Emily Eaton is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Regina. She is the author of Fault Lines: Life and Landscape in Saskatchewan's Oil Economy and Growing Resistance: Canadian Farmers and the Politics of GM Wheat. She has been studying Saskatchewan's oil economy since 2010.
The truth is that the Saskatchewan government has been essential to creating the culture of silence that pervades oil-dependent communities, writes University of Regina professor Emily Eaton.
