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Summary of the Corporate Plan 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 OPERATING and CAPITAL BUDGETS for 2009-2010 Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada
SUMMARY OF THE CORPORATE PLAN 2009-2010 TO 2013-2014 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR 2009-2010 ALLIANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS OF CANADA The Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada is dedicated to the preservation and understanding of Canada’s natural heritage. By working in partnership, the Alliance is able to provide enhanced public programming with national reach, contribute to informed decision making in areas of public policy, and enhance collections planning and development to facilitate public and scientific access to collections information. MEMBERS: Canadian Museum of Nature • Montréal’s Nature Museums New Brunswick Museum • Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre • Royal Alberta Museum Royal British Columbia Museum • Royal Ontario Museum • Royal Saskatchewan Museum Royal Tyrrell Museum • The Manitoba Museum • The Rooms, Provincial Museum Division Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR R. Kenneth Armstrong, O.M.C., Peterborough, Ontario VI C E - C H A I R Dana Hanson, M.D., Fredericton, New Brunswick MEMBERS Lise des Greniers, Granby, Quebec Martin Joanisse, Gatineau, Quebec Teresa MacNeil, O.C., Johnstown, Nova Scotia (until June 18, 2008) Melody McLeod, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Mark Muise, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (effective June 18, 2008) Chris Nelson, Ottawa, Ontario Erin Rankin Nash, London, Ontario Harold Robinson, Edmonton, Alberta Henry Tom, Vancouver, British Columbia Jeffrey A. Turner, Manotick, Ontario EXECUTIVE StAFF -
Regional Geology of the Scotian Basin
REGIONAL GEOLOGY OF THE SCOTIAN BASIN David E. Brown, CNSOPB, 2008 INTRODUCTION The Scotian Basin is a classic passive, mostly non-volcanic, conjugate margin. It represents over 250 million years of continuous sedimentation recording the region's dynamic geological history from the initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean to the recent post-glacial deposition. The basin is located on the northeastern flank of the Appalachian Orogen and covers an area of approximately 300,000 km2 with an estimated maximum sediment thickness of about 24 kilometers. The continental-size drainage system of the paleo-St. Lawrence River provided a continuous supply of sediments that accumulated in a number of complex, interconnected subbasins. The basin's stratigraphic succession contains early synrift continental, postrift carbonate margin, fluvial-deltaic-lacustrine, shallow marine and deepwater depositional systems. PRERIFT The Scotian Basin is located offshore Nova Scotia where it extends for 1200 km from the Yarmouth Arch / United States border in the southwest to the Avalon Uplift on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the northeast (Figure 1). With an average breadth of 250 km, the total area of the basin is approximately 300,000 km2. Half of the basin lies on the present-day continental shelf in water depths less than 200 m with the other half on the continental slope in water depths from 200 to >4000 m. The Scotian Basin formed on a passive continental margin that developed after North America rifted and separated from the African continent during the breakup of Pangea (Figure 2). Its tectonic elements consist of a series of platforms and depocentres separated by basement ridges and/or major basement faults. -
Tetrapod Biostratigraphy and Biochronology of the Triassic–Jurassic Transition on the Southern Colorado Plateau, USA
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 244 (2007) 242–256 www.elsevier.com/locate/palaeo Tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Triassic–Jurassic transition on the southern Colorado Plateau, USA Spencer G. Lucas a,⁎, Lawrence H. Tanner b a New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. N.W., Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, USA b Department of Biology, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road, Syracuse, NY 13214, USA Received 15 March 2006; accepted 20 June 2006 Abstract Nonmarine fluvial, eolian and lacustrine strata of the Chinle and Glen Canyon groups on the southern Colorado Plateau preserve tetrapod body fossils and footprints that are one of the world's most extensive tetrapod fossil records across the Triassic– Jurassic boundary. We organize these tetrapod fossils into five, time-successive biostratigraphic assemblages (in ascending order, Owl Rock, Rock Point, Dinosaur Canyon, Whitmore Point and Kayenta) that we assign to the (ascending order) Revueltian, Apachean, Wassonian and Dawan land-vertebrate faunachrons (LVF). In doing so, we redefine the Wassonian and the Dawan LVFs. The Apachean–Wassonian boundary approximates the Triassic–Jurassic boundary. This tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Triassic–Jurassic transition on the southern Colorado Plateau confirms that crurotarsan extinction closely corresponds to the end of the Triassic, and that a dramatic increase in dinosaur diversity, abundance and body size preceded the end of the Triassic. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Triassic–Jurassic boundary; Colorado Plateau; Chinle Group; Glen Canyon Group; Tetrapod 1. Introduction 190 Ma. On the southern Colorado Plateau, the Triassic– Jurassic transition was a time of significant changes in the The Four Corners (common boundary of Utah, composition of the terrestrial vertebrate (tetrapod) fauna. -
A Passion for Palaeontology September 22, 2012-March 17, 2013
BACK COVER PAGE COVER PAGE Bearing Witness Inside the ROM Governors A dark chapter in ROM NEWSLETTER OF THE Cambodia’s history ROM GOVERNORS The Institute for Contemporary FALL/WINTER 2 012 Summer at the ROM has been a whirlwind of activity. Culture (ICC) presents Observance Exciting new initiatives such as Friday Night Live and our and Memorial: Photographs from family weekend programming have been extremely popular S-21, Cambodia, featuring over 100 and we have seen many new visitors and partners come photographs developed from original through our doors. Also hugely successful has been our negatives abandoned by the Khmer Special thanks to Susan Crocker and INSIDER groundbreaking exhibition Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Rouge in January 1979, at the S-21 secret John Hunkin, Ron Graham, the Gondwana, which pioneers the use of Augmented Reality prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Honourable William C. Graham and and includes the largest dinosaur ever mounted in Canada. Curated by Photo Archive Group, and Cathy Graham, Deanna Horton, Dr. Carla Shapiro from the Munk School Richard W. Ivey, and Sarah and Tom This month, it is a great pleasure to welcome Robert Pierce of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Milroy for their generous support of this as the new chairman of the Board of Governors. As a this exhibition calls attention to the exhibition. For information on how you long-time volunteer, Board member for more than 12 years, atrocities in Cambodia in the 1970s can support Observance and Memorial and supporter of the ROM, Rob has served in a leadership or to make a donation to the ICC, BIG and human rights issues. -
On Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Remnants of Early Mesozoic basalt of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Journal: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Manuscript ID cjes-2016-0181.R1 Manuscript Type: Article Date Submitted by the Author: 07-Nov-2016 Complete List of Authors: White, Chris E.; Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Kontak, DanielDraft J.; Department of Earth Sciences, Demont, Garth J.; Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Archibald, Douglas; Queens University, Department of Geological Sciences Keyword: CAMP, Mesozoic, Fundy Basin, Ashfield Formation https://mc06.manuscriptcentral.com/cjes-pubs Page 1 of 48 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 1 Remnants of Early Mesozoic basalt of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Chris E. White 1, Daniel J. Kontak 2, Garth J. DeMont 1, and Douglas Archibald 3 1. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3T9, Canada 2. Department of Earth Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada 3. Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada Corrected version:Draft for re-submission to CJES November 7, 2016 ABSTRACT Amygdaloidal basaltic flows of the Ashfield Formation were encountered in two drillholes in areas of positive aeromagnetic anomalies in the Carboniferous River Denys Basin in southwestern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. One sample of medium-grained basalt yielded a plateau age of 201.8 ± 2.0 Ma, similar to U-Pb and 40 Ar/ 39 Ar crystallization ages from basaltic flows and dykes in the Newark Supergroup. -
Identification of Atlantic Mud-Piddock Habitat in Atlantic Canadian Waters
Identification of Atlantic Mud-piddock Habitat in Atlantic Canadian Waters C.M. Clark, A. Hebda, G. Jones, S. Butler, and G. Pardy Population Ecology Division Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1 Challenger Drive Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2 2019 Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3295 1 Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Technical reports contain scientific and technical information that contributes to existing knowledge but which is not normally appropriate for primary literature. Technical reports are directed primarily toward a worldwide audience and have an international distribution. No restriction is placed on subject matter and the series reflects the broad interests and policies of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, namely, fisheries and aquatic sciences. Technical reports may be cited as full publications. The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report. Each report is abstracted in the data base Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts. Technical reports are produced regionally but are numbered nationally. Requests for individual reports will be filled by the issuing establishment listed on the front cover and title page. Numbers 1-456 in this series were issued as Technical Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Numbers 457-714 were issued as Department of the Environment, Fisheries and Marine Service, Research and Development Directorate Technical Reports. Numbers 715-924 were issued as Department of Fisheries and Environment, Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Reports. The current series name was changed with report number 925. Rapport technique canadien des sciences halieutiques et aquatiques Les rapports techniques contiennent des renseignements scientifiques et techniques qui constituent une contribution aux connaissances actuelles, mais qui ne sont pas normalement appropriés pour la publication dans un journal scientifique. -
Late Carboniferous Tropical Dryland Ecosystem, Joggins, Nova Scotia1
Report of Activities 2002 181 Late Carboniferous Tropical Dryland Ecosystem, 1 Joggins, Nova Scotia H. J. Falcon-Lang and J. H. Calder Museum dioramas usually depict the Late Carboniferous tropical zone as being covered by humid rainforests composed of densely spaced tree-sized lycopsids. However, new evidence from the Langsettian fossil cliffs of Joggins, Nova Scotia suggests that this may only be half the story. At this classic site, grey coal-bearing units deposited in humid wetland coastal plain environments and containing 'normal' lycopsid-dominated rainforest vegetation are interbedded with red bed units. The red bed units, which are the focus of this paper, were deposited in seasonal dryland alluvial environment and contain an unusual floral and faunal assemblage. Depauperate floral remains in the deposits of anastomosing river channels, crevasse splays, and overbank muds are dominated by cordaite gymnosperms (Cordaites leaves, Artisia pith casts, and woody Dadoxylon trunks and branches; >80% of specimens). Present in subordinate numbers are pteridosperms (Eusphenopteris), sphenopsids (Calamites) and lycopsids (Sigillaria). A high proportion of this plant material has been charred in wildfires. Faunal remains associated with waterhole deposits in seasonally dry channels include land snails (Dendropupa), giant freshwater clams (Asterodonta) and the pelvic girdle and jaw of loxomatid reptiles. These data indicate that Late Carboniferous dryland tropical environments supported low diversity, fire-prone gymnospermous vegetation consisting mostly of shrubs or small trees inhabited by a unique fauna. At Joggins, gymnospermous dryland ecosystems repeatedly alternated with lycopsid wetland ecosystems, perhaps in response to glacial-interglacial climate rhythms. 16th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference, Athens, Greece; in Abstracts with Programs, p. -
Grade 5 Investigating Past Societies
Acknowledgments The Departments of Education acknowledge the work of the social studies consultants and other educators who served on the regional social studies committee. New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador John Hildebrand Darryl Fillier Barbara Hillman Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Bethany Doiron Mary Fedorchuk Laura Ann Noye Bruce Fisher Rick McDonald Jennifer Burke The Departments of Education also acknowledge the contribution of all the educators who served on provincial writing teams and curriculum committees, and who reviewed and/or piloted the curriculum. Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Background ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Aims of Social Studies ............................................................................................................................... 1 Purpose of Curriculum Guide ................................................................................................................... 2 Guiding Principles ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Program Design and Outcomes ................................................................................................................... 4 Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... -
Geological Map of the North Mountain Basalt from Cape Split to Brier Island, with Comments on Its Resource Potential
Report of Activities 2005 39 Geological Map of the North Mountain Basalt from Cape Split to Brier Island, with Comments on its Resource Potential D. J. Kontak Introduction preparation and will be published elsewhere (Kontak, in prep.), where it is demonstrated that the sequence corresponds to other continental flood The Jurassic North Mountain Basalt (NMB) forms basalt provinces (e.g. 65 Ma Deccan Traps, 17- a prominent cuesta along the southern coastline of 15 Ma Columbia River Basalt Group) that have the Bay of Fundy, and is contiguous with outliers analogues in the active flows of Hawaii. This along the northern side of the bay (Fig. 1). This correspondence provides a basis for interpreting the prominent topographic feature, roughly 200 km in volcanological features of the NMB (see Kontak, length, is the focus of this paper and the topic of 2002, for discussion). field studies over the past few years (Kontak, 2000, 2002; Kontak et al., 2005). One result of this work is the first geological map of this unit over the Geological Setting length of the North Mountain (Kontak, 2005, 2006), which provides a basis for assessment of the Numerous, early Mesozoic continental tholeiitic area’s resources. Previous work indicated that the basalt flows, dykes and sills formed along the NMB contained three distinct flow units, referred eastern margin of North America, concurrent with to as the Lower, Middle and Upper flow units the infilling of basins with non-marine sedimentary (Kontak, 2002), and the results of this work have rocks during Pangean rupture, as a prelude to the shown that this subdivision can be extended over opening of the present-day Atlantic Ocean. -
FLUKE a Tliesis Presented to of the University of Guelph EMILY E
FLUKE A Tliesis Presented to The Faculty of Graduate Studies of The University of Guelph by EMILY E. SANFORD [n partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Master of Arts August, 200 1 O Ernily E. Sanford, 2001 National Library Bibliothèque nationale du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographie Services services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395. rue Wellington Ottawa ON KI A ON4 Ottawa ON KI A ON4 Canada Canada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive permettant à la National Library of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distribute or sell reproduire, prêter, distribuer ou copies of this thesis in microfom, vendre des copies de cette thèse sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/^, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format électronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantial extracts fkom it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. ABSTRACT FLUKE Eniil). E. Sanford Advisor: University of Guelph. 200 1 Professor Judith Tliornpson This thesis is a creative work in the form of a full-length dramatic play script. Aft'tcr PX'S l~~isbandLionel leaves her and moves in with another uroman, Pat and her daiigliter Tainara return "honie" to tlie place of Pat's childhood on the shores of northern Nova Scotia. -
MOVING FORWARD – TOWARDS a STRONGER CANADIAN MUSEUM SECTOR Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
MOVING FORWARD – TOWARDS A STRONGER CANADIAN MUSEUM SECTOR Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Julie Dabrusin, Chair SEPTEMBER 2018 42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION The proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees are hereby made available to provide greater public access. The parliamentary privilege of the House of Commons to control the publication and broadcast of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees is nonetheless reserved. All copyrights therein are also reserved. Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees, in whole or in part and in any medium, is hereby permitted provided that the reproduction is accurate and is not presented as official. This permission does not extend to reproduction, distribution or use for commercial purpose of financial gain. Reproduction or use outside this permission or without authorization may be treated as copyright infringement in accordance with the Copyright Act. Authorization may be obtained on written application to the Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons. Reproduction in accordance with this permission does not constitute publication under the authority of the House of Commons. The absolute privilege that applies to the proceedings of the House of Commons does not extend to these permitted reproductions. Where a reproduction includes briefs to a Standing Committee of the House of Commons, authorization for reproduction may be required from the authors in accordance with the Copyright Act. Nothing in this permission abrogates or derogates from the privileges, powers, immunities and rights of the House of Commons and its Committees. -
The Jurassic North Mountain Basalts, Nova Scotia: More Than Just Simple Flood Basalts1
188 Mineral Resources Branch The Jurassic North Mountain Basalts, Nova 1 Scotia: More Than Just Simple Flood Basalts D. J. Kontak The 201 Ma North Mountain Basalt (NMB) is a sequence of continental tholeiitic basalts erupted within a continental rift (Fundy Basin) that has been subdivided into lower, middle and upper flow units (LFU, MFU, UFU, respectively). Petrographically the basalts are medium- to fine-grained with ophitic textures and are variably vitrophyric (#30 %). Results of ongoing investigations of the features of the NMB are summarized below followed by inferences regarding their nature and origin. 1. The LFU (#190 to #40 m) is a medium- to coarse-grained, massive, columnar jointed basalt of dominantly holocrystalline texture with minor vitrophyre. The top few m are often amygdaloidal and mafic pegmatites local occur with felsic layers (#2-3 cm). Rarely spectacular Neptunian dykes (#20- 30 cm) are controlled by columnar jointing. Although the LFU forms a prominent valley wall along the Annapolis Valley, this topographic feature diminishes westwards. 2. The MFU contains numerous (4-16), variably thick (#1 to #25 m) flows with a laterally variable composite thickness (150 to 10 m) that decreases westwards. The basalts are fine- to medium-grained and contain abundant, variably textured mesostasis (#30-40%). The MFU is characterized by a systematic zonation of zeolites occluding primary vugs. Minor amounts of massive, fine-grained, homogeneous, red inter-flow sediment occurs as thin (cm scale) beds, and discordant vein networks or dykes; zeolites cross cut and locally replace the dyke rock. 3. The UFU (#160 m) consists of at least two or more flows and is similar to the LFU.