The Cree community of Waskaganish is an Indigenous community on the James Bay in Northern Quebec. Waskaganish is in an early stage of tourism development, however, there is much potential for tourism development due to the strength and representation of Cree culture and language. Tourism in Waskaganish has the potential to benefit the local economy and protect local culture and identity. Using key informant...

Zainub Ibrahim

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Jonathan Blueboy

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Indigenous tourism has been identified as a means to increase sustainable livelihoods in Canada’s Northernmost regions. These areas have traditionally relied on resource based economies and due to the issues surrounding resource extraction, climate change, and biodiversity loss are currently in transition. Communities in Canada’s Northern regions tend to be isolated with minimal infrastructure, issues relat...

Yvette Rasmussen

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Sonya Graci

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This presentation considers how affects animate and uphold tourism and settler colonialism. Engaging a “curious” postdisciplinary research methodology informed by the relational power of listening, I trace the emergence of two interrelated atmospheres in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, both of which exemplify how settler colonialism is built and maintained as a structure of feeling (Robinson, 20...

Michela Stinson

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