Part 1: Introduction to "Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity"
Channel: Athabasca University
Date: 2012-05-31

This is Part 1 of a series in which Mike Gismondi of Athabasca University and Debra Davidson of the University of Alberta provide teaching points that expand on their book "Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity," one of the few social scientific analyses of Alberta's oil sands. In Part 1, Davidson explains what motivated her and Gismondi to write the book: the question of short-term profit versus long-term vision. Please note these videos represent the views of the authors only.