CFP: Web Scraping for Environmental History Research

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Hosted by the NiCHE New Scholars community, this workshop addresses how Digital Humanities tools can support environmental history research, specifically focusing on web scraping for the extraction of environmental historical data in online archives and databases. The workshop will also include a hands-on element where you can experiment with web scraping using the Chrome plug-in WebScraper. Participants are invited to install it from webscraper.io beforehand. The workshop will run from 2:00 to 3:30 PM (EST) on Wednesday, May 11.

Interested participants can sign up for the event here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10EZN057peBCIWLtb8TEYsikoKBNjdLJI8HtqjGlRKyg/

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M. Blake Butler

Originally from Mississauga, I now live in Vancouver. I am the descendant of Irish, English, Greek, and Polish immigrants to Canada. I have been a member of NiCHE since 2020 and am currently an editor and book review co-editor. Outside of NiCHE, I am a member of the Protect Our Winters Canada Science Alliance and am employed as a historian and project manager with Know History, Inc., a historical services firm based in Ottawa. I have been a member of the research team supporting the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children Project since February 2023. My personal research examines Canadian and environmental histories, with an emphasis on winter-based topics. My doctoral dissertation explored the history of snow in Vancouver between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the twentieth century.

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