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Comprehensive guide to (primarily higher) education services in the North published by the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS). Chapters cover education, research, teacher education, distance education and information systems in the context of the Canadian North. Includes a guide to Canadian and Northern Universities.
Paper presented at annual conference of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies held April 24, 1980 in Peterborough, Ontario. Discusses current status of research and teaching about northern Canada as well as the scarcity of funding available to university researchers and their graduate students.
With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.
Published in 1997. People wishing to learn the major phases in the development of Canada's twelve postsecondary higher education systems over the 1945-95 period will find this an essential starting point.
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