GEOG 3501
Geographies of the Canadian North
Key issues in contemporary northern Canada, including land and jurisdiction, wildlife, resource extraction, economic development, culture, geopolitics, health, and climate change. Historical geography and physical characteristics of the region.
Topics
- contemporary northern Canada
- wildlife
- resource extraction
- economic development
- culture
- geopolitics
- health
- climate change
Course catalogue
2026
Readings
- Said, E. 1978. “Introduction”, in Orientalism, New York: Vintage, pp 1-9.
- Alooloo, S. 2016. Caribou People, The Malahat Review, Winter 2016, pp 107-113.
- Wachowich, N. 2006. Cultural Survival and the Trade in Iglulingmiut Traditions. In Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography, eds. P. Stern & L. Stevenson,
- Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, pp 119-138.
- Todd, Z. 2016. From fish lives to fish law: learning to see Indigenous legal orders in Canada, Somatosphere, 1 Feb 2016, http://somatosphere.net/2016/02/from-fish-lives-to-fish-law-
- Bone, R. 2016. The Physical Base, Chapter 2, The Canadian North: Issues and Challenges. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press Canada, pp 18-56.
- Donahue, B. 2021. The Sound of Too Much Noise, MacLeans, 7 October 2021, https://macleans.ca/longforms/the-sound-of-too-much-noise/
- Exner-Pirot, H. and R. Huebert. 2020. Arctic Security: The Canadian Context. Ch 12 in Hoogensen et al (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security, Routledge, pp. 140-151.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the Department. Lectures three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- GEOG 3501 ↗2026