Nature’s Past Episode 54: Reclaiming the Don, From Dissertation to Book

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Episode 54: Reclaiming the Don, From Dissertation to Book

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In 2008, I interviewed Jennifer Bonnell about her work on the environmental history of the Don River Valley. It was the first episode of this podcast.

Back then, Bonnell was a doctoral student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto working on her dissertation. Today she is an assistant professor of history at York University and the author of Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley, a multiple award-winning book. How did this project go from dissertation to book? What was the process like? What new research did she conduct? What choices did she make in revisions and editing?

Professor Bonnell spoke with me at an event last spring at York University in the Department of History to share her journey from dissertation to book.

Book Cover: Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley

Guests:

Jennifer Bonnell

Works Cited:

Bonnell, Jennifer. Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Music Credits:

“Let’s Do It!” by veezyn

“Melancholia (Trio)” by Martijn de Boer (NiGiD)

“Gargantua” by Admiral Bob

Photo Credit:

“Don flood, south from Bloor Viaduct” 1918. Source: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1231, Item 33

Citation:

Kheraj, Sean. “Episode 54: Reclaiming the Don, From Dissertation to Book” Nature’s Past: Canadian Environmental History Podcast. 28 September 2016.

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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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