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  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Land Acknowledgement
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword
  7. Executive Summary
    1. Chapter 1. Introduction
    2. Chapter 2. Mountain Environments
    3. Chapter 3. Mountains as Homelands
    4. Chapter 4. Gifts of the Mountains
    5. Chapter 5. Mountains Under Pressure
    6. Chapter 6. Desirable Mountain Futures
  8. Table of Contents
  9. Chapter 1
    1. 1.1 Mountains and Mountain Knowledge in Canada
    2. 1.2 Introducing the Canadian Mountain Assessment
      1. 1.2.1 Project governance
      2. 1.2.2 Visioning
      3. 1.2.3 Methodology
      4. 1.2.4 Review and revision process
      5. 1.2.5 Innovations
      6. 1.2.6 Caveats and limitations
    3. 1.3 Organisation of Assessment
  10. Chapter 2
    1. 2.1 Introduction
    2. 2.2 Origins
      1. 2.2.1 Plate tectonics: The driving mechanism for mountain building
      2. 2.2.2 Ancient orogens of eastern Canada
      3. 2.2.3 Younger orogens of western Canada
      4. 2.2.4 Ice sheet histories, landscape sculpting, and deglaciation
      5. 2.2.5 Gaps and challenges
    3. 2.3 Weather and Climate
      1. 2.3.1 Air temperature
      2. 2.3.2 Precipitation
      3. 2.3.3 Mountain wind systems
      4. 2.3.4 Gaps and challenges
    4. 2.4 Snow, Ice, and Permafrost
      1. 2.4.1 Mountain snow
      2. 2.4.2 Mountain glaciers
      3. 2.4.3 Mountain permafrost
      4. 2.4.4 Gaps and challenges
    5. 2.5 Water
      1. 2.5.1 Mountain flow regimes
      2. 2.5.2 Mountain surface hydrological processes
      3. 2.5.3 Mountain lakes and reservoirs
      4. 2.5.4 Mountain groundwater
      5. 2.5.5 Mountain wetlands
      6. 2.5.6 Mountain water quality
      7. 2.5.7 Hydrological modelling
      8. 2.5.8 Gaps and challenges
    6. 2.6 Mountain Hazards
      1. 2.6.1 Indigenous perspectives on mountain hazards
      2. 2.6.2 Hazard types and frequency
      3. 2.6.3 Gaps and challenges
    7. 2.7 Ecosystems and Biodiversity
      1. 2.7.1 Terrestrial mountain ecosystems
      2. 2.7.2 Landscape management and disturbances
      3. 2.7.3 Mountain biodiversity
      4. 2.7.4 Aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity
      5. 2.7.5 Gaps and challenges
    8. 2.8 Connections between Mountains and Lowland/Coastal Environments
      1. 2.8.1 Upstream movements of air, water, materials, and organisms
      2. 2.8.2 Downstream movements of air, water, materials, and organisms
      3. 2.8.3 Gaps and challenges
    9. 2.9 Conclusions
  11. Chapter 3
    1. 3.1 Introduction
      1. 3.1.1 Homelands and homes
      2. 3.1.2 Conceptual underpinnings
    2. 3.2 Stories of Homelands
      1. 3.2.1 Stories of creation
      2. 3.2.2 Stories of mountain spirits 
      3. 3.2.3 Mountain place names
      4. 3.2.4 Summary: Stories of Homelands
    3. 3.3 Mountain Archaeology and the Longevity of Homelands
    4. 3.4 Multispecies Literature
      1. 3.4.1 Human-animal relationships in mountains
      2. 3.4.2 Human-plant relationships in mountains
    5. 3.5 Changes to Mountain Homelands
      1. 3.5.1 Early colonial presence
      2. 3.5.2 Science as colonial tool
      3. 3.5.3 Treaties and land access
      4. 3.5.4 Parks and protected areas
    6. 3.6 Recreation
      1. 3.6.1 Place-making through recreation
      2. 3.6.2 Recreation and gender
      3. 3.6.3 Race and recreation
    7. 3.7 Labour
      1. 3.7.1 Extraction labour
      2. 3.7.2 Incarcerated labour in mountains
      3. 3.7.3 Military labour
      4. 3.7.4 Built infrastructures
      5. 3.7.5 Mountain professionals
    8. 3.8 Governance in Contemporary Mountain Spaces
      1. 3.8.1 Mountains as borderlands
      2. 3.8.2 Indigenous governance in mountain places
    9. 3.9 Conclusion
  12. Chapter 4
    1. 4.1 Introduction
      1. 4.1.1 Gifts and benefits
    2. 4.2 Gifts of Identity and Wellbeing
      1. 4.2.1 Emotional and physical wellbeing of mountain communities
    3. 4.3 Gifts of Art
      1. 4.3.1 Mountains as sites of creative inspiration and dialogue
      2. 4.3.2 Mountains as sites of art institutions and programs
    4. 4.4 Gifts of Teaching and Pedagogy
      1. 4.4.1 Storytelling and narrative
      2. 4.4.2 Sacredness
      3. 4.4.3 Land-based learning and healing
      4. 4.4.4 Challenges to Indigenous-led teaching and learning in Canada
    5. 4.5 Gifts of Foods and Medicines
      1. 4.5.1 Plants, Fungi, and Medicinal Species
      2. 4.5.2 Wildlife
      3. 4.5.3 Fisheries
    6. 4.6 Gifts of Water
      1. 4.6.1 Gifts of freshwater
      2. 4.6.2 Gifts of wetlands
    7. 4.7 Gift of Mountain Spaces and Terrain for Tourism and Recreation Activities
      1. 4.7.1 Nature and adventure tourism economies
      2. 4.7.2 Challenges and drawbacks of mountain recreation
    8. 4.8 Gifts and Benefits of Forests, Materials, and Energy Sources
      1. 4.8.1 Forests
      2. 4.8.2 Minerals and hydrocarbons
      3. 4.8.3 Sedimentary deposits and quarries
      4. 4.8.4 Metallic mineral deposits
      5. 4.8.5 Fossil fuels deposits
      6. 4.8.6 Renewable energy
    9. 4.9 Conclusions
  13. Chapter 5
    1. 5.1 Introduction
    2. 5.2 Climate Change: Historical Trends and Future Projections
      1. 5.2.1 Historical temperature trends
      2. 5.2.2 Historical precipitation trends
      3. 5.2.3 Caveats and research gaps
      4. 5.2.4 Future climate projections
      5. 5.2.5 Caveats and research gaps
    3. 5.3 Land Cover and Land Use Pressures
      1. 5.3.1 Changes in land cover
      2. 5.3.2 Changes in land use
      3. 5.3.3 Demographic changes
    4. 5.4 Resource Development Pressures
      1. 5.4.1 Resource extraction and development
      2. 5.4.2 Logging pressures
      3. 5.4.3 Mining and fossil fuel pressures
      4. 5.4.4 Invasive species
    5. 5.5 Growing Pressures from Mountain Tourism and Recreation
    6. 5.6 Changes in the Governance of Mountain Spaces
    7. 5.7 Threats and Impacts from a Changing Cryosphere
      1. 5.7.1 Changes in snowpack
      2. 5.7.2 Changes to glaciers
      3. 5.7.3 Changes in permafrost
    8. 5.8 Threats and Impacts from Changing Water Resources
      1. 5.8.1 Changes in water supply
      2. 5.8.2 Water quality
    9. 5.9 Risks and Vulnerability from Changing Mountain Hazards
    10. 5.10 Threats and Impacts on Ecosystems
      1. 5.10.1 Changes in treeline and shrubification
      2. 5.10.2 Changes in stream ecosystems
      3. 5.10.3 Changes in mountain wetlands
      4. 5.10.4 Changes in wildlife, human, and more-than-human relations
    11. 5.11 Impacts on Socio-Cultural Systems
      1. 5.11.1 Threats to Indigenous livelihoods and knowledge systems
      2. 5.11.2 Threats to community health and wellbeing
      3. 5.11.3 Threats to mountain tourism and recreation
    12. 5.12 Adaptation to Changing Pressures
    13. 5.13 Conclusions
  14. Chapter 6
    1. 6.1 Connectivity
    2. 6.2 Elevating Indigenous Knowledges
    3. 6.3 Access and Barriers to Relationships
    4. 6.4 Humility
    5. 6.5 Endings as Beginnings
  15. Appendix I: Contributor Bios
  16. Appendix II: LEARNING CIRCLE Contributions
  17. Appendix III: Map Data

The Canadian Mountain Assessment


Walking together to enhance understanding of mountains in Canada

Graham McDowell, Madison Stevens, Shawn Marshall, Eric Higgs, Aerin Jacob, Gùdia Mary Jane Johnson, Linda Johnson, Megan Dicker, Dani Inkpen, Michele Koppes, Keara Lightning, Brenda Parlee, Wanda Pascal, Joseph Shea, Daniel Sims, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Leon Andrew, Caroline Aubry-Wake, David Borish, Ashley-Anne Churchill, Dawn Saunders Dahl, Goota Desmarais, Karine Gagné, Erika Gavenus, Stephan Gruber, Jiaao Guo, Katherine Hanly, Nina Hewitt, Murray Humphries, Rod Hunter, Lawrence Ignace, Pnnal Bernard Jerome, Patricia Joe, Stephen Johnston, Knut Kitching, Douglas Kootenay, Daniel Kraus, Sydney Lancaster, Rosemary Langford, Lachlan MacKinnon, Christopher Marsh, Brandy Mayes, Hayden Melting Tallow, Charlotte Mitchell, Tim Patterson, Sophie Pheasant, Karen Pheasant, Melissa Quesnelle, Rachel Reimer, Lauren Rethoret, Gabriella Richardson, Brooklyn Rushton, María Elisa Sánchez, Richard Schuster, Tonya Smith, Lauren Somers, Chris Springer, Kyra St. Pierre, Karson Sudlow, Yan Tapp, Julie M. Thériault, Andrew Trant, Vincent Vionnet, John Waldron, Gabrielle Weasel Head, Sonia Wesche, Nicole J. Wilson, Matthew Wiseman, Kristine Wray, Stephen Chignell, Thomas McIlwraith, PearlAnn Reichwein, Steven M. Vamosi

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