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      A First Nations Political Ecology of Climate Change in Saskatchewan

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      Date
      2021-06-29
      Author
      Akobundu, Alan Chukwunyere
      ORCID
      0000-0001-8407-8988
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      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.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Geography and Planning
      Program
      Geography
      Supervisor
      Patrick, Robert
      Committee
      Natcher, David; Chutko, Krystopher; Diab, Ehab
      Copyright Date
      June 2021
      URI
      https://hdl.handle.net/10388/13448
      Subject
      Climate Change, Saskatchewan, Canada, Political Ecology, Colonization, First Nation
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