National The Themes below are The National Parks The Development of Parks: Past and Future drawn from “Heritage System: A View from Recreation in the US (Davidson) Issues in Canada: The Parks Canada and Canada and its Second Threshold, (Latourelle) Implications for the Nature Reserves in 1985-2085; The National Parks Global Perspective National Issues Paper,” Beyond Banff; Changing (Clawson) (Dasmann) Volume 1 of Perspectives on the Proceedings Conservation Mandate in Wilderness and Man in Tourism in National Alberta’s East Slopes North America (Nash) Parks (Clarke) (Kristensen)
The Doctrine of Critique (Geist) Usefulness: Natural Resource and National Park Policy in Canada, 1887-1914 (Brown)
Man and Landscape in Understanding Forty Years of Change Banff National Park: A Heritage and Institutional National Park Problem in Arrangements for Perspective (Nelson) Ideology and a Canadian Protected Broader View of Areas; or, Are Things Heritage Getting Better or Just Parks Canada More Complicated? Evening: Wilderness and (Slocombe) L’evolution de concept Wildlife de parc (Dionne) Civil Society and Completion and Protected Areas (Locke) Extension of Heritage Systems II. Setting the Stage: Chronic Issues and Federal-Provincial Managing Land Use in Emerging Challenges Relations (Lewis) and Around Heritage Areas (Plenary) Perception as a Factor Progress and Problems in in the Establishment of Development, Canada’s Protected National Parks in Tourism and Heritage Areas: Overview of Atlantic Canada Areas Progress, Chronic Issues (Harper) and Emerging Challenges Alternatives in in the Early 21st Century Changing Use Patterns Planning and (Dearden) in Canada’s Western Managing Heritage National Parks Areas Issues Facing the United (Leeson) States National Park Politics, Planning System, (Jarvis) Our New Frontier Processes and (Malis) Managing Heritage A Global Perspective on Areas the Challenges and Opportunities for International Aspects Protected Areas in of Heritage Areas Today’s and Tomorrow’s World – “For Life’s Sake” (for regional reports see (Lopoukhine) documents reports prepared for each Panel Session caucus and reproduced (Seale, Gelfand, Roberts, in the Proceedings) Stetski)
Uses of the National Uses of National III. History and Ideology Parks: Parks and Related (Parallel Plenary) National Parks and Reserves: Writing the History of Future Preservation The Role of National Canadian Parks: Past, (Fuller) Parks in Nature Present, and Future Preservation (Reid) (MacEachern) Research in National and Provincial Parks: Canadian National Wildlife Conservation in Possibilities and Parks and Research: A the North: Historic Limitations (Cragg) Research Resource Approaches and their and Research as Consequences; Seeking Banff National Park – A Resource (Gardner) Insights for Contemporary Museum or a Resource Management Laboratory? Science in (Sandlos) National Parks (Gardner)
Maintaining the Recreation and the “The Land That We Keep Wilderness Experience Wilderness Experience for Us,” Aboriginal in Canada’s National in Canada’s National Perspective on Parks (Marsh) Parks, 1968-1978 Conservation – The Case (Marsh) of Thaidene Nene/East Man and His Arm of Great Slave Lake Environment, the Past Interpretation in (Ellis and Enzoe) 10,000 Years: An Canada’s National Approach to Park Parks and Related Environmental Interpretation ( (Reeves) Reserves – To What Conservation in Northern End? (Foley and Keith) Canada and the Education and National Circumpolar Arctic: Policy Parks (Pimlott) Critique (Irvine) Needs in a Time of Shifting Political, Cultural and Economic Realities (Fenge) Recreation and National Parks (Dasmann) IV. Future Directions; Roles of Authorities, Urbanization and Institutions and Citizens Canada’s National Parks (Parallel Plenary) (Oberlander) Islands to Networks – Solution for Nature Conservation? (S. Woodley, Middlemiss & Borg)
Provincial Parks, 1968- 2008; Progress and Challenges (Marsh)
Exploring Dimensions of Sustainable Urban Development Planning and their Potential Impact on Parks in the Calgary Region (Day)
Conservation of Biodiversity: The Role of Private Lands. Private Rights to Land and Conservation Easements; The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), A NCC Alberta Approach (Simpson)
The Role of Non- Governmental Organizations in Parks and Protected Areas: the Case of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (A. Woodley and Poulton )
Panel Session (Halpenny, Gardner, Good, Searle)
V. Contributed Paper Theme Sessions
(4 groups(A,B,C,D) of sequential sessions, each subdivided into 6 concurrent theme sessions (A1, A2, A3, etc., B1, B2, B3, etc.), with multiple contributed papers/ presentations, facilitated group discussions and feedback to plenary)
(See conference contributed papers table for titles and authors/presenters)
Group A
A1. Water Environment
A2. Historical Perspectives, Future Implications (I)
A3. Research and Protected Areas (I): Science, Research and Reporting
A4. Philosophy, Policy and Legislation
A5. Habitats and Ecosystems (I): Fire
A6. People and Parks (I): Consultation, Participation, Problem Solving
Group B
B1. Aboriginal Peoples and Protected Areas (I)
B2. Historical Perspectives, Future Implications (II)
B3. Research and Protected Areas (II): Monitoring
B4. Rocky Mountains World Heritage Site Ecosystem
B5. Climate Change
B6. People and Parks (II): Multiculturalism, Perception and Stewardship
Measuring the Value of V. (continued) the National Parks: Contributed Paper Providing for National Theme Sessions Parks and Related Values (Knetsch) Group C
C1. Aboriginal Peoples and Protected Areas (II)
The Measurement of the C2. Leisure, Tourism Benefits of Public and Recreation Investment in National Parks (Hines) C3. Research and Protected Areas (III): Uses and Abuses of Signposts to Ecological Highway Benefit-Cost Integrity Analysis: A Primer on Highway Economics for C4. Planning Processes Park Officials, and Ecosystem Conservationists, and Integration Interested Citizens (Neuzil) C5. Habitats and Ecosystems (II): Species and Processes
C6. People and Parks (III): Special Events, Special Needs
Group D
D1. Trans-boundary Arrangements
D2. Perspectives on Landscape
D3. Research and Protected Areas (IV): Technologies
D4. Co-management and Co-operative Arrangements
D5. The Built Environment: Urban Places and Industrial Infrastructure
D6. People and Parks (IV): Accreditation, Commercial Operations and Education Other Alternatives: The Other Alternatives: VI. Canada, Civil Role and Planning of The Parks of Ontario Society, Protected Provincial, State and (Priddle) Areas and Tomorrow: Local Parks: Signposts to Follow The Parks of Ontario National Parks and (Pleva) Equivalent Areas: The (Plenary) British Columbia The Parks of Experience (Lee) Reports from Groups A, Saskatchewan (Hartwell) B, C and D Les parcs du Quebec: The Provincial Parks of des espaces a creer Questions and Answers Alberta (Harvie) (Dufour, Lemieux, Girard) VII. Conference Outdoor Recreation in Ecological Reserves in Findings the Calgary Region: Canada with Emphasis Problems and Potentials on British Columbia (Plenary) (Hamill) (Foster) Discussion The Nature Conservancy National Parks and Q and A of Canada (Lewis) Surrounding Areas Conclusion (Sadler) The Nature Conservancy in Various Parts of the Natural Areas Planning World: Accomplishments in Ontario, A Local and Difficulties Approach (Francis) (Buchinger) The Promises and Federal Rural Problems of Development Programs Coordination in Parks and Recreation Development and Resources (Brown) Management (Burton)
The Canadian Council of Critique (Dorney) Resource Ministers (de Laet)
Indigenous Use of National Parks and Related Reserves:
Introduction (Mair)
Traditional Land Users as a Legitimate Source of Environmental Expertise (Freeman) Recent Developments International in the United States Perspectives: and Other Parts of the The American National World: Park System: A Review Planning of National (Rowntree and Orr) Parks in the United States (Swem) The United Kingdom’s Experience with the The Wilderness Law and Countryside Concept the National Park (Butler) System of the United States (Brandborg) Experience with National Parks and The Planning of National Related Reserves in Parks in Europe (Curry- the Southwest Pacific Lindahl) (Lucas)
The Planning of National People, Politics and Parks in Argentina and Parks: An Australian Other Parts of South Experience (Ovington) America (Costantino) Coastal and Marine Problems in National Resource Planning Parks Management in with Special Reference East Africa (de Vos) to Marine Parks and Reserves (Dobbin) The Planning of National Parks in Japan and Protecting the World’s Other Parts of Asia Heritage (Bennett) (Senge) Critique (Curry-Lindahl)
Volunteered Papers: National Parks, Equivalent Reserves, and Forest Recreation: The Philippines (Tolentino)
A Situation report on National Parks and Related Reserves: Fiji Island (National Trust for Fiji) Field Trip to Banff National Park Concessions and Services: The Management of Concessions and Other Services in National Parks in the United States (Flynn) Townsite Administration and Management in Canada’s National Parks (McKim)
Banff Townsite: An Historical-Geographical View of Urban Development in a Canadian National Park (Scace)
Concessions and Service Arrangements in Various Parts of the World (Buchinger)
Submitted papers: A Paper Submitted by Banff Advisory Council (Leroy)
The Rocky Mountain National Parks. A Report Submitted by the National Parks Committee, Calgary Chamber of Commerce (Scott) People and Technology in National Parks and Related Reserves: Townsites and Other Facilities and Other Facilities and Services in Canadian National Parks (Scace)
Wildlife Problems in Canada’s National Parks (Herrero)
Energy, Climate, People, Conservation and National Parks and Related Reserves (Buckmaster)
The Resident in a National Park (Becker)
People and Parks: Selected Legal Issues in Canada (Hunt)
Critique (Beatty) Workshop on Parks Canada Draft Policy: Workshop on Parks Canada Draft Policy: A Summary Planning for the The Future: Future: Planning a Canadian Planning a Canadian National Park and National Parks System – Related Reserve Progress and Problems System (Carruthers) (Brooks) The Role of Ecology in Demand for Recreation National Parks – An Essential Tool for (Theberge) Resource Planning (Taylor) The Heritage Approach (Phillips) The Role of the Public in National Park Planning Private Agencies and and Decision Making the Future of National (Henderson) Parks and Related Reserves (Fowle and Research Needs for Lewis) National Parks (Lucas) Canada’s Wildlands The Role of Ecology in (Nelson) the National Parks (Cowan) International Peace Parks: A Concept and A Proposal (Carroll)
The Role of the Public in National Park Planning and Management (Green) Conference Summary Summary Panel: National Issues Paper and Resolutions Commentary (Crerar) Update: Commentary The Heritage for (O’Gorman) Tomorrow Program as Commentary (Mair) a Continuing Process: Commentary (Brooks) A New Era of Sharing Heritage Management (Nelson)
Postscript Kananaskis Country Field Trip