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Alberta's Inventors and Inventions
The site explores innovation and invention through the patent process
and provides access to thousands of patent records. Individual
inventors and inventions are profiled and the inventive spirit is seen
as crucial to the past and future development of the province of
Alberta.
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Alberta's Inventors and Inventions Edukit
The Alberta Inventors and Inventions Edukit is a customized educational
website that draws on the resources of the Alberta Inventors and
Inventions website for the benefit of teachers, students and home
learners. The site supports student learning relating to Albertan
inventors, the development of their inventions, and their subsequent
use as well as showcasing research establishments. It showcases over a
century of innovation and explores the inventive spirit of Albertans by
demonstrating how Alberta inventions impact our lives on a daily basis.
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Alberta's Natural Resources
Alberta's development, past and present, depends on our natural
resources. This site provides primary information about Soils and
Agriculture, Hydrocarbons and Forests. As well, it explores the history
of resource extraction, innovation in resource use as well as issues.
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Alberta's Political History
Learn all about the political life of Alberta from past to
present—elected officials, the buildings and the stories. Topics
covered include Political Institutions, Elections, People and Events.
An interactive map allows you to search election records from 1905.
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Alberta's Real Estate Heritage
A website about Alberta’s Real Estate Heritage chronicling the social,
political, demographic and architectural heritage of Alberta's cities,
towns and rural communities in relation to the real estate industry,
and describing the present state of the industry.
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Alberta's Telephone Heritage
From Alex Taylor to Telus Communications, this site looks at the
technology of the telephone and celebrates its development in Alberta.
Oral histories, Heritage Trails, and a searchable database let visitors
really explore Alberta's telephone heritage.
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Alberta: Home, Home On The Plains
To make way for western settlement and the building of the railways, in
the latter half of the 19th century, Treaties were undertaken by the
Government of Canada with Aboriginal People. Discover the settlement
era in Alberta with a focus on early settlement, rural life, farming
and ranching.
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Alberta: How The West Was Young
Join us as we discover the early history of Alberta going back 11,000
years. The site explores Aboriginal history from the Pre-Contact Era
through to the Fur Trade and the Métis—the people who bridged the Old
and New Worlds.
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Alberta: Naturally
This site explores the natural history of Alberta through an ecosystems
approach. Explore the natural regions of Alberta, the flora and fauna,
through text, over 700 images, 225 audio files and a flashzone designed
specifically for children of all ages.
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Albertans: Who do they think they are?
Explore the cultural diversity of Alberta with a focus on the people
and issues that have helped make Alberta the dynamic province it is
today. More than 60 ethnocultural groups are represented including
their history, culture, traditions and contributions.
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