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Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement

Andrew Watson

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.

  • Call for Contributors: Canada’s Great Acceleration

    February 6, 2026February 6, 20263 minute readby Andrew Watson

    Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism

    January 29, 2026January 28, 20267 minute readby Andrew Watson

    Network Generosity: NiCHE Fundraiser Success

    December 22, 2025December 22, 20252 minute readby Andrew Watson

    Loving NiCHE Month: 2025 November Fundraising Campaign!

    November 3, 2025December 1, 20254 minute readby Andrew Watson

    CHESS is a Staple of Canadian Environmental History

    June 27, 2024July 8, 20246 minute readby Andrew Watson

    Call for Participants: 2024 Canadian History & Environment Summer School / Appel à participant·e·s: École d’été en histoire de l’environnement 2024

    January 11, 2024January 22, 20246 minute readby Andrew Watson

    Call for Contributors: Environmental Histories of the Future

    January 20, 2021February 24, 20211 minute readby Andrew Watson

    The Mirage of Industrial Agriculture: Fossil Fuels, Groundwater Irrigation, and Feedlots on the High Plains

    October 27, 2020November 25, 20238 minute readby Andrew Watson

    On an Island: Writing and My Soul in the Time of COVID-19

    July 28, 2020July 27, 20204 minute readby Andrew Watson

    New Year and New Faces at NiCHE

    January 7, 2020January 6, 20203 minute readby Andrew Watson
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