Protecting the Peel: Environmental Conservation in the Age of First Nations Self-Government, an Examination of Conservation in Yukon's Peel Watershed

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dc.contributor.advisorLunstrum, Elizabeth M.
dc.creatorO'Neil, Colin John
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T13:48:26Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T13:48:26Z
dc.date.copyright2017-05-24
dc.date.issued2018-03-01
dc.date.updated2018-03-01T13:48:26Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractSince the nineteenth century, conservation initiatives have been imposed on Indigenous populations across Canada, regulated traditional activities, and forcibly removed local peoples from long-occupied lands. In the twenty-first century, this seems to be changing. Recent scholarship envisions environmental conservation working with Indigenous peoples and some view this new conservation model as a path to reconciliation; yet in Canada, few examples can be identified. This thesis critically examines the engagement of environmental conservation with First Nations through an exploration of the Protect the Peel conservation movement in Yukon Territorys Peel Watershed. In it, I argue that the ways that environmental conservation engaged with First Nations throughout the Protect the Peel conservation movement provides insight for conservation across Canada, as it attempts to transcend its historically contentious relationship with Indigenous peoples, initiate a more collaborative conservation model, and help shape a path towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34271
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subject.keywordsConservation
dc.subject.keywordsFirst Nations
dc.subject.keywordsYukon Territory
dc.subject.keywordsPeel Watershed
dc.subject.keywordsWilderness
dc.subject.keywordsColonialism
dc.subject.keywordsReconciliation
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous
dc.subject.keywordsNature
dc.titleProtecting the Peel: Environmental Conservation in the Age of First Nations Self-Government, an Examination of Conservation in Yukon's Peel Watershed
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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