Transformative Politics of Nature: Overcoming Barriers to Conservation in Canada

"This is a profoundly thoughtful and thorough resource for those who care deeply about inspiring transformational change towards a more equitable and just path for nature and people. Through an exploration of barriers to conservation, we arrive at tangible pathways for transformation, most notably reconciliation with land – restoring a sustainable human relationship to the land and water. I’ve been waiting for such a book to use in my teaching."

Tara Martin, Professor of Conservation Science and Liber Ero Chair in Conservation, University of British Columbia

"Transformative Politics of Nature presents a combination of poetry-like ceremony, story-telling, written dialogue, policy, and Western science writing. The interweaving of these styles in one book is exemplary of Two-eyed Seeing, which the contributing authors successfully put at the heart of transformative change. The concluding chapters, focused on bright spots and knowledge mobilization, leave a lasting impact. Everyone – from academics to decision-makers – needs to hear this call to action rooted in Indigenous frameworks that emphasize reconciliation of our relationships with the human and non-human world."

Rachel Buxton, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Carleton University

"In Transformative Politics of Nature, Olive, Finegan, and Beazley ask us to imagine the impossible – a radically transformed world, where people and nature thrive together – and then convince us that not only is it possible, it is closer than we think. The editors and contributors are not shy about how much work is ahead of us, but they also remind us how much good work and effort already exists and that can be built upon."

Philip A. Loring, Associate Professor and Arrell Chair in Food, Policy, and Society, University of Guelph, and author of Finding Our Niche: Toward a Restorative Human Ecology