The fourth season on NiCHE Conversations is over halfway done! NiCHE Conversations are 10-20 minute casual conversations with NiCHE contributors about their NiCHE contributions on Instagram Live. Afterwards these conversations are available on our Instagram profile and YouTube channel.
These conversations build upon an author’s blog post(s), lectures, and other writings by asking them to:
- Reiterate their ideas
- More fully flesh out their research or writing process
- Connect their post to broader issues and fields of thought
- Speak to personal aspects of their research
Many thanks to our latest interviewees: Jessica Elkaim, Eve Bradley, Alicia Colson, and Emily Witherow. Take some time to catch up on these scholars’ work and insights in NiCHE Conversations 4.9-4.12.
NiCHE Conversations 4.9: Land Rights & the Colonization of Corpses with Jessica Elkaim
- NiCHE Article Discussed: “Corpsecologies: Land Rights & the Colonization of Corpses” by Jessica Elkaim
NiCHE Conversations 4.10: Narratives of Conquest and Masculinity in the Art of 19th Century Arctic Exploration with Eve Bradley
- NiCHE Article Discussed: “Romantic Failures in Arctic Exploration: Narratives of Conquest and Masculinity” by Eve Bradley
NiCHE Conversations 4.11: What is a Heritage River? with Alicia Colson
- NiCHE Article Discussed: “What is Heritage River?” by Alicia Colson
NiCHE Conversations 4.12: Disrupting Settler Colonial Narratives Through UNESCO Designation in Tr’ondëk-Klondike with Emily Witherow
- NiCHE Article Discussed: “Storying Tr’ondëk-Klondike: Disrupting Settler Colonial Narratives Through UNESCO Designation” by Emily Witherow
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is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States, editor, project manager, and digital communications strategist. She earned her PhD in History from the University of Saskatchewan in 2019. She is an executive member, editor-in-chief, and social media editor for the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE). She is the Managing Editor for the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. She is also President of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society, a Girls Rock Saskatoon board member, and a Coordinating Team member of Showing Up for Racial Justice Saskatoon-Treaty Six. A passionate social justice advocate, she focuses on developing digital techniques and communications that bridge the divide between academia and the general public in order to democratize knowledge access. You can find out more about her and her freelance services at jessicamdewitt.com.

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