A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan
Climate change is the major global environmental challenge of this century. Globally, climate change impacts are unevenly distributed. In Canada, the impacts of climate change are reported to be exacerbated in northern and Indigenous communities. To help understand why this condition exists, I have...
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ftusaskatchewan:oai:harvest.usask.ca:10388/13448 2023-05-15T16:16:28+02:00 A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan Akobundu, Alan Chukwunyere Patrick, Robert Natcher, David Chutko, Krystopher Diab, Ehab 2021-06-29T23:02:56Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10388/13448 unknown University of Saskatchewan https://hdl.handle.net/10388/13448 TC-SSU-13448 Climate Change Saskatchewan Canada Political Ecology Colonization First Nation Thesis text 2021 ftusaskatchewan 2022-01-17T11:53:29Z Climate change is the major global environmental challenge of this century. Globally, climate change impacts are unevenly distributed. In Canada, the impacts of climate change are reported to be exacerbated in northern and Indigenous communities. To help understand why this condition exists, I have applied the theoretical lens of political ecology as an explanatory tool. Political ecology links ecological outcomes to power differentials that result from control of government and other institutions over local and Indigenous peoples. This research took place in three First Nation communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Community members collected data for this study using semistructured interviews and a survey questionnaire developed by each community. Data analysis categorized the impacts of climate change at the individual and community level. This research shows how the creation of ‘Indian Reserves’ and the forced relocation of Indigenous people onto relatively small parcels of “land reserved for the Indians” (Indian Act 1876) has led to multi-faceted risk exposure to weather and climate events. This research makes a contribution to a ‘developed world’ political ecology. Thesis First Nations University of Saskatchewan: eCommons@USASK Canada Indian |
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Climate change is the major global environmental challenge of this century. Globally, climate change impacts are unevenly distributed. In Canada, the impacts of climate change are reported to be exacerbated in northern and Indigenous communities. To help understand why this condition exists, I have applied the theoretical lens of political ecology as an explanatory tool. Political ecology links ecological outcomes to power differentials that result from control of government and other institutions over local and Indigenous peoples. This research took place in three First Nation communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Community members collected data for this study using semistructured interviews and a survey questionnaire developed by each community. Data analysis categorized the impacts of climate change at the individual and community level. This research shows how the creation of ‘Indian Reserves’ and the forced relocation of Indigenous people onto relatively small parcels of “land reserved for the Indians” (Indian Act 1876) has led to multi-faceted risk exposure to weather and climate events. This research makes a contribution to a ‘developed world’ political ecology. |
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A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan |
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A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan |
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A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan |
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A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan |
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A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan |
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first nations political ecology of climate change in saskatchewan |
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University of Saskatchewan |
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