{"id":3071,"date":"2025-07-28T17:28:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=3071"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:28:24","slug":"mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Mica Jorgenson &#8211; The Weight of Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historian Mica Jorgenson discussed her book&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/unpress.nevada.edu\/9781647791049\/the-weight-of-gold\/\">The Weight of Gold: Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(University of Nevada Press, 2023) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series on Monday, 18 March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mining in North America has long been criticized for its impact on the natural environment. Mica Jorgenson\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Weight of Gold<\/em>&nbsp;explores the history of Ontario, Canada\u2019s rise to prominence in the gold mining industry, while detailing a series of environmental crises related to extraction activities. In Ontario in 1909, the discovery of exceptionally rich hard rock gold deposits in the Abitibi region in the north precipitated industrial development modeled on precedents in Australia, South Africa, and the United States. By the late 1920s, Ontario\u2019s mines had reached their maturity, and in 1928, Minister of Mines Charles McRae called Canada \u201cthe mineral treasure house to [the] world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mining companies increasingly depended upon their ability to redistribute the burdens of mining onto surrounding communities\u2014a strategy they continue to use today\u2014both at home and abroad. Jorgenson connects Canadian gold mining to its international context, revealing that Ontario\u2019s gold mines informed extractive knowledge which would go on to shape Canada\u2019s mining industry over the next century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historian Mica Jorgenson discussed her book&nbsp;The Weight of Gold: Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929&nbsp;(University of Nevada Press, 2023) in the Greenhouse environmental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-03-18-Jorgenson.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-03-18-Jorgenson_pod.jpeg","cover_image_id":"3053","duration":"56:00","filesize":"35.52M","filesize_raw":"37241965","date_recorded":"2024-03-18","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"8","itunes_title":"Mica Jorgenson - The Weight of Gold","itunes_season_number":"5","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[17,18],"series":[16],"class_list":["post-3071","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","tag-books","tag-environment","series-greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2024-03-18-Jorgenson_pod.jpeg","download_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-download\/3071\/mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold","player_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/3071\/mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold","audio_player":"<a class=\"wp-embedded-audio\" href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/3071\/mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold\">https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/3071\/mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/id1664960759","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0TNTSCl3zRBues4Eqjkwwm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cNAoStkB46\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold\/\">Mica Jorgenson &#8211; The Weight of Gold<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/mica-jorgenson-the-weight-of-gold\/embed\/#?secret=cNAoStkB46\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Mica Jorgenson &#8211; The Weight of Gold&#8221; &#8212; The Greenhouse Book Talks\" data-secret=\"cNAoStkB46\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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