My research focuses on the possibilities of doing archival work in the field, rather than in archives. In doing this research, I draw on, integrate and try to extend a number of different disciplines...
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Much of my time these days is spent as director of NiCHE, working to assist scholars in developing their projects, to facilitate collaboration, and to make our field better known to government,...
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I am currently researching the relationship between disease outbreaks and environmental change in the Mackenzie and Yukon river basins after 1860 and the role of climate change in shaping the modern...
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In the last few years, my "research profile" has become rather eclectic; for example, editing one collection about the first century of Parks Canada for the NiCHE series in Energy, Ecology and...
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The role of climate change and disease on the aboriginal history of the Canadian Northwest.
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Peter Fortna is a historian and traditional land use consultant based out of Fort McMurray, Alberta. He received a BA in History from the University of Calgary and a MA in History from Memorial...
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Canada Research Chair in Canadian Cultural Landscapes. The past-Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, he is currently studying attempts to create utopian...
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environmental history, historical geography, unbuilt environments, megaprojects, the North, political ecology, critical development studies, the politics of mining, hydroelectricity, infrastructure.
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My research and publications on the environmental history of Canada focus on Western and Northern Canada, and include studies of domestic and industrial pollution, pollution control and environmental...
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Canada Research Chair in the Environmental History of Québec. His work focuses on land use and natural resource exploitation in Québec. He and Matthew Evenden are leading the Canadian Water History...
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a geographer whose research interests focus on the development of new world societies and the environmental impacts of European expansion around the world. He is the team leader for the Forest...
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