{"id":4877,"date":"2026-02-09T10:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?page_id=4877"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:28:55","slug":"march-26-petro-capitalism-and-climate-denial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/march-26-petro-capitalism-and-climate-denial\/","title":{"rendered":"March 26: Petro-Politics and the Shifting Terrain of Canadian National Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/march-26-petro-capitalism-and-climate-denial\/03-26-26-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4878\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4960 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1728\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2.png 1728w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-240x320.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-160x213.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-360x480.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/03.26.26-2-200x267.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join us for a conversation with Shane Gunster on Petro-Politics and the shifting terrain of Canadian National Identity. We will consider what narratives are produced and circulated in Canada\u2019s petro\u2011public sphere. This session offers a clear look at how industry influence shapes public debate, and what it means for climate justice movements working to shift the story.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker: Shane Gunster teaches in the School of Communication at SFU. His research focuses upon news media coverage and advocacy in the area of climate and energy politics.<\/p>\n<h3>Actions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shifting away from petronationalism and rejecting fossil fuel propaganda, moving towards the true values of Canadians beyond elites.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants in a Value Cafe expressed this could be materialized through various forms of care, such as caring for the elderly, caring for the environment, concern for future generations, and caring for the disadvantaged.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Values featured in the discussion in the Values cafe:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caring for the Elderly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caring for the Environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concern for Future Generation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caring for the Disadvantaged<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focusing on what your most important values are, and what the government should prioritize<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating the space to articulate the alternatives to official narratives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understand that national identity and patriotism are a form of coming and a form of being<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating access to a Canadian identity that works for reconciliation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Left groups on Facebook improving the formatting of engagement\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be cautious of ads that bolster the Canadian economy needs oil <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resource List<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/communication\/people\/faculty\/shane-gunster.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Shane Gunster&#8217;s Works<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books and Book Chapters:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Lament for a Nation<\/i>, George Grant<\/li>\n<li>Gunster, Neubauer, Bermingham and Massie, &#8220;Our Oil: Extractive populism in Canadian social media,&#8221; <i>Regime of Obstruction: How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy<\/i>, Ed. Carroll (Athabasca University Press, 2021).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aupress.ca\/books\/120293-regime-of-obstruction\/\">https:\/\/www.aupress.ca\/books\/120293-regime-of-obstruction\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Journal Articles:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gunster, Shane, Darren Fleet, and Robert Neubauer. 2021. \u201cChallenging Petro-Nationalism: Another Canada Is Possible?\u201d <i>Journal of Canadian Studies<\/i> 55 (1): 57\u201387.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3138\/jcs.2019-0033\"> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3138\/jcs.2019-0033<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350746148_Challenging_Petro-Nationalism_Another_Canada_Is_Possible\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350746148_Challenging_Petro-Nationalism_Another_Canada_Is_Possible<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gunster, Shane. &#8220;Extractive populism and the future of Canada&#8221; <i>CCPA Monitor <\/i>26.2 (July\/Aug 2019), pp. 12-15. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policyalternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachments\/CCPA%20Monitor%20Jul%20Aug%202019%20WEB.pdf\">https:\/\/www.policyalternatives.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachments\/CCPA%20Monitor%20Jul%20Aug%202019%20WEB.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Silas Xuereb, <i>Exporting profits: Alberta oil and gas workers fall behind while American shareholders thrive<\/i>, Alberta Federation of Labour (Oct 2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxfairness.ca\/en\/resources\/reports\/exporting-profits\">https:\/\/www.taxfairness.ca\/en\/resources\/reports\/exporting-profits<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Drew Yewchuk, Shaun Fluker and Martin Olszynski, <i>A made-in-Alberta failure: Unfunded oil and gas closure liability<\/i>, University of Calgary School of Public Policy (October 2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policyschool.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EFL-49A-AB-ConvenOGLiabilityRegime.YewchukFluker.pdf\">https:\/\/www.policyschool.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EFL-49A-AB-ConvenOGLiabilityRegime.YewchukFluker.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reports:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gord Laxer,\u00a0 <i>Posting as Canadian: How big foreign oil captures Canadian energy and climate policy<\/i>, Council of Canadians (Dec 2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/canadians.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Posing-as-Canadian-Gordon-Laxer.pdf\">Posing as Canadian: How big foreign oil captures canadian energy and climate policy <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jim Stanford and Erin Weir, <i>Counting the costs: Impacts of the 2022 oil price shock for Canadian consumers and workers<\/i>, The Centre for Future Work (March 2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/centreforfuturework.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FalseProfits-March2025-Counting-the-Costs.pdf\">COUNTING THE COSTS: Impacts of the 2022 Oil Price Shock for Canadian Consumers and Workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianvaluesconversations.com\/about-the-initiative\/\">Canadian Values Conversations <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Articles:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/afl.org\/press-release-new-afl-report-shows-alberta-workers-have-been-left-behind-in-oil-and-gas-boom\/\">PRESS RELEASE: New AFL report shows Alberta workers have been left behind in oil and gas boom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/business\/energy\/albertas-oilpatch-cut-10000-jobs-last-year-even-as-production-soared\">Alberta&#8217;s oilpatch cut 10,000 jobs last year \u2014 even as production soared<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davidsuzuki.org\/story\/heres-to-a-radical-canada-day\/\">Here\u2019s to a radical Canada Day!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/anti-pipeline-protest-elizabeth-may-kennedy-stewart-1.4587631\">Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May arrested at anti-pipeline protest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/02\/06\/ottawa-declares-state-of-emergency-convoy-protests-00006053\">Ottawa mayor: \u2018Situation is completely out of control\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/i-hope-i-make-the-country-proud-these-canadians-turned-their-rage-at-trumps-rhetoric\/article_9d674137-39b4-4b9f-bcf9-8bdd9fdfde32.html\">\u2018I hope I make the country proud\u2019: These Canadians turned their rage at Trump\u2019s rhetoric into something positive <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcenergy.com\/newsroom\/statements\/2025-03-19-build-canada-now-an-urgent-plan-to-strengthen-economic-sovereignty\/\">Build Canada Now update: A two-track approach to seize Canada&#8217;s time-bound opportunity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/americas\/mark-carneys-shift-from-climate-change-warrior-to-fossil-fuel-cheerleader-97d17782\">Mark Carney\u2019s Shift From Climate-Change Warrior to Fossil-Fuel Cheerleader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatcanadianspeeches.ca\/2021\/08\/29\/tommy-douglas-mouseland-circa-1930s\/\">Tommy Douglas, Mouseland, circa 1930s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Canadian public opinion on oil and gas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angus Reid Institute, &#8220;60% could support an Alberta-BC pipeline nationally, but sign-off in Canada&#8217;s westernmost province is no sure thing,&#8221; (Nov 27, 2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/angusreid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025.11.27_Pipelines.pdf\">https:\/\/angusreid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025.11.27_Pipelines.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Positive Energy\/Nik Nanos, &#8220;Importance of oil and gas to Canada&#8217;s current and future economy 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