2008 CHESS Vancouver | NiCHE - Network in Canadian History & Environment

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,...	LizaPiper University of Alberta - History and Classics Research Summary: I am currently researching the relationship between disease outbreaks and environmental change in the Mackenzie and Yukon river basins after 1860 and the role of climate change in shaping the modern...	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...
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...	PeterFortna Fort McKay Metis - Manager Sustainable Development Research Summary: Peter Fortna is a historian and traditional land use consultant based out of Fort McMurray, Alberta. He received a BA in History from the University of Calgary and a MA in History from Memorial...	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...
JonathanPeyton University of British Columbia - Geography Research Summary: environmental history, historical geography, unbuilt environments, megaprojects, the North, political ecology, critical development studies, the politics of mining, hydroelectricity, infrastructure.	DavidBrownstein University of British Columbia - Geography Research Summary: * Historical Geography of Canada (emphasis on British Columbia) * History of the Canadian Environmental Sciences (emphasis on botany, ecology, silviculture) * Environmental History of...	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...