Indigenous Environmental Media Coverage in Canada and the United States: A Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis

• In Event: Critical Environmental Education: Considering Gender and Indigeneity

Abstract

This paper presentation is comprised of a comparative exploration of news media portrayals of Indigenous environmental issues in Canada and the United States guided by a qualitative multimodal critical discourse analysis methodology. This inquiry responds to recent media coverage of manifestations of resistance to environmental degradation and colonial (re-)encroachment in Indigenous territories on both sides of our shared border. Media portrayals of environmentally-conscious Indigenous initiatives such as the recent proliferation of renewable energy developments across Turtle Island/North America are also explored.

Author

• Greg Lowan-Trudeau, University of Calgary