Liza Piper

Research

Broadly speaking, the questions driving my research seek to understand how invisible, intangible, and abiotic elements of other-than-human nature—whether pathogens, rocks and minerals, energy, climate and ice—are powerful agents in our past. I explore these questions primarily in the context of the lands that are now northern and western Canada, which has led me to engage with histories of settler colonialism, industrialization, infrastructure, pollution, environmental activism, and resource politics. 

HIST 359 - Canadian Environmental History

Brings the natural environment onto a shared stage with social, economic, political and cultural history in Canada from the last ice age to the present.

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HIST 467 - Topics in Alberta History

Prerequisite: 3 units in HIST at the 300-level or consent of Department.

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HIST 664 - Topics in Western Canadian History

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L. Piper

Cambridge University Press. 2023 August; 10.1017/9781009320924

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L. Piper

Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 2021 September; 38 (2):285-319 10.3138/cbmh.491-112020

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L. Piper

Journal of Northern History. 2020 June; 13 (2):17-41

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Jon Clapperton, Liza Piper

University of Calgary Press. 2019 January;

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L. Piper and H. Green

Canadian Historical Review. 98 (3):532-567

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