Network Generosity: NiCHE Fundraiser Success

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Thank you!! We have the very best friends and supporters here at NiCHE!

We held out annual fundraiser from November 3-21, and then extended it to December 2 to take advantage of Giving Tuesday. We set out goal at $16,000 this year. Ambitious to be sure. We hit 84 percent of that goal: $13,360!

We received donations from almost 80 people; more than 45 of whom contributed $100 or more! And incredibly, 30 people donated $250 or more. And Royden Loewen donated $1,000, achieving hero status in the NiCHE world! This is such important support. Nearly all of our support came from Canadians and people working in Canada. But we are fortunate to receive generous contributions from five donations from the United States, four from Europe.

Close up photo of an otter with it's mouth open. A caption makes it look like the otter is saying "Thank you to our donors"
A Thankful Otter. Photo by Steve Payne on Unsplash

We are a non-profit, so we budget to spend all the funds we have raised in 2026. The money we have raised will allow us to provide modest compensation to our part-time digital strategist/social media editor, pay a fair honoraria to precariously-employed contributors to the Otter, cover the ongoing website hosting costs, and provide generous support to students travelling to attend the Canadian History and Environment Summer School, which will be held in Prince Edward Island in May 2026.

If you missed the opportunity to donate, don’t worry:

1. It’s never too late support to NiCHE. You can do so through our fundrazr site.

2. If you are a faculty member holding a grant or planning to submit a grant in 2026, consider the knowledge mobilization opportunities of partnering with NiCHE to create a project website and blog series to showcase your research. Get in touch with us to learn more about how you can build support for NiCHE into your grant applications!

3. And don’t forget about our merchandise shop, where you can purchase NiCHE-branded t-shirts, hoodie sweatshirts, mugs, buttons, and stickers. A portion of the proceeds will go towards supporting the NiCHE budget.

On behalf of the NiCHE Executive Board, I want to thank all of our donors. Your generosity has made it possible for us to keep doing what we do for another year!

Feature image: Some Happy Otters. Photo by Emily Nelson on Unsplash.
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Andrew Watson

Assistant Professor at University of Saskatchewan
Andrew is the Director of NiCHE and Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan. His current research includes commodities and urban metabolism in Toronto between the mid 19th and mid 20th centuries; and a study of the relationship between liberalism and fossil fuel energy in Canada in the first half of the 20th century. His first book, Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870-1920, was published in 2022 with UBC Press.

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