This dissertation is an exploration of sakâwiyiniwak (Northern Bush Cree) experiences with wild or 'bush' food contamination in Alberta's oil sands region. It is based on ethnographic learning experiences with members of Bigstone Cree Nation and Fort McKay First Nation in their traditional territories on the land in the Treaty No. 8 region, and during community-based environmental monitoring studies of bush food contamination. First, I provide an in-depth examination of the "diagnostics" and "etiologies" implicit in sakâwiyiniwak ecological knowledge of environmental contamination specifically, and sakâwiyiniwak criteria for food quality more generally. Second, I consider this ethnoecological inquiry from the standpoint of cultural theory r...
Scientists working for oil companies in the Athabasca region are developing methods by which to recl...
This dissertation examines how tar-sands extraction comes to be seen as normal and an inevitable con...
For 14 weeks, from May 8th to August 15th of 2015, I lived and conducted research in Peerless Trout ...
How does the often-invisible nature of pollution affect people's physical health and psychosocial re...
The Cree First Peoples of subarctic Canada rely on the environment as a source of sustenance and cul...
This research study explores how pollution from surrounding petro-chemical industry affects how abor...
One of the most pressing and polarizing issues in Western Canada today, and for many First Nations g...
How does the often-invisible nature of pollution affect people's physical health and psychosocial re...
Objectives: To investigate factors influencing consumption of traditional foods (e.g. wild game, fis...
AbstractSoil ingestion rates in the order of 400mgd−1 have been proposed and considered plausible fo...
Alberta’s oil sands constitute one of the largest and most contentious industrial extraction sites o...
One of the most pressing and polarizing issues in Western Canada today, and for many First Nations g...
One of the most pressing and polarizing issues in Western Canada today, and for many First Nations g...
For 14 weeks, from May 8th to August 15th of 2015, I lived and conducted research in Peerless Trout ...
For 14 weeks, from May 8th to August 15th of 2015, I lived and conducted research in Peerless Trout ...
Scientists working for oil companies in the Athabasca region are developing methods by which to recl...
This dissertation examines how tar-sands extraction comes to be seen as normal and an inevitable con...
For 14 weeks, from May 8th to August 15th of 2015, I lived and conducted research in Peerless Trout ...
How does the often-invisible nature of pollution affect people's physical health and psychosocial re...
The Cree First Peoples of subarctic Canada rely on the environment as a source of sustenance and cul...
This research study explores how pollution from surrounding petro-chemical industry affects how abor...
One of the most pressing and polarizing issues in Western Canada today, and for many First Nations g...
How does the often-invisible nature of pollution affect people's physical health and psychosocial re...
Objectives: To investigate factors influencing consumption of traditional foods (e.g. wild game, fis...
AbstractSoil ingestion rates in the order of 400mgd−1 have been proposed and considered plausible fo...
Alberta’s oil sands constitute one of the largest and most contentious industrial extraction sites o...
One of the most pressing and polarizing issues in Western Canada today, and for many First Nations g...
One of the most pressing and polarizing issues in Western Canada today, and for many First Nations g...
For 14 weeks, from May 8th to August 15th of 2015, I lived and conducted research in Peerless Trout ...
For 14 weeks, from May 8th to August 15th of 2015, I lived and conducted research in Peerless Trout ...
Scientists working for oil companies in the Athabasca region are developing methods by which to recl...
This dissertation examines how tar-sands extraction comes to be seen as normal and an inevitable con...
For 14 weeks, from May 8th to August 15th of 2015, I lived and conducted research in Peerless Trout ...