Mark Stoller

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Mark Stoller is a historical geographer whose work examines political and social development in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada. His research utilizes a variety methods that include oral and archival research, participatory mapping, and documentary film. In Nunavut, Dr. Stoller is Principal Investigator of the SSHRC-funded Hivumuuniaqtugut Oral History Project, a youth-oriented oral history program based in Uqsuqtuuq/Gjoa Haven, in partnership with the Nattilik Heritage Society. In the Northwest Territories, his work has focused on histories of treaty, land claims, and political mobilization in Denendeh. His forthcoming book, Paper of the Land: Treaties, Land Claims, and the Making of the Northwest Territories (McGill-��ϳԹ��Դ), traces the political history and geography of the division of the Northwest Territories and the creation of Nunavut. Dr. Stoller is also co-investigator on the Lower Trophic Level Blue Food Potential in Canada’s Coastal Arctic (PI: Dr. C.J. Mundy, University of Manitoba) based in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, and Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, and a co-investigator on the CIHR-funded Keeping the Children Home: How CPS and SRHR Impact the Physical and Mental Health of Inuit Youth in Nunavut (PI: Dr. Patricia Johnston, University of Calgary), based in Arviat, Nunavut. His research is currently supported by SSHRC, CIHR, Polar Knowledge Canada, and ArcticNet.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Stoller, M. (2025) “‘What is to become of the natives of the north?’: The Politics of Northern Social Science, 1954-1973.” Canadian Historical Review Vol. 106 (1). DOI:

• Stoller, M., Ullulaq, J. and B. Okpik. (2023). “‘If they were important, we’d have heard about them’: Inuit history beyond Canadian mythology.” Inuit Studies Vol. 46 (1): 43-62.

• Stoller, M. (2022). “Filming from Two Sides: Lessons from the Gjoa Haven Film Society,” American Review of Canadian Studies Vol. 52.3: 363-377.

• Johnston, P., Stoller, M. and F. Tester. (2018). “Institutional Barriers to Community-Based Research: Learning from the Nunavut, Nanivara Project,” Critical Social Work Vol. 19, No. 1: 65-84.

• Stoller, M. (2015). “Environmental Imperatives and International Relations Canada’s challenge to environmental diplomacy,” The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 5.

• Byers, M. and M. Stoller. (2013). “What Small Teeth You Have: Arctic oil spill response agreement weakened by conflicting interests” Arctic Portal, (September).

Book Chapters

• Stoller, M. (2017). “Value Creation and Governance for a Future Arctic: A View From Canada,” in Bourmistrov, A., Dybtsyna, E. and N. Nazarova, eds. Management in the North: Young Researchers’ Contribution. Bodø: Nord Universitet: 58-64.

• Stoller, M. and T. Andrews. (2024)“ Mapping Denendeh: The Dene Mapping Project and the enduring legacy of Indigenous cartographies,” in Smith, J. and R. Wisehart (eds.) Just Relations: Anthropology & Law in Canada. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press.

Edited Web Series

• “The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry at 50”, Network in Canadian History & Environment (NiCHE), June-July.

Awards and Recognition

• International Studies Review Award, American Graduate School of Paris

• Friends of E.M. Wightman Essay Prize for best Graduate Major Research Paper, History, McMaster University

Graduate Supervision

I am currently seeking motivated graduate students – Masters and PhD – with strong interests in northern Canada, especially in the following areas:

• Historical and legal geographies of northern Canada;

• Youth resistance history and theory;

• Aviation history/geography;

• Mixed research methods (ie. oral history and archival);

• Digital humanities and participatory film;

Courses

• GPHY 101: Introduction to Human Geography

• GPHY 250: Canadian Geographies

• GPHY 367: The Changing Arctic

Web Sites

• Hivumuuniaqtugut Oral History Project:

• Personal/Work Site:

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