Prairie Colonialism The CCF in Northern Saskatchewan, 1944–1964

‘Born in an atomic test tube’: landscapes of cyclonic development at Uranium City, Saskatchewan

“…These interventionist policies included inducements to nucleated settlement, improved health and welfare services, and training in industrial labour skills and mores. Premier Douglas spoke of 'walking in the moccasins' of Native and Métis people, but as Laurie Barron notes, 'the CCF perceived the North as a remote hinterland in need of effective colonization; hence, the solutions it imposed there were little more than reflections of the values and agenda of southern society' (Barron 1997, 144;Dobbin 1985).…”