Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793–1843. By Richard S. Mackie · Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1997. xiv + 420 pp. Figures, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth, $75.00. ISBN 0774805595.

1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-561
Author(s):  
Jean Barman ◽  
Roderick J. Barman
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Fur Trade ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
The Pacific

scholarly journals Building the Beaty: Creating, Maintaining, and Growing a Publicly Accessible Biodiversity Museum Collection in the Pacific Ring of Fire

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e26273
Author(s):  
Christopher Stinson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Public Access ◽  
History Museum ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Insect Infestations ◽  
Conservation Projects ◽  
Collections Care

Eight years from the grand opening of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia and the museum is going strong. Having gone through many changes developing the procedures and policies that both protect and showcase its invaluable collections, the BBM is a pertinent case study for dealing with the issues that come with setting up a natural history museum in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Unique in Canada and perhaps the world, the BBM has all of its collection space publicly accessible. All the displays and exhibits are contained within the collection storage area and are thus subject to all that comes with public display. This coupled with being located in Vancouver British Columbia, an earthquake prone region, makes building and maintaining a natural history museum quite the task. From the onset, planning the building and storage space created a complex suite of issues with building code, collection protection, and public access. Balancing between the various needs pulling the design and building construction in different directions has seen the BBM develop in many unique and interesting ways to utilize, protect and exhibit its over 2 million specimens. Meeting British Columbia’s strict earthquake, fire and safety codes coupled with housing UBC’s collections made for a museum with a distinctive set of problems. From the gargantuan task of moving the collections, to insect infestations and floods there are many events that would give any museum worker nightmares. There have been multiple conservation projects and a huge digitization initiative across collections. Major expansions in the exhibits, education, policies, and evaluation realms mean our work is always changing. Now well into our eighth year, the BBM has gone through many changes. Always growing the collections, while constantly adapting to our ever-changing community’s needs, the BBM has been able to expand its exhibits, program offerings, and profile all while maintaining the utmost in collections care and conservation.

The Implementation Gap: Rhetoric and Reality in Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental PolicyLast Stand: A Journey Through North America’s Vanishing Ancient Rainforest. Larry Pynn. Vancouver: New Star Books, 1999.Clearcutting the Pacific Rainforest: Production, Science, and Regulation. Richard A. Rajala. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1998.Against the Grain: Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia. L. Anders Sandberg and Peter Clancy. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2000.Fishing Places, Fishing People: Traditions and Issues in Canadian Small-Scale Fisheries. Eds. Dianne Newell and Rosemary E. Ommer. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.Community, State and Market on the North Atlantic Rim: Challenges to Modernity in the Fisheries. Richard Apostle, Gene Barrett, Petter Holm, Svein Jentcroft, Leigh Mazany, Bonnie McCay and Knut Mikalsen. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.Voluntary Initiatives: The New Politics of Corporate Greening. Ed. Robert B. Gibson. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 1999.Communities, Development and Sustainability Across Canada. Eds. John T. Pierce and Ann Dale. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1999.Biodiversity in Canada: Ecology, Ideas and Action. Ed. Stephen Bocking. Peterborough: Broadview, 2000.Biodiversity and Democracy: Rethinking Society and Nature. Ed. Paul M. Wood. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2000.

2001 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Howlett
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
New Politics ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
The North ◽  
Corporate Greening ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Atlantic Rim ◽  
State And Market
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