Liza Piper | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Liza Piper

Liza Piper is an associate professor of history at the University of Alberta where she teaches environmental history and the histories of northern and western Canada. Her publications include The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada (2009) and Sustaining the West: Cultural Responses to Canadian Environments (2015). Her research and writing has focused on the histories of natural resource exploitation, health, and climate across Canada, with particular attention to the experiences of Indigenous people in the North.

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