Professor Dr. Bruce Erickson

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Bruce Erickson is an Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, specializing in Environment Geography. He conducts research that examines the cultural politics of outdoor recreation and tourism. His work engages with various academic fields, including cultural geography, political ecology, environmental history, psychoanalysis, leisure studies, and critical theory. Erickson's research highlights how recreational activities serve as a lens to understand the complex relationship between human interaction with nature and the ideological narratives surrounding it. His significant contributions include exploring the legacy of colonialism in Canada, particularly its impact on leisure practices and the environmental movement. Through his research, he addresses how leisure, tourism, and environmentalism are intertwined with colonial dispossession of Indigenous lands. Erickson is particularly focused on issues of inequality and conflict that stem from these practices in the context of colonial legacy. His published works include the edited volume "Politics Canoe: Activism Resistance" and his article in "Environment Planning D: Society Space" which discusses the intersection of colonialism and environmentalism.

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