User:Sunray/contributions
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Most of my contributions fall into two main fields: culture and society. This is probably not surprising as most of my academic training is in anthropology and sociology. I'm Canadian and when I first began to write for Wikipedia in late 2003, I perceived a strong bias in the Canadian articles towards subjects that would be of interest young, white, techno-literate, males. There were relatively few articles about women, francophones, Aboriginal people and visible minorities. So, you will note that I have paid some attention to those subjects. I'm pleased to note that the balance has shifted considerably.
In addition to articles on Canadian subjects, I've tried to broaden my horizons and strike a balance by editing articles on Asian topics, particularly those pertaining to some aspects of Chinese culture, such as Taoism.
I've always been interested in geography and history. The other themes that run through my writing are ecology and sustainability. While I have some post-graduate training in ecology, most of this is self-taught as a result of spending a great deal of time in nature and thinking about human modification of ecosystems and the attendant effects on soil, water and air.
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[edit] Culture
Major contributions[1]
Banff Centre | Johnny Canuck | Chautauqua | Cultural mosaic | Louis Cyr | First contact (anthropology) | Fu Hsi | Glooscap | Halkomelem | I Ching's influence | Kiviuq | Jos Montferrand | Alice Munro | Novascotian | La famille Plouffe | Religious belief | Sam Slick | Sto:lo | M.G. Vassanji
Other contributions
Tori Amos | Anthropology | Margaret Atwood | The Arcade Fire | Yves Beauchemin | Canada | Canadian humour | José Capmany | Chatauqua | CBC News: The Hour | Chinese folk religion | Wayson Choy | Common Era | Cream (band) | Crowfoot | Culture of Canada | Miles Davis | Bob Dylan | First Nations of Canada | Jane Fonda | Robert Goulet | The Greatest Canadian | The Great Peacemaker | Group of Seven (artists) | Edward Everett Hale | Natasha Henstridge | Ronnie Hawkins | Humanities | I Ching | I Ching divination | Indigenous peoples of the Americas | Iroquois | Karma | Mark Kingwell | Irving Layton | List of Canadian heroes and heroines (this rather delightful list was deleted for reasons beyond my ken)| Major world religions | Medal of Honor | Lorne Michaels | Mohegan | Karen Marie Moning | Muhammad Ma Jian | Steve Nash | Native Americans in the United States | Ojibwa | Oracle | Ottawa (tribe) | Pitikwahanapiwiyin | Matthew Polashek | Punjab | Religion | Religion in China | Saturday Night Live | Sri Lanka | Tao | Taoism | Tecumseh | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Trickster | Temperance (virtue) | United States | University of British Columbia | Western culture | The White Shadow | Wiarton Willie | Dr. Who | Marty Wright | Wyandot | Wu wei | Yankee | Yin and Yang
[edit] Geography
Major contributions
Climate of Vancouver | Fraser Canyon | Georgia Depression | Lower Mainland
Other contributions
British Columbia | Bushehr | Canadian Prairies | Chilliwack, British Columbia | Coast Mountains | Columbia District | Cotopaxi | Fraser River | Georgian Bay | Geography of Canada | Greater Vancouver Regional District | Halifax | Hope, British Columbia | Lake Huron | Intermontane | Nelson, British Columbia | New Westminster, British Columbia | Squamish, British Columbia | Tallgrass prairie | Vancouver, British Columbia
[edit] History / biiography
Major contributions
Château de Bouchout | Fort Langley, British Columbia | Henrietta Edwards | Habitant | Nellie McClung | William Fitzwilliam Owen | Irene Parlby | Alice Paul | David Thompson (explorer)
Other contributions
Alexander Graham Bell | George Beurling | Boudica | Isaac Brock | Tim Buck | Lucy Burns | Daniel Cambridge | Canadian National Railway | Tommy Douglas | Mahatma Gandhi | Gold Mountain | History of the Punjab | History of the Singapore Police Force | History of Vancouver | Idris Shah II of Perak Paul Kane | Agnes Macphail | Pierre Trudeau | The Valiant Five | George Vancouver | Adriaen van der Donck | War of 1812 | Yale, British Columbia
[edit] Science (principally ecology, biology, agriculture)
Major contributions
Boreal Forest Conservation Framework | Ecoregion | The Natural Step | Karl-Henrik Robèrt | Mackenzie Valley Pipeline | Principles of Organic Agriculture | Sheep husbandry | William Rees
Other contributions
Air pollution in British Columbia | Agriculture | Deep ecology | Ecological footprint | Ecological humanities | Ecological wisdom | Ecology of the Oak Ridges Moraine | Ecosophy | Groundhog | Hubbert peak | Limits to growth | Mantinae | Manure | National Botanic Garden of Belgium | Natural environment | Organic farming | Permaculture | Oak Ridges Moraine | Origin of the Oak Ridges Moraine | Renewable energy | Sun | Sustainability | Sustainable agriculture | Sustainable development
[edit] Society
Major contributions
Active listening | Afghanistan friendly fire incident | Archambault report | Albert Bates | Blessing of same sex unions | Charity Organization Society | Columbia University School of Social Work | Community | Community economic development | Consensus decision-making | Demographics of Vancouver | Economy of Vancouver | Ecovillage Training Center | Ina May Gaskin | Stephen Gaskin | John Murray Gibbon | Diane Gilman | Robert Gilman | Global Ecovillage Network | Gun politics in Canada | List of intentional communities | Paul Martin | Marxian economics | Corinne McLaughlin | Meditation | Michael Ingham | Multiculturalism | Intentional community | New York School of Philanthropy | John Porter (sociologist) | Poverty in the United States | Virtual community | Visible minority
Other contributions
Asian fetish | Auroville | Canadian and American politics compared | Charismatic movement | Cohousing | Co-intelligence | Consensus | Critical thinking | Downtown Eastside | Ecovillage | Peter Elliott | Facilitator | The Farm | Freetown Christiania | Rick Hansen | Haute couture | Michael Ignatieff | Internet troll | Investiture | Thomas A. Jenkins | Liberalism | Liberalism in Canada | List of ecovillages | List of British Columbia premiers | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | Neuro-linguistic programming | Ontario Municipal Board | Political integration of India | Julie Payette | Politics of the Oak Ridges Moraine | Professional | Portal:Society/Intro | Save the Oak Ridges Moraine | William Schutz | Georg Simmel | Social network | Spouses of the Prime Ministers of Canada | Social Realism | Society | Belinda Stronach | Suffrage | Suffragette | Synchronicity | Desmond Tutu University of British Columbia | Voluntary simplicity | Voter turnout | Women's suffrage
[edit] Technology
Major contributions
Moon landing | Natural building
Other contributions
Apple Computer | BoF | CANDU reactor | CF-101 Voodoo | Electrical engineering | Internet Engineering Task Force | Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit Project | Space race Straight-5 | Technology | Transportation in Vancouver | Vancouver SkyTrain |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Articles for which I am among the top ten contributors as of April, 2009
