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A

The Changing Climate and Increasing Vulnerability of Our Infrastructure
Heather Auld


B

A Comparison of the Initial Impacts of Global Warming on the Marine Fish Communities off the Pacific and Arctic Coasts of Canada
Richard Beamish, J.R. King and G.A. McFarlane

Your Health and a Changing Climate: A Risk Management Toolkit for Public Health Professionals
Peter Berry and Jacinthe Seguin

Watershed Management Adapting to Climate Change
Derek Bonin and D. Dunkley

Update on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change Scientific Work at OURANOS
Alain Bourque

Sustainability Planning in Arctic Resource Communities
Michelle Boyle, Hadi Dowlatabadi and Susan Rowley

Farmers' vulnerability to climate and other risks: a comparative assessment from the Okanagan Valley, B.C.
B. Bradshaw, S. Belliveau, B. Smit and B. Sawyer

Climatic Change and Agriculture in Central Canada
Mike Brklacich and David Burhoe

Municipal Risk Management for Climate Change
James Bruce, Mark Egener and David Noble

Climate Variability and Quebec Agriculture: Lessons for Farm Adaptation from an Analysis of the Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Crop Insurance Claims In Quebec
Christopher Bryant, B. Singh, S. Desroches, P. Thomassin, L. Baker, C. Madramootoo, K. Delusca, and M. Savoie

Unikkaaqatigit: Putting the Human Face on Climate Change Through Community Workshops: Inuit Knowledge, Partnerships, and Research
Mark Buell, Christopher Furgal and Scot Nickels


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C

Extreme Weather Events and Crop Yield
Juan Cabas and Alfons Weersink

Shoreline Stewardship Support for Local Government
Clive Callaway and Sarah Kipp

Canadians' Vulnerability to the Foodborne & Waterborne Diseases
Dominique Charron, Corinne Schuster-Wallace and David Noble

A Synoptic Weather Typing Procedure to Assess Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Freezing Rain in South Central Canada
Chad Shouquan Cheng, Heather Auld and Guilong Li

Developing a More Effective Adaptive Response to Climate Change: an ENGO perspective
Quentin Chiotti, Rick Findlay, and Mary Pattenden

Variability in AOGCM Prediction of Sea Surface Temperature Change on the Scotian and Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf
Gail Chmura and Charles Menza

A Participatory Approach for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Case Study on Okanagan Water Resources
Stewart J. Cohen

Mainstreaming Adaptation in Water and Climate
Richard Connor

An Adaptation Strategy for Eastern Ontario
Philippe Crabbé, K. Gajewski, M. Robin, D. Lean, R. Droste, R. Narbaitz, D. Krewski, and R. Needham

Analysis of Water Storage Potential within a Context of Integrated Watershed Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Jean-François Cyr, Richard Turcotte, Stéphane Pugin, and Louis-Guillaume Fortin


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D

Climate Change and Marine Shipping on the St. Lawrence
Pierre D'Arcy

Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change in the Coastal Zone of southeastern New Brunswick
Réal Daigle, D. Forbes, L. Vasseur, S. Nichols, D. Bérubé, K. Thompson, H. Ritchie, A. Hanson, É. Tremblay, G. Parkes, K. Murphy and T. Webster

Fisheries and Oceans Canada Climate Change Risk Assessment Initiative
Richard Dalpé

Evaluating the Economic Impact of Climate Change to the Eco-tourism and Cultural Tourism Sector of Bouctouche, New Brunswick
Lisa Debaie

Still Preaching to the Converted? Employ a Knowledge Management System to Effect Change
David DeYoe

Self-Organization and Natural Disasters
Keith Donnelly

The Response of the Montreal Public Health Board to Climate Change: Preventing Excess Morbidity and Mortality due to Extreme Summer Temperatures in Vulnerable Human Populations
Louis Drouin, Norman King, Louis Jacques, Isabel Fortier, Lucie-Andrée Roy, Éric Litvak, Jo Anne Simard, and Tom Kosatsky

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Urban Drainage in Quebec: Evaluation of Systems' Historical Performance
Sophie Duchesne, Alain Mailhot, and Étienne Lévesque


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F

The Spread and Severity of the West Nile Virus in Ontario 2000-2004: Implications for Adaptation to Climate Change
Adam Fenech, Don MacIver, and Heather Auld

The Importance of Integration of Economic Analysis into Climate Change I&A Research and Methodological Challenges
Timothy Folkins

Vulnerability of Arctic Communities to Risks Associated with Climate Change: Two Case Studies from Nunavut
James Ford, Barry Smit and Johanna Wandel

ArcticNet: A Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada to Conduct the Integrated Natural/ Human Health/ Social Study of the Changing Coastal Canadian Arctic
Martin Fortier and Louis Fortier

Facing Future Climate: Adaptation in British Columbia
Jenny Fraser

Climate Change Health Impacts, Vulnerabilities and the Capacity to Respond in Canadian Northern Aboriginal Communities
Christopher Furgal and Jacinthe Seguin


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G

The Climate Change Scenarios Network: Meeting Canada's Need for Scenario Information and Adaptation Science
Philippe Gachon, Brad Bass, and Don MacIver

Responses to Climate Change Impacts: Canada in a Global Context
Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun

Climate Change Scenarios for Agriculture
Samuel Gameda, Budong Qian, and Andy Bootsma

Climate Change Impacts on Pollinic Productivity and Allergic Rhinitis in Montréal between 1994 and 2002
Michelle Garneau, Marie-Claude Breton and Isabel Fortier

Improving Public Health Surveillance in the North is Crucial for Adaptation
Pierre Gosselin, Don Wigle, Chris Furgal and Sandra Owens

The Impact of Climate Change on Traditional Food Security in Two Northern Aboriginal Communities
Melissa Guyot and Laurie Chan


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H

Adaptation to Climate Change: What Role Will Regional Governments Play?
Rémi Haf

Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems in British Columbia and Adaptation Strategies for Forest Management
Andreas Hamann, D. L. Spittlehouse, T. Wang, and S. N. Aitken

Hurricane Juan: A comparison of Impacts and Vulnerability: Implications for Natural Hazard Mitigation
Rebecca Hanson

Getting Started: Climate Change and Municipal Growth Management
Linda Harvey

Summarizing Climate Adaptation Research and Applications Internationally and How they Relate to the Canadian Context
Harvey Hill

Identifying Economically Viable Climate Adaptation Options for Infrastructure Systems
Harvey Hill and Koko Warner

Transferring Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Knowledge to the Community of Communities
Phillip Hill and David Mate

Assessment Of Foundation Sensitivity To Climate Change In The Northwest Territories
T. Eward Hoeve, Fuqun Zhou, and Aining Zhang

Exploring the Vulnerability of Eastern Canadian Forests to Shifting Ranges of Tree Diseases Due to Climatic Change
Anthony Hopkin, R.A. Fleming, J.N.Candau, and D. McKenney

Federal Government Policy Directions on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
Alrick Huebener

Climate Change Implications for Energy Security: Responding to the Challenges
Larry Hughes and Alain Joseph

Psychosocial Aspects of Climate Change: Building Community Adaptability and Resiliency through Integrated Health Planning and Program Development
David Hutton

Climate Impact and Adaptation Responses of Salmon and Water Managers on the Somass River to the 2002 Fall Drought in British Columbia
Kim Hyatt, Josie Cleland, and Margot Stockwell


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I

From Biophysical to Socio-Economic Modelling – The Database Challenge in Assessing Vulnerability of Agriculture in Prairie Project
Jean-Willy Ileka, Carolyn Goodfellow, Robin Becker, Robert J. MacGregor and Aining Zhang

Adaptation to Climate Change and its Barriers - A Municipal Case Review
Birgit Isernhagen and Natty Urquizo


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J

Climate and Highland Ecosystems of Central Labrador: Understanding and Adapting to Change
John D. Jacobs, T. Bell, L. Hermanutz, A. Simms, K. Lewis, M. Trindade, M. Anions, A. Munier, J. Bonnell and J. Sutton

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour of the Elderly during Oppressive Heat and Air Pollution
Louis Jacques

Past, Present and Future Canadian Perspectives of Impact and Adaptation Responses of Fish and Fisheries to Climate Variation and Change
Mark Johannes

Land Use and Other Responses to Landscape Hazards in Northern Regions
Kenneth Johnson

To Visit or Not to Visit? The Vulnerability of Tourism Events in the National Capital Region to Climate Change
Brenda Jones and Daniel Scott

The New Brunswick Coastal Areas Protection Policy and Adapting to a Changing Coast
Paul Jordan

A Systems Approach to Climate Change
Alain Joseph and Larry Hughes


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K

Does stakeholder involvement in climate change research make a difference? Lessons from the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program
Pamela Kertland

Community Vulnerability to Extreme Rainfall in Ontario: Lessons Learned from Recent Years and Implications under Climate Change
Joan Klaassen

Inuit Concerns of Changing Aquatic Ecosystems in Arctic Communities
Cathleen Knotsch, Heather Moquin and John Keogak

Development of a Quick Response Protocol to Assess High-impact Weather Events
Grace Koshida


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L

Adapting to Climate Change in Nunavik and Northern Québec: Using Traditional and Scientific Knowledge to Enhance Local Capacity and Cope With Changing Ice Conditions
Violaine Lafortune, C. Furgal, E. Angiyou, T. Annanack, N. Einish, B. Etidloie, P. Tookalook and J.P. Savard

Project Ice Storm: Effects of Prenatal Stress on Children's Physical, Cognitive and Behavioral Development
David P. LaPlante, Suzanne King and Alain Brunet

The Adaptive Capacity of Forest Management to Changing Fire Regimes in the Boreal Forest
Héloïse Le Goff and Alain Leduc


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M

Health Effects of Wood Smoke and Risk Reduction Strategies
Barbara MacKinnon

Public Policy Aspects of Managing Canadian Waters in a Changing Climate
Gordon McBean and C. Coleman

The Implications of Climate Change for the Ski Industry in Eastern North America
Geoff McBoyle, Daniel Scott, Brian Mills, and Alanna Minogue

Migration as an Adaptation to Climate Change
Robert McLeman

Communicating Climate Change Adaptation to Municipalities
Bano Mehdi

Trends in Groundwater Levels in Eastern Canada
Yves Michaud, Christine Rivard, Joëlle Marion, Alfonso Rivera and René Lefebvre

Impact of climate change on the shipping industry in the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway
Frank Millerd

The Road Well Traveled: Implications of a Future Climate on the Performance of Pavement Infrastructure in Southern Canada
Brian Mills, Susan Tighe and Jean Andrey

Toward a Reduction in Municipalities' Vulnerability to Extreme Atmospheric Phenomena
Jennifer Milton

The Use of SRES Scenarios in Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Assessments
Monirul Q. Mirza

Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Response to Adaptation Strategies
Linda D. Mortsch, J. Ingram, S. Doka, P. Deadman, M. Galloway, A.J. Hebb and L. Snell

Climate Change Impacts On The Boreal Forest In North-Western Ontario: The Case Of The Forestry Sector
Rafael Munoz-Marquez, R. Suffling, D. Scott, P. Deadman and A. Perera


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N

Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management in the Okanagan Basin, B.C.
Denise Neilsen, Scott Smith Stewart Cohen and Bill Taylor

Lessons from the Past - Lessons for the Future: A Case Study of Community-Based Adaptation on the Canadian Prairies
R. Cynthia Neudoerffer and David Waltner-Toews

Climate Change and the Fate of Cereal Aphids
Jonathan Newman


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P

Improving Canadian Understanding of Risks and the Importance of Capacity Building: Denendeh, an Example
Chris Paci

Assessing Community Vulnerability to the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in British Columbia
John Parkins and Norah MacKendrick

Community Adaptation to Climate Change
Francine Portenier and Hanneke Kal

Environmental Change and Dynamic Vulnerability: Changing Livelihoods in Southwest Bangladesh
Jennifer Pouliotte

Climate Change and Freshwater in the Arctic
T.D. Prowse, F.J. Wrona and J.D. Reist


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R

Climate Change Issues in Arctic Fisheries: Arctic Char - A Key Northern Resource
Jim Reist, Michael Power and Brian Dempson

Reducing our Vulnerability to Extreme Meteorological Events: Atmospheric Hazards in Atlantic Canada
William Richards, Mohammad Hasan and Yahya Abuamer

Integrating Vulnerabilities into Managed Systems: Water Supply in the South Saskatchewan River Basin
J. Terry Rolfe


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S

Assessing the Lake Winnipeg fish community response to a 2XCO2 climate scenario
Alex Salki, Greg McCullough, William Franzin, Walt Lysack and Brenda Hann

A Comparative Study of Institutional Adaptive Capacity: South Saskatchewan River Basin, Canada, and Elqui River Basin, Northern Chile
Dave Sauchyn, Polo Diaz and David Gauthier

Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Supply in the City of Regina
Dave Sauchyn, Polo Diaz, Ben Cecil , Dave Gauthier and Joe Piwowar

Climate Change Implications for Seasonality and Visitation to Canada’s National Parks
Daniel Scott and Brenda Jones

Climate Change and Health Research
Jacinthe Seguin and Anita Walker

Impacts of and Adaptation to Climate Change for the Golf Industry in Southern Québec
Bhawan Singh, C. Bryant, M. Savoie, V. Tapes, N. Davey, D. Granjon, I. Pechêux and P. André

The International and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Adaptation, Risk and Capacity Building
Heather Smith

A prototype agent-based tool for simulating decision-making
Keven Sprague, Aining Zhang, Carolyn Goodfellow, Robin Becker and Jean-Willy Ileka

Vulnerability to Climate Change and Adaptive Capacity in Samoa: The Case of Saoluafata Village
Karen Sutherland

Air Pollution, Temperature and Emergency Department Visits
Mieczyslaw Szyszkowicz


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T

Climate Change and Coastal Zone Management Processes
Mark Taylor

Getting Traction on the Thinning Ice Road
Clive Tesar


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V

Industry Activities and Opportunities to Adapt to Climate Change
Lisa Van Buren

Adaptation as Resilience Building: A Policy Study of Climate Change on the Canadian Prairies
Henry David Venema, Fikret Berkes, and Harvey Hill


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W

Insurance Adaptation to Climate Change
Craig Wakeford

The Vulnerability Approach: Cross-Cutting Themes and Common Results from Culturally Diverse Contexts
Johanna Wandel

Water Conditions of Boreal Forest Ecosystems under Various Climate Change Scenarios - A Modelling Assessment
Shusen Wang, Y. Zhang and R. Fernandes

How Should Protected Area Managers Adapt to Climate Change?
David Welch

Northern Impacts and Adaptation Strategy: Partnership Approach to Developing a Comprehensive Strategy
Leslie Whitby

Climate Change and Local Forest Management - A Northern Saskatchewan Case Study
Tim Williamson and Mark Johnston

Adaptation Strategies for Agriculture in Canada: Preparing for the 21st Century
Virginia Wittrock, Grace Koshida, and Elaine Wheaton

Climate Interactions with Arctic Freshwater Ecosystems
F.J. Wrona, T.D. Prowse and J.D. Reist


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Y

Resource System Vulnerability to Climate Change: Assessment Methodology
Yongyuan Yin, Nicholas Clinton and Bing Luo

Incorporation of Adaptation to Climate Change into the EIA Process
Rob Young, Norval Collins and Alan Bell

Climate SMART - Mainstreaming Climate Change Considerations in Municipal Decision Making
Rob Young, Stephen King and George de Berdt Romilly


2005-04-05

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