HGIS in Canada
IS integrates computer hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and presenting all forms of geographically-referenced information. With its capacity to allow researchers to…
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EH+: Writing the Next Chapter of Canadian Environmental History
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Virtual EH+ on Twitter Read this blog post to learn about using Twitter for academic networking and to create a virtual component of EH+. We’ll be using…
Environments of Mobility in Canadian History
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The environment has played a profound role in shaping the movement of people, objects, and ideas in Canadian history. In turn, mobility (travel, transport, and…
4th Annual Chiniki Lecture in First Nation’s History
The Chiniki Lecture series is named after the Chiniki First Nation which sits just west of Calgary. Every spring, the History Graduate Students Union brings…
Canadian History & Environment Summer School – St. Andrews 2011
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In many ways, St. Andrews is the quintessential Maritime community. Visited seasonally by the Passamaquoddy peoples, a town was formally laid out by Loyalists in…
Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History (GeoWATCH)
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For historians of Eastern Canada, maps are some of our most fascinating, and most valuable, records of environmental change: drawn by French explorers, British naval…
Place and Placelessness 2011
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This online symposium is intended for graduate students and recently graduated scholars from all disciplines that seek to better understand the complex relationships between nature…
Perspectives on the Environmental History of Northern Canada
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Canadian environmental historians are heading north! Of course, they have always been there: northern Canada has long been of compelling historical interest. But there is…
Translocal Ecologies Workship Compendium
On the 30th of October 2011, the Water, Fish and Fowl Translocal Ecologies Mobile Workshipset out on Lake Ontario, cruising the Kingston Harbour and the entrance…
The Nuclear Industry in the 21st Century: How We Got Here
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This event continues the work of the Nuclear International Research Group (NIRG), an interdisciplinary group of academics and graduate students from different countries working on…
Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2012
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Bees to Beef: Farm(ed) Animals in Environmental History Canadian History and Environment Summer School 2012 Schedule/Programme: available by mid-April, 2012 From sheep and pigs to…
Under Western Skies 2
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On October 10-13, 2012 Mount Royal University successfully hosted Under Western Skies 2: Environment, Community, and Culture in North America. Scholars, activists, and community members…