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Climate change adaptive capacity of the Canadian forest sector

Johnston, Mark; Hesseln, Hayley - In: Forest Policy and Economics 24 (2012) C, pp. 29-34

Canada's forests will be affected by climate change to a greater degree than many other regions. The ability of the … group discussions and interviews with a variety of forestry stakeholders across Canada. The assessment was oriented to the … Forest Management, Canada's model forest program and others. However, these institutions will need to be modified in order to …

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Canadian policy makers’ views on pharmaceutical reimbursement contracts involving confidential discounts from drug manufacturers

Morgan, Steven G.; Thomson, Paige A.; Daw, Jamie R.; … - In: Health Policy 112 (2013) 3, pp. 248-254

provinces. Use of reimbursement contracts involving confidential discounts is new in Canada and ideas about power and equity …

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Here today, gone tomorrow: The issue attention cycle and national print media coverage of prescription drug financing in Canada

Daw, Jamie R.; Morgan, Steven G.; Thomson, Paige A.; … - In: Health Policy 110 (2013) 1, pp. 67-75

Canada is the only developed country that has established universal coverage for hospital care and physician services … examined the quantity, context, and patterns of coverage of public drug financing in national print media in Canada from 1990 …

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Multi-Domain Subjective Wellbeing of Two Canadian First Nations Communities

Kant, Shashi; Vertinsky, Ilan; Zheng, Bin; Smith, Peggy M. - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 140-157

This exploratory study analyzed the subjective wellbeing of people living on reserves in two Canadian First Nations communities. Community members themselves identified key domains of wellbeing and contributing factors, and helped specify models linking overall wellbeing, domains’...

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Potential for enhanced geothermal systems in Alberta, Canada

Hofmann, Hannes; Weides, Simon; Babadagli, Tayfun; … - In: Energy 69 (2014) C, pp. 578-591

The province of Alberta has a high demand of thermal energy for both industrial and residential applications. Currently, the vast majority of the heat used in these applications is obtained by burning natural gas. Geothermal energy production from deep aquifer systems in the sedimentary basin...

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The potential of wind energy to largely displace existing Canadian fossil fuel and nuclear electricity generation

Harvey, L.D. Danny - In: Energy 50 (2013) C, pp. 93-102

The potential of wind-generated electricity to displace existing fossil fuel and nuclear generation in Canada is … 0.5, that could supply many times the current electricity production from fossil fuel and nuclear powerplants in Canada …

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Understanding the dynamics of electricity generation capacity in Canada: A system dynamics approach

Qudrat-Ullah, Hassan - In: Energy 59 (2013) C, pp. 285-294

demand of electricity in Canada is highly complex and dynamic in nature. Understanding the causal relationships among the … system's nearly immeasurable amount of variables and the patterns that exist in Canada's electricity system is essential for … are needed to achieve a sustainable and balanced electricity supply and demand system in Canada. …

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Canadian STARS-Rated Campus Sustainability Plans: Priorities, Plan Creation and Design

Lidstone, Lauri; Wright, Tarah; Sherren, Kate - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 1, pp. 725-746

The use of integrated sustainability plans is an emerging trend in higher education institutions (HEIs) to set sustainability priorities and to create a work plan for action. This paper analyses the sustainability plans of 21 Canadian HEIs that have used the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment...

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Macroprudential Tools at Work in Canada

Krznar, Ivo; Morsink, James - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

The goal of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of the policy measures taken by Canadian authorities to address the housing boom. We find that the the last three rounds of macroprudential policies implemented since 2010 were associated with lower mortgage credit growth and house price...

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Carbon Cycling, Climate Regulation, and Disturbances in Canadian Forests: Scientific Principles for Management

Landry, Jean-Sébastien; Ramankutty, Navin - In: Land 4 (2015) 1, pp. 83-118

Canadian forests are often perceived as pristine and among the last remaining wilderness, but the majority of them are officially managed and undergo direct land use, mostly for wood harvest. This land use has modified their functions and properties, often inadvertently (e.g., age structure) but...

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