Nature’s Past Episode 3: Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories

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Episode 3: Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories

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We turn our attention northward in this month’s episode with an extended interview with John Sandlos, author of the award winning book Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories. Professor Sandlos discusses how he came to write this book and explores some of his main argument regarding Canadian federal wildlife conservation policies in the Northwest Territories. This book makes a persuasive argument about the relationship between wildlife conservation and the colonization of Canada’s sub-arctic and arctic regions. Sandlos challenges previous literature on the history of wildlife policy in Canada by considering the implications for Native people in the Canadian North.

Book cover image of award winning Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories by Dr. John Sandlos.

Guests:

John Sandlos

Works Cited:

Cruikshank, Julie. Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters & Social Imagination. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005.

Dick, Lyle. Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2001.

Piper, Liza. The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2009.

Sandlos, John. Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007.

Music Credits:

“Beyond the Dunes” by Sawtooth

“Beautiful People” by colab

“Not Like That” by scottaltham

Photo Credit:

II-7. American Bison or Buffalo: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-1874 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana

Citation:

Kheraj, Sean. “Episode 3: Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories.” Nature’s Past: Canadian Environmental History Podcast. 16 February, 2009.

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Sean Kheraj

Associate Professor and Vice-Provost Academic at Toronto Metropolitan University
Sean Kheraj is a member of the executive committee of the Network in Canadian History and Environment. He's an associate professor in the Department of History and Vice-Provost Academic at Toronto Metropolitan University. His research and teaching focuses on environmental and Canadian history. He is also the host and producer of Nature's Past, NiCHE's audio podcast series and he blogs at http://seankheraj.com.

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