2006 CHESS Toronto | NiCHE - Network in Canadian History & Environment

williamTurkel University of Western Ontario - History Research Summary: My research focuses on the possibilities of doing archival work in the field, rather than in archives. In doing this research, I draw on, integrate and try to extend a number of different disciplines...	alanMaceachern University of Western Ontario - History Research Summary: Much of my time these days is spent as director of NiCHE, working to assist scholars in developing their projects, to facilitate collaboration, and to make our field better known to government,...	SeanKheraj York University - History Research Summary: I am an assistant professor of Canadian and environmental history in the Department of History at York University. My current research looks at the interrelationship between humans, non-human animals...
ShannonStundenBower University of Alberta - History and Classics Research Summary: I study the history and historical geography of Canada. I am particularly interested in environmental history and the Canadian west, as well as in relations between people and the state.	MatthewEvenden University of British Columbia - Geography Research Summary: My work focuses on the environmental history of water. I am particularly interested in how different social groups use, understand and contest rivers and their resources over time. Current...	DouglasHarris University of British Columbia - Faculty of Law Research Summary: Douglas Harris is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at UBC. He writes and teaches in the areas of property law, legal history, fisheries law, and Aboriginal rights, and he is the author of...
JoannaDean Carleton University - History Research Summary: I am working on two projects: Urban Forest History: An examination of the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in urban North America, from 1850-1980, with a focus on Ottawa/Gatineau....	JenniferBonnell University of Guelph - History Research Summary: I am interested in the intersections between environment and public memory in historical studies: how people have responded to ecological change over time, the kinds of meanings they have attached to...	ColinCoates York University, Glendon Campus - Canadian Studies Research Summary: Canada Research Chair in Canadian Cultural Landscapes. The past-Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, he is currently studying attempts to create utopian...
StephaneCastonguay UQTR - History Research Summary: Canada Research Chair in the Environmental History of Québec. His work focuses on land use and natural resource exploitation in Québec. He and Matthew Evenden are leading the Canadian Water History...	StephenBocking Trent University - Environmental and Resource Science/Studies Program Research Summary: I am interested in all aspects of environmental history, but especially in the history of ecology and environmental science, as well as the roles of scientific expertise in contemporary environmental...	GraemeWynn University of British Columbia - Geography Research Summary: a geographer whose research interests focus on the development of new world societies and the environmental impacts of European expansion around the world. He is the team leader for the Forest...