Wesley Tourangeau
Biographic Data
| ID | 4076392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wesley Tourangeau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Tourangeau |
| SIGNATURE | TOURANGEAU W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5447-4656 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beefsquatch and the raccoon king: A criminological exploration of human-animal relations in Bob’s Burgers
This paper presents an analysis of Bob’s Burgers , a popular American animated television series, to contribute to criminological explorations of human-animal relations. Using critical discourse analysis, I examine depictions of meat and animals to better understand how the meaning of animal harm is constituted through media. Eating hamburgers and keeping animals as ‘pets’ are among the taken-for-granted depictions of human-animal relations in th…
The surprising spectacle of splashing soup: Critical reflections on climate protests targeting art
Numerous news media outlets across the world have reported on climate protestors splashing food and paint across some of the world’s most recognisable paintings from van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ to the ‘Mona Lisa’. These events are a type of climate protest that has been gaining popularity in recent years – stunts targeting cultural artefacts and famous artwork to garner media attention. These forms of protest warrant closer analysis for several reaso…
Critical reflections on "humane" meat and plant-based meat "alternatives"
Canadians are among the top meat consumers in the world. Greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, animal stress and suffering, worker health and safety, and cardiovascular disease are among the multitude of issues tied to high rates of meat consumption. In response to rising concern and debate over the impacts of meat consumption, two sectors of the food industry have grown considerably in recent years: "humane" meat and plant-based meat "alt…
A Systems-Based Approach to Green Criminology
Green criminology is grounded in debates regarding the ethics, legality, and reality of harms vis-à-vis the lives of non-human animals and the environment. The complex, uncertain, and ambiguous nature of these harms reveals the need for a more holistic approach: one that more firmly ties together social and ecological systems. In this paper, key aspects of systems thinking (e.g., leverage points) are outlined to illustrate the value of a systems-…
Beyond intrinsic: A call to combine scales on motivation and environmental values in wildlife and farmland conservation research
It has become common to explore farmer motivations for adopting land management changes on a scale from intrinsic to extrinsic, including in studies on “motivation crowding” that examine how external incentives can undermine or reinforce a farmer’s intrinsic reasons for protecting nature. We set out to do the same in a study on riparian management for the conservation of a species at risk in Nova Scotia, Canada. In our survey of 553 farmers in No…
Exploring motivation crowding around farmer incentives for riparian management in Nova Scotia
Incentive programs to encourage landowners to protect habitat should be carefully designed to avoid motivation crowding: basically, replacing intrinsic reasons such as a land ethic with extrinsic ones like payments. Little research on motivation crowding tests real programs, and no such work has been done in Canada. We surveyed farmers in Nova Scotia in 2017 to explore whether participation in a new incentive program called Wood Turtle Strides, o…
Of Climate and Weather: Examining Canadian Farm and Livestock Organization Discourses from 2010 to 2015
Producer organizations representing Canada’s farm and livestock sectors are powerful change agents and advocates for their industries, particularly during challenging times such as climate- or weather-related hardships. Such organizations have a complex role: engaging with policy-makers, as well as their memberships and the public, to pursue the interests of their specific communities. This paper includes an examination of how farm producer organ…
‘We secured the tussac’: Accounts of ecological discovery, exploitation and renewal in the Falkland Islands
Sheep farms dominate the Falkland Islands landscape and have for over a century. The introduction of sheep, and several other species, has significantly transformed the ecology of this archipelago—the near elimination of tussac grass being one of the most notable changes. Tracing back to early accounts of tussac grass in the ‘Falklands’, this paper captures its discovery, exploitation and current stage of renewal, including a closer look at the c…
Leverage points for sustainable wool production in the Falkland Islands
Power, discourse, and news media: Examining Canada’s GM alfalfa protests
Power, discourse, and news media: Examining Canada’s GM alfalfa protests
Of Climate and Weather: Examining Canadian Farm and Livestock Organization Discourses from 2010 to 2015
Producer organizations representing Canada’s farm and livestock sectors are powerful change agents and advocates for their industries, particularly during challenging times such as climate- or weather-related hardships. Such organizations have a complex role: engaging with policy-makers, as well as their memberships and the public, to pursue the interests of their specific communities. This paper includes an examination of how farm producer organ…
‘We secured the tussac’: Accounts of ecological discovery, exploitation and renewal in the Falkland Islands
Sheep farms dominate the Falkland Islands landscape and have for over a century. The introduction of sheep, and several other species, has significantly transformed the ecology of this archipelago—the near elimination of tussac grass being one of the most notable changes. Tracing back to early accounts of tussac grass in the ‘Falklands’, this paper captures its discovery, exploitation and current stage of renewal, including a closer look at the c…
Leverage points for sustainable wool production in the Falkland Islands
Beyond intrinsic: A call to combine scales on motivation and environmental values in wildlife and farmland conservation research
It has become common to explore farmer motivations for adopting land management changes on a scale from intrinsic to extrinsic, including in studies on “motivation crowding” that examine how external incentives can undermine or reinforce a farmer’s intrinsic reasons for protecting nature. We set out to do the same in a study on riparian management for the conservation of a species at risk in Nova Scotia, Canada. In our survey of 553 farmers in No…
Exploring motivation crowding around farmer incentives for riparian management in Nova Scotia
Incentive programs to encourage landowners to protect habitat should be carefully designed to avoid motivation crowding: basically, replacing intrinsic reasons such as a land ethic with extrinsic ones like payments. Little research on motivation crowding tests real programs, and no such work has been done in Canada. We surveyed farmers in Nova Scotia in 2017 to explore whether participation in a new incentive program called Wood Turtle Strides, o…
Critical reflections on "humane" meat and plant-based meat "alternatives"
Canadians are among the top meat consumers in the world. Greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, animal stress and suffering, worker health and safety, and cardiovascular disease are among the multitude of issues tied to high rates of meat consumption. In response to rising concern and debate over the impacts of meat consumption, two sectors of the food industry have grown considerably in recent years: "humane" meat and plant-based meat "alt…
A Systems-Based Approach to Green Criminology
Green criminology is grounded in debates regarding the ethics, legality, and reality of harms vis-à-vis the lives of non-human animals and the environment. The complex, uncertain, and ambiguous nature of these harms reveals the need for a more holistic approach: one that more firmly ties together social and ecological systems. In this paper, key aspects of systems thinking (e.g., leverage points) are outlined to illustrate the value of a systems-…
The surprising spectacle of splashing soup: Critical reflections on climate protests targeting art
Numerous news media outlets across the world have reported on climate protestors splashing food and paint across some of the world’s most recognisable paintings from van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ to the ‘Mona Lisa’. These events are a type of climate protest that has been gaining popularity in recent years – stunts targeting cultural artefacts and famous artwork to garner media attention. These forms of protest warrant closer analysis for several reaso…
Beefsquatch and the raccoon king: A criminological exploration of human-animal relations in Bob’s Burgers
This paper presents an analysis of Bob’s Burgers , a popular American animated television series, to contribute to criminological explorations of human-animal relations. Using critical discourse analysis, I examine depictions of meat and animals to better understand how the meaning of animal harm is constituted through media. Eating hamburgers and keeping animals as ‘pets’ are among the taken-for-granted depictions of human-animal relations in th…
Ecology (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Livestock (3 works)