Clark Banack
Biographic Data
| ID | 4373928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clark Banack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clark |
| FAMILY NAME | Banack |
| SIGNATURE | BANACK C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1113-9502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Visitor outcomes from dark sky tourism: A case study of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Dark sky tourism is a growing, but under-studied sector of ecotourism. While some research has examined the economic impacts, regional sustainability, and management of dark sky tourism, researchers know little about tourist experiences and outcomes. This study seeks to determine visitor outcomes (satisfaction, learning, attitudes, and behavior changes) among participants at the Jasper Dark Sky Festival in Alberta, Canada. Visitors were middle-ag…
Faith, Rights, and Choice: The Politics of Religious Schools in Canada
Rural Identities in an Urban Canada: Minority Rights for Agrarian Communities
Engaging with the theoretical literature on liberalism and minority cultural rights generated by Canadian scholars Will Kymlicka, Charles Taylor, and Alan Patten, this article offers an initial evaluation of the claim that rural agrarian communities exist as minority cultural communities bound together by a strong collective identity and conception of the good and are therefore deserving of certain group-differentiated rights designed to thwart t…
Ethnography and Political Opinion: Identity, Alienation and Anti-establishmentarianism in Rural Alberta
This article documents an ethnographic case study designed to provide deeper insight into the manifestation of political opinion in the rural areas of Alberta, Canada. Employing “a method of listening,” the study demonstrates that rural Albertans, like rural Americans, are feeling politically alienated and angry in ways that go beyond ideological preference, age or income level. In fact, the grievances unveiled in this study are connected directl…
Understanding the Influence of Faith-Based Organizations on Education Policy in Alberta
Recent media accounts suggest certain faith-based interest groups are increasingly pressuring provincial governments across Canada to ensure their views on education policy are acted upon. This paper offers a qualitative assessment of the policy influence possessed by faith-based groups active on the education file in Alberta and the factors responsible for this level of influence. Overall, such influence is not directly attributable to the group…
Ethnography and Political Opinion: Identity, Alienation and Anti-establishmentarianism in Rural Alberta
This article documents an ethnographic case study designed to provide deeper insight into the manifestation of political opinion in the rural areas of Alberta, Canada. Employing “a method of listening,” the study demonstrates that rural Albertans, like rural Americans, are feeling politically alienated and angry in ways that go beyond ideological preference, age or income level. In fact, the grievances unveiled in this study are connected directl…
Understanding the Influence of Faith-Based Organizations on Education Policy in Alberta
Recent media accounts suggest certain faith-based interest groups are increasingly pressuring provincial governments across Canada to ensure their views on education policy are acted upon. This paper offers a qualitative assessment of the policy influence possessed by faith-based groups active on the education file in Alberta and the factors responsible for this level of influence. Overall, such influence is not directly attributable to the group…
Understanding the Influence of Faith-Based Organizations on Education Policy in Alberta
Recent media accounts suggest certain faith-based interest groups are increasingly pressuring provincial governments across Canada to ensure their views on education policy are acted upon. This paper offers a qualitative assessment of the policy influence possessed by faith-based groups active on the education file in Alberta and the factors responsible for this level of influence. Overall, such influence is not directly attributable to the group…
Rural Identities in an Urban Canada: Minority Rights for Agrarian Communities
Engaging with the theoretical literature on liberalism and minority cultural rights generated by Canadian scholars Will Kymlicka, Charles Taylor, and Alan Patten, this article offers an initial evaluation of the claim that rural agrarian communities exist as minority cultural communities bound together by a strong collective identity and conception of the good and are therefore deserving of certain group-differentiated rights designed to thwart t…
Ethnography and Political Opinion: Identity, Alienation and Anti-establishmentarianism in Rural Alberta
This article documents an ethnographic case study designed to provide deeper insight into the manifestation of political opinion in the rural areas of Alberta, Canada. Employing “a method of listening,” the study demonstrates that rural Albertans, like rural Americans, are feeling politically alienated and angry in ways that go beyond ideological preference, age or income level. In fact, the grievances unveiled in this study are connected directl…
Faith, Rights, and Choice: The Politics of Religious Schools in Canada
Visitor outcomes from dark sky tourism: A case study of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival
Dark sky tourism is a growing, but under-studied sector of ecotourism. While some research has examined the economic impacts, regional sustainability, and management of dark sky tourism, researchers know little about tourist experiences and outcomes. This study seeks to determine visitor outcomes (satisfaction, learning, attitudes, and behavior changes) among participants at the Jasper Dark Sky Festival in Alberta, Canada. Visitors were middle-ag…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works) · Faith (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Ideology (2 works)