The Nature of Canada

385 Pages·2019·4.973 MB·English

by  Colin M. Coates (ed.), Graeme Wynn (ed.)

THE NATURE OF CANADA

T H E
N AT U R E O F
C A N A D A
EDITED BY
COLIN M. COATES
GRAEME WYNN
© On Point Press, an imprint of UBC Press 2019
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: The nature of Canada / edited by Colin M. Coates, Graeme Wynn.
Names: Coates, Colin MacMillan, editor. | Wynn, Graeme, editor.
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20189069392 | Canadiana (ebook) 20189069406 |
ISBN 9780774890366 (softcover) | ISBN 9780774890373 (PDF) |
ISBN 9780774890380 (EPUB) | ISBN 9780774890397 (Kindle)
Subjects: LCSH: Human geography – Canada. | LCSH: Human ecology –
Canada. | LCSH: Traditional ecological knowledge – Canada. |
LCSH: Nature – Effect of human beings on – Canada. | LCSH: Human
beings – Effect of environment on – Canada.
Classification: LCC GF511 .N38 2019 | DDC 304.20971—dc23

UBC Press gratefully acknowledges the financial support for our publishing
program of the Government of Canada (through the Canada Book Fund),
the Canada Council for the Arts, and the British Columbia Arts Council.
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Copy editor: Lesley Erickson
Proofreader: Helen Godolphin
Indexer: Celia Braves
Cover designer: Jessica Sullivan
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For our immediate families,
who helped us understand the nature of Canada:
Megan, Mab, and Bryn
Barbara, Louise, and Jonathan
And for those (including Olivia Mills) who follow,
in the hope that they, too,
may come to know something of the country
through these pages

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 3
NATURE AND NATION 25
Graeme Wynn
PAINTING THE MAP RED 51
Graeme Wynn
LISTENING FOR DIFFERENT STORIES 85
Julie Cruikshank
ELDORADO NORTH? 101
Stephen J. Hornsby and Graeme Wynn
BACK TO THE LAND 123
Colin M. Coates
NATURE WE CANNOT SEE 143
Graeme Wynn 
THE WEALTH OF WILDERNESS 167
Claire E. Campbell
IMAGINING THE CITY 185
Michèle Dagenais
NEVER JUST A HOLE IN THE GROUND 203
Arn Keeling and John Sandlos
EVERY CREEPING THING … 223
Ken Cruikshank
THE POWER OF CANADA 243
Steve Penfold
QUESTIONS OF SCALE 263
Tina Loo
A GENDERED SENSE OF NATURE 281
Joanna Dean
ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS 299
Graeme Wynn, with Jennifer Bonnell
CLIMATES OF OUR TIMES 319
Liza Piper
TIME CHASED ME DOWN,
AND I STOPPED LOOKING AWAY 335
Heather E. McGregor
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 353
CONTRIBUTORS 356
INDEX 359
THE NATURE OF CANADA