The historical geography of Canada as a bounded land

In this podcast, Greg Marchildon interviews Cole Harris, the author of A Bounded Land: Reflections on Settler Colonialism in Canada published by the University of British Columbia Press in 2020. This books brings together some of the major chapters and articles written by Harris in his long career as one of Canada’s most prominent historical geographers. These essays cover Indigenous pre-contact history, early European settlement in a highly limited, and bounded, environment, as well as the diverging perceptions between settler colonialism and Indigenous peoples in Canada. Cole is currently professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of numerous books on historical geography and holds the Order of Canada in recognition of his contribution to Canadian scholarship.

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