I study the history and historical geography of Canada. I am particularly interested in environmental history and the Canadian west, as well as in relations between people and the state.
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My dissertation is on "Automobility and Landscape Change in the British Columbia Interior, 1925-1970". The first two sections focus on the intertwined histories of two highways and the large...
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My work focuses on the environmental history of water. I am particularly interested in how different social groups use, understand and contest rivers and their resources over time. Current...
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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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I am interested in the intersections between environment and public memory in historical studies: how people have responded to ecological change over time, the kinds of meanings they have attached to...
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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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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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To date, my research has focused upon the politics of nature and space as evidenced in conflicts over industrial logging and aboriginal land claims in British Columbia. Currently, I am embarking upon...
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Currently working on a collaborative project on the Great Plains. Analyzing a time series of aerial photo samples taken from 50 counties across the U.S. plains, from the late 1930s to the mid-2000s...
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Environmental and natural resource policy, law, management, history
Attitudes and values toward the environment, culture-environment relations
Transboundary relations between U. S. and Canada...
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My work involves the environmental history and political ecology of the James Bay Cree of northern Quebec. The Cree have been at the forefront of Native issues of sovereignty and environmental...
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