For Those Who Will Follow; Earth Marred and Renewing Relationships
Constellations, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 108-118, June 2023.
Yann Allard‐Tremblay
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"The Black Serpent": Wet'suwet'en Perspectives on the Coastal GasLink Pipeline [PDF]
In 2018, Coastal GasLink (CGL) began construction on a 690km pipeline, of which a large proportion would go through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory. This extractive mega-project cuts through the heart of the territory, leaving severe ecological damage and
Rocks, Cara Emily
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Everything to Lose: Extraction, Racism, and Survival on Wet\u27suwet\u27en Land [PDF]
This work critically analyzes the role of extractive industry in the continued colonization of Indigenous peoples and occupation of Indigenous lands, and examines how Indigenous resistance to oil and gas projects augments the damaging effects of fossil ...
Spice, Anne
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Settler news media understandings of Wet’suwet’en sovereignty and the Coastal GasLink Pipeline: Discourses of territorial sovereignty, legality, and justice [PDF]
This thesis uses the concept of the settler imaginary to conduct a critical discourse analysis of 113 news articles covering the Wet’suwet’en-CGL conflict.
Scholte, Daniel Thomas
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Introduction: Pluralism, Contestation, and the Rule of Law [PDF]
Around the world, the current political conjuncture is one of profound challenges for constitutionalism and the rule of law. In the United States, the executive has willfully engaged in a prolonged attempt to weaponize the machinery of the state and ...
Cherry, Keith
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Laying Waste: Pre‐Emption, Dispossession, and Deputization in Colonial British Columbia
ABSTRACT Pre‐emption, a legal instrument allowing settlers to acquire Indigenous land via occupation and improvement, is a vital means of colonial dispossession in North America, yet has received relatively little critical attention. Our analysis outlines its significance, shedding new light on the way in which private property power and state ...
Brenna Bhandar, Nicholas Blomley
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The Role of Emotions in Ontological Conflicts : A Case Study of the Territorial Conflict Between the State of British Columbia, Coastal GasLink, and the Wet’suwe’ten [PDF]
For almost two decades, Coastal GasLink, with the support of the State of British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, has sought to build a hydrofracking gas pipeline, which would cross a large part of Wet’suwet’en Nation’s territories.
Gálvez Campos, Byron Alejandro
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The Managed Erosion of Conservation Priorities for Pacific Salmon
ABSTRACT Conservation policies worldwide promise to halt biodiversity loss, yet implementation frequently lags intent. We examine this disconnect through wild Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in Canada, where sustained declines have occurred despite the federal Wild Salmon Policy and legal protections available under the Species at Risk Act.
Michael H. H. Price +7 more
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Differential law enforcement practices to Indigenous rights disputes and protests [PDF]
Colonial practices and violence have long been an issue for the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Particularly, the Canadian government and law enforcement have had ongoing problematic and forceful practices employed toward Indigenous Peoples and their ...
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The Rite of Water: Other‐Than‐Human Refusals in the Bow Valley
ABSTRACT In the summer of 2013, the Bow River in Southern Alberta, Canada, experienced a significant high‐water event caused by a large rainstorm, which had widespread impacts on infrastructure throughout its watershed. However, viewed through an other‐than‐human lens, these moments of infrastructural disruption caused by the high waters can be ...
Tiffany Kaewen Dang
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