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An archive of settler belonging: Local feeling, land, and the forest resource on Vancouver Island
(Carleton University, 2017)This dissertation explores the local, material, and affective processes of Settler (non-Indigenous) attachment to land on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. I describe these feelings for land as Settler belonging ... -
Explaining settlers to ourselves: Rethinking interpretive narratives at heritage sites
(British Columbia Historical Federation, 2021-03)Since the 1960s, Point Ellice House in Victoria has engaged visitors with stories of tea, croquet, romance, and high society. Of course, there’s much more to the site than tea on the lawn, as the Vancouver Island Local ... -
Extracting northern knowledge: Tracing the history of post-secondary education in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
(Yukon College, 2015)This article traces the historical development of post-secondary education in the Western and Eastern Arctic from the end of the Second World War to the late 1980s and explores the role that southern Canadian universities ... -
[Pre-print] [Book Review] The promise of paradise: Utopian communities in British Columbia
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-15)Review of the book "The promise of paradise: Utopian communities in British Columbia" by Andrew Scott (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2017). -
Unsettling an image: Behind the BC Studies conference poster
(BC Studies, 2017-02-02)Blog post exploring the use of the image "The picture of the King" from the Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives collection for the 2017 BC Studies conference poster. Conference date: May 4 - 6, 2017. Location: ... -
Unsettling settler belonging: (Re)naming and territory making in the Pacific Northwest [post-print]
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2015)Names can act as daily reminders of a colonial presence. To unsettle Settler origin stories, we strive to reveal the legacy of (dis)possession rooted in naming. As case studies, we consider the attribution of the name ... -
Unsettling the Settlement Act: Land conflict in the past and present on Vancouver Island
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-05-05)In 1883 the provincial government attempted to bring an end to speculation and debate about the transcontinental railway on Vancouver Island. Through the introduction of the Settlement Act the government intended to settle ...
