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Peter A. Stevens 🇨🇦

@peterastevens.bsky.social
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Settler historian and Liberal Studies Professor at Humber Polytechnic. Chronicler of Ontario cottaging and Canadian Thanksgiving. Book Review Editor for the Network in Canadian History and the Environment (NiCHE). he/him

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you can't make the event, you can check out this interview that @peterastevens.bsky.social conducted with Klages: niche-canada.org/2025/11/05/t... #envhist #cdnhist #parkhistory
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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We've got a book for that! Interested in reading the real story of Lake Ontario? Daniel Macfarlane, professor at Western Michigan University, has written the authoritative history of the use and abuse of Lake Ontario. Read it now! #LakeOntario #researchthatmatters buff.ly/woiwybh
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In our latest book review, Mark McLaughlin examines Canadians and Their Natural Environment: A History by @jamiemurton.bsky.social (Oxford University Press, 2021) niche-canada.org/2026/07/20/r... #envhist #cdnhist
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Review of Murton, Canadians and Their Natural Environment: A History
James Murton’s book utilizes a "subsistence framework" to overview Canadian environmental history, highlighting the shift from direct human-nature interactions to industrialization.
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Peter A. Stevens 🇨🇦 @peterastevens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Today on @nichecanada.bsky.social, Mark McLaughlin reviews Canadians and Their Natural Environment: A History by @jamiemurton.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/07/20/r...
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Review of Murton, Canadians and Their Natural Environment: A History
James Murton’s book utilizes a "subsistence framework" to overview Canadian environmental history, highlighting the shift from direct human-nature interactions to industrialization.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today Lissa Wadewitz reviews Suzanne Morton's book, Contested Catch: Lobster, Localism, and Canada’s Atlantic Coast, 1870-1970 ( @uoftpress.bsky.social 2025) niche-canada.org/2026/07/03/r... #envhist #cdnhist #coastalhistory #bookreview #lobster #fisheries #atlanticcanada
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Review of Morton, Contested Catch
Suzanne Morton’s book chronicles Canada’s Atlantic lobster fishery, exploring how local customs and politics historically shaped state regulations and industry management.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Seasonal recreation homes have a long history in Canada, but for most of that history, 'seasonal' has really meant 'summer.'" - @peterastevens.bsky.social Who is headed to their seasonal home this summer? niche-canada.org/2024/03/15/w... #envhist #cdnhist #summer #leisure
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Winter and the Summer Cottage
Technology and changing social conditions led the summer cottage to morph into the year-round vacation home in the 1970s.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Learn more about these diaries in this interview with Gregory Klages, conducted by @peterastevens.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2025/11/05/t... #envhist #cdnhist #parkhistory #books
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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Mary Sanseverino on the value of Mountain Voices as a tool for environmental advocacy. Find the full virtual roundtable, Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence, here: niche-canada.org/2026/04/02/r... @ucalgarypress.bsky.social #envhist #mountains #books #environment
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The recording of our Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence roundtable, co-hosted with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, is now available! Absolutely wonderful 1.5 hour reflection & discussion between the volume's editors and a few contributors. niche-canada.org/2026/04/02/r... #envhist
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Recording - Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence
In celebration of World Day for Glaciers, on March 20th, the editors of Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada gathered for a roundtable reflection on t...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
TOMORROW! Join us for our Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence virtual event! @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ehiggs.bsky.social @peterastevens.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/05/v...
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Virtual Event - Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence
20 March 2026 - In celebration of World Day for Glaciers, join the editors of Mountain Voices for a roundtable reflection on the art, science, and history of capturing images and stories of these ever...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
We're stoked! Join us!
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
We are excited to invite you all to our Virtual Event – Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence featuring the book's editors and moderated by @peterastevens.bsky.social Friday, 20 March 2026 – 2:00pm EDT/12:00pm MDT Hosted with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/05/v...
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Virtual Event - Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence
20 March 2026 - In celebration of World Day for Glaciers, join the editors of Mountain Voices for a roundtable reflection on the art, science, and history of capturing images and stories of these ever...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
In our latest book review, Lianne Leddy examines @tinaadcock.bsky.social's A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North ( @ubcpress.bsky.social 2025) niche-canada.org/2026/01/30/r... #envhist #cdnhist #arctic #bookreview #histsci
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Review of Adcock, A Cold Colonialism
Adcock examines modern northern explorers, revealing how gendered networks and knowledge production enabled Canadian settler colonial power with lasting impacts.
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Peter A. Stevens 🇨🇦 @peterastevens.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Today on the @nichecanada.bsky.social website, Lianne Leddy reviews A Cold Colonialism by @tinaadcock.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/01/30/r...
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Review of Adcock, A Cold Colonialism
Adcock examines modern northern explorers, revealing how gendered networks and knowledge production enabled Canadian settler colonial power with lasting impacts.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Thanks to our circle on Bluesky! Here's to another year of sharing environmental knowledge and building community. #envhist #cdnhist #histgeog #envhum
A graphic of our bluesky circle!
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Today @tinaadcock.bsky.social reviews @matthewswiseman.bsky.social's Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War, 1945–1970 ( @uoftpress.bsky.social 2024) niche-canada.org/2025/12/10/r... #envhist #histsci #coldwar #cdnhist #militaryhistory #bookreview
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Review of Wiseman, Frontier Science
Military-funded Cold War research in northern Canada advanced defence aims, exploited Indigenous lands and peoples, and shaped misguided southern claims to Arctic expertise.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Our editor, Nicole Miller, chose "Crafting the Plasticene" by @robinshistory.bsky.social as our most recent Editor's Pick! "There is no way to unmake resin-infused wood and fiberglass. Wind turbine blades pose the same problem." niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c... #envhist #envhum #plastics #canoes
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Crafting the Plasticene
Robins' DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Historian Gregory Klages is in the process of publishing the diaries of @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social, who spent 3 decades as a Park Ranger in Ontario’s Algonquin Park. Klages recently met with @peterastevens.bsky.social to discuss the project. niche-canada.org/2025/11/05/t... #envhist #cdnhist
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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Our editor, @peterastevens.bsky.social, sat down with Gregory Klages of the @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social project in "The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger." niche-canada.org/2025/11/05/t... #envhist #cdnhist #parkhistory
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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
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Peter A. Stevens 🇨🇦 @peterastevens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Today on @nichecanada.bsky.social, historian Gregory Klages discusses his latest project: publishing the diaries of Mark Robinson, who served as Park Ranger in Ontario's Algonquin Park for thirty years. @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/11/05/t...
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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Today our Director, Andrew Watson, launches our 2025 November Fundraising Campaign! We are aiming to raise $16,000 over the next three weeks. If you appreciate the work that we do daily for #envhist & #envhum, for free, consider sending us $20 CAD our way! niche-canada.org/2025/11/03/l...
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Loving NiCHE Month: 2025 November Fundraising Campaign!
NiCHE fosters a vibrant environmental history and humanities community, supporting scholars through publications, events, resources, and annual fundraising to sustain its work.
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Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
2 softcover volumes of Mark Robinson's edited & annotated diaries are available, covering 1908-1917; 1917-1924. Canadian online shoppers can order at: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/search... Also avail for order in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Japan & more! @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"Up until the introduction of a vaccine in 1955 ... some parents took their children to the cottage for the summer to protect them against polio, which was thought to spread rapidly in crowded urban environments." - @peterastevens.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2020/05/13/s... #envhist #cdnhist
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Second Homes During a Time of Crisis
Amidst a global health crisis that has government officials imploring people to self-isolate, many Canadians are choosing to relocate to the most isolated places they have access to—their cabins, camp...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Today @robinshistory.bsky.social's DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture, in "Crafting the Plasticene." niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c... #makerculture #canoes #plastics #envhist
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Crafting the Plasticene
Robins' DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture.
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Peter A. Stevens 🇨🇦 @peterastevens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Wood, water, and... fibreglass? @robinshistory.bsky.social explores the paradoxes of contemporary canoe building today on @nichecanada.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c...
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Crafting the Plasticene
Robins' DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
In our latest review, @msbeauli.bsky.social examines @micaamy.bsky.social's The Weight of Gold: Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929 ( @unvpress.bsky.social 2023) niche-canada.org/2025/07/29/r... #envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist #ontario #bookreview
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Review of Jorgenson, The Weight of Gold
Jorgenson’s The Weight of Gold connects Porcupine mining history to global patterns, emphasizing environmental crises, personal memory, and marginalized impacts.
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Peter A. Stevens 🇨🇦 @peterastevens.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Today on @nichecanada.bsky.social, @msbeauli.bsky.social reviews The Weight of Gold: Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929, by @micaamy.bsky.social. @unvpress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/07/29/r...
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Review of Jorgenson, The Weight of Gold
Jorgenson’s The Weight of Gold connects Porcupine mining history to global patterns, emphasizing environmental crises, personal memory, and marginalized impacts.
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