Brings to the light the conflicting meanings attached to skiing by diverse groups in British Columbia.

This transnational view provides an understanding of the modern Pacific salmon crisis and reorients borderlands studies towards the Canada-US border while providing a new view of how Native Borders worked.

This book covers the basic economic principles and concepts and their application to modern forest management and policy issues.

Lays out new strategies for advocacy groups to achieve a sustainable, healthy food system.

This text traces the interaction between humans and the Canadian landscape, from the arrival of the first peoples to our current environmental crisis.

A compelling exploration of place-based development as a timely, pragmatic approach to renewing rural and small-town economies in northern British Columbia.

Renowned environmental lawyer David R. Boyd argues that Canada must constitutionalize environmental rights and responsibilities if it hopes to improve its environmental record.

A series of stories, ideas, and insights into the social dynamics of change within rural Canada that help communities forge new ways of understanding and relating to each other and to the broader world.

Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada explores the historical, political, cultural, legal, and ethical issues surrounding forest resource use and discusses opportunities for collaboration between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals.

A critical look at the social, environmental, and economic impacts of agricultural biotechnology in Canada.

A timely exploration of how the interplay between attitudes toward nature, parks policy, public memory, and the force of nature helped shape one of the world’s most famous urban parks.

A cross-comparison of gender and indigeneity in the neoliberal contexts of Canada and Mexico.

A revealing look at the origins of modern wildlife conservation in Quebec.

An exploration of the canoe and its role in Canadian culture, nature, and colonial past.

An exploration of the personal, social, and cultural meanings of the iconic Canadian cottage.

An exploration of one little-known mineral, and the social, political, and economic forces that shaped both its history and the twentieth century.

Northscapes examines concepts of North and the way in which different northern environments are shaped by the intersection of technology and human societies.

This book explores how French Canada’s aspirations migrated north with natural resource development, creating a culture of hydroelectricity that continues to shape territorial planning and relations with Aboriginal peoples in the province.

A revealing look at the planning and building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project -- a megaproject that had a profound impact on North American history.

The first environmental and socioeconomic history of the Jianghan plain in central China, focusing on the peasants’ relationship with a volatile environment.