Books – Resource Management

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  Formidable Heritage

  Manitoba’s North and the Cost of Development, 1870 to 1930

  Jim Mochoruk (Author)

  Although climate and geography make our northern condition apparent, Canadians often forget about the north and its problems. Nevertheless, for the generation of historians that included Lower, Creighton, and Morton, the northern rivers, lakes, forests, and plains were often seen as primary characters in the drama of nation building. Jim Mochoruk shows how government and business worked together to transform what had been the exclusive fur-trading preserve of the Hudson’s Bay Company into an industrial hinterland.

  Published June 2004 | Business History, Environmental Studies, History, Resource Management

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  As Long as the Rivers Run

  Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities

  James B. Waldram (Author)

  Waldram examines the politics of hydroelectric dam construction in the Canadian northwest, focussing on the negotiations and agreements between the developers and the Native residents. He shows the parallels between the treatment of Natives by the government of Canada in these negotiations and the treaty process a century earlier.

  Published October 1993 | Decolonization, Environmental Studies, Indigenous Studies, Letters & Correspondence, Resource Management