Clearing the Plains and Clearing the Air: Environmental History and National Memory [Video]

Chief Piapot and warriors with Lt-Governor Dewdney, 1885. Source: Library and Archives Canada, 3247947.

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In November 2015, Professor James Daschuk delivered the annual Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History at York University. The title of his lecture was, “Clearing the Plains and Clearing the Air: Environmental History and National Memory in 2015.”

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Sean Kheraj

Associate Professor and Vice-Provost Academic at Toronto Metropolitan University
Sean Kheraj is a member of the executive committee of the Network in Canadian History and Environment. He's an associate professor in the Department of History and Vice-Provost Academic at Toronto Metropolitan University. His research and teaching focuses on environmental and Canadian history. He is also the host and producer of Nature's Past, NiCHE's audio podcast series and he blogs at http://seankheraj.com.

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