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Men fighting bush fire, Bala, Ontario, August 1916, Credit: John Boyd / Library and Archives Canada /

#EnvHist Worth Reading: July 2017

10 Aug 2017 / 1 Comment

Every month I carefully track the most popular and significant environmental history articles, videos, audio, and other items making their way through the online environmental history (#envhist) community. You can […]

"Ode to Cyberpunk" by Eleonora Gorini, Flickr Commons

#EnvHist Worth Reading: June 2017

12 Jul 2017 / 3 Comments

Young shirtless male gardener staking a tree, Niagara, Ontario, MIKAN 4293061, Library and Archives Canada

#EnvHist Worth Reading: May 2017

14 Jun 2017 / 2 Comments

“May Contain Wolf,” as installed at the Tree Museum, Mary Anne Barkhouse, image courtesy of the artist

Nature’s Past Episode 56: Animal Metropolis

29 May 2017 / No Comments

Episode 56: Animal Metropolis [38:08] Download Audio To kick off the 2017 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Toronto, Ontario, I joined two of the editors of a new […]

Snipers using water wheels - John Miszzak operates a water wheel outfit, Quesnel River, B.C. Source: Canada. Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys / Library and Archives Canada / PA-015383

#EnvHist Worth Reading: April 2017

18 May 2017 / 2 Comments

Norwegian Postcard "F-1516-3 Tromsø. Byen hvor isbjørnen "vandrer" i gatene." Source: Flicker Commons, Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

#EnvHist Worth Reading: March 2017

21 Apr 2017 / 1 Comment

2017 Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History: Sara Pritchard

27 Mar 2017 / No Comments

The Department of History at York University hosted the annual Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History on March 20 at 4pm in the Schulich Private Dining Room. The lecture was delivered by Professor […]

"Image from page 242 of "Domesticated animals and plants; a brief treatise upon the origin and development of domesticated races, with special reference to the methods of improvement" (1910)" Source: Flicker Commons

#EnvHist Worth Reading: February 2017

15 Mar 2017 / 1 Comment

Pioneer Cabin Tree. Source: Tom Purcell, Flickr Commons

#EnvHist Worth Reading: January 2017

08 Feb 2017 / 2 Comments

Rat in a flowerbox, New York City (David Shankbone, Wikimedia Commons)

#EnvHist Worth Reading: November 2016

15 Dec 2016 / 3 Comments

“Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, QC, 1944” Source: Library and Archives Canada, Mikan 3197547

Nature’s Past Episode 55: Asbestos Mining and Environmental Health

30 Nov 2016 / 1 Comment

Episode 55: Asbestos Mining and Environmental Health [38:08] Download Audio In 2012, Canada stopped mining and exporting asbestos. Once considered a miracle mineral for its fireproof qualities, asbestos came […]