Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of , Alberta, Canada March 25 - 27, 2010 time Thursday Friday Saturday 8:30 am Registration: Registration: Tory-Business Atrium Tory-Business Atrium 8 am – 4 pm 8 am – 12 noon

Morning Session #1 Field Trips (see pg 9) Refreshment Break sponored by City-Region Studies Centre

Morning Session #2

Noon Lunch – Central Academic (CAB) Cafeteria

1:00 pm Registration Afternoon Session #1 Tory-Business Atrium Refreshment Break sponored 1-4 pm by McCallum Printing 4:00pm Registration HC L-1 4:30 pm 4 – 7 pm Afternoon Session #2 WDCAG General Meeting 4:30 pm Dinner (on own) Dinner (on own) Free Time 7:00 pm WDCAG Icebreaker Keynote Address Banquet

Hudsons On Campus Mr. Ed Struzik Awards, Banquet Address & 11113 87 Avenue Humanities Centre Dance L-1 Sponsored by the Canadian Circumpolar Institute Winston Churchill Square

11 pm Table of Contents

Welcome from the President of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers...... 5

Welcome to the 52nd Annual Conference of the Western Division, Canadian Association of Geographers...... 6

General Information...... 7

Information for Oral Presentations...... 7

Information for Poster Presentations...... 7

Parking on Campus...... 7

Public Transit...... 7

Security...... 8

Internet Access...... 8

Code of Conduct...... 8

Conference Program...... 9

Conference Day One – Thursday March 25...... 9

Conference Day Two – Friday, March 26...... 9

Keynote Address: The Big Thaw...... 10

Conference Day Three – Saturday, March 27...... 11

Morning Poster Session...... 12

Afternoon Poster Session...... 13

Session Matrix...... 14

Session #1: Saturday March 27 8:30 to 10:00 am...... 14

Session #2: Saturday March 27 10:30am - Noon...... 16

Session #3: Saturday March 27 1:00 – 2:30 pm...... 17

Session #4: Saturday March 27 3:00 – 4:30 pm...... 19

Award Banquet...... 21

Abstract...... 22

WDCAG 2011...... 23 North Saskatchewan River Saskatchewan Drive Alumni House Ring House 4 Edinboro Road Ring Faculty House 3 Club Ring House 2 P Saskatchewan Drive Ring House 1 Biological Sciences Centre CCIS North Lecture Windsor Centennial Theatres 116 St 117 St Car Park National Centre for Institute for Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Science P Tory Tory-Business Atrium Earth Sciences Lecture Chemical Theatres 92 Ave Materials Engineering CCIS Mechanical (phase 2) Headhouse Tory HM Tory Humanities Centre Engineering Breezeway Assiniboia Gunning/ Hall School of ECERF ETLC Lemieux Business Chemistry Humanities Windsor Central Academic Centre Centre Parking: “U” Lot P Cameron LRT to City Centre > Building (CAB) Library Arts & Park Computing QUAD Central Natural Morrison Convocation Science Athabasca Academic Hall Resources Structural Hall Building HUB Saskatchewan Drive Engineering Engineering Lab Triffo Hall 91 Ave Facility International Agriculture General North RCMS Forestry Power Services Centre Pembina East (Physical Building Plant Plant Shop) Hall Rutherford Civil/Electrical Libraries P 90 Ave Brock Ave Engineering

Stadium Industrial Students’ University Car Park Design Union Building Administration Dentistry/Pharmacy Station Human Studio Ecology Campus P LRT Station UNIVERSITY 89 Ave RESTRICTED ACCESS 89 Ave Legal Ave STATION Clare Old Fine Arts Centre Drake University Hall St Joseph’s St Stephen’s Arena College P8 College Law Van Vliet Centre East Campus St Stephen’s International Village Blk 2

Physical Education 110 St Varsity Field & Recreation Centre Education College House Centre Emily 88 North P Murphy P P East Campus House Education Timms Village Blk 4 Car Environmental Centre Telus P Universiade Park Education Centre South Engineering Centre 111 St Pavillion Graduate Student Housing 117 St

116 St (Butterdome) 87 Ave 87 Ave 87 Ave Royal Ave Campus Heritage Medical Tower Shäffer U of A Katz Group Centre HRIF Hall Research Centre Conference for Pharmacy East 112 St Services 114 St & Health Research NANUC Centre Hudsons on Campus P Jubilee Medical Sciences Edmonton Kelsey Lister Auditorium Zeidler 86 Ave Oliver Ave Hall Centre Clinic North Ledcor P Centre P2 P5 Walter C Mackenzie Newton Jubilee Health Sciences Centre East Place Mackenzie Henday Car Park Hall Hall Trailer ? Offices University 85 Ave Griesbach Ave P4 Hospital Materials P3 Management Research Cooling Transition HEALTH Stollery Emergency P Childrens’ Recycle Centre Plant Facility SCIENCES Wing STATION Hospital Mazankowski Heart Institute 84 Ave Lumsden Ave University Clinical Heating Hospital Lister Field RE Phillips Plant Sciences P Services Outpatient Building

Residence 111 St Building University Extension 83 Ave P1 Terrace CarP Park Thermal West Staff East Public Energy Canadian 83 Ave McDonald Ave South Field Blood Services Parkade Parkade P Car Park Storage Edmonton Clinic South

112 St College Windsor Park Plaza Plaza Cross

P7 114 St Cancer Corbett 82 Ave > to Campus Saint-Jean Whyte Ave Hall Institute Aberhart Centre P 117 St P6 110 St University Ave 111 St University Ave Childcare Centre 81 Ave Anderson Ave Site Office Corbett Fields South Ave 115a St 80 Ave St. Alberta St Garneau St

115 St Braithwaite 80 Ave Rouleau Ave Belgravia University Ave Park Rutherford St

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Welcome from the President of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers

It is a privilege for me to welcome you to the 2010 WDCAG Conference and Annual General Meeting. I would like to extend a most special welcome to all undergraduate and graduate students for whom this conference might be the first and, hopefully not, only opportunity they have to experience the intellectual and social stimulation that comes with taking part in an academic meeting. May you be inspired to pursue a career in geography! Colleagues who regularly attend the WDCAG will agree that student participation (traditionally more than half of the registrants) is what gives our conference its unique character. Faculty and students alike have long recognized that the conference offers budding academics a supportive and “reasonably” laid-back environment where they can safely break the “academic” ice. I am sure this conference hosted by the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, the 52nd in the history of our division, will continue in this long tradition. Please enjoy the conference and the city of Edmonton.

Sincerely,

Gilles Viaud

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Welcome to the 52 nd Annual Conference of the Western Division, Canadian Association of Geographers

On behalf of the geographers in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, welcome to the 2010 WDCAG conference. It has been almost two decades since the University of Alberta welcomed our geography colleagues to campus and we are thrilled to see the mix of faculty, students and practitioners that have registered for the conference this year. We look forward to seeing and hearing the ideas, thoughts and insights that come out of this meeting.

Geography at the University of Alberta has gone through considerable transition in the past 20 years. We are now pleased to report that we have thriving undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as an enthusiastic group of Geographers that are opening up new opportunities and expanding our programs. The future is indeed bright for Geography at the University of Alberta!

When we first selected our conference theme, 2010 A Spatial Odyssey, we admit it was a little tongue-in- cheek. But what has emerged over the past several weeks has been a set of conference presentations and posters that spans the breadth and depth of Geography. It truly is an odyssey. From remote sensing to sense of place, and from permafrost to spatialities of music, there is something for everyone in this year’s conference. We are especially pleased to offer two special sessions dedicated to the late Dr. Bruce Rains, not only to recognize his accomplishments and contributions to geomorphology, but also to honour him as a colleague and friend.

We’d like to thank our two keynote speakers, Mr. Ed Struzik and Dr. Rob Shields, for offering to share with us their insights and knowledge. Thanks to our sponsors, who have made some ‘extras’ available at the conference. Our student volunteers have provided great support, as also has the staff of the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences. Special appreciation is particularly sent out to Judy Fjoser, Igor Jakab, and Mary Jane Turnell for all the administrative and organizational effort.

We encourage you all to enjoy the sights and sounds of Edmonton in springtime, to take advantage of the array of papers, posters, field trips and social events and to discover some of the secrets of the city. We look forward to meeting you all.

WDCAG 2010 Conference Organizing Committee

Theresa Garvin Damian Collins

Tara McGee Pete Kershaw

Bob Summers Ewa Dabrowska

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General Information

Information for Oral Presentations

Each session is 1 hour and 20 minutes in length.

If you are presenting at the conference and are planning to use powerpoint, please bring your presentation on a flash drive or disk. Please arrive at your session in adequate time to copy your presentation to the computer hard drive in advance of your presentation time.

Each classroom will have a student volunteer to help you with setting up your presentations.

Each presenter is allotted 15 minutes (for sessions with four or five presenters) or 20 minutes (for sessions with three presenters). Each classroom will also have a moderator to time the presentations and to keep the session moving along. The moderator is also responsible for facilitating the question period following presentations.

Information for Poster Presentations

There are two Poster presentation sessions, one each in the morning and afternoon. For the morning session, posters can be put up any time before 10 am and should be removed by 1 pm. For the afternoon session, posters can be put up any time after 1pm and should be removed by 5 pm. Authors are asked to attend their posters during the appointed coffee break (morning or afternoon) to answer questions during the session.

Parking on Campus

Pay parking is in effect on campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Parking fees are $11.40/day on weekdays, and $4.20 flat fee after 4 pm and on weekends. Parking lots use a combination of ‘manned’ parking kiosks and automated meters (automated meters take both cash and credit cards). Please pay attention to signs indicating 24 hour reserved lots as you will be ticketed if you park there. Conference delegates are encouraged to park in “U” lot, which will give easy access to conference activities.

Public Transit

If you are using Edmonton’s LRT, get off at University Station and follow the exits to “HUB Mall”. From the LRT main station, walk north past the Library towards the Business Building and/or the Humanities Building.

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Security

The University of Alberta has 24 hour security on campus. Security services can be contacted at 780-492- 5050. In case of emergency, dial 911 from any telephone on campus.

Internet Access

The University of Alberta has widespread wireless access across campus. To access the network, follow these instructions:

• Open the network settings on your laptop and select “Connect to a network” • Scroll through the options and select “UWS” and press “connect.” • Select “Enter/select additional log on information” • Enter User name “wdcag” and Password “WDgeog2010!” (note: this is case sensitive) and press “enter” • If the connection does not immediately open, once again press “Enter/select additional log on information” and click “ok” in the window to validate the certificate • Wait – for some computers it take a few minutes to complete the connection. • Open your browser The University of Alberta has a policy on internet access that governs the use of the network. All delegates are expected to adhere to this policy.

Code of Conduct

Delegates and participants are expected to display appropriate behaviour and respect for each other throughout all of the events and sessions of the conference. Harassment and/or discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated.

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Conference Program

Conference Day One – Thursday March 25

Registration: 2pm – 6 pm Tory-Business Atrium

The main registration desk will be open in the Tory-Business Atrium Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday.

WDCAG Icebreaker & Pub Night: 7-11 pm

Join WDCAG delegates and organizers for a social and ice-breaker at Hudson’s On Campus pub located at the corner of 111 Street and 87 Avenue (across the street from Telus Centre). This informal event is a great opportunity to meet the delegates, enjoy snacks, network, and get to know your fellow geographers.

Conference Day Two – Friday, March 26

Registration: 8am – 4 pm Tory-Business Atrium

4pm – 8 pm Humanities Centre – Outside L-1 Keynote Address

Field Trip A: Environment Edmonton – An introduction to the natural environment in Edmonton, particularly the North Saskatchewan River Valley Park System - the longest stretch of connected urban parkland in North America. This includes an introduction to the important natural elements of the River Valley (Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, and Ecology) and local efforts of conservation and protection in an urban environment. Participants should be prepared to hike in cool temperatures (around 0 degrees) for a period of up to 2.0 hours in length. A lunch will be provided. Participants must be the Business Atrium at 9:45 am. This trip departs at 10:00 AM.

Field Trip B & D (now combined): This field trip will visit a number of Edmonton Neighbourhoods looking at some aspects of Edmonton’s Heritage, issues of urban decay and redevelopment, along with issues around public transit. Participants will become familiar with many of the key issues facing Edmonton’s urban development today. Participants must be the Business Atrium at 9:45 am. This trip departs at 10:00 AM. Participants will be provided with a number of lunch options at local restaurants at a discounted rate, but should bring along some method of payment to cover lunch expenses beyond the discount provided (approximately $10).

Field Trip C: The Edmonton Waste Management Centre Tour - Edmonton has one of the leading sustainable waste processing systems in North America and expects to divert 90% of its wastes away from landfill by 2013 when new facilities come on line. On the tour you will get to see the entire process of dealing with urban waste from research through to recycling. Participants must be the Business Atrium by 11:45 am. This trip departs at 12:00. An afternoon snack will be provided.

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7:00 pm Friday March 26 – Keynote Address with Mr. Ed Struzik, Humanities Centre L-1.

Sponsored by The Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta

The Big Thaw

Abstract

Six-foot beavers, three-toed horses, scimitar cats, and western camels. The discovery of these and other now extinct animals over the past three decades has proven that the Arctic was, at various times, a much warmer place than it has been for tens of thousands of years. Join writer/photographer Ed Struzik as he takes you through a 45-million year journey into the Arctic past. Discover what this means for environment, culture, and sovereignty in the future.

Biography

Ed Struzik is an award-winning writer/photographer whose articles have appeared in various magazines, journals and newspapers, including Canadian Geographic, Equinox, Foreign Policy Review, Yale Environment 360, Merien (Germany), Geo (Russia), Report on Business, and newspapers like the Toronto Star, Edmonton Journal and Globe and Mail. He is author of the book Northwest Passage, published by Key Porter Books and the Canadian Geographic Society, Ten Rivers, published by CanWest Books, and “The Big Thaw” which was published in April 2009 by John Wiley and Sons.

Most recently, Ed was the winner of the $100,000 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy, an award that gives one Canadian journalist the opportunity and resources to focus on an issue of national importance for a year. In 2008, he was a finalist for the $75,000 Grantham Prize, the world’s biggest award for environmental journalism. Ed is currently holder of the Michener-Deacon Fellowship, which is awarded once a year by Canada’s Governor-General. In June 2009, Queen’s University appointed Ed to be a fellow in the School of Public Policy Studies’ Institute for Energy and Environment Studies.

Ed Struzik on the Kuujjua River

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Conference Day Three – Saturday, March 27

Registration: 8 am – 12 noon Tory-Business Atrium

Morning Poster Session: 8:30 am – 12 noon

See page 12 for details

Presentation Session 1: 8:30 – 10 am

See pages 14-15 for session titles and locations

Morning Refreshment Break: 10 – 10:30 am

Sponsored by the City-Region Studies Centre, University of Alberta

Presentation Session 2: 10:30 am – 12 noon

See pages 16-17 for session titles and locations

Buffet Lunch: 12 noon – 1 pm

Join us for a buffet lunch in the Central Academic Building (CAB) Cafeteria.

Afternoon Poster Session: 1 pm – 5:30 pm

See page 13 for details

Presentation Session 3: 1 – 2:30 pm

See pages 17-18 for session titles and locations

Afternoon Refreshment Break: 2:30 – 3 pm

Sponsored by McCallum Printing

Presentation Session 4: 3 – 4:30 pm

See pages 19-20 for session titles and locations

WDCAG Annual General Meeting: 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Business 1-5

Free Time 5:30 – 6:30 pm

Awards Banquet: 5:30 – late in the evening

Art Gallery of Alberta, Winston Churchill Square,

See pages 21-22 for details

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Morning Poster Session

Tory/Business Atrium: 8:30 am – 12 noon

Posters will be attended by authors during morning refreshment break at 10:30 am

Refreshment Break sponsored by the City-Region Studies Centre, University of Alberta

Factors Contributing to Backcountry Avalanche Fatalities in Canada and How these Events are Portrayed by the Media. Tara McGee, University of Alberta. Jennifer Baker, University of Alberta.

GIS Applications in Community Planning. Antony Kwok, UBC. Jennifer Gibson, UBC.

The Fine Line of Ecotourism. Jay Hazzard, University of Victoria

Re-thinking Indigenous Land Values and Mining Development. Catherine Nolin, UNBC. Claudette H. Bois, UNBC.

UBC and the 2010 Winter Olympics: A Pre-Games Geography. Franco Giovanetti, UBC. Graham Stephen, UBC. Joshua Dolan, UBC. Marilyn Tse, UBC. Tari Gorle, UBC.

Whose memories are these? Interpreting President’s Choice “Memories of” products through postcolonial theory. Andrea Baigent, TRU. Andrew Pillar, TRU. Nicola Hogg, TRU. Tiana Malinosky, TRU. Nicole Whit, TRU. Tristan Hopkins, TRU.

Subsistence Swept Away: Restructuring Municipal Solid Waste Management in India. Michael Thiessen, UFV.

Sambhavna Clinic: Compating Against Union Carbide’s Legacy with Community Development. Ashleigh Graham, UFV.

Media Representation of Evacuees and “Defenders” during Wildfires in Canada. Brett Howard, University of Alberta.

Can we get old here? Aging and community built environments in Edmonton. Sherrill Johnson, Community, Health & Environment Research Centre. Theresa Garvin, University of Alberta. Candace Nykiforuk, University of Alberta. Laura Flaman, University of Alberta. Jody McKenzie, Community, Health & Environment Research Centre.

Health Care is Child’s Play. Rachel Chapman, UFV. Garry Fehr, UFV.

Examining an Urban Planning Issue: Vancouver’s Woodward Building. Lise Gibbons.

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Afternoon Poster Session Tory/Business Atrium: 12 noon – 4:30 pm

Posters will be attended by authors during afternoon refreshment break at 2:30 pm

Refreshment Break sponsored by McCallum Printing

A study in the comparison of two radiometric dating methods for the reinterpretation of a key lithostratigraphic section, Lynn Valley, southwestern British Columbia. Olav Lian, UFV. Winter Moon, UFV.

Changes in Satellite Radar backscatter and the seasonal evolution of snow and sea ice properties on Miquelon Lake, a small saline lake in Alberta. Ben Lange, University of Alberta. Christian Haas, University of Alberta. Justin Beckers, University of Alberta. Thomas Busche, German Space Agency (DLR) Microwaves and Radar Institute.

Feasibility of a marine protected area in Ucluelet. Rachel Elliott, University of Victoria.

Is the spatial distribution of subarctic forest in northern Manitoba in equilibruim with present environmental conditions? A GIS-based terrain and climate data perspective. G. Peter Kershaw, University of Alberta. Ryan K. Brook, Indigenous Land Management Institute. Steven D. Mamet, University of Alberta.

Throughfall in Three Contrasting Coniferous Forests on British Columbia’s Thompson-Bonaparte Plateau. Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses, TRU. Pearce W. Sanders, TRU.

Subarctic dendroecology using Betula glandulosa Michx. (dwarf birch). Jeff Suter, University of Alberta. G. Peter Kershaw, University of Alberta.

Soil geography and its ecological implementation on conservation and management of Ivvavik National Park, Yukon. John Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan. Linh Nguyen, Western Artictic Field Unit, Parks Canada. Stacey Dumanski, University of Saskatchewan. Wanli Wu, Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada.

Sea ice thickness measurements conducted over the Lincoln Sea and Nares Strait: a seasonal comparison of sea ice thickness. Benjamin A. Lange, University of Alberta. Christian Haas, University of Alberta. Justin Beckers, University of Alberta. Stefan Hendricks, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

At the intersection of Space and Time: Natural Selections and the Public Presentation of Research. Alwynne B. Beaudoin, Royal Alberta Museum. Christopher N. Jass, Royal Alberta Museum. Peter Milot, Royal Alberta Museum.

Development and Validation of a GIS-based Freshwater Ice Thickness Model for the Northern Hemisphere. Rheannon Brooks, University of Victoria. Terry D. Prowse, University of Victoria. Ian J. O’Connell, University of Victoria.

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Session Matrix

Session #1: Saturday March 27 8:30 to 10:00 am

Session 1A: Social & Cultural Geographies Business 1-5 Moderator: Ewa Dabrowska, University of Alberta

1. Making a Leap of Faith: Emergent Scale in Geogrpahy of Religion. Michael P. Ferber, The King’s University College.

2. Narratives of Negotiation: Exploring Place and Identity through Transnational Marriage Migration in Northern British Columbia. Catherine Nolin, UNBC. Courtney LeBourdais, UNBC.

3. Reflections of Place: A discourse analysis of tourist maps of Kelowna, British Columbia. Jason Drury, UBC Okanagan.

4. The Influence of Place on Prairie Rap. Esther McNairnay, University of Alberta.

Session 1B: Rolling Stones Business 1-6 Moderator: Claire Beaney, University of the Fraser Valley

1. Evaluating the sediment retention function of wetlands in central British Columbia, Canada. Katrina Caley, UNBC. Phil Owens, UNBC.

2. Locating setback dykes in channelized rivers: a case study, Mission Creek, B.C. Leif M. Burge, Okanagan College

3. Seasonal Beach Profile Morphology in Boundary Bay, British Columbia. Claire Beaney, UFV. Erin Murphy, UFV.

4. Substrate composition of the restored northern section of Okanagan River and its adjacent oxbow lakes. Zoe Masters, UBC Okanagan.

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Session 1C: Parks & Tourism Business 1-9 Moderator: Glen Hvenegaard, University of Alberta

1. The Search for Sustainable Livelihoods in Sarawak: A case study of the Lallang Longhouse, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Creighton Connolly, University of British Columbia.

2. Do the Objectives and Practices of Canadian Wildlife Festivals Match the Principles of Ecotourism? Glen Hvenegaard, University of Alberta.

3. Examining the role of First Nations people in active management practices within protected areas: Clam garden re-establishment in Gulf Islands National Park Preserve. Skye Augustine, University of Victoria.

4. The effectiveness of interpretation at changing visitor behaviours during wildlife viewing tours in Tofino, British Columbia. Rick Rollins, Vancouver Island University. Rosaline Canessa, University of Victoria. Sarah Poirier, University of Victoria.

Session 1D: Ring Leaders Business 1-10 Moderator: Colin Laroque, Mount Allison University

1. Lichenometric and dendrochronologic dating of the Little Ice Age moraines at Asulkan Glacier, Glacier National Park, British Columbia. Dan Smith, University of Victoria. Kara Pitman, University of Victoria.

2. Root architecture of overlapping aspen (Populus tremuloidies Michx.) clones in the Boreal forest. Geoff Kershaw, University of Alberta. Jessica Snedden, University of Alberta. Simon Landhausser, University of Alberta. Uldis Silins, University of Alberta.

3. A dendroclimatological reconstruction of climate since AD 1680 in the northwestern British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Dan Smith, University of Victoria. Kate Johnson, University of Victoria.

4. Jammin’ at Jambeau: Dendroglaciological investigations in the central British Columbia Coast Mountains. JE Harvey, University of Victoria. K. Johnson, University of Victoria. B. Coulthard, University of Victoria. K. Patterson, University of Victoria. K. Pitman, University of Victoria. D.J. Smith, University of Victoria.

5. The Moffatt Stick: Adding scientific evidence to the provenance of one of Canada’s oldest hockey sticks. Amanda G. Young, Mount Allison. Colin P. Laroque, Mount Allison. Mark Presley, Mounta Allison.

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Session #2: Saturday March 27 10:30am - Noon

Session 2A: Cities & Planning Business 1-5 Moderator: Bob Summers, University of Alberta

1. Public Spaces in Downtown Vancouver: Derelict function follows derelict form in wha is arranged, contained, and ascertained. Adrian Martynkiw, UBC.

2. Planning Reform & edible Urbanization. Patrick Barry, Vancouver Island University.

3. Theory of City Function: An Inquiry into the Purpose and Final Cause of Cities. Tyler Brown, Vancouver Island University.

4. An Introduction to the History of Urban Planning in the Edmonton Context. Jaron Williams, University of Alberta.

Session 2B: Add Water Business 1-6 Moderator: Tali Neta, University of Alberta

1. Exploratory analysis of historical hydroclimatic trends and dendrohydroclimatic relationships. Colette Starheim, University of Victoria. Dan Smith, University of Victoria. Terry Prowse, University of Victoria.

2. Moisture Content Assessment in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada, through High-Spectral Resolution Remote Sensing Technology. Baoxin Hu, York University. Quiming Cheng, York University. Richard Bellow, York University. Tali Neta, University of Alberta.

3. Throughfall Variability Modeling and Forest Characteristics. Andrew Pillar, Thompson Rivers University. Darryl Carlyle-Moses, Thompson Rivers University.

4. Verification of simulated hydrological processes using the ACRU agro-hydrological modelling system in the upper North SaskatchewanRiver watershed, Alberta. James Byrne, University of Lethbridge. Michael Nemeth, University of Lethbridge. Ryan MacDonald, University of Lethbridge. Stefan Kienzle, University of Lethbridge.

Session 2C: Resources & Resource Use Business 1-9 Moderator: Andrew McLellan, University of Alberta

1. The Fallout of Waste-to-Energy Incinerators: The Political Ecology of Sacrifice Zones within the Fraser Valley. Adam deBruyn, University of the Fraser Valley.

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2. Water Resource Preferences, Attitudes, and Willingness to Pay for Utilities for British Columbia, Canada. Robert Maciak, Thompson Rivers University. Dr. Peter Tsigaris, Thompson Rivers University.

3. Re-thinking Indigenous Land Values and Mining Development. Claudette H. Bois, University of Northern British Columbia. Catherine Nolin, University of Northern British Columbia.

4. You Want Me to Grow Trees? The Social Implications of Agroforestry amongst Ranchers in the Quesnel Area. Erik Kopetski, University of Northern British Columbia.

Session 2D: Birds/Climate Change Business 1-10 Moderator: Pete Kershaw, University of Alberta

1. The state of discontinuous permafrost in a warming climate. G. Peter Kershaw, University of Alberta. Jeff Suter, University of Alberta. Steven D. Mamet, University of Alberta.

2. Extreme temperature frequency analysis for British Columbia: 1951-1995. Anna-Maria Viaud, TRU. Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses, TRU.

3. Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) Habitat Suitability Assessment and GIS Analysis in Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, AB. Curtis B. Stratmoen, University of Alberta, Augustana. Glynnis A. Hood, University of Alberta, Augustana.

4. Population trends and nesting habitat of nocturnal owls in and around Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, Alberta. Glen Hvenegaard, University of Alberta. Taylor Woolley, University of Alberta.

Session #3: Saturday March 27 1:00 – 2:30 pm

Session 3A: Towns & Regions Business 1-5 Moderator: Amy Proctor, University of Alberta

1. The consequences of forest-dependence for the economic growth and socioeconomic development of Houston, BC. Marc Steynen, UNBC.

2. Planning for Resilience: A case-study of Kitimat, BC. Jennifer Herkes, UNBC.

3. Sustainable action planning in small town rural British Columbia. Allisha Luther, UBC Okanagan.

4. Suitable Intervention? Senior government involvement in rural regional development. Chelan Zirul, UNBC.

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Session 3B: Geomorphology, the Bruce Rains Session I Business 1-6 Moderator: Rob Young, UBC Okanagan

1. Bruce Rains professor and friend; his contribution to landscape research. John Shaw, University of Alberta.

2. A Comparison of Dating Methods used for the Interpretation of a Significant Lithostratigraphic Unit Overlying the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) Muir Point Formation, Southwestern British Columbia. Justine R. Cullen, University of the Fraser Valley. Olav B. Lian, University of the Fraser Valley.

3. Mount Cheops North Cirque: An Investigation of a Small Partially Debris-Covered Glacier. Glacier National Park of Canada, British Columbia. Steven Rubin, University of Victoria.

4. Terrestrial and Lacustrine Evidence of Holocene Glacier Activity in Southernmost South America. Brian Menounos, University of Northern British Columbia. Gerald Osborn, University of Calgary. John Clague, Simon Fraser University. Malyssa Maurer, University of Northern British Columbia.

5. The 2007 Fox Creek Landslide, Peace River Lowland, Alberta. C. Derek Martin, University of Alberta. David M. Cruden, University of Alberta. Tai-Hoon Kim University of Alberta.

Session 3C: Geographies of Health Business 1-9 Moderator: Damian Collins, University of Alberta

1. H1N1: Student Perceptions of Risk within the Health Belief Model. David Geselbracht, University of Victoria.

2. Come out and play! Assessing the Social and Spatial Barriers to Children’s Physical (In)activity in Prince George, British Columbia. Brooke Eschuk, UNBC. Neil Hanlon, UNBC.

3. The relationship between El Nino’s Southern Oscillation, annual precipitation, and malaria incidence in Uganda. Lauren Bytelaar, UBC Okanagan.

Session 3D: Historical & International Geographies Business 1-10 Moderator: Sirina McGregor-Hamilton, University of Alberta

1. Beringia: Canadian Human Origin. Amelia Vos, Thompson Rivers University.

2. Why British Columbia became British. Brian Goehring, Thompson Rivers University.

3. The walking boom in Japan and its effect on existing walking opportunities in three small cities. Tom Waldichuk, Thompson Rivers University.

4. Incentive-Based Conservation and Marine Protected Areas in Southeast Asia: Research and Application. Philip Deardon, University of Victoria.

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Session #4: Saturday March 27 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Session 4A: Cohesive Communities Business 1-5 Moderator: Laura Ryser, UNBC

1. Developing Communication Strategies to Link Seniors with Service Supports in a Resource Town in Transition. Greg Halseth, UNBC. Laura Ryser, UNBC.

2. A Journey to UBC: A Study of the Correlation Between Commuting Time and University Experience. Daniel Lai, UBC.

3. Building healthy, disaster-resilient communities in Coastal BC. Sarah Stoner, University of Victoria.

4. “Before you could always see the end, but this one is different”: The recent recession and its implicaitons for forestry-dependent communities in British Columbia’s Northern Interior. Alex G. Martin, UNBC

Session 4B: Geomorphology, the Bruce Rains Session II Business 1-6 Moderator: Dan Smith, University of Victoria

1. Morphometric controls on fan depositional processes in the Southern Alps, and implications for assessment of debris’ flow hazard. Fes de Scally, UBC Okanagan. Ian Owens, University of Canterbury. John Louis, Charles Sturt University.

2. Recent glacier change in the Torngat Mountains, northern Labrador, Canada. Martin J. Sharp, University of Alberta. Nicholas E. Barrand, University of Alberta. Trevor J. Bell, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

3. Revisiting the Quaternary History of the Burin Peninsula, Southern Newfoundland. Martin Batterson, Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Natural Resources. Trevor Bell, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

4. Terraces I have known: Part I. David A. Arnold, Alberta Environment. Donald Kvill, Athabasca University. James A. Burns, Royal Alberta Museum. Robert R. Young, UBC Okanagan.

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Session 4C: Open Session Business 1-9 Moderator: Bob Summers, University of Alberta

Session 4D: Methodological Issues Business 1-10 Moderator: Pam Shaw, Vancouver Island University

1. Interdisciplinarity in Ecosystem Management Research: A mixed-methods project. Anna Pujadas Botey, University of Alberta. Theresa Garvin, University of Alberta.

2. Assessing the risks of ecosystem change for financiers and insurers: the future of conservation? Jessica Dempsey, University of British Columbia.

3. Redefining “Unsuccessful” Research in Rural Costa Rica. Tracy Thompson, Vancouver Island University.

4. Participatory Forest Fire Mapping in the Okanagan. Aidon Whiteley, UBC Okanagan. Dr. Jon Corbett, UBC Okanagan. Samantha Brennan, UBC Okanagan.

Thanks to our sponsors:

Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta

Faculty of Science, University of Alberta

McCallum Printing

Canadian Circumpolar Institute

University of Alberta Bookstores

City-Region Studies Centre

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Award Banquet

5:30 pm – ???????????????????

Art Gallery of Alberta – Main Hall

Winston Churchill Square, Downtown Edmonton

5:30 Opening Reception: Cash Bar

6:15 pm Welcoming Remarks

• Dr. Theresa Garvin, Chair, Organizing Committee, WDCAG 2010

• Dr. Gilles Viaud, President, Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers.

Conference Awards Announcements

• Dr. Gilles Viaud

6:30 Dinner service begins

7:00 pm Banquet Address: Ecologies of Affect, Dr. Rob Shields, University of Alberta

8 - 11 pm Dance with Revolution DJ Services

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Banquet Address: Ecologies of Affect

Dr. Rob Shields, University of Alberta

Abstract Affect designates the rising and falling tone of our everyday interaction with others and with environments as we feel enabled or frustrated, elated or apprehensive, and ultimately empowered or disempowered. This talk will present the relevance of this concept for geographers and provide a range of critical examples from art, architecture and street-life.

Biography Rob Shields work spans architecture and planning as well as media and cultural studies. His early career was in passive solar architectural design. He founded Space and Culture an international peer-refereed journal, CURB Magazine, has lectured in half a dozen countries and given numerous keynote and plenary talks on the identities of Places on the Margin (Outstanding Book of the Year 1991), on consumption and Lifestyle Shopping (ed. 1993), urban and architectural issues such as What is a City? Rethinking the Urban After Katrina (ed. 2008), and Building Tomorrow: Innovation in Construction (ed. 2005), as well as theorists such as Henri Lefebvre (1999), and the relevance of The Virtual (2003) and of Cultures of Internet (ed. 1996) to everyday urban life. New work ranges from facilitating reflections on regional futures to co-edited studies of Ecologies of Affect, and a monograph Topologies of Space.

Rob Shields, Co-Editor, Space and Culture. City-Region Studies Centre Academic Director. Henry Marshall Tory Chair and Professor, Departments of Sociology / Art and Design, University of Alberta. 2-184 10230 Jasper Ave. Edmonton AB Canada T5J 4P6 [email protected]

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Join us for WDCAG 2011 next year at: Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC WDCAG 2010: A SPATIAL ODYSSEY

anks for coming to Edmonton and the University of Alberta

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