Articles in Books
"The North as Seen from Jasper (Canada): A National Parks Orientation to Security." In Humanizing Security in the Arctic. Ed. Michelle Daveluy, Francis Lévesque, and Jenanne Ferguson. Edmonton: CCI (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) P, and IPSSAS (International PhD. School for Studies of Arctic Societies), 2011. 295-306.
"Rejuvenating Wilderness: The Challenge of Reintegrating Aboriginal Peoples into the 'Playground' of Jasper National Park." In A Century of Parks Canada 1911-2011. Ed. Claire Elizabeth Campbell. Calgary: U of Calgary P, 2011. 333-70.
"Arctic Al: Purdy's Humanist Vision of the North." In The Ivory Thought: Essays on Al Purdy. Ed Gerald Lynch, Shoshonnah Ganz, and Josephene T.M. Kealey. Ottawa: U of Ottawa P, 2008. 119-36.
“Henry James Warre's and Paul Kane's Sketches in the Athabasca Watershed, 1846." In Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park: Studies in Two Centuries of Human History in the Upper Athabasca River Watershed. Ed. and Introd. I.S. MacLaren. Fwd. The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien. Edmonton: U of Alberta P, 2007. 41-70.
“Herbert Spencer, Paul Kane, and the Making of ‘The Chinook.’” In Myth and Memory: Rethinking Stories of Indigenous-European Contact. Ed. John Sutton Lutz. Vancouver: UBC P, 2007. 90-102, 188-95.
“English Writings about the New World.” History of the Book in Canada, Vol. 1: Beginnings to 1840; and “Les écrits anglais sur le Nouveau Monde.” Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada, Vol. 1: Des Debuts au 1840. Ed. Patricia Lockhart Fleming, Gilles Gallichan, and Yves Lamonde. Toronto and Montréal: U of Toronto P and les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2004. 33-44 (English ed); 34-47 (édition française).
"Paul Kane and the Authorship of Wanderings of an Artist." In From Rupert's Land to Canada: Essays in Honour of John Foster. Eds. Gerhard Ens, Theodore Binnema, and Rod Macleod. Edmonton: U of Alberta P, 2001. 225-47.
"Changing Perceptions of Wilderness in the Athabasca Valley." Linking Protected Areas with Working Landscapes Conserving Biodiversity: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas / 12-16 May 1997. Ed. Neil W.P. Munro and J.H. Martin Wilson. Wolfville, N.S.: Science and Management of Protected Areas, 1998. 851-60.
"`A Pig's a Pig for a' That': The Scottish Lineage of Piggy." In Mrs. Walter (Mary) Buchanan, Piggy: The Authoritative Text. Ed. Ursula Hogg-Reave. A Snorton Critical Edition. Galt, ON: Press Porképic; Kiel, Germany: l&f verlag, 1996. 121-28.
"The Metamorphosis of Travellers into Authors: The Case of Paul Kane." In Critical Issues in Editing Exploration Texts. Papers given at the Twenty-eighth Conference on Editorial Problems, University of Toronto, 6-7 November 1992. Ed. Germaine Warkentin. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1995. 67-107.
"The HBC's Arctic Expedition 1836-1839: Dease's Field Notes as compared to Simpson's Narrative." In The Fur Trade Revisited: Selected Papers of the Sixth North American Fur Trade Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1991. Ed. Jennifer S.H. Brown, W.J. Eccles, and Donald P. Heldman. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State UP; Mackinac Island, MI: Mackinac State Historic Parks, 1994. 465-79.
"Commentary." In Days of the Buffalo: Paintings by Clarence Tillenius. Winnipeg: Trails of the Interlake Studio, 1993. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, 1 June-15 July 1993. 7-11.
"Buffalo in Word and Image: From European Origins to the Art of Clarence Tillenius." In Buffalo. Ed. John Foster, Dick Harrison, I.S. MacLaren. Edmonton: U of Alberta P, 1992. 79-129.
"Sir George Back." In Profiles in Canadian Literature. Ser. ed. Jeffrey M. Heath. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn, 1991. Vol. 7. 9-17.
"Exploring Canadian Literature: Samuel Hearne and the Inuit Girl." In Probing Canadian Culture. Ed. Peter Easingwood, Konrad Groß, Wolfgang Klooß. Beitrag zur Kanadistik: Band 1. Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien. Augsburg: AV-Verlag, 1991. 87-106.
"John Franklin (1786-1847)." In Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 99: Canadian Writers Before 1900. Ed. W.H. New. Detroit, New York, London: Gale Research, 1990. 106-08.
"Defusing the Canon: Against the Classicization of Canadian Literature." Canadian Issues / Thèmes canadiens. Ed. Deborah C. Poff. Vol. x, no. 5 l988. 49-55.
"Discovery as Misperception: the Case of Nineteenth-Century Arctic Exploration." In Essays on Perceiving Nature. Ed. Diana Macintyre Deluca. Honolulu: Perceiving Nature Conference Committee, 1988. 15-25.
"Literature in Canada in the Age of Laurier." In The Arts in Canada during the Age of Laurier: Papers from a Conference held at The Edmonton Art Gallery, 9 April 1988. Ed. Robert J.Lamb. Edmonton: EAG and University of Alberta, 1988. 1-14.
"A Charting of the van Herk Papers." Biocritical Essay in The Aritha Van Herk Papers: First Accession. Comp. Sandra Mortensen. Ed. Apollonia Steele and Jean F. Tener. Archives of Canadian Literature Inventory Series. Calgary: U of Calgary P, 1987. xi-xlv.
"Literary Landscapes in the Writings of Fur Traders." In "Le Castor Fait Tout": Selected Papers of the Fifth North American Fur Trade Conference, 1985. Ed. Bruce G. Trigger, Toby Morantz, Louise Dechêne. Montreal: Lake St. Louis Historical Society, 1987. 566-86.
"Sir John Franklin." In Profiles in Canadian Literature. Ser. ed. Jeffrey M. Heath. Toronto: Dundurn, 1986. Vol. 5. 25-32.
"Wacousta and the Gothic Tradition." In Recovering Canada's First Novelist: Proceedings from the John Richardson Conference. Ed. Catherine Sheldrick Ross. Erin: Porcupine's Quill, 1984. 49-62.