Alfred Hecht

Hecht, Alfred, "Regional Development in Kalingrad Oblast, Russia", Department of Geography, Kaliningrad University, Kaliningrad Obblast, Russia, March 15, 2002.

Hecht, Alfred, "Income Variations of Canada's Elderly" public lecture Kitchener Library, January 14, 2002.

Hecht, Alfred, "Ethnicity and Home Language Retention in Canada", Paper presented at the third symposium entitled The Protection of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Canada and in Europe: Chances and Obstacles of Multiculturalism of the Centre of Canadian Studies, University of Wein, November 8-10, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred (with Bob Sharpe), "Virtual Education: The Case of the VGT on Germany and Canada", Presented at the first annual symposium of the Viessmann Research Centre on Modern Europe at Laurier, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 19, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred, "Income Variations of Canada's Elderly Population: Spatial, Urban, Gender and Temporal Trends". Paper presented at the University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown Campus, Sydney, NSW, Australia, May 1, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred, "The Canadian Resource Economy: The image and its reality", Paper presented at the University of Western Sydney, Paramatta Campus, Sydney, NSW, Australia, May 4, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred, "Income Variations of Canada's Elderly Population: Spatial, Urban, Gender and Temporal Trends". Paper presented at the University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia, May 7, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred, "The Canadian Resource Economy:The image and its reality". Paper presented at the Canadian Studies Seminar: Hosted by the Centre for Canadian-Australian Studies University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, May 11, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred (with Sue Lucas and Michael Loedding). "Income Variations of Canada's Elderly: Age and Gender". Paper presented at the Western Social Science Association annual meeting in Reno, Nevada, April 17-20, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred (with Alfred Pletsch), "Virtual Geography Texts on Canada and Germany: Final Report and Assessment". Paper presented at the Final VGT symposium, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, March 17-18, 2001.

Hecht, Alfred, "Virtuelle Geographische Texte über Deutschland und Kanada; ein multimediales Medium für den Unterricht". Paper presented at the annual meeting of German Schulgeographentag, October 1-6, 2001, Duisburg, Germany.

Hecht, Alfred (with Alfred Pletsch) "Deutschland und Kanada im Internet - Bericht über ein deutsch-kanadisches Projekt", Marburger Geographische Geseschaft, June 30, 2000, Marburg Germany.

Hecht, Alfred, "Changing importance of Resources in the Canadian Economy, A geographic perspective", Paper presented at the Geography Department at the East China Normal University, may 30, 2000.

Hecht, Alfred,  "Canadian Geography on the Internet: A Learning Device for Students and Teachers". Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 4-8, 2000, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Hecht, Alfred, "Present Canadian Economic Development trends and the Staple/Resource Growth Theory". Paper presented at the Geography Department, Freie Universität Berlin, on the occasion of receiving a Dr. rar. Nat. h.c., February 18, 2000, Berlin, Germany.

Hecht, Alfred and Alfred Pletsch, "Virtual Geography Texts on Germany and Canada", Paper presented at the International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media Conference on: Educational texts in the electronic age, September 20-22, 1999, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Hecht, Alfred, Alfred Pletsch and Bob Sharpe, "Teaching Geography with the help of the Internet: Examples from Canada and German Geography." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ontario Association of Geography and Environmental Educators, Orangeville Ontario, October 22-23, 1999

Hecht, Alfred, "An Urban/Economic Virtual geography Module on Canada for the Internet", Presented at the annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Geographers, June 1-5, 1999, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Hecht, Alfred, "Exploring the Virtual Geography Text on Canada and Germany", High School Geography Teacher's Symposium ‘99, Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Waterloo, Ontario, April 9, 1999.

Hecht, Alfred (with Bob Sharpe and Alfred Pletsch) "Virtuelle Texte für den Geographieunterricht - ein Pilotstudie der deutsch-kanadischen Schulbuchkommission" Presentation to the Board of Governors, Georg Eckert Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, March 4, 1999.

Hecht, Alfred (with Bob Sharpe), "The VGT - report on the actual stage and future steps of the project (the WLU perspective)", VGT -Workshop, Department of Geography, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, March 2-3, 1999

Hecht, Alfred, "The de-industrialization of former East Germany since unification", paper presented at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Geography, Faculty-Graduate Winter Seminar Series, January 20, 1999.

Hecht, Alfred, "The collapse of manufacturing in former East Germany", paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario Division, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 30-31, 1998.

Hecht, Alfred "Introduction to Canada - The Virtual Geography Project on Canada and Germany", paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario Division, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 30-31, 1998.

Hecht, Alfred (with A. Pletsch and R. Hoppe) "Das Internet im Geographieunterricht - Bericht über das Deutsch-kanadische Projekt ‘Virtual Geography Textbooks', paper presented at the Fortbidungsanstaltung des Verbands Deutscher culgeographen -Landesverband Hessen- Ocober 28th, 1998, Gießen, Germany.

Hecht, Alfred (with A. Pletsch and B. Sharpe), "The Virtual Geography Text Book Project for Canadian and German schools", paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Ottawa, October 2, 1998.

Hecht, Alfred, "Mennoniten, Juden und Ukrainer - Aspekte ihrer Gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Integration in Kanada." Geographisches Koloquium,  Geographisches Institut, Christian-Albrecht-Universität, Kiel, Germany, July 14, 1998.

Hecht, Alfred, "Die Kanadische Wirtschaft - weg von Ressourzen hin zur modernen Ökonomie", Fachhochschule Hof, Hof Germany, June 4, 1998.

Hecht, Alfred (with C. Willax), "Restructuring and de-industrialization of former East Germany",  paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, USA, March 28, 1998.

Hecht, Alfred, "Mennoniten, Juden und Ukrainer - ihre gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Integration in Kanada", Marburger Geographische Gesellschaft, Marburg, Germany, Dec.13, 1997.

Hecht, Alfred and Alfred Pletsch, "Canada and Germany as seen through their respective textbooks", International conference on Comparative Textbook analysis, Oslo, Norway, October 14-19, 1997.

Hecht, Alfred, Comparative Evaluation of German and Canadian School Atlases (with H. Bauder),4th German-Canadian Textbook Commission Meeting on Geography Textbooks and Atlases, WLU, Oct 18-25, 1996.

Hecht, Alfred, German and European Images in Canadian Geography Textbooks (with M. Mandres), 4th German-Canadian Textbook Commission Meeting on Geography Textbooks and Atlases, WLU, Oct 18-25, 1996.

Comparative Evaluation of German and Canadian School Atlases (with H. Bauder)Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting Kingston, ON, Oct 26, 1996.

Hecht, Alfred, Jews, Mennonites and Ukrainians in Canada, The Prairies and Winnipeg: A Socio-Economic Comparison, Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Feb 9, 1995.

Hecht, Alfred, CTT industrial/occupational structure in comparison to other Canadian cities,23rd WLU Geography Teachers Symposium, Waterloo, Apr 12, 1996.

Hecht, Alfred, Jews, Mennonites and Ukrainians in Canada, The Prairies and Winnipeg: A Socio-Economic Comparison, Conference on Building Bridges: Jews, Mennonites and Ukrainians in Canada, Winnipeg, Aug. 28-30, 1995.

Hecht, Alfred, An overview of Ontario's Geography Curriculum Policies and its European/German Content (with W. Stauch), 3rd German-Canadian-Textbook Curriculum meeting on Geography Textbooks and Atlases, Marburg, Germany, Dec 1-5, 1995.

Hecht, Alfred (with Mark Laver) "Interlocking Directorates in the European Union, 1986 and 1992: A Sectoral Analysis", paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 14-18, 1995.

Hecht, Alfred "Deutschland in den Textbüchern kanadischer High Schools - die neue Situation", paper presented at the 2nd German-Canadian Geography/Sciences Commission Meeting, Marburg, Germany, December 16-17, 1994.

Hecht, Alfred (with Ulrike Gerhard) "The Evolution of Firms in the Former East Germany: a Geographical Analysis", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May 17-21, 1994.

Hecht, Alfred (With V. Regehr and L. Hecht) "The Evolution and Operation of the Native Indian Women's Craft Industry in the Chaco of Paraguay", presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographer, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May 17-21, 1994.

Hecht, Alfred "The Evolution of Entrepreneurship in the former East Germany", paper presented at University College, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Forces Academy, April 29, 1993 and at the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, May 6, 1993.

Hecht, Alfred  "Regional Development Attitudes in Parry Sound, Ontario", CAGONT, Windsor, Ontario, Oct 1993.

Hecht, Alfred (with Barry Boots) "Spatial expressions of Canadian Provincialism and Regionalism", paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 19-27, 1992.

Hecht, Alfred "The Evolution of Entrepreneurship in the Magdeburg Region of Germany since Unification", paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 19-27, 1992.)

Hecht, Alfred (with E. Ehlers) "Northern Canadian Agricultural Development", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Atlantic Division, Towson, Maryland, March 7, 1992.

Hecht, Alfred "General Society Income and Religious Minorities:  The Mennonite Case", paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, April 13-17, 1991. (ABSTRACT published)

Hecht, Alfred (with R. Sharpe) "The Restructuring of the Traditional Socio-Economic Space in Metropolitan Canada by Visible Minorities", paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, April 13-17, 1991.

Hecht, Alfred "High-Tech Linkage Patterns and the Structural Characteristics of the Firm", Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, March 22, 1991.

Hecht, Alfred  "Regionale Geographie und ihre Perzeption in Kanada", presented at a Symposium on "Regional Geography versus Applied Geography", in Marburg, Germany, in honour of the late Professor Dr. Carl Schott, February 14, 1991.

Hecht, Alfred "Mennonites and the Canadian Society.  A Financial Well-Being Comparison", paper presented at the "Anabaptist/ Mennonite Faith and Economics: Breaking the Silence" Conference, Conrad Grebel College and Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May 24-27, 1990.

Hecht, Alfred "Ontario-Geographischer Wandel in einer Pionerprovinz Kanadas", Marburger Geographischen Gesellschaft, May 29, 1990.

Hecht, Alfred "Provinzialismus und Regionalismus in Kanada", Department of Geography, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, June 18, 1990.

Hecht, Alfred "Regional Forces and the Canadian Confederation", Department of Geography, University of Köln, June 12, 1990.

Hecht, Alfred "The Birth Pains of a New Regional Shopping Center in the Kitchener CMA", International Symposium on Retail Development:  Private and Public Planning Strategies, University of Montreal, June 14-16, 1989.

Hecht Alfred (with Barry Boots)  "Spatial Perspectives on Canadian Provincialism and Regionalism, presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Regional Science Association, June 1-2, 1989, Quebec City.

Hecht, Alfred (with Gerhard Braun)  "The Canadian Migration Scene:  An Exploratory Geographic Analysis", paper presented at the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, June 2-6, 1988, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (ABSTRACT published)

Hecht Alfred "Religion, Ethnicity and Regionalism as Influences on Economic Well-being in Ontario", paper presented at Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Ontario, March 11, 1988.

Hecht, Alfred  "The Socio-Economic Core-Periphery Structures of Canada:  A Present Analysis", paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German speaking countries, Grainau, Germany, February 19-21, 1988.

Hecht, Alfred "Pioniere im Chaco Südamerikas:  Indianer-Mennoniten-Paraguayer", Marburger Geographische Gesellschaft,  Marburg, Germany, February 17, 1988.

Hecht, Alfred "Income Variation in Ontario, Canada in Relation to Ethnicity, Religion and Regions", Department of Geography, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, July 2, 1987.

Hecht, Alfred "Ethnic Minorities in Canada:  The Case of the Mennonites", Professor Rawithel Seminar, Amerika-Institut der Universität München, München, Germany, July 1, 1987.

Hecht, Alfred "Die Mennoniten Kanadas:  eine religiöse und kulturelle Minderheit", Katholische Universität Eichstätt, Eichstätt, Germany, June 30, 1987.

Hecht, Alfred "Einkommensunterschiede in Kanada in Abhängigkeit von religiösen Zugehörigkeit", Geographisches Institut der Rheinisch-Wertfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen, Aachen, Germany, April 4, 1987.

Hecht, Alfred (with Alfred Pletsch)  "The Canadian North:  A Socio-Economic Invasion of the Native Milieu", Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland, Third International Conference, April 3-5, 1987, Dublin, Ireland.

Hecht, Alfred "Die Mennoniten Kanadas:  Ein Überblick", Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, February 24, 1987.

Hecht, Alfred "Ethnische und religiöse Einkommensunterschiede in Ontario, Kanada", Seminar, Geography Department, University of Köln, Germany, January 20, 1987.

Hecht, Alfred "Die Gesellschaften Kanadas:  Land, Städte und Menschen", Kanada-Woche, RWAG Dortmund, Germany, January 17, 1987.

Hecht, Alfred "Probleme von Minderheiten in der kanadischen Gesellschaft, dargestellt am Beispiel der Mennoniten", Marburger Geographische Gesellschaft, Marburg, Germany, November 25, 1986.

Hecht, Alfred "Religiöse, ethnische und regionale Einkommensunterschiede in Ontario, Kanada", Kanada-Studien Symposion, University of Trier, Trier, Germany, November 7, 1986.

Hecht, Alfred (with James Davidson) "Ethnicity, Religion and Economic Well-being in Ontario", CAGONT, October 25-26, 1985, Brock University.

Hecht, Alfred "Ethnic Income Variation in Ontario:  A Geographical Perspective", Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Trois-Rivieres, May 27-31, 1985.

Hecht, Alfred (with Richard Campbell) "Changes in Regional Well-being in the EEC:  1979-1980", Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Nanaimo, British Columbia, May 21-25, 1984. (ABSTRACT published)

Hecht, Alfred "Die ökonomie Kanadas", paper presented at a Canada Conference in Rheine, Germany, August 22, 1983.

Hecht, Alfred "Socio-Economic Well-being of Germans in Central Canada", paper presented at the John F. Kennedy Institute, Free University of Berlin, June 30, 1983, Berlin, Germany.

Hecht, Alfred "Socio-Economic Well-Being of Germans in Central Canada", paper presented at the University of Kiel, June 28, 1983, Kiel, Germany.

Hecht, Alfred "Socio-Economic Well-Being of Germans in Central Canada", paper presented at the University of Münster, Geography Department, June 22, 1983, Münster, Germany.

Hecht, Alfred "The Germans in the Anglo-Saxon Milieu in Central Canada", paper presented at a special symposium organized by the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German, at the Canadian Learned Society Meetings in Vancouver, June 3-4, 1983.

Hecht, Alfred "Regional Variation in Well-Being in Canada and the EEC", paper presented at the University of Leeds, Geography, May 11, 1983, Leeds, England.

Hecht, Alfred "Regional Variation in Well-Being in Canada and the EEC", paper presented at the University of Edinburgh, Geography Department, May 9, 1984, Edinburgh, U.K.

Hecht, Alfred (with C. Wesol and Robert Sharpe)  "The Core-Periphery Model and Native Indians in Ontario", presented at a symposium on "Ethnicity in Central Canada" in Montreal, September 1-3, 1982.

Hecht, Alfred "Regional Variations in Canadian Income", poster paper given at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Antonio, Texas, April 27, 1982. (ABSTRACT published)

Hecht, Alfred "Regional Well-Being in Canada and the European Economic Community", paper presented at the 'Deutsch-Kanadisch Symposium: Kulturgeographische Prozessforschung in Kanada', University of Bamberg, West Germany, November 20-22, 1981.

Hecht, Alfred "Opening and Integration of the Chaco of Paraguay into the Western World:  Exploitation or Development", paper presented at the IGU Symposium on Rural Development: Theory and Practice, Fresno, California, April 23-25, 1981.

Hecht, Alfred "The Industrial Giant", invited paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Ontario Association for Geographic and Environmental Education, Waterloo, April 11, 1981.

Hecht, Alfred "The new `Main Street' Canada, Vancouver to Edmonton", invited guest lecture, Department of Geography, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, West Germany, June 18, 1980.

Hecht, Alfred "Das Wachstum eines wirtschaftlichen Kerngebiets im West Kanada", paper presented at a symposium to honor the 75th birthday of Professor C. Schott (distinguished Canadian Expert) on February 20, 1980, Marburg, West Germany.

Hecht, Alfred (with B.N. Boots and J.F. Peters) "The Urban Spatial Activity Structure and Residential Relocation", paper presented at a 'Deutsch-Kanadischs Kolloquium: Stadtgestalt-Forschung', University of Trier, West Germany, June 14-17, 1979.

Hecht, Alfred (with J.B. Lander and B.J. Lorch) "Regional Development in Northern Ontario - A Critical Analysis", paper presented at a Symposium on 'Northern Development in Canada', Fachbereich Geographie, University of Marburg, November 10-12, 1978.

Hecht, Alfred (with B.N.Boots and J.F. Peters) "Residential Relocation and the Spatial Activity Structure", paper presented at the Northeast Regional Science Association Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 11-13, 1978.

Hecht, Alfred (with J.W. Fretz) "Rural Industrialization / Mechanization, the Case of the Central Chaco Region of Paraguay", paper presented at the Rural Development Symposium of the IGU Regional Conference in Ibadan, Nigeria, July 25-31, 1976. (ABSTRACT published)

Hecht, Alfred "Indian and Mennonite Settlements in the Chaco of Paraguay:  Problems of Attitudinal Biases to Further Joint Development Prospects", paper presented at a Conference on Attitudinal and Behavioural Changes in Rural Life, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 13-15, 1978.

Hecht, Alfred (with J.W. Fretz) "Food Production under Conditions of Increased Uncertainty; the Chaco Example", paper presented at a Colloquium on: 'Climatic Uncertainty, Agricultural Systems and the Food Supply', Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, March 2, 1977.

Hecht, Alfred (with B.N. Boots and J.F. Peters) "The Incidence and Effects of a Restricted Spatial Search in Residential Mobility Behavior of Industrial Workers in Kitchener-Waterloo", paper presented at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Northeast Regional Science Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 29, 1977.
(ABSTRACT published)

Hecht, Alfred "Die anglo- und frankokanadische Stadt.  Ein sozio-ökonomischer Vergleich am Beispiel von Hamilton und Quebec", paper presented at the 'Quebec-Week' Trier University, Trier, West Germany, June 23, 1976.

Hecht, Alfred (with B.J. Lorch) "Regional growth rate relationships in manufacturing employment in Ontario, Canada", paper presented at the XXIII International Geographic Congress, Moscow, 1976.

Hecht, Alfred "The Impact of the Trans-Chaco Highway on the Anabaptists in Paraguay", paper presented at Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Ontario, October 17, 1975.

Hecht, Alfred "The Agricultural Impact of the Paraguay Trans-Chaco Highway", presented at the IGU Regional Meeting at Palmerston North, New Zealand, December 4-11, 1974.

Hecht, Alfred "Changes in Agricultural Activities of a Subsistence Economy in the Chaco Region of Paraguay:  The Results of the Ruta-Trans Chaco Road", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, April 20 - May 1, 1974.

Hecht, Alfred "The Journey to Work Distance in Relation to the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Workers", presented at the Wilfrid Laurier - University of Waterloo Economic Geography Seminar Series, Waterloo, April 4, 1973.

Hecht, Alfred "Residential Locations under Stress of Urban Industrial Decentralization", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, Georgia, April 15-18, 1973. (ABSTRACT published)

Hecht, Alfred (with Peggy Lentz) "Conceptual and Parametric Modifications of Forrester's Urban Area Model", presented at the Northeast Regional Science Conference, Binghampton, New York, March 29-31, 1971.