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December 21, 2024December 21, 20241 minute readby Jessica DeWitt

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The Network in Canadian History & Environment (NiCHE) is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history.

In “Beavers in Theory and Practice: Beyond a Nat

In “Beavers in Theory and Practice: Beyond a National Symbol,” Blair Stein introduces a series marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Bill C-373, “An Act to provide for the recognition of the Beaver (Castor canadensis) as a symbol of the sovereignty of the Dominion of Canada,
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Image: An 1852 postage stamp. Credit: Library and Archives Canada; Copyright: Canada Post Corporation
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/25/beavers-in-theory-and-practice-beyond-a-national-symbol/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #animalhistory #beavers #beavers2025 #canada

NiCHE Conversations 5.9: William Favre

NiCHE Conversations 5.9: William Favre
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In our latest NiCHE Conversation @favwil joined @jmariedewitt to discuss the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896, the Japanese state’s response to this disaster, and how William became interested in this topic.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #japanesehistory #disasterstudies #tsunami #nicheconversations

Call for Applicants – Beaverbrook Vimy Prize

Call for Applicants - Beaverbrook Vimy Prize
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2025 Theme – Environmental Impacts of War
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A 10-day experiential program in Belgium and France for youth ages 15 to 17 from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and Germany.
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More information on our website.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/24/call-for-applicants-beaverbrook-vimy-prize/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #historyofwar #vimy #canadianhistory #secondaryeducation

Hybrid Event – A Cold Colonialism

Hybrid Event – A Cold Colonialism
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Modern Exploration and the Canadian North, with history professor and author Tina Adcock - @northerngale (SFU History)
Thursday – 27 February 2025 – 1-2:30pm PST
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AQ 6229 – Department of History, Simon Fraser University and Zoom
Hosted by SFU History - @sfu_history
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More information and link to tickets on our website.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/24/hybrid-event-a-cold-colonialism/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #historyofscience #arctic #canadiannorth #arcticexploration #colonialism #book #bookstagram #canadianhistory

“Saskatoon’s tight rental market and growing u

“Saskatoon’s tight rental market and growing unhoused population may seem unrelated to Brown’s thoughtful focus on the urban edgelands, but that ignores the proliferation of homeless encampments mapped across Saskatoon. Where emergency housing and shelters will be located is a controversial topic and their impacts to residential neighbourhoods and subsequent increase in crime have led to NIMBYism.

It seems likely that remediated vacant lots in the downtown could be the answer to these ongoing problems of urban sprawl and housing issues. Saskatoon’s Public Library is precedent-setting for building on the site of a former gas station, a brownfield site. The purchase agreement required the seller of the site to fund the remediation expenses.“
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Read more in “From Vacant to Vital: Rethinking the Role of Empty Lots in North American Cities” by @woodlandartadventures
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Image: A map compiled by the Saskatoon Fire Department shows the areas where unhoused people are in the city.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/20/from-vacant-to-vital-rethinking-the-role-of-empty-lots-in-north-american-cities/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #urbanplanning #urbanecology #emptylots #yxe #saskatchewan #housingcrisis

Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Wednesday,

Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Wednesday, February 26th at 10am EST on Instagram Live.
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@favwil will join @jmariedewitt to talk about the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896 and the Japanese state’s response to the event.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #wxhistory #disasterstudies #japanesehistory #tsunami #nicheconversations

“Most nature writing focuses on the pristine, un

“Most nature writing focuses on the pristine, untouched natural world that draws a writer in closer to study the minutiae or draws your gaze wider to notice unseen connections. Christopher Brown’s A Natural History of Empty Lots skillfully does the opposite, inviting his reader to join him in exploring urban edgelands and back alleys. Brown’s focus is Austin, Texas, but his stories resonate here on the Canadian prairies as my city grapples with cycles of economic growth and malaise: resource exploitation and the inevitable environmental impacts, people pushed into the unclaimed spaces of the city—safe as long as they remain hidden—and the flourishing resurgence of plants and animals along urban edges.” - @woodlandartadventures
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Read more in “From Vacant to Vital: Rethinking the Role of Empty Lots in North America.”
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #book #bookstagram #urbanecology #urbanplanning #urbannature #naturalhistory #emptylots

In “From Vacant to Vital: Rethinking the Role of

In “From Vacant to Vital: Rethinking the Role of Empty Lots in North American Cities,” @woodlandartadventures reflects on Christopher Brown’s A Natural History of Empty Lots, focusing on Saskatoon.
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Image: “geese, fence, lot” by Beaulawrence is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #naturalhistory #urbanplanning #urbanstudies #emptylots #yxe

NiCHE Conversations 5.8: Glenn Iceton

NiCHE Conversations 5.8: Glenn Iceton
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On our latest NiCHE Conversation @glenniceton joined @jmariedewitt to discuss his recent PiCHE paper, “‘The Land is No Longer as it Was’: Land Use, Resource Extraction, and Land Claims in the Yukon Territory,” the sources he used for the article, and how Indigenous and settler groups envisioned First Nations participation in the resource extraction economy of the 1970s.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #canadianhistory #yukon #indigenoushistory #piche #nicheconversations

Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship — 2025 Call for

Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship — 2025 Call for Applications
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The Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship supports research and studies related to the history and culture of Western Canada.
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Application Deadline: 31 March 2025
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More information on our website.
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Image: “Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies” by alh1 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/19/lillian-agnes-jones-scholarship-2025-call-for-applications/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #canadianhistory #westerncanada

Aujourd’hui, nous avons sur notre site « L’État japonais et le tsunami du Sanriku (1896) « de @favwil.
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Image: Inconnu, Estampe illustrent le tsunami provoqué par le séisme du Sanriku de l’ère Meiji, 1896, 1896, Japon, Estampe polychrome sur papier, Source: University of British Columbia Library – Rare Books and Special Collections.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/18/letat-japonais-et-le-tsunami-du-sanriku-1896/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #tsunami #japan #japanesehistory #naturaldisaster

NiCHE Conversations 5.7: Tina Loo and Tina Adcock

NiCHE Conversations 5.7: Tina Loo and Tina Adcock
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In our latest NiCHE Conversation, @northerngale and @tinaloo joined @jmariedewitt to discuss their The Place Where You Live assignment and series that arose out of their graduate, global environmental history series, as well as their own personal reflections on the role of place in their lives.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #theplacewhereyoulive #nicheconversations #pedagogy #place

The 8th episode of Season 5 of NiCHE Conversations

The 8th episode of Season 5 of NiCHE Conversations will be on Thursday, February 20th, at 10am EST on Instagram Live.
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@jmariedewitt will be joined by @glenniceton to discuss the history of land claims in the Yukon Territory.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #yukon #canadianhistory #indigenoushistory #piche #nicheconversations

Call for Papers – Refugees and Borders: Life, La

Call for Papers – Refugees and Borders: Life, Law, and Limits
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CHASE Refugee Justice Network for a Borderless World
Abstract Deadline – 22 February 2025
Seminar Date – 19 March 2025 at SOAS, London
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The seminar invites submissions under the following disciplinary categories but is not limited to the same: (a) Law (b) Literature (c) Music (d) Geography (el History (f) Anthropology (g) Creative methodologies. The seminar also encourages students to contribute a picture of their choice, of materials, family, or others out of consent-as related to borders and refugeehood, accompanied with a small description putting into context the theme of “border and refugees” for an online exhibition.
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More info on our website.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/10/call-for-papers-refugees-and-borders-life-law-and-limits/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #refugees #migration #borderlessworld #borderstudies

“In March of 2022, as the Russian invasion of Uk

“In March of 2022, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine was seriously escalating, the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador promoted the oil extracted from the Newfoundland offshore as an alternative to Russian fossil fuels. Premier @andrewfurey stated, ‘We have right here what the world needs as well, and that is to relieve some of our NATO partners of the tyranny of Russia and their stranglehold on the energy around the world.’

I quarried on then Twitter as to what kind of leader would treat this terrible moment as an opportunity. This was, after all, the largest and deadliest war on European soil since the end of World War II. While most of us are used to the military industrial complex profiting off war, it is unusual for a Canadian politician to be so blatant about such a thing. @arn.keeling2023, my colleague at Memorial University, responded that a leader who is deeply enthralled in the resource curse would do this. Suddenly, a new understanding of the resource curse began falling into place for me. For not only was the premier clearly refusing to move away from fossil fuels at a time of global climate crisis. Premier Furey was also doubling down on a product that was increasingly showing itself to be part of a highly concerning world order. Yet, he just could not quit oil.
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Read more in “Cursed: How the Resource Curse Manifests in Newfoundland and Labrador” by Lori Lee Oates.
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“Hebron Oil Platform, Newfoundland, Canada” by Shhewitt. Wikimedia Commons.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #canadianhistory #canadianpolitics #resourcecurse #naturalresources #newfoundlandandlabrador #

The Canadian History of the Environment Summer Sym

The Canadian History of the Environment Summer Symposium (CHESS 2025) is happening in Hamilton, Ontario this year, and we have great plans for immersing participants in the lived history of environmental contamination and remediation that’s unfolded in the “Steel City.”
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For full details, check out “CHESS 2025 Preview – Contamination and Rebirth in Hamilton, Ontario” by @historiamagoria
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #canadianhistory #ontario #urbanhistory #deindustrialization

Virtual Event – Wildlife and Farm Animals

Virtual Event - Wildlife and Farm Animals
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ASEH Presents
20 February 2025 – 3pm EST – Zoom
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Christina Dunbar-Hester (Univ. of Southern California)
The Fungible Coast? California Sea Otter Conservation in the Space of Empire
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Dennis Moore (Univ. of South Florida)
America’s Cow: Sandhill Cranes as Food in the United States
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Hairong Huang (Univ. of Toronto)
Liberating Chinese Pigs from Soviet Bovines: Pig Fodder, Ecological Stress, and Rural Subsistence in Maoist China
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Find the Zoom link on our website.
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #animalhistory

Virtual Event – Wildlife and Farm Animals

Virtual Event - Wildlife and Farm Animals
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ASEH Presents
20 February 2025 – 3pm EST – Zoom
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- Christina Dunbar-Hester (Univ. of Southern California)
The Fungible Coast? California Sea Otter Conservation in the Space of Empire
- Dennis Moore (Univ. of South Florida)
America’s Cow: Sandhill Cranes as Food in the United States
- Hairong Huang (Univ. of Toronto)
Liberating Chinese Pigs from Soviet Bovines: Pig Fodder, Ecological Stress, and Rural Subsistence in Maoist China
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Find the Zoom link on our website.
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Image: “Chinese Pig and Rat tile” by waitscm is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/13/virtual-event-wildlife-and-farm-animals/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #animalhistory

Today on our website @historiamagoria provides a p

Today on our website @historiamagoria provides a preview of what to expect at our 2025 Canadian History of the Environment Summer Symposium (CHESS) - Contamination and Rebirth in Hamilton, Ontario
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Image: Bayfront Park, Hamilton, Ontario.
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https://niche-canada.org/2025/02/13/chess-2025-preview-contamination-and-rebirth-in-hamilton-ontario/
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #canadianhistory #chess2025 #urbanhistory #ontariohistory #hamiltonontario

Our most-read posts published in December: 1) “T

Our most-read posts published in December:
1) “The Place Where You Live: Southwestern British Columbia” by @tinaloo, Natasha McConnell, Julian ter Horst, and Braeden Mandrusiak
2) “NiCHE at 20 - Top Ten Most-Read Articles of All Time!” by @jmariedewitt
3) “Flattened History” by Mack Penner
4) “Trouble with Women and Cod: Multispecies Entanglements in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Colonial History” by Vicki S. Hallett
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Find links to these articles in our bio and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with our monthly most-read lists!
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #history #canadianhistory #theplacewhereyoulive

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