POLI 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Douglas Treaties, Nootka Sound, Settler Colonialism

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Monday, September 11, 2017
Introduction:
Watershed, watershed and social relations with settlers and first nations
Sovereign companies HBC to enforce British settlement
Crossing points from past trading points have been the basis of so many
conflicts between firsts nations and white settlers
Pipeline problems, highway construction
Most of BC does not have provincial treaty but federally it is acknowledge
1790 Spanish Nootka Treaties
1st European connection with political issues with first nations are with the
British and Spanish
Nootka sound became a large trading post
Even though it was FN land settlers made it clear they were the ones
to be in charge
The made the trading post a settler trading post with FN goods
1821-66 HBC Lands; Stikine Rentals from Russia 1839+
Stikine lands has now just become British Columbia
Large trading rage means broad demographic of people more goods, exotic
good, better long term trading
1846 Oregon territory divides Vancouver island 1849 New Caledonia 1858
James Douglas first lieutenant of Vancouver
Development in Two Colonies
Supply routes North South along the coast of the US settlement faster
Vancouver Island receives Legislative Assembly, separate appoints executive
and legislative council
1850 Douglas treaty; state violence
1866 2 colonies are force back together by British => that becomes
British Columbia
Grey area of when the North (Stikine) land joins New Caledonia
Negotiations with FN were made (treaties)
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Strongly advocated for the treaties to get signed
Racism turns after Douglas leaves
1858 + gold rush in Fraser Canyon, caribou, stickiness transient mostly white
population
By mid 1860 gold rush ends debt is heavy which is why US found it hard to
Canada as well, and ceases their relationship with them
1866 BC Union, BC Stikine District 1867 Canadian Confederation
CP rails justified as a way to have a superior trading suite
African Americans are the first to set up the first militia after coming from
slavery they did not want slave drivers for running the country
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Group Discussion:
Reading: Climate Deadlocks: The Environmental Politics of Energy Systems Environmental Politics
20.5 (2011): 743-763.
Topic questions
Article/chapter topic, research question:
Article chapter thesis?
Its not an emissions problem but general problem
Energy is embedded in everything
Society's response to climate change needs to be direct
Reframing climate change as an energy problems vs emissions reduction
How is the central problem conceived?
Emission problems are energy consumption (80%)
Eergy proble and you reduce the conflict unified front
Focused approach of addressing the issue, not many solutions
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When its out of balance and you focus on one problem more than you often
over look the other problems and set yourself out of balance
Social equality
How is the central problem addressed?
Using balanced resources and being able to spread the response
The author truly just wanted to make this issue more addressed and to be able
to have more feedback from society about this
She is asking us to broaden our range and to be open in regards to this issue
What core things are examined?
Renewable energy must always be backed up by other sources
What core things are not examined?
Everything that she tried and attempted to discuss she was able to give good
coverage on the topics with support
What things, relationships, are not examined and does it matter?
Energy is a social and ecological problem
Society relationships with environmental and ecological problems
Other ways of approaching the central problem
Does this approach achieve what it sets out to do? Are you convinced?
Not necessarily convinced but set out an understand in about the reading.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Article: Leah F. Vosko (2002) The Pasts (and Futures) of Feminist Political
Economy in Canada: Reviving the Debate, Studies in Political Economy,
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Document Summary

1790 spanish nootka treaties: 1st european connection with political issues with first nations are with the. British columbia: grey area of when the north (stikine) land joins new caledonia, negotiations with fn were made (treaties) Canada as well, and ceases their relationship with them. Reading: (cid:862)climate deadlocks: the environmental politics of energy systems(cid:863) environmental politics. Are you convinced: not necessarily convinced but set out an understand in about the reading. Article: leah f. vosko (2002) the pasts (and futures) of feminist political. Economy in canada: reviving the debate, studies in political economy, 3: women works force in society, how have women affected the economy, gender blindness, race class gender all effected in political economy. 4: theory is always for someone and for some purpose robert cox. Theory in application (praxis) if the facts don"t fit the theory change the facts. Bias should be avoided declared and pursued rationally on the bias of what is real.

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