Task
- Option One: Collaborate with a partner and find a local example of one issue highlighted in this story.
- Option Two: In small groups, discuss the issues being debated in this story. What are your thoughts? What context needs to be understood in order to move forward? Is there a solution?
What do you think?
- Discuss the phrase: “For the benefit and the enjoyment of the people.”
- What does it mean when we say: "Canada’s protected areas – national parks, provincial parks, even municipal parks – in many ways have become our reservoir of biodiversity."
- If the right balance can’t be struck in Mount Robson, what will that mean for the Rocky Mountain ecosystem and biodiversity more broadly?
- If too few get to experience nature what will that mean for the politics of biodiversity?
- What happens if the balance struck doesn’t work for enough people? Will that just deepen divides, igniting issues of freedom and choice?
Terms & Concepts
- Time Immemorial
- Species Range
- Park Management
- Viable Population
- Buffer Zone
- Park Operator
- UNESCO World Heritage site
- Sanctuary
- GDP
This story in the media
The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency of adopting a Canadian national wildfire strategy
Bias: Centre
Source: The Conversation
File Type: Essay
Overview: The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency of...
What happens to Jasper’s animals when wildfire rips through their home?
Bias: none
Source: CBC
File Type: Article
Overview: What happens to Jasper's animals when wildfire rips through their home?
Web Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/jasper-wildfires-wildlife-1.7276833
The shady past of Parks Canada: Forced out, Indigenous people are forging a comeback
The shady past of Parks Canada: Forced out, Indigenous people are forging a comeback
Bias: Centre...
Referenced Resources
- Controversial Glacier Skywalk attempts to thrill tourists with glass floor
- Icefields skywalk draws criticism
- Parks documents show controversy over planned Icefields Parkway bike path
- Plans for controversial Icefields Parkway bike path scrapped
- Economic Benefits of British Columbia’s Provincial Parks
- Economic Impact of Parks Canada
- Economic Benefits of Protecting Nature in Canada
- Economic Incentives for The Creation, Expansion, and Effective Management of Canada’s Protected Areas Network – August 2020
- Rally opposing Bighorn Park proposal to take place in Red Deer tomorrow
- Canada's conserved areas
- Logging of Algonquin Provincial Park
- Logging Algonquin Park: How Ontario is failing to protect nature
- Hunting in Wildland Parks
- Fishing & Hunting in BC Parks
- Hunting and Regulations: Parks Canada
- Hunting and Regulations: Ontario Parks
- ‘Is it a violation of people’s rights? I would say it is’: An interview with Kerry Bowman
- What are the Limits of Bioethics in a Culturally Pluralistic Society?
- The New Reality of Ethics and Social Work: What we need to know
- Opinion: Focus on tourism in Jasper National Park pushes caribou to local extinction