An Introduction to the special issue on tackling challenging water resources problems in Canada: a systems approach

Hipel, Keith W.; Fang, Liping; Ouarda, Taha B. M. J.; Bristow, Michele

doi:10.1080/07011784.2013.773643

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“…Of great importance to these northern Indigenous communities is a place-sensitive scholarship generating awareness regarding local fluvial fluctuation [37]. Addressing uncertainty and associated challenges regarding change is desperate [38] and new educational initiatives clearly play a vital role in addressing contemporary facilitative concerns [39] [40]. As conventional instruction is experiencing criticisms that decontextualized knowledge transmission is making youth careless and ignorant in their surroundings, it is proposed place-ethical erudition must connect the lives of the young to ecology and the community [39].…”

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Embedded Place-Responsive Learning, Participatory Video and Scholastic Achievement in Northern Manitoba Adult Environmental Education

Stepaniuk¹

2019

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Academic performance is a challenge confronting many postsecondary students in Northern Manitoba. As such, this study explores the role of situated (field-based) learning and participatory video in facilitating scholastic achievement relating to local freshwater availability and mindfulness. First-year students (n = 97) enrolled at the University College of the North in The Pas were randomly assigned to four adult education approaches containing identical subject matter. Student performance was assessed using outcomes of quantitative testing that focused on either foundational concepts or applied skills. Empirical data were examined using ordered multinomial logistic regression and explored cursorily in relation to unsolicited qualitative statements arising from in-stream participatory video and digitally-captured post-test interviews for each enrollee. Non-conventional lesson interaction inclusive of a modified participatory video approach significantly (p = 0.003) increased quantitative test score means by 26%, raised applied skill scores by one grade level (12%) and significantly (p = 0.07) improved concept understanding between five and 20%. Despite benefits, northern self-declared Aboriginal students still had lower (−11%) test scores on average. Importantly, there was less of a difference academically between non-and self-declared Aboriginal student test scores when situated learning and participatory video use were compared to didactic delivery alone. By identifying non-conventional strategies for improvement in environmental education, tertiary level institutions are presented another option for increasing academic performance ideally mitigating high attrition rates that continue to plague postsecondary education in Northern Manitoba; and for that matter, Canada.

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Embedded Place-Responsive Learning, Participatory Video and Scholastic Achievement in Northern Manitoba Adult Environmental Education

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2019

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“…GMCR is a comprehensive and flexible methodology for modeling and analyzing strategic conflict (Fang et al, 1993;Kilgour & Hipel, 2005;Hipel et al, 2013). This technique requires relatively less information to construct a model: decision makers (DMs), options and preferences.…”

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Strategic Investigation of the Jackpine Mine Expansion Dispute in the Alberta Oil Sands

Xiao

Hipel

Fang

2015

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology

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The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) methodology is employed to ascertain strategic insights into a serious conflict over environmental concerns connected to the expanded exploitation of oil sands at the Jackpine Mine Expansion project located in Alberta, Canada. In fact, the expansion of extracting bitumen from large tracts of oil sands in Alberta and its associated potential negative environmental impacts have received increasing attention at the global level. Accordingly, environmentally responsible extended mining of bitumen at the Jackpine site is urgently needed. Hence, the GMCR methodology and its associated decision support system GMCR II are utilized to systematically investigate the conflict of the Jackpine Mine Expansion project. The results imply that the Federal Government of Canada is more concerned about the economic benefits generated by the oil sands projects rather than environmental impacts. It is suggested that more effort should be devoted to the environment conservation by the government.

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“…Hipel and Walker (2011) provide an overview of how conflict and game theoretic techniques can be used in environmental management, while Madani and Hipel (2011) explain how conflict resolution can be utilized in investigating generic water resources disputes. Hipel, Fang, Quarda, and Bristow (2013) describe an overall systems procedure for tackling complex water resources problems within an integrative and adaptive management approach in which stakeholders' value systems are taken into account. The GMCR methodology has been applied to various kinds of disputes arising in a range of fields, including a water allocation conflict that took place in Hawaii (Gopalakrishnan, Levy, Li, & Hipel, 2005).…”

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Systems methodology for resolving water conflicts: the Zhanghe River water allocation dispute in China

Chu

Hipel

Fang

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International Journal of Water Resources Development

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This article uses the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution methodology to systematically model and analyze strategic aspects of an existing conflict over the distribution and utilization of water in the Zhanghe River basin in China. This formal systems investigation reveals that a win/win resolution occurs when the downstream provinces of Henan and Hebei agree to cooperate to purchase water at a proper price from the upstream province of Shanxi. This resolution is possible with upgraded infrastructure and with facilitation by the Zhanghe River Upstream Management Bureau. Moreover, an integrated water management system for the entire watershed is recommended.

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An Introduction to the special issue on tackling challenging water resources problems in Canada: a systems approach

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Embedded Place-Responsive Learning, Participatory Video and Scholastic Achievement in Northern Manitoba Adult Environmental Education

Embedded Place-Responsive Learning, Participatory Video and Scholastic Achievement in Northern Manitoba Adult Environmental Education

Strategic Investigation of the Jackpine Mine Expansion Dispute in the Alberta Oil Sands

Systems methodology for resolving water conflicts: the Zhanghe River water allocation dispute in China

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