Canadian Content

These resources contain information, ideas, or activities specifically about Canada, its people, and/or its culture.

Understanding Wildfires: A Case Study for British Columbia

Category: CC BY-NC, General Ed, Health and Medicine, Textbook, UBC Vancouver, Undergraduate Lower Division

Author(s):Raluca Radu, Aubree A. McAtee

Description:This case study explores the ways in which wildfire events impact individual health and livelihood from a micro, meso, and macro level. The case study walks the learner through an introduction to how climate change further exacerbates wildfire occurrence, alongside the myriad health impacts that stem from wildfire smoke exposure.

Digging into Canadian Soils – An Introduction to Soil Science

Category: CC BY-NC, Science and Technology, Textbook, Undergraduate Lower Division, Undergraduate Upper Division

Author(s): Canadian Society of Soil Science

Description: Written entirely by members of the Canadian Society of Soil Science, “Digging into Canadian Soils: An Introduction to Soil Science” provides an introduction to the core disciplines of soil science, and introduces the concepts and vocabulary needed by students just beginning their soil science journey.

Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Physical Geography, Second Edition

Category: CC BY-NC-SA, Science and Technology, Social Science, Textbook, UBC Okanagan, Undergraduate Lower Division

Author(s):Stuart MacKinnon, Katie Burles, Terence Day, Fes de Scally, Nina Hewitt, Crystal Huscroft, Gillian Krezoski, Allison Lutz, Craig Nichol, Andrew Perkins, Todd Redding, Ian Saunders, Leonard Tang, and Chani Welch

Description:
This lab manual is a cross-institutional project from British Columbia (BC), Canada that provides 22 labs to be implemented within first-year post-secondary physical geography courses.