John Sandlos: Research
My research interests incorporate broad themes from Canadian, American, and global environmental history. Much of my recent research material examines the conflict between state wildlife managers and resource harvesters in the hinterland regions of Canada. I have recently completed a major study of conflicts between the federal government’s wildlife bureaucracy and Aboriginal hunters in the Northwest Territories (and present day Nunavut). This work also examines the federal government’s attempts to commercialize wildlife populations within the Canadian North.
The results of this research, titled Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories, were published by the University of British Columbia Press in the spring of 2007. The book was winner of the Canadian Historical Association's 2008 Clio Prize for best book on the history of the Canadian North and the Forest History Society's 2008 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Prize for best book in forest and conservation history.
The results of this research, titled Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories, were published by the University of British Columbia Press in the spring of 2007. The book was winner of the Canadian Historical Association's 2008 Clio Prize for best book on the history of the Canadian North and the Forest History Society's 2008 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Prize for best book in forest and conservation history.
My major reseach project over the next several years is the following:
- Abandoned Mines in Northern Canada: A SSHRC funded study of the social and environmental impacts of mining in the Northwest Territories. For more details click here. For our most recent movie about mining history, click here.
Other Projects Include:
- a study of Aboriginal exclusion from Canada’s national parks
- tourism in the Canadian national parks system from 1885 to 1935
- a study of the Rocky Mountain photographer Byron Harmon
