Episode 37 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 7 – Agri-Food Systems, II: 5 May 2013 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past37.mp3][55:25] The history of Canadian food and agriculture is an enormous topic with both a global and deeply personal scope. All humans require food to live and agricultural products become food for our […]
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Episode 36 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 6 – Agri-Food Systems, I: 31 March 2013 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past36.mp3][01:20:20] The history of Canadian food and agriculture is an enormous topic with both a global and deeply personal scope. All humans require food to live and agricultural products become food for our […]
Episode 35 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 5 – Fisheries, Regulation, and Science: 28 February 2013 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past35.mp3][01:12:58] The need for thoughtful histories on contemporary Canadian environmental issues has never been more critical than it is regarding the present state of the country’s fisheries. In June 2012, funding for […]
Episode 34 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 4 – The Canadian Environmental Movement II: 21 January 2013 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past34.mp3][01:02:16] The environmental movement is one of the most popular topics in Canadian environmental history. At present, the environmental movement in Canada is at a bit of a crossroads. Having finally […]
Episode 33 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 3 – The Canadian Environmental Movement I: 27 November 2012 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past33.mp3][01:02:39] The environmental movement is one of the most popular topics in Canadian environmental history. At present, the environmental movement in Canada is at a bit of a crossroads. Having finally […]
Episode 32 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 2 – Health and Environmental Issues in Aboriginal History: 29 October 2012 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past32.mp3][01:13:11] Human health and quality of life are inseparable from the environment in which we live. For Aboriginal peoples in Canada the history of colonialism, the control by one […]
Episode 31 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 1 – Global Warming: 26 September 2012 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past31.mp3][01:17:52] Since the World Conference on Changing Atmosphere was held in Toronto in 1988, Canadians have participated in discussions of climate change prevention and adaptation. The UN-established and Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
Nature’s Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues Preview [audio:http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/hocei%20promo.mp3 ][06:50] Later this month, Nature’s Past will be returning for a new season of episodes. This year, however, we’re doing something different. With support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Network in Canadian History and Environment, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Episode 27 Wildlife Histories: 24 January 2012 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past27.mp3][43:05] Last year, in an effort to foster conversation and discussion among scholars, the journal Environmental History published a special forum of short essays on wildlife histories and the legacy of Peter Matthiessen’s 1959 book Wildlife in America, edited by Peter Alagona. […]