The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation has a mission to protect Canada’s water and empower Canada’s North.

Based in Toronto, the foundation is a private, philanthropic body that undertakes research, leadership development, and public dialogue on freshwater protection and issues affecting the Arctic.

The foundation recently sponsored a series of articles in Canada’s History magazine that dealt with vital issues in environmental history.

The articles, authored by top experts in their fields, are now available online. They include:

Arctic Ambitions: Canada and other nations needed a mechanism to discuss the future of the North. They found it in the Arctic Council. By John English

A River Runs Through Us: The Columbia River Treaty is a model of international co-operation but it could soon expire. By Richard Kyle Paisley

Sentinels of Sovereignty: How the Canadian Rangers came to be the shadow army of the North. By P. Whitney Lackenbauer

Respecting Boundaries: For more than a century, the International Joint Commission has been quietly resolving disputes between Canada and the United States. By Nandor F. Dreisziger

See also a photo gallery about the Canadian Rangers.