President of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations

I am a student of environmental history and historical geography, with research interests in the evolving landscapes and societies of Canada and (to a lesser extent) New Zealand, Australia and Southern Africa. Forestry, agriculture and sustainability have been my main thematic interests but I have also written on cities, migration, parks and geographical practice.

President of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations
Past Principal, UBC Emeritus College 2020-21.
Past President of the American Society for Environmental History.
Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada.
Massey Medal, Royal Canadian Geographical Society 2012.
Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies 2011-13.
Editor, BC Studies (2008-16).
General Editor, Nature|History|Society book series with UBC Press.
Co-Editor, Journal of Historical Geography (2006-2012).
Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, UBC (1990-1996).
Head of the Department (1996-2002; 2005-2009).

2023

Wynn, G. (2023). Contemplating Fantastic Frontiers: Cole Harris on History, Geography, Canada, and the Good Life. Canadian Historical Review, 104(4), 567-601.

Wynn, G. (2023). 描绘加拿大的自然：尺度和策略的问题 (Portraying Nature in Canada: Scales and Strategies). International Social Science Journal (Chinese Edition), 40, 74-81.

Wynn, G. (2023). Forests, Frontiers and Extractivism. Environmental History, 28(4), 640-55.

Wynn, G. (2023). Forest History and Environmental History. Kissing Cousins? Environmental History, 28(4), 694-710.

Wynn, G. (2023). Retrospective: Richard Colebrook (Cole) Harris, OC. FRSC. LL.D Honoris causa, PhD (1936-2022). FACETS, 8, 1-5.

Barnes, T. and Wynn, G. (2023). In Memoriam. Cole Harris: Geographer of Canada. The Canadian Geographer, 1-6.

2022

Wynn, G. Carruthers, J. and Jacobs, N.J. (2022). Environment, Power, and Justice: Southern African Histories. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.

Wynn, G. (2022). Historicising Environmental Justice in Southern Africa. In G, Wynn. J. Carruthers & N. J. Jacobs (Eds.), Environment, Power, and Justice: Southern African Histories. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.

Wynn, G. (2022). Of Crocodiles, Chameleons, and the Burden of History. In G, Wynn. J. Carruthers & N. J. Jacobs (Eds.), Environment, Power, and Justice: Southern African Histories. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.

2021

Wynn, G. (2021). On the edge of … the rabbit hole? South African Historical Journal, 73(1), 11-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02582473.2021.1909122

Dyce, M. and Wynn, G. (2021). Mapping Canadian Nature and the Nature of Canadian Mapping. In K.A. Brosnan & J.R. Akerman, Mapping Nature Across the Americas, 239-69. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

2020

Wynn, G. (2020). Finding Hope: Environmentalism and the Anthropocene. Historical Geography 48, 1-39. doi: doi:10.1353/hgo.2020.0000.

Wynn, G. (2020). Scoping Yeotopia: Tom Brooking and the Making of Rural New Zealand. International Review of Environmental History 6(2), 5-23. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/scoping-yeotopia-tom-brooking-making-rural-new/docview/2474314358/se-2

Wynn, G. (2020). Iconic Falls, Contrived Landscapes, and Tantalizing Opportunities In D. Macfarlane, Fixing Niagara Falls: Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World’s Most Famous Waterfall (pp. x-xxvi). Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Wynn, G. (2020). Framing an Ecology of Hope. Environmental History, 25, 2-34.

Wynn, G. (2020). On Place and Politics in the Global Environment. Global Environment: A Journal of Trans-disciplinary History, 13(1), 245-8

Wynn, G. (2020, 15 January). Appraising the Anthropocene. The Ormsby Review. https://ormsbyreview.com/2020/01/15/723-wynn-appraising-the-anthropocene/

Wynn, G. (2020, April 22). Earth Day: What’s in a Name, A Date, or a Message. The Otter, Network for Canadian History and Environment. https://niche-canada.org/2020/04/22/earth-day-whats-in-a-name-a-date-or-a-message/

Wynn, G. (2020, April). Old Dogs, New Tricks. UBC Emeritus College, Newsletter.

Wynn, G. (2020). To be, or not to be, there. International Consortium of the Environmental History Organizations. http://www.iceho.org/flight-shaming

2019

Wynn, G., & Coates, C. (Eds.) (2019). The Nature of Canada. Vancouver: On Point Press, UBC Press.

Wynn, G. (2019). Nature and Nation. In Wynn, G., & Coates, C. (Eds.), The Nature of Canada (pp. 24-49). Vancouver: On Point Press, UBC Press.

Wynn, G. (2019). Painting the Map Red. In Wynn, G., & Coates, C. (Eds.), The Nature of Canada (pp. 50-83). Vancouver: On Point Press, UBC Press.

Wynn, G., & Hornsby, S. (2019). Eldorado North? In Wynn, G., & Coates, C. (Eds.), The Nature of Canada (pp. 100-121). Vancouver: On Point Press, UBC Press.

Wynn, G. (2019). Nature We Cannot See. In Wynn, G., & Coates, C. (Eds.), The Nature of Canada (pp. 142-165). Vancouver: On Point Press, UBC Press.

Wynn, G. & Bonnell, J. (2019). Advocates and Activists. In Wynn, G., & Coates, C. (Eds.), The Nature of Canada (pp. 298-317). Vancouver: On Point Press, UBC Press.

Wynn, G. (2019). Reflection from the North Country. In Benidickson, J., Levelling the Lake: Managing the Lake of the Woods Watershed (pp. xii-xxiv). Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Wynn, G. (2019) BC Studies and The Curve of Time: A Reckoning. BC Studies, 200, 169-85. doi: https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i200.191473

Wynn, G. (2019). How it all comes together- Sometimes. Journal of Historical Geography 64, 104-107. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2019.03.001

Wynn, G. (2019, February). The Universe is Made of Stories Not Atoms. The Ormsby Review. https://bcbooklook.com/2019/02/25/493 maps-of canada-the-bucket-list/