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OIL UNDER THE ICE, Offshore Drilling in the Canadian Arctic,
Douglas H. Pimlott, Dougald Brown, and Kenneth P. Sarn, 1976.
ISBN 0-919996-01-9. 178 pp. $8.00 paper
FINAL ARGUMENT & RECOMMENDATIONS, Mackenzie Valley
Pipeline Inquiry, 1977.
ISBN 0-919996-02-7, 200 pp. $8.00 paper
WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE CANADIAN NORTH,
The Administration of Inland Waters North of 60°, William
MacLeod, 1977.
ISBN 0-919996-04-3, 145 pp. $10.00 paper
NORTHERN TRANSITIONS, Volume I, Northern
Resources and Land Use Policy Study, Everett B. Peterson and Janet B.
Wright, eds., 1978.
ISBN 0-919996-05-1, 320 pp. $12.00 paper
THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY, William MacLeod, 1979.
ISBN 0-919996-09-4, 58 pp. $10.00 paper
WILDERNESS AREA, Legislative Alternatives for the
Establishment of a Wilderness Area in the Northern Yukon, Constance
Hunt, Rusty Miller, and Donna Tingley, 1979.
ISBN 0-919996-11-6 130 pp. $10.00 paper
PORCUPINE CARIBOU HERD, International Agreements on
Wilderness Preservation and Wildlife Management: A Study of the
Porcupine Caribou, Nancy Russell Le-Blond, 1979.
ISBN 0-919996-12-4, 126 pp. $10.00 paper
AISHIHIK: THE POLITICS OF HYDRO PLANNING IN THE YUKON, W.G.
Nicholls, 1981.
ISBN 0-919996-13-2, 117 pp. $10.00 paper
MARINE TRANSPORTATION AND HIGH ARCTIC
DEVELOPMENT: POLICY FRAMEWORK AND PRIORITIES, The proceedings of a
March 1979 symposium at Montebello, Quebec, chaired by M.J. Dunbar of
McGill University, including papers on science policy, marine-oriented
industrial research development, social and environmental planning,
the regulatory dilemma, and related international issues.
ISBN 0-919996-10-8, 278 pp. $12.00 paper
RESEARCH REPORT ON ATTITUDES TO NATIONAL ENERGY BOARD REFORM,
Jamie Benedickson, 1980. A study of the National Energy Board's
decision-making role in applications for northern energy projects.
62 pp. $6.00 paper
THE SCOTTISH AND ALASKAN OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS EXPER1ENCE AND THE
CANADIAN BEAUFORT SEA, J.G. Nelson and Sabine Jessen, 1981. An
examination of offshore oil and gas development in the Shetland
Islands and Alaska's North Slope Borough, along with proposed
development in the Canadian Beaufort region.
ISBN 0-919996-22- 1, 156 pp. $10.00 paper
YUKON WATER STUDIES SERIES, An assessment of the prospects for
large-scale hydroelectric development in the Yukon. Co-published with
the Westwater Research Centre.
- ALUMINUM SMELTING IN THE YUKON: AN ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC
VIABILITY, John P. Thompson, 1981. An exanunation of the economics
of establishing an aluminum smelter in the Yukon Territory,
including an assessment of the international aluminum market and local
hydroelectric power costs.
ISBN 0-920146-06-6, 118 pp. $8.00 paper
- PIPELINE ELECTRIFICATION IN THE YUKON, Irving K. Fox, ed., An
examination of the economic viability of hydroelectric power for the
operation of compressor stations along the proposed Alaska Highway Gas
Pipeline.
ISBN 0-920146-12-0, 46 pp. $8.00 paper
- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES REVOLVING FUNDS AND OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS:
WORKSHOP REPORT, 1982. Participants' concerns about the
administration and management of the Environmental Studies Revolving
Funds program and their recommendations for operating criteria.
Based on the proceedings of the Dalhousie University workshop.
ISBN 0-919996-26-4, 90 pp. $8.00 paper
- RESOURCE-LEASING OPTIONS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF NATIVE LAND
CLAIMS, Nigel Bankes, 1983. A survey of resource-leasing
arrangements between companies and native groups in the Third World,
the United States, and Canada. A number of options available to
northern native groups are examined, as are
specific cases such as the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and Australia's Aboriginal
Land Rights Act.
ISBN 0-919996-19-1, 236 pp. $12.00 paper
- PLANNING AND MANAGING ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS IN THE
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: Issues and Alternatives, J.G. Nelson and
Sabine Jessen,1984. Issues and alternatives for planning and managing
areas important to the preservation of wildlife populations, flora, and
other natural attributes. The importance of comprehensive land-use
planning is emphasized. Potential systems for management are compared
with current Canadian institutions as well as those existing in other
countries. Co-published with the Faculty of Environmental Studies,
University of Waterloo.
ISBN 0-919996-32-9, 139 pp. $12.00 paper
- NATIONAL AND REGIONAL INTERESTS IN THE NORTH: Third National
Workshop on People, Resources, and the Environment North of 60°,
1984. CARC's authoritative sourcebook on current resource management
issues in Canada's North. Contains more than 30 original background
papers, position papers, and opinion papers by northern experts along
with reprints and summaries of key documents. Among the topics included
are: aboriginal land claims policy; natural resources jurisdiction and
political development; regional planning and land-use planning;
conservation of environmentally significant areas; mineral development;
renewable resources management; inland water resources; and ocean
management.
ISBN 0-919996-18-3, 758 pp. $20.00 paper
POLICY PAPER SERIES Timely and informative studies by leading
experts on the most important issues facing Canada's North and the
circumpolar world.
- PORT POLICY FOR THE CANADIAN ARCTIC COAST, Ken Beauchamp,
1985. A review of federal policy for arctic port development and its
relationship to other public policies for northern political and
economic development. Also examined are the options available for
administration under the current federal ports regime and their
relevance to port management needs in the Beaufort region.
ISBN 0-919996-34-5, 174 pp. $12.00 paper
- POLITICS, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL
NORTH, Peter Jull, 1986. A view of conservation as the fundamental
issue of politics in northem areas. The conflict between conservation
and development is examined with reference to the experiences of
aboriginal populations in Alaska, northern Norway, and the proposed
territory of Nunavut in Canada.
ISBN 0-919996-25-6, 107 pp. $12.00 paper
- NATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
CHANGE IN CANADA'S NORTH, Michael S. Whittington, 1986, As a fairly
recent institutional innovation in Canadian political economy, the
native economic development corporation has the potential to
drastically alter the way of life of individual natives and the native
community. This paper outlines the political and economic contexts
within which these corporations operate and elaborates a general
framework for strategy assessment.
ISBN 0-919996-27-2, 85 pp. $12.00 paper
- HINTERLAND OR HOMELAND: LAND-USE PLANNING IN NORTHERN CANADA,
Terry Fenge and William Rees, eds., 1987. A collection of articles
by leading experts that reflects the various perspectives brought to
bear on landuse plannmg in the North. The ongoing debate between
conservation and development is examined in light of the interests of
government, aboriginal peoples, northern communities, and industry.
ISBN O-919996-31-0, 161 pp. $20.00 paper
- ABORIGINAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: SETBACKS,
OPPORTUNITIES, AND ARCTIC EXPERIENCES, 1988. Proceedings of a June
1987 conference sponsored by CARC and the Inuit Committee on National
Issues. This timely volume provides insight into the charged political
atmosphere surrounding the constitutional talks of March 1987 and the
ultimate failure of first ministers and aboriginal Ieaders to reach
agreement on the entrenchment of native rights, including the right to
self-government.
ISBN 0-919996-35-3. 168 pp. $20.00 paper
- RUNNING THE NORTH, The Getting and Spending of Public
Finances by Canada's Territorial Governments, Rebecca Aird, ed., 1988.
The fiscal dynamics and expenditure policies of Canada's territorial
governments are the focus of this collection of essays by a varied
group of northern affairs analysts. Among the topics examined in
terms of their impact on the public purse are constitutional
development, devolution and division, formula financing, oil and gas
dependency, community services, and aboriginal rep resentation within
the territorial public service. Also included iS 8 compilation of
statistical information for the Yukon and regions of the Northwest
Territories.
ISBN 0-919996-39-6, 468 pp. $40.00 paper spiral bound
- THE NORTH AND CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, The Report of
a working Group of the National Capital Branch of the Canadian Institute
of International Affairs, 1988. Released in March 1988, this study of
the potential for a "northern dimension" to Canada's foreign
policy contributes a wealth of expert opinion to what has emerged as an
important debate on Canada's place in the circumpolar world.
ISBN 0-919996-37-X, 88 pp. $20.00 paper
- CHANGING TIMES, CHALLENGING AGENDAS: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHANGE
IN CANADA'S NORTH, 1988, Volume I of CARC's National Symposium on
the North. Based on the proceedings of conferences held across Canada,
involving both northern and southern Canadians, this important record
examined the federal government's policy on native land claims, the role
of northern communities in the management of resources, economic
development in northem communities, Canada's interests in the
intemational Arctic, and the strategies of native development
corporations.
ISBN 0-919996-38-8, 189 pp. $20.00 paper
- A QUESTION OF RlGHTS: NORTHERN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND THE
ANTI-HARVEST MOVEMENT, Robert F. Keith and Alan Saunders, eds.,
1988. Complete proceedings of CARC's 1987 conference on one of the most
controversial issues affecting Canada's northern communities: the right
of native peoples to hunt and trap wildlife for both subsistence use and
commercial trade. Featuring leading international spokespersons on both
sides of the debate, this unique volume examines environmental ethics;
animal protection and animal use; conservation, subsistence and
commercialization; public perceptions; and the future of aboriginal
hunting societies.
ISBN 0-919996-33-7, 272 pp. $20.00 paper
- THE BEVERLY-KAMINURIAK CARIBOU MANAGEMENT BOARD, A Case Study
of Aboriginal Participation in Resource Management, Peter Cizek, 1990.
This paper discusses the operations, characteristics, and experiences of
the Beverly-Kaminuriak Caribou Management Board and the integration of
indigenous and state management systems.
ISBN 0-919996-47-7, 31 pp. $15.00 Background Paper #1
- COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA'S NORTH, 1990. This
book contains a collection of papers which offer the reader a guide to
the theory behind community economic development and which presents
practical methods and examples which communities can use to take charge
of their futures.
ISBN 0-919996-42-6, 167 pp. $25.00
- THE ARCTlC ENVlRONMENT AND CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,
The Report of a Working Group of the National Capital Branch of the
Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1991, In this companion
volume to The North and Canada's International Relations, the members of
the working group have attempted to analyze the environmental concerns
facing the North today and present future policy alternatives that can
be considered on an international level.
ISBN 0-919996-46-9, 83 pp. $20.00 paper
- CANADIAN-US. RELATIONS IN THE ARCTIC BORDERLANDS, Nigel Bankes
and Lindsay Staples, 1991. A background paper prepared for the
Pearson-Dickey Conference held in Whitehorse, Yukon in May 1990. The
paper focuses on a number of bilateral issues which are of concern to
Canada and the United States in the Beaufort region, including
environmental and developmental problems. It further discusses some of
the legal principles and international instruments applicable to the
above issues, and then evaluates the extent which they adequately
address the current problems and issues. An excellent reference work for
all those interested in the Beaufort region and the North slope of
Alaska and Yukon.
ISBN 0-919996-48-5, 36 pp. $15.00 paper