Arn Keeling
Memorial University of New Foundland
Arn Keeling’s research and publications focus on the environmental historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, his research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. He was co-investigator on a multi-site, multi-year SSHRC project examining abandoned mines in Northern Canada, a project which spawned a collaborative project on the toxic legacies of Giant Mine in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. He is leading a new SSHRC project investigating the historical-geography of pollution and contaminants in Northern Canada. He is also interested in historical-geographical approaches to environmental science, political ecology and environmental justice. He serves as co-editor of the journal Historical Geography (2015-20).
Publications
- Book Chapter: Ghost towns and zombie mines: Historical dimensions of mine abandonment, reclamation and redevelopment in the Canadian North
- Book Chapter: The Giant Mine’s long shadow: Arsenic pollution and native people in Yellowknife, NWT
- Indigenous peoples’ relationships to large-scale mining in post/colonial contexts: Toward multidisciplinary comparative perspectives
- Rethinking remediation: mine reclamation, environmental justice, and relations of care
- Book chapter in Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic
- Mining and Communities in Northern Canada: History, Politics, and Memory
- Aboriginal communities, traditional Knowledge, and the environmental legacies of extractive development in Canada
- Introduction: Critical perspectives on extractive industries in Northern Canada
- Toxic legacies, slow violence, and environmental injustice at Giant Mine, Northwest Territories
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