The conversation has been ongoing among Canadian historians for the past few years, especially since the federal government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, altered the contents of the official citizenship guide for new Canadians to place greater emphasis on military history and the monarchy while ignoring or […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Episode 30 Environmental Histories of Montreal: 1 May 2012 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past30.mp3][49:44] Last year, the University of Pittsburgh Press published its first book on Canadian urban environmental history titled Metropolitan Natures: Environmental Histories of Montreal. This diverse collection of essays was edited by two leading scholars of Quebec environmental history, Stephane […]
Environmental historians have been gaining a reputation for innovation in digital history. Last month at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society for Environmental History, I served as a commentator on a very well-attended panel called, “Digital Environmental History: Tools and Projects.” For a panel at the end of […]
Download Episode This episode of EHTV was shot by Dr. Merle Massie, a postdoctoral fellow from the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on local and regional histories of Western Canada. In her dissertation, Dr. Massie examined the deep history of the Paddockwood/Lakeland region north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Titled […]
Today marks the opening of the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society for Environmental History in Madison, Wisconsin. Environmental historians from around the world have made their way to Madison for this exciting four-day showcase of the latest research in the field. This year, I will be participating in […]
I know the catch phrase has become cliche, but I couldn’t resist. The Environmental History Mobile application has now landed in the Apple App Store! iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users can now download and install this new mobile application on their devices. EH Mobile provides users with a single […]
Episode 29 The Contributions of Environmental History: 22 March 2012 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past29.mp3][34:28] Last month, York University’s New Frontiers in Graduate History conference hosted a roundtable panel that explored the contributions of environmental history research. Panelists were asked to speak about their own experiences as environmental historians and to reflect on […]
If you missed last week’s fantastic environmental history public lectures by Tina Loo and James McCann at York University, you have a second chance to take part in the splendor of public environmental history lectures on our Keele campus. This coming week, York will be hosting two more events featuring […]
If you are an environmental historian in the Greater Toronto Area, you will want to be at York University. Next week, York is hosting two major environmental history speaker events. First, Professor Tina Loo from the Department of History at the University of British Columbia will be speaking as part […]
Download Episode The 2011 Place and Placelessness Virtual Graduate Conference featured a short film competition. EHTV is proud to present the three films submitted to the contest as a special series. The third film in this series is by Sinead Earley from Queen’s University and Patrick Earley from Langara College. […]
Episode 28 Winnipeg Beach: 22 February 2012 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past28.mp3][34:28] In the late decades of the nineteenth century, urban North Americans sought refuge from congestion, noise, and pollution. As the environmental problems of industrial cities grew worse, city councils across the continent established urban parks while federal governments in both Canada […]
Last November, ahead of the House of Commons vote on the elimination of the Canadian Wheat Board purchasing monopsony, the federal Minister of Agriculture, Gerry Ritz, and his provincial cohorts from Alberta and Saskatchewan held a press conference to celebrate the achievement of the federal Conservative Party’s long-held policy objective. […]