User:Sunray/contributions/2003-2008

"By their fruit you will recognize them." Matthew 7:16

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.

Culture
Note: This list represents a rough guide to my contributions up until 2007. It has not been maintained in a systematic manner since.

Major contributions

Anthropology | Margaret Atwood | Banff Centre | Canada | Canadian humour | Johnny Canuck | Chautauqua | Chinese folk religion | Common Era | Cultural mosaic | Louis Cyr | First contact (anthropology) | Jane Fonda | Fu Hsi | Glooscap | Halkomelem | I Ching | I Ching's influence | Iroquois | Kiviuq | Irving Layton | Jos Montferrand | Alice Munro | Nathan Hale | Novascotian | Oracle | La famille Plouffe | Punjab region | Religious belief | Sam Slick | Sto:lo | Tao | Taoism | Tecumseh | Trickster | M.G. Vassanji Wiarton Willie | Yankee | Yin and yang

Other contributions

Tori Amos | The Arcade Fire | Yves Beauchemin | CBC News: The Hour | Wayson Choy | Cream (band) | Crowfoot | Culture of Canada | Miles Davis | Bob Dylan | Robert Goulet | The Greatest Canadian | The Great Peacemaker | Group of Seven (artists) | Edward Everett Hale | Natasha Henstridge | Ronnie Hawkins | Humanities | I Ching divination | Indigenous peoples of the Americas | Karma | Mark Kingwell | 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 | Ottawa (tribe) | Pitikwahanapiwiyin | Matthew Polashek | Religion | Religion in China | Saturday Night Live | Sri Lanka | This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Temperance (virtue) | United States | University of British Columbia | Western culture | The White Shadow | Dr. Who | Marty Wright | Wyandot | Wu wei |

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

History / biography
''Major contributions

Boudica | Isaac Brock | Tommy Douglas | Henrietta Edwards | The Famous Five (Canada) | Fort Langley, British Columbia | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Habitant | History of the Punjab | History of Vancouver | Agnes Macphail | Nellie McClung | William Fitzwilliam Owen | Irene Parlby | Alice Paul | David Thompson (explorer) Pierre Trudeau | War of 1812 |

Other contributions

Alexander Graham Bell | George Beurling | Tim Buck | Lucy Burns | Daniel Cambridge | Canadian National Railway | Gold Mountain | History of the Singapore Police Force | Idris Shah II of Perak Paul Kane | George Vancouver | Adriaen van der Donck | Yale, British Columbia

Science (principally ecology, biology, agriculture)
Major contributions

Boreal Forest Conservation Framework | Ecological footprint | Ecoregion | The Natural Step | Karl-Henrik Robèrt | Mackenzie Valley Pipeline | Oak Ridges Moraine | Permaculture | Politics of the Oak Ridges Moraine | Principles of Organic Agriculture | William Rees Sheep husbandry | Sustainability | Sustainable development

Other contributions

Air pollution in British Columbia | Agriculture | Deep ecology | 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 | Origin of the Oak Ridges Moraine | Renewable energy | Sun | Sustainable agriculture |

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

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 |