WHAT IS THE RISK THRESHOLD THAT BACKCOUNTRY ENTHUSIASTS ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT AND HOW DOES THEIR PERCEPTION ALIGN WITH THE ACTUAL RISK INVOLVED? INTERNATIONAL SNOW SCIENCE WORKSHOP 2016 IN BRECKENRIDGE, CO

ABSTRACT: An empirical investigation looked at backcountry enthusiasts' avalanche danger threshold and what the main factors are that alter that threshold. The study was based on an on-line questionnaire that looked at the responses of 343 individuals. This survey was published through many outlets, which allowed for a very diverse respondent base with a majority of people being skiers from Western North America. The results demonstrated that the presence of an airbag, seeing someone ride down a slope, the familiarity with a slope, or the presence of a guide contributed to a statistically significant increase in the danger threshold of many respondents at the 99% level. The extent of how many people it affected and its impact is analyzed in the study

Carbon control policies, competitiveness, and border tax adjustments

Several propositions have recently been made to use border tax adjustments (BTAs) to address the loss of competitiveness induced by unilateral stringent domestic pollution control policies. This paper explores in a general equilibrium framework the sectoral and welfare implications of a unilateral domestic GHG control policy combined with a BTA scheme. Using the Canadian economy as an illustration, we assess the extent to which BTAs achieve their objectives and analyze the impacts of different methods of recycling the BTA proceeds to support domestic industries. Our simulation results suggest that imposing BTAs on the imports of non-fossil and energy-intensive products reduces or removes completely the negative competitiveness impacts that domestic industries suffer from. The use of the proceeds of the BTAs to support domestic energy-intensive industries improves their competitiveness and, more importantly, in some cases, overprotects them, as it allows them to even increase their output in comparison to the benchmark without emissions control. Our results also shed light on the existence of heterogeneity in the composition of energy-intensive industries as far as the recycling method of the BTA proceeds is concerned. Energy-intensive industries that are more oriented toward the domestic market are better off with the recycling of the BTA proceeds towards gross output than towards exports alone. Finally, abstracting from the environmental benefits of reduced emissions, we find that a BTA entails a higher welfare cost to households.Border tax adjustment Competitiveness Energy-intensive industries General equilibrium Canada

David Askevold : Cultural Geographies and Other Works

This catalogue documents a major exhibition of three large-scale photoconceptual installations by Askevold, which address issues of landscape and cultural geography by incorporating aerial photographs and underwater video footage of harbours on the Eastern and Western coastlines of Canada. The publication contains critical essays by Graff and Watson - which situate Askevold's work within the contexts of Conceptual and Narrative/Story art -, biographical texts by Kelley and Eyland, video notes and maps related to the installations, and extensive documentation of the artist's photo/text works. Includes list of works. Biographical notes. Circa 137 bibl. ref

L'exposition d'art atlantique Marion McCain : Anecdotes et énigmes = Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition : Anecdotes and Enigmas

Benn outlines the significance of McCain's (who died in 1994) patronage of the New Brunswick artistic community and the impetus behind the 1994 exhibition of 50 works by Atlantic Canadian artists. Chiasson contextualizes the selection of works as indicative of aspects of the history and tradition of the region. Includes a brief summation of each artist's work