Pemmican Empire explores the fascinating and little-known environmental history of the role of pemmican (bison fat) in the opening of the British-American West.

The Red River Colony was the Hudson’s Bay Company’s first planned settlement. As a settler-colonial project par excellence, it was designed to undercut Indi

When writers place food in front of their characters – who after all do not need sustenance – they are asking readers to be alert to the meaning and implica

Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for d

A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it should be a crime The environmental infrastructure that sustains human societies has been a ta