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Portugal’s Cork Industry
This is the 3rd in a series of posts written by recipients of NiCHE New Scholar Travel Grants to attend the World Congress of Environmental History in Guimarães, Portugal. While […]
Performing our Belonging: A report back from ANU’s 7th biennial Environmental History PhD Writing Workshop
In late May, I travelled to a place on earth almost antipodal to my home in Kingston, Ontario: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. I embarked on this lengthy journey through […]
Review: How Agriculture Made Canada
Reviewed By: Peter Anderson (Queen’s University) Published: The Otter-NiCHE (July 2014) Peter A. Russell, How Agriculture Made Canada: Farming in the Nineteenth Century. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012. […]
Lecture: History of the Ontario Spring Bear Hunt
In 1999, the Ontario Progressive Conservative government abruptly cancelled the spring black bear hunting season amidst growing concerns that the practice was unethical, unsportsmanlike, and was needlessly orphaning bear cubs. […]
Post-CHESS 2014 Reflections: A Rural Historian in the Suburbs
By Sara Spike The suburbs are often characterized as a liminal space—part city, part country. One of the key lessons of this year’s Canadian History and Environment Summer School (CHESS) […]
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière : l’émergence de la conservation des forêts au Canada
Compte rendu Little, Jack, 2013, Patrician Liberal. The Public and Private Life of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1829-1908, University of Toronto Press, 375 p. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière est […]
Eating Minerals: Fossil Inputs in 18th Century Agriculture
This is the 2nd in a series of posts written by recipients of a NiCHE New Scholar Travel Grant to attend the World Congress of Environmental History in Guimarães, Portugal. Modern agriculture is energy […]
Why I Love International Conferences
This is the 1st in a series of posts written by recipients of a NiCHE New Scholar Travel Grant to attend the World Congress of Environmental History in Guimarães, Portugal. As we […]
Post-CHESS 2014 Reflections: Park Déjà vu
CHESS’s Saturday excursion into the suburban wilds originated at the Markham Museum, a Toronto suburb located north east of the city. Our visit began with a presentation by two Parks Canada […]
#EnvHist Worth Reading: June 2014
Every month we 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. Here are […]
Grey Owl at Cabano
For many people around the world, Canadian environmental history probably begins and ends with Grey Owl. Born Archie Belaney in Hastings, England, he moved to Canada in the early 20th century, adopted […]
Canadians Heading to Guimarães
Five years ago Canadian environmental historians and historical geographers arrived by the dozen to present at the 1st World Congress of Environmental History in Copenhagen. New scholars travel grants from NiCHE allowed […]
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