Episode 1: The Environmental History of the Don River
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On this pilot episode of the show, we introduce listeners to the study environmental history by speaking with Jennifer Bonnell, a graduate student at the University of Toronto who is researching the history of Toronto’s Don River. Jennifer’s research spans the long history of the Don River and its place in the social and environmental history of the city. From nineteenth-century grist mills to Depression-era hobo jungles to Hurricane Hazel in 1954, we find out more about this river valley on Toronto’s eastside.
Also, we speak with Adam Crymble, the website administrator for the Network in Canadian History & Environment, about web resources for environmental history at niche-canada.org.
Guests:
Jennifer Bonnell
Adam Crymble
Works Cited:
Nash, Roderick. Wilderness and the American Mind. 4th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
Worster, Donald, ed. The Ends of the Earth: Perspectives on Modern Environmental History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Crosby, Alfred W. “The Past and Present of Environmental History.” American Historical Review 100 (1995): 1177-89.
Music Credits:
“Revolve” by hisboyelroy
“Yage Cameras (hbe’s fractured rework)” by hisboyelroy
Photo Credit:
“Waterfront at Don River looking north” Source: City of Toronto Archives/Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 536, Item 2
Citation:
Kheraj, Sean. “Episode 1: The Environmental History of the Don River.” Nature’s Past: Canadian Environmental History Podcast. 10 December 2008
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