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Nuntrient export in run-off from an in-field cattle overwintering site in East-Central Saskatchewan
(2011-05)
Saskatchewan producers traditionally overwinter their cattle in pens in the yard. The practice of winter feeding of cattle directly in the field is increasing in popularity leading to concerns about increased nutrients ...
Fertilization of willow bioenergy cropping systems in Saskatchewan, Canada
(2010-07)
The detrimental effects of climate change and the threat of diminishing fossil fuel reserves is forcing society to search for renewable sources of energy. Energy can be derived from the biomass of plant material by co-fire ...
Tolerance to sub-zero temperatures in Phaseolus acutifolius and interspecies hybrids between Phaseolus vulgaris and P. acutifolius
(2010-02)
Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a sub-tropical crop severely affected by exposure to low temperatures during all of its growing stages. Cool spring temperatures and the risk of frost are major limiting factors for the ...
Independent Voices: Third Sector Media Development and Local Governance in Saskatchewan
(2015-04-20)
This dissertation examines nonprofit, co-operative, and volunteer media enterprises operating outside Saskatchewan’s state and commercial media sectors. Drawing on historical research and contemporary case studies, I take ...
Progress, crisis, and stability: making the northwest plains agricultural landscape
(2015-01-16)
This research traces the nature and impetus of agricultural landscape change from 1910 to 1990, within the northwestern transboundary plains of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan and northern Montana. Using information ...
Evaluation of Gardiner Dam's ongoing movement
(2013-07-18)
Gardiner Dam is located on the South Saskatchewan River approximately 100 km south of Saskatoon, SK. After the start of construction, the River Embankment experienced downstream movement in the shale portion of the ...
Aboriginal labour market integration and the 2009 Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy : An application of John Kingdon's policy stream theory
(2016-01-21)
Within Saskatchewan, Aboriginal labour market integration has been consistently low, especially in comparison to non-Aboriginal peoples. In 2007, the Government of Saskatchewan created a Labour Market Commission to view ...
Focus on first peoples first thousand days : Cultural safety from the perspectives of select Aboriginal women in Regina, Saskatchewan
(2016-04-11)
ABSTRACT
Background. A wealth of data highlights the health disparities and barriers to health care experienced by Aboriginal women and children when compared to non-Aboriginal women and children. The first thousand days ...
Habitat selection by sympatric ungulates in an agricultural landscape : implications for disease transmission and human-wildlife conflict
(2014-01-20)
As areas of agricultural production expand worldwide, complex zones of wildlife-agriculture interface present numerous benefits and challenges to farmers and wildlife managers. In western Canada, free-ranging elk (Cervus ...
Multi-factor productivity growth in Saskatchewan crops
(2015-05-28)
This study provides ex ante estimates of multi factor productivity (MFP) growth in the Saskatchewan agricultural sector on a crop by crop basis, using a time series of partial budgets from representative crop planning ...