Last updated:: October 31, 2012
Canadian Authors profiles Canadian writers studied in Athabasca University’s language and literature courses. Find biographies, bibliographies, research papers and selected links here.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
Important basics to succinct, focused writing of film reviews.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
The complete run of a rare trade journal, “Canada’s first magazine of motion picture photography & production.”
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
Funded by a grant from ZoomerMedia, the Writer for Health is a writer in residence whose focus is on the mental health of senior citizens. The e-Lab works closely with the Canadian Association for Retired Persons (CARP) in offering this program to Canada’s 45+ writers online.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
Book Towns Around the World discusses the role of the book town in the history of book culture and its importance for rural economic development.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
Our database contains records for over 4000 feature films made by Canadians since 1960. Users of the site can create maps of film production, can link film production to public policy and generate nets of film professionals. The site contains summaries and commentaries on feature films as well as a unique collection of interviews with people whose contributions to Canadian filmmaking have been significant.
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Mediacan provides a point of entry to the Canadian mediascape, providing coherent pathways through a network of information resources on university, industry, government, and community sites.
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Developed by the Canadian Communication foundation and maintained by Athabasca University, this website provides a unique resource for the study of Canadian radio and television history. Particularly useful for users interested in media ownership.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
A guide to writing for organizations.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
To help the general public learn about the biological diversity of the Athabasca region, members of Science Outreach - Athabasca have cooperated with various groups and individuals to produce some wildlife brochures.
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Bibliography of the Athabasca River Basin has been established to identify, collect, preserve and market available records of the Athabasca River Basin of enduring value to researchers, industry, government, scholars, writers, historians, and journalists and for posterity.
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The AU Digital Thesis and Project Room (DTPR) is designed to provide researchers access to scholarly works, and to increase the availability of AU student research. Graduate student theses (2010 and earlier )and projects housed in this repository will contribute to worldwide graduate education, helping researchers--wherever they are located--to access AU resources and knowledge.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
AUSpace contains publications, articles, books, datasets, learning objects, images, blueprints, presentations, audio recordings, technical reports, videos, working papers and more. The role of this digital content repository is to preserve and disseminate Athabasca University's scholarly materials.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
AU Press is the centre of scholarly publishing expertise for Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University. It is the first scholarly press to be established by a Canadian university in the twenty-first century. We are dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and research through open access digital journals and monographs, as well as through new electronic media.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
A collection of photographs of people, places, and events related to Athabasca University.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
These podcasts provide a sample of the presentations that were made at the 2008 meeting. They, coupled with the book The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region, provide those working in the field of Western Canadian Studies a new group of articles that provide a starting point for reconsidering the field
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The Thomas A. Edge Archives and Special Collections contains our growing collection of digital documents and photographs, moving images and sound recording.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
The T.S. Bakshi Herbarium was founded in 1985 by Dr. T.S. Bakshi. It contains approximately 3,000 specimens which include more than 800 species of vascular plants. The majority of specimens originate from the Athabasca region and from Kananaskis, but many other parts of Canada are represented. Collections of mushrooms will be added in the future. The digital collection currently holds over 600 specimens including one specimen from each genus in our collection.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
Canada's longest running Aboriginal documentary television series. This unique program presents half-hour documentaries focused on current, relevant issues that are explored in traditional, spiritual ways. These fascinating and poignant stories offer an insightful and meaningful look at Aboriginal People, Indigenous Knowledge and Spiritual Practice.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
This site can be used interactively to identify a mineral based on its physical properties such as hardness, color, streak and luster.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
The Muskwa-Kechika Artist Camp Collection promotes wilderness preservation and raises awareness about one of North America's few remaining intact wilderness areas.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
The Martha Kostuch Archives Collection consists of more than 100 boxes of correspondence and personal notes from Martha’s 30 years at the forefront of Alberta's environmental movement. Martha carefully organized the boxes, cataloguing the environmental movement in Alberta from the late 1970’s onward.
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Karvonen Films Natural History Collection includes over 30 sound recordings, 15 videos, and close to 400 images - all capturing the spectacle of the wild.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
In 2001 a group of retirees, Canadians and Americans, who served on the JAWS began to collect photographs and other memorabilia about the stations. The group has put together a rough collection of photographs, documents, bibliographies and stories capturing the history of the five stations. The collection is primarily based on the personal recollections of those who experienced life at these isolated stations - the furthest north stations in Canada.
Last updated:: October 31, 2012
French Poetry Collection is an Audio collection of French poetry read by French Professor Vina Tirven-Gadum and her husband Tim Tirven-Gadum. The recordings form part of a French course which is available on-line at Athabasca University entitled “Initiation à la littérature d’expression française 1” FREN 358.
