Ryan O'Connor is a doctoral candidate in History at the University of Western Ontario. His thesis is on early environmentalism in Toronto, and its effect on the movement Canada-wide. He also writes "The Great Green North," a blog on the history of Canadian environmentalism. Ryan grew up in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. |
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Alan MacEachern is an associate professor in the same department as Ryan, and is the director of NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment. He has long been interested in 1970s environmental issues on Prince Edward Island, as seen in his 2003 book The Institute of Man and Resources. Alan grew up in New Argyle, PEI. |
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Adam Crymble is the webmaster for the Network in Canadian History & Environment (NiCHE), and a graduate of the Public History program at the University of Western Ontario. He keeps a blog, "Thoughts on Public and Digital History," |
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George S. Zimbel has had a long and impressive career in photography, as evident on his photo-website On 4 July 1971, he emigrated to Canada and established Bona Fide Farm in Argyle Shore, Prince Edward Island, where he lived until 1980. More of his Bona Fide photos can be seen on his website. |
MacEachern and O'Connor wish to thank the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Western Ontario for funding the research for this project, and George S. Zimbel for his generous permission to reproduce some of his Bona Fide Farm photos.
Below is a list of publicity this project has received since release
Radio
- CBC Radio program "Island Morning" interviewed Ryan O'Connor about the project, March 2009.
- "Back to the Beginning", The Guardian, Prince Edward Island. (May 23, 2009).
- Moore, Christopher. "Canadian History on the Web?", Christopher Moore's History News (March, 31, 2009).
- Connor, Hans. "Back to the Garden", Nissology (March 9, 2009).
- Johnstone, Roy. "Back to the landers (1970's 'Hippies' move to the Island)", Roy Johnstone.
Public Lectures
- O'Connor, Ryan & Alan MacEachern, "Back-to-the-Landers", Shannon Lectures in History, Carleton University (November 17, 2010).
University Course Syllabi
- Mannell, Steven & Claire Campbell. "Introduction to Environment, Sustainability, and Society." University of Dalhousie (2010).