The fourth season on NiCHE Conversations is complete! 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: Catherine Paulin, Tina Adcock, Mél Hogan, and Siobhan Angus. Take some time to catch up on these scholars’ work and insights in NiCHE Conversations 4.13-4.16.
NiCHE Conversations 4.13: The Canadian Transatlantic Shipping of Live Cattle in the Late 19th Century with Catherine Paulin
- NiCHE Article Discussed: “Cattle, People, and Cold: The Canadian Transatlantic Shipping of Live Cattle in the Late 19th Century” by Catherine Paulin
NiCHE Conversations 4.14: A Cold Kingdom: Winter in Canadian History with Tina Adcock
- NiCHE Article Discussed: “A Cold Kingdom” by Tina Adcock
NiCHE Conversations 4.15: The Environmental Media Lab with Mél Hogan
NiCHE Conversations 4.16: An Elemental History of Photography with Siobhan Angus
- Book Discussed: Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography by Siobhan Angus
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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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