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Mary Baxter

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Passionate about putting Ontario's southwest into words; currently on a deep dive into history @ Western University. Beaglist.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nomination are now open for the 2027 NiCHE Prize for Best Article or Book Chapter! This prize is awarded every other year for meritorious publications that make important and innovative contributions to the field of Canadian environmental history, broadly conceived niche-canada.org/2026/09/28/2...
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2027 NiCHE Prize Call for Nominations
Nominations now open for the 2027 NICHE Prize for best journal article or book chapter!
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That feeling of when you wait and wait and wait for your computer's operating system upgrade to download and you are NEARLY there ... and then comes the message, "Failed to download."
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
+ @etiennetoussaint.bsky.social @aheartofgould.bsky.social @solzyatthemovies.com @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social & many more! Add more below, please share the whole thread widely if you're able, & enjoy, all! blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 293 (9/13/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 293rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, &...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Our editor @maryeb.bsky.social got to sit down with Thomas G. Andrews to discuss his new book The Great Horse Flu: A Forgotten Contagion and the Fate of Reconstruction America ( @uncpress.bsky.social 2026). Read the interview, watch on YouTube, or listen on Spotify. niche-canada.org/2026/09/12/w...
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What a Horse Flu Reveals about Societies at the Dawn of Industrialization: In Conversation with Thomas G. Andrews about The Great Horse Flu
Historian Thomas G. Andrews discusses his book on an 1872 equine flu outbreak and its insights into 19th-century society.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Pitching, Pitfalls, Soundbites and Historians: Lessons from the Lake Ontario Naming Dispute" is a conversation between our two editors @maryeb.bsky.social and @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social about Macfarlane's recent Lake Ontario media attention. niche-canada.org/2026/09/05/p... #envhist #cdnhist
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Pitching, Pitfalls, Soundbites and Historians: Lessons from the Lake Ontario Naming Dispute
After a controversial presidential proposal regarding Lake Ontario, historian Dan Macfarlane gained sudden media attention, sharing advice on handling press.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Depending on your IP address, I would suspect, here is what you would get when looking at the Great Lakes on Google Maps. However, you also get the image on the left if you have the map zoomed out. Lake Ontario only seems to appear the closer you get and Google recognizes your IP.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"Southern Ontario is one of the most common places for tornadoes to occur in the country, along with the southern regions of our prairie provinces." - Jessica Linzel niche-canada.org/2023/03/09/t...
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Tornado in Niagara: An 18th Century Canadian Catastrophe
So was this really the first tornado to touch Niagara’s soil since the formation of the landscape 4,000 years prior? Likely not.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What next? Will Venezuela be punished for experiencing an earthquake? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump threatens increased tariffs for wildfire smoke that has 'unnecessarily invaded' U.S. | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is adding his voice to the chorus of Republican politicians who are blaming Canada for wildfire smoke drifting across the border.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
—as if this sad and terrible situation threatening hundreds if not thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives (human and wildlife) is simply a case of bad management like a certain decision to wage war on Iran.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today, as wildfires ravage Canadian forests with an intensity symptomatic of global climate change, we have a U.S. president wanting to "punish" Canada for experiencing a natural disaster ...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The details of this agreement were worked out during the tenure of a Republican president and a Conservative prime minister. These two men, George H. W. Bush and Brian Mulroney, gladly signed this important bi-national treaty.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 1991, Canada and the United States established the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement to work cooperatively on the pollution that was causing acid rain that was affecting both countries.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Read @maryeb.bsky.social 's conversation with @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social about his book here: niche-canada.org/2026/06/10/e... #envhist #envhum #clifi #scifi #filmstudies
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End of the Road or New Beginnings? Stephen Lee Naish Reflects on the Post-Catastrophe Film's Relationship to Climate Change
"What is interesting about post-catastrophe narratives is that they explore the immediate reaction and confusion to a disaster in a real and relatable way and then proceed with the work that has to be...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Thank you Alan!
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
An excerpt from the judges' comments: "A wide range of sources are brought to bear on the topic in a well written, very convincing piece. The article touches on business, environmental and political history, as well as US and Canada relations." Many, many thanks to the CNRS for this honour.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Just found out that I won the James Pritchard Student Article Prize from the Canadian Nautical Research Society for my article about sand suckers at Point Pelee that published earlier this year in The Northern Mariner! What a delightful surprise! Here is the article: doi.org/10.25071/256...
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Point Pelee’s Disappearing Act: Sand Suckers, Erosion, and Conflict Along the Shores of a Canadian National Park | The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
"I didn’t realize they were the 'primary care providers' of our relationship with our landscape—managing floods, protecting forests and wildlife, and curbing farm runoff." - @maryeb.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o... #envhist #ontario #conservation #onpoli #cdnpoli #cdnhist
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Ontario's Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future
Ontario’s conservation authorities evolved from watershed-based environmental management but now face restructuring, funding pressures, politicization, and criticism over balancing development and eco...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Our editor, @maryeb.bsky.social, got the opportunity to chat with @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social about his new book Post-Catastrophe Film: Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster (@intellectbooks.bsky.social 2026) niche-canada.org/2026/06/10/e... #envhist #envhum #scifi #clifi #books #film
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End of the Road or New Beginnings? Stephen Lee Naish Reflects on the Post-Catastrophe Film's Relationship to Climate Change
"What is interesting about post-catastrophe narratives is that they explore the immediate reaction and confusion to a disaster in a real and relatable way and then proceed with the work that has to be...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A pivotal moment in Canadian history in which feminism, environmental protest and the Cold War crossed paths. Well worth a read:
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Through marine social sciences, ocean humanities and Indigenous knowledge, other pathways can be explored toward a better understanding of human-ocean relationships." - @suereid.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/05/07/c... #oceans #deepseamining #mining
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Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind
The U.S. shift to domestic seabed mining highlights weak international protections, flawed International Seabed Authority (ISA) oversight, and growing calls for reform.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
PS, no, haven't graduated yet, there is still more research and writing to be done, but hope to be finished in a year or so.)
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
... their time and mentorship. Thank you all for being who you are and for your many kindnesses. I am so grateful for the support and sincerely hope to be able to pay it forward.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
about the work, which is absolutely fascinating and absorbing. All along the way I have felt so warmly supported by family, friends and colleagues in journalism, and by my new colleagues in history, who have been so incredibly generous with...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Nearly five years ago, I took a chance and launched in a new direction. Still writing, still research, still southwestern Ontario as my beat, but looking back in time even as I continue to cover the present. This journey has been profoundly rewarding. It's not just... (thread)
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today we are highlighting the new special issue of American Review of Canadian Studies @acsus.bsky.social on US–Canada Energy and Environmental Relations, edited by @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/04/29/s... #envhist #cdnhist #uscanada #borderstudies
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Special Issue - US–Canada Energy and Environmental Relations
Canada–US relations revolve around a core paradox: economic prosperity through resource exports versus maintaining national autonomy.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
1) "Ontario’s Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future" by @maryeb.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o... #envhist #cdnhist #ontario #conservation
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Ontario's Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future
Ontario’s conservation authorities evolved from watershed-based environmental management but now face restructuring, funding pressures, politicization, and criticism over balancing development and eco...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
ICYMI: "When you first come to the Rockies, it doesn’t take long before you hear about Mary Schäffer Warren. She was a standout woman trailblazer whose enticing story is one that the tourism industry loves to introduce to visitors." - Meghan J. Ward niche-canada.org/2026/04/14/r... #envhist
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Retracing the Steps of Mary Schäffer Warren
American explorer Mary Schäffer Warren studied Rockies wildflowers, explored Maligne Lake, later inspiring filmmakers to recreate and reinterpret her legacy.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This interview with the makers of Wildflowers for @nichecanada.bsky.social was fun! The film is about Mary Schäffer Warren, who surveyed Maligne Lake in Jasper Nat'l Park in the early 1900s for the Geological Survey of Can. (an extraordinary feat for a woman then!) niche-canada.org/2026/04/14/r...
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Retracing the Steps of Mary Schäffer Warren
American explorer Mary Schäffer Warren studied Rockies wildflowers, explored Maligne Lake, later inspiring filmmakers to recreate and reinterpret her legacy.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A powerful piece here that describes reconciliation in action and how this valuable process is now under threat from funding reductions and the growth of denialism. An essential read.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We will have @maryeb.bsky.social 's interview with the directors of Wildflowers on the site in April!
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Matthew Hayday @mhayday.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
There's something so repugnant and insulting when such a generic letter, filled with bland platitudes, is sent to an association of historians who know full well who is to blame for these cutbacks. Many of us specialize in the histories of government, politics, and the state, for goodness sakes!
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Our editor, @maryeb.bsky.social, takes a deep dive into "Ontario’s Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future." "The Ontario Conservative government became a willing partner in the early 1940s..." niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o... #envhist #cdnhist #ontario #onpoli
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Ontario's Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future
Ontario’s conservation authorities evolved from watershed-based environmental management but now face restructuring, funding pressures, politicization, and criticism over balancing development and eco...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Oh my goodness! Really excited to share what I've learned and hope that others will share their insights.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Change is coming to the Ontario conservation authority system, but is it the change we need? In this @nichecanada.bsky.social post, I look at the history of the agencies that have been the "primary care providers" of our relationship with our watersheds. Thoughts? niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o...
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Ontario's Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future
Ontario’s conservation authorities evolved from watershed-based environmental management but now face restructuring, funding pressures, politicization, and criticism over balancing development and eco...
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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. #cdnhist
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CHA Letter to Minister Marc Miller | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc M...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A zoom link will be available to watch the presentation. You can get it by RSVPing historyrsvp@uwo.ca.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
So pleased to see this article posted on @broadviewmedia.bsky.social, and proud and grateful to have my work published in this sterling publication. A great big shout out to my editor on this piece, Nicole Schmidt for all of her guidance.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The Canadian gov't and certain provinces (not just ON) have got behind nuclear power in a big way recently, but little is known about those Canadians on the ground supporting this push. It turns out that they're younger than you might think! But there are questions. broadview.org/new-age-of-n...
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Why nuclear power is making a comeback | Broadview Magazine
After decades of fear and fallout, a younger generation is embracing nuclear energy as our best hope for a low-carbon future
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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du 1er au 3 juin 2026 à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Nous espérons vous y voir! Cliquez sur le lien pour l'annonce complète. #cdnhist #histoire #SHC2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
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Annonce : Réunion annuelle de la SHC 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du lundi au mercredi, du 1er au 3 juin 2026, à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. L'événement aura lieu à l'Université d...
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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
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Announcement: CHA Annual Meeting 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. The event will be host...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
In case you are following this: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Judge finds complainant’s evidence neither ‘credible or reliable’
Justice Maria Carroccia set to decide fate of former world junior players Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote accused in 2018 alleged assault
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Here is an interesting project documenting the "unmaking" of the U.S. democratic government structure currently underway and the significance and impact of these changes. unbreaking.org
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Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
What a great piece about the crossroads of Winnipeg and, arguably, of a young nation called the Dominion of Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/722f089...
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Winnipeg’s famed Portage and Main – shut to pedestrians for nearly half a century – has been reborn
Dubbed the crossroads of Canada, the story of the intersection is also the complicated narrative of the city and the nation
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Hey researchers out there: the U.S. National Archives at College Park has announced it will CLOSE ITS DOORS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC on July 7. Imagine not being able to attend a national archive unless you can demonstrate "a legitimate business need." www.archives.gov/college-park
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The National Archives at College Park, Maryland
We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electroni...
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
FYI. niche-canada.org/2025/05/09/c...
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Call for Contributions: NiCHE's Walkerton Project
This NiCHE project takes the Walkerton water crisis as a point of departure for exploring the increasingly precious resource of potable water.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Today on our site we have "Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management" by @mauritsertsen.bsky.social The final post in our Historicizing Adaptation series, edited by @stundenbower.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/u... #envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
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Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management
The Netherlands uses Adaptive Delta Management to future-proof water systems, blending engineering foresight, historical insight, and societal negotiation.
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Mary Baxter @maryeb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Beagles are the best!
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
"In documenting the societal expectations that were imposed on the eighteenth-century elite, I demonstrate how women were constrained in their scientific endeavours and pushed to the margins of botanical networks." - Anne Griffiths niche-canada.org/2023/05/01/v... #envhist #histsci #womeninstem
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Visualising Data: Taxonomy, Gender and Botanic Connections in the Long Eighteenth Century
I demonstrate how women were constrained in their scientific endeavours and pushed to the margins of botanical networks.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Good time to listen to our own @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on who owns the Great Lakes: niche-canada.org/2025/03/03/p... #greatlakes #envhist #uscanadarelations
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Podcast Episode - Who (Really) Owns the Great Lakes?
Is President Trump angling to take over the Great Lakes? Can the water be diverted to other states?
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