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NiCHE brings together historians, geographers, and other researchers who study nature and humans in Canada's past. We offer a forum for the field, support collaboration among scholars, and ensure that this research is shared with policymakers, scientists, and the Canadian public. Read more About NiCHE

Upcoming Activities

ConferenceEnvironmental Violence and ConflictFeb 11 2010 - Feb 13 2010
DeadlineRegistration: "Time and a Place" - PEIFeb 15 2010
DeadlineReaching a Popular Audience Workshop: VancouverFeb 15 2010
DeadlineCHESS 2010 (Montreal) RegistrationFeb 28 2010
ConferenceASEH Conference - PortlandMar 10 2010 - Mar 14 2010
WorkshopReaching a Popular Audience Workshop: VancouverMar 26 2010
CFPSpecial Issue on Culture and Sustainable CommunitiesMay 1 2010
CFPSixth ESEH ConferenceMay 3 2010
ConferenceSSAC-SEAC ConferenceMay 26 2010 - May 29 2010
WorkshopCHESS 2010 (Montreal)May 27 2010 - May 29 2010
Workshop"Time and a Place" - PEIJun 13 2010 - Jun 18 2010
ConferenceAnimals and Animality Across the Humanities and Social SciencesJun 26 2010 - Jun 27 2010
ConferenceSixth ESEH ConferenceJun 28 2010 - Jul 2 2010
CFPTourism and Biodiversity and Heritage Dimensions of Tourism and ForestryJun 30 2010
ConferenceAnglo-American ConferenceJul 1 2010 - Jul 2 2010

Featured Project

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"Banff National Park" by "Liza Piper"
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By: Liza Piper

Rather than hand out candy to ghouls and goblins last Halloween, a group of faculty and students ventured deep into Banff National Park. While on the trip, four students brought along their travel-ledgers and recorded their tales.

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By Sean Kheraj

Historians know that our work is entirely dependent on access to and availability of sources, especially archival primary sources. Anyone who has spent months (and sometimes years) awaiting approval of a Freedom of Information Act request in Canada knows how frustrating limited access can be.


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By Laura Cameron

Event: Friday Feb. 5, 2010
Grad Club, Queen's University, from 8pm
NiCHE invites all to come and celebrate the book launch of What is Water? The History of a Modern Abstraction by Jamie Linton (Published by UBC Press).

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By David Brownstein

At the Forest History Association of BC conference in September, UBC Geography doctoral candidate Emily Jane Davis spoke to the challenges of "Preserving History in a Digital Age"

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By Adam Crymble

Deadline: Feb. 15, 2010.
Graduate students in Western Canada looking to disseminate their research and ideas to newspapers and magazines are invited to apply for a one-day workshop on March 26, 2010 in Vancouver. Funding is available for some out of town participants.

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By David Brownstein

NiCHE has just posted an illustrated description of the various field trips and sessions for those who could not attend.



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By: Sean Kheraj

After months and months of hype, the long-awaited Apple tablet – the iPad – has arrived.

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By: Sean Kheraj

The New Scholars in Canadian History & Environment Reading Group invites all members to participate in the February round. This month we will read through a paper by Jeff Slack, a graduate student from UNBC.

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By: Anya Zilberstein

Deadline: Feb. 28, 2010.
To apply for CHESS 2010: Send a one-page CV and a brief statement (not to exceed 100 words), indicating the relevance of your intellectual interests to this year’s theme and how you hope to benefit from participation, by email to Anya Zilberstein (anya.zilberstein@concordia.ca).

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By: Nancy Duxbury

Deadline: May 1, 2010
In the face of growing environmental and economic urgencies, issues of sustainability and resiliency are moving to the forefront of planning, policy, and programs in cities and communities of all sizes.

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By: Michael Hall

Deadline: June 30, 2010
The United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity and 2011 the International Year of Forests.