Legacy Projects
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![Facilitating understanding of forests in Canada's history and preserving our nation's long experience with forestry.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fh-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Landscapes seeks to encourage reflection on the environmental history of common and public landscapes.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/land-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Species migrate. So does environmental knowledge. We are working to improve understanding of migratory species.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/te-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Water History: This project is interested in all ways that the humans interact with the hydrological environment.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/wh-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Digital Infrastructure: Working to create and promote new tools and services that support humanities research and NiCHE projects](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/di-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
Networks
![New Scholars Committee: A sub-group of NiCHE for those embarking on their academic careers.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ns-logo.png?resize=250%2C83&ssl=1)
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![History & Environment of Atlantic Region: A network for scholars studying the environmental history and historical geography of the Atlantic provinces.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hear-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Nature | History | Society: A regional network that hosts events in Vancouver for those studying the environmental history of the West Coast.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nhs-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Prairie Environmental Network: Based at U Sask, this network promotes knowledge of environmental history on the Prairies projects](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pen-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Quelques Arpents de Neige: Bringing together scholars along the Quebec-Windsor corridor and in New England.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/arpents-logo-official.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Qu'est-ce qui se passe Leader: Cette tribune est appelée à suivre l’actualité de l’histoire environnementale francophone et à être mise à jour par l’apport direct des chercheurs.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/francais-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
Leader: Cette tribune est appelée à suivre l’actualité de l’histoire environnementale francophone et à être mise à jour par l’apport direct des chercheurs.
![Toronto Environmental History Network: The group hosts a monthly potluck reading group and it is open to all environmental historians and historical geographers in the GTA.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/toronto-reading.png?resize=250%2C83)
Member Initiatives
2013
![Forestarium: A Website and Interactive Map for Forest History in Quebec.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ForestariumLogo.png?resize=250%2C83)
2012
![MB Williams: Living and Writing the Early Years of Parks Canada: A web exhibit showcasing the life and works of MB Williams, the early biographer of Canada's Parks.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mbwilliams-logo.png?resize=250%2C83&ssl=1)
![Scholars Profiles (2010-2012): Once a month this blog will feature the research and experiences of a researcher, written in their own words.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scholars-profiles.png?resize=250%2C83)
![History for the Future of Food Sinead Earley: A community-university research initiative that seeks to provide a deeper appreciation for local food systems.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kingston-food.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Augmented Reality and Environmental History: A Carleton University Public History project exploring Augmented Reality as a tool for telling history.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/augmentedreality-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
2011
![CoHearence Podcast Series—Culture and Environment: A podcast series collaboration between Nature’s Past, NiCHE, and graduate students and faculty from the York University Faculty of Environmental Studies.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cohearencelogo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![Ribbon of Green: An online historical atlas of Edmonton's River Valley.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ribbon-green-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
![EH Mobile App: A mobile app for environmental history news.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ehmobileapp-logo.png?resize=250%2C83)
2010
![Nature's Past Exhibit: This exhibit was co-curated by Liza Piper and Karen Simonson, with support from the Provincial Archives of Alberta and NiCHE. It was on display at the Provincial Archives of Alberta in Edmonton from September through December 2010.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/np-exhibitlogo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Knowledge Mobilization Blog: Is it time for more historians to re-think scholarly publishing? In what ways can an open-access approach to publishing enhance knowledge mobilization?](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/knowmob-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![The Land Remains: A project that combines drama with K-8 environmental history education in the Ottawa region.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/land-remains-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Ontario County Maps Geospatial Project: An initiative to compile and create a Geographic Information Systems dataset on original maps of Ontario created between 1856 and 1888.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ontario-geospatial-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Abandoned Mines: A project that seeks to study the historical impacts of abandoned mines on First Nations communities in northern Canada.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mining-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Environmental History in the Classroom: An educational materials collaboration between NiCHE, EcoKids Canada and the UWO Public History students of 2009/2010.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ecokids-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Reaching a Popular Audience: A series of workshops and resources for graduate students interested in reaching a wide audience with their research.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/popular20-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
2009
![Nuclear International Research Group (NIRG): A network of researchers studying the nuclear industry from a variety of academic backgrounds.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nuclear-1.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Atlas of the Environmental History of South Central Ontario: An online, GIS-based tool for organizing and communicating knowledge of the environmental history of southern Ontario.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/atlas-logo_0.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Don River Valley Historical Mapping Project: The project uses GIS to document historical changes in the landscape of the Don River watershed in Toronto.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/don-valley-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![How to Write a Zotero Translator: An open-access introduction to creating customized translators for Zotero. Includes lessons in HTML, HTML DOM and JavaScript.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/di-zotero-guide-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Back to the Island: An online exhibit dedicated to the "Back to the Land" movement of 1970s in PEI. Features both a narrative and oral history of life at the time.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/btti-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
2008
![Towards a Guide to Best Practices in XML Markup: A pilot project using historical environmental data to outline best practices for using XML Markup.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/xml-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![People and the Bay: A joint project between university and high school students during which students worked together to create short videos about environmental history topics.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/people-and-the-bay-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
![Newfoundland's Petit Nord: A photo exhibit of the archaeological sites along Newfoundland's Petit Nord, along with maps of the sites.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/petit-nord-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
2007
![The Programming Historian: An open-access introduction to programming in Python, aimed at working historians (and other humanists) with little previous experience.](https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/di-ph-logo.jpg?resize=250%2C83)
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