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Sean Kheraj

@seankheraj.bsky.social
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Canadian and environmental history Professor and Vice-Provost Academic, Toronto Metropolitan University. Executive member of Network in Canadian History & Environment. seankheraj.com He/Him

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Towards an Uncharismatic Turn in Environmental History: How to Talk about the Boring and Forgotten Ones?" - @harrycroft.bsky.social introduces our new series on Uncharismatic species, emerging from a workshop at Universität Augsburg in September 2026. niche-canada.org/2026/10/09/t... #envhist
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Towards an Uncharismatic Turn in Environmental History: How to Talk about the Boring and Forgotten Ones?
Six presenters from a September 2026 Universität Augsburg workshop explore how historically ignored, "uncharismatic" species shape environmental history and human records.
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The Animal Turn @theanimalturn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sean Kheraj and Jennifer Bonnell come onto the show to discuss their edited book Traces of The Animal Past. They delve into how environmental and animal histories differ as well as some of the key methods scholars interested in them can use. www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-history/s...
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S9E5: Historical Methods with Jennifer Bonnell and Sean Kheraj
In this episode we switch gears toward considering historical methods. Sean Kheraj and Jennifer Bonnell come onto the show to discuss their edited book Traces of The Animal Past and together with Clau...
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And then check out the fully open access copy of our book here: press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
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Traces of the Animal Past: Methodological Challenges in Animal History
Leading scholars in animal history confront key questions of how we can know and understand the more-than-human past, showcasing the innovative methods historians use to discover and explain how anima...
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Had a great conversation about our book on @theanimalturn.bsky.social along with my co-editor, Jennifer Bonnell. Have a listen! www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/s9-history/s...
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S9E5: Historical Methods with Jennifer Bonnell and Sean Kheraj
In this episode we switch gears toward considering historical methods. Sean Kheraj and Jennifer Bonnell come onto the show to discuss their edited book Traces of The Animal Past and together with Clau...
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And, if you're interested, my full article on the epizootic is here: doi.org/10.1093/envh...
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The Great Epizootic of 1872–73: Networks of Animal Disease in North American Urban Environments | Environmental History: Vol 23, No 3
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy to see my map of the Great Epizootic featured in this @americanscientist.org article for Lee Alan Dugatkin's new book, Nary a Horse Left Standing. www.americanscientist.org/article/a-la... For the full animated version of the map, check out: arcg.is/1zaznH0
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Daniel Macfarlane @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My oped in the Washington Post about "Lake America" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | ‘Lake America’ won’t happen. But Trump’s insult is foreboding.
The lake is Canadian in every way that matters. No U.S. executive order can change that.
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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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Daniel Woolf 🇨🇦 @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Congratulations to @marnieh-w.bsky.social on publication of her "History and Artificial Intelligence", title no. 37 in the @universitypress.cambridge.org series Elements in Historical Theory and Practice. Available for free download till August 6! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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History and Artificial Intelligence
Cambridge Core - Global History - History and Artificial Intelligence
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I'm finally getting around to reading @adamcrymble.bsky.social's book in preparation for teaching a digital history course again. Wonderful, thoughtful read. Thanks, Adam! academic.oup.com/illinois-sch...
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Technology and the Historian: Transformations in the Digital Age
Abstract. After nearly a decade of scholars trying to define digital work, this book makes the case for a need instead to understand the history of technol
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Research – Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) @researchtmu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Congratulations to @torontomet.bsky.social professor Zhixi Zhuang on her Partnership Development Grant from @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca. The grant will go towards research that examines how to improve access to fair housing and inform national policy for international students in Canada. Read more:
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International student housing research at TMU awarded SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
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Jamie Murton 🇨🇦 @jamiemurton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thanks for this Mark and @nichecanada.bsky.social! I’m especially pleased that this like so many other reviews notes that Indigenous history is integrated into the overall text.
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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Terra Nova won our @nichecanada.bsky.social prize for best book in Canadian Environmental History this year. :) niche-canada.org/2026/06/03/b... #envhist #cdnhist #books
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Best Book in Canadian Environmental History Prize: The 2026 Winner
We are pleased to announce that NiCHE’s 2026 Best Book in Canadian Environmental History Prize has been awarded to Jack Bouchard, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the Rutgers Univer...
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Had a chat with CBC Morning North last week about Canadian oil pipeline history. #envhist #cdnhist www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congratulations, Edward! Fantastic to see this book published.
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Edward Jones-Imhotep @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's publication day for The Broken Machine (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The book explores the intertwined histories of breaking machines, social order, and the self in the modern Atlantic, revealing how failing technologies have also shaped our world. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334... #sts #histtech
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Dagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This second edition is essential reading - for everyone. If there’s one book I’d recommend in environmental history, it might be this. With an introduction by @brdemuth.bsky.social! #EnvHist
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Our podcast, Nature's Past, hosted by @seankheraj.bsky.social, is back with a new episode after a multi-year break! Learn about @tinaadcock.bsky.social's book in "Nature’s Past Episode 77: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North." niche-canada.org/2026/03/24/n... #envhist #histsci #cdnhist
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Nature's Past Episode 77: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North
This episode focuses on the legacy of the Franklin Expedition, modern Arctic exploration, and Tina Adcock’s study of southern explorers shaping northern narratives.
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Nature's Past podcast is back! On episode 77, we speak with @tinaadcock.bsky.social about her new book on the history of modern exploration of the Canadian North. #envhist #cdnhist niche-canada.org/2026/03/24/n...
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Nature's Past Episode 77: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North
This episode focuses on the legacy of the Franklin Expedition, modern Arctic exploration, and Tina Adcock’s study of southern explorers shaping northern narratives.
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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Thrilled to chat with @seankheraj.bsky.social about *A Cold Colonialism* on his Nature's Past podcast! The episode is now live; check it out here! #envhist #envhum #cdnhist @ubcpress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/24/n...
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Nature's Past Episode 77: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North
This episode focuses on the legacy of the Franklin Expedition, modern Arctic exploration, and Tina Adcock’s study of southern explorers shaping northern narratives.
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Research – Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) @researchtmu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
How can we reimagine the systems that continue to fail the city’s most vulnerable people through radical approaches to care? Join @torontomet.bsky.social's Office of Social Innovation on March 24 for The Radical Labour of Care panel discussion. Learn more at torontomu.ca/transformationcafe
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Yeah. I saw the info and display about Ādisōke. Looks like it’ll be nice, but 395 Wellington is still such an amazing building. Lots of memories of that reading room.
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Dr. Jessica van Horssen @historiamagoria.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This film was such a privilege to make. Please take a look! #EnvHist #histSTM
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Daniel Woolf 🇨🇦 @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Department of History at Queen’s University is hiring for the Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian History. Please help us circulate this advertisement widely in your networks. www.queensu.ca/history/abou...
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Employment | Department of History, Queen's University
The Department of History is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment.
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Excited to be back at this in far too long. Big thanks to all the LAC staff who helped me find my way this morning. #envhist #cdnhist
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Over halfway to the 2025 fundraising target for @nichecanada.bsky.social! Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed. #envhist #cdnhist fnd.us/niche2025
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Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Happy and excited to support @nichecanada.bsky.social again this year. Still publishing great work and leading the field of environmental history in Canada. Please consider making a contribution too! #envhist #cdnhist fnd.us/niche2025
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Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This may have something on corrosion: Hugh Gorman, Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry (Akron: University of Akron Press, 2001)
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Congratulations!
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I "vibe coded" this moon phase calculator web app using Google Gemini's Canvas tool: www.seankheraj.com/Moonphasecal... Find the phase of the moon on your birthday!
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Moon Phase Calculator
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New book review: @seankheraj.bsky.social reviews @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social's Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US–Canada Relations in the latest issue of @eandhwhp.bsky.social www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... #envhist #cdnhist #bookreview
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Daniel Macfarlane, Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US–Canada Relations | Environment and History
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“The industry has the kind of faith in the future that has made America great and continues to hold even greater promise for our civilization.” Oil industry perspective on the growing consumption of petroleum products in the 1950s (Feb 23, 1953).
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Matthew Hayday @mhayday.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Dimitry Anastakis arguably knows more about the Auto Pact and Canada-US relations in the automobile industry than anyone else. His piece in the Globe is worth a read - as are his books on the topic!: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Dear Donald: A history lesson on why American carmakers came to Canada
Donald Trump doesn’t seem to know that it was America that willingly (and profitably) helped to create an integrated North American auto sector
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We just published another paper in Papers in Canadian History & Environment! Read Glenn Iceton's paper on historical and ongoing conflicts over land use and resource extraction in the Yukon Territory. #cdnhist #envhist niche-canada.org/2025/01/29/t...
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“The Land is No Longer as it Was”: Land Use, Resource Extraction, and Land Claims in the Yukon Territory.
In 1973, Yukon settlers opposed Indigenous land claims, fearing economic impacts, while Indigenous groups fought for recognition and justice.
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The Machine Stops: web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/cla...
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“The Machine feeds us and clothes us and houses us; through it we speak to one another, through it we see one another, in it we have our being. The Machine is the friend of ideas and the enemy of superstition: the Machine is omnipotent, eternal; blessed is the Machine.” E.M. Forster (1909)
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Dagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Today I’m debuting a new #EnvHist podcast series, “The Climate Chronicles.” In 8 seasons and 42 episodes, I’ll tell the remarkable story of how #ClimateChange influenced humanity’s past. Visit the website: theclimatechronicles.com (1/6)
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
So interesting to see what the most read articles have been on our site. #envhist #cdnhist niche-canada.org/2024/12/19/n...
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NiCHE at 20 - Top Ten Most-Read Articles of All Time!
Throughout the history of NiCHE, The Otter /la Loutre has served as the external signifier of the organization
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We will be publishing our next paper in Papers in Canadian History & Environment next month. Sign up for a free subscription to be sure to get a copy. #envhist #cdnhist niche-canada.org/newsletter/
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Graduate Student Opportunities: Mining Danger Project Call for Students Students who are interested in studying any aspect of mine workers or mining communities are encouraged to contact any of the co-investigators for info. niche-canada.org/2024/12/16/g... #envhist #mining
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Graduate Student Opportunities: Mining Danger Project Call for Students
Students who are interested in studying any aspect of mine workers or mining communities, especially their historical interactions with mining environments, are encouraged to contact any of the co-inv...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Today we are sharing @seankheraj.bsky.social's @thewalrus.ca talk from earlier this year featuring "Three Stories of Oil Pipeline Opposition." niche-canada.org/2024/12/13/t... #envhist #energyhistory #cdnhist
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Three Stories of Oil Pipeline Opposition
The main point of my brief presentation was to show that different groups of Canadians have opposed oil pipelines since the mid-twentieth century, but the environmental politics was different in the p...
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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My forthcoming book, *A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North,* now has a page on @ubcpress.bsky.social's website! Very excited to see it appear next June 1st -- and more motivated now to finish reviewing these copyedits 💪 #cdnhist www.ubcpress.ca/a-cold-colon...
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A Cold Colonialism
A Cold Colonialism - Modern Exploration and the Canadian North; A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert cont...
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Did you know that Papers in Canadian history and Environment (PiCHE) is a scholar-led, open access, peer-reviewed paper series published online and free for anyone to read. Take a look! #envhist #cdnhist niche-canada.org/piche/
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Papers in Canadian History and Environment
About | Papers | Submit a Paper | Subscribe for Free Sign up for a free subscription to Papers in Canadian History and Environment Papers in Canadian History and Environment is a s...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Friends & supporters! We are hoping to wrap up our annual fundraiser TODAY!! But we're still 20% of the way to our goal. The average donation has been $183, which is amazing. But we'd love to see more smaller support come in. Let's do this! Donate here: fundrazr.com/niche2024?re... #envhist
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ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
fwiw, hardcover copies of my book are currently available from ubc press for $36.95 instead of the usual $89.95. these are the final "physical" copies of the book available, unless the press decides to print another run of paperbacks. #bchist #cdnhist www.ubcpress.ca/british-colu...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Fort McKay #Métis Nation: A Community History is coming in early 2025 via @UCalgaryPress! Look for it in book stores or download for free online! press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #cdnhist #abhist #oilsands #tarsands …
Fort McKay Metis Nation: A Community History Book Cover. Background picture is a historic picture of Fort McKay across the Athabasca River.
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
NiCHE is doing great work for the environmental history community in Canada and beyond! If you have the financial means, consider contributing. #envhist
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Sean Kheraj @seankheraj.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Greetings new Blue Sky followers! In case you missed the news, @nichecanada.bsky.social needs your support! Please consider donating today to support the environmental history community in Canada. #envhist #cdnhist fundrazr.com/niche2024
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NiCHE Needs You in 2024: Support for Environmental History & Community
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