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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nominations are open for the 2027 NiCHE Prize! Please consider submitting your work or that of a colleague. 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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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Today we have "The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Fires" by @haydenlnelson.bsky.social. This is the latest article in our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series. niche-canada.org/2026/06/13/t... #envhist #firehistory #uspoli

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The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Fires

Upfront costs–in research, in personnel, and in deployment–are essential for fire prevention. Yet today, as in the early twentieth century, the federal government, despite possessing knowledge indicat...

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We are thrilled to announce that the 2026 winner of our Best Book in Canadian Environmental History Prize is Jack Bouchard for Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World (@yalepress.bsky.social 2025)!! 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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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Andrew Watson introduces our series exploring the potential of the Great Acceleration as a framework & reconnaissance of Canadian environmental history. The posts in this series are cross-posted with @activehist.bsky.social. This is going to be a big series, folks! niche-canada.org/2026/05/12/c...

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Child of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration and a Reconnaissance of Canadian Environmental History

The Great Acceleration provides a unifying framework to analyze Canadian environmental history through interdisciplinary study, settler-colonialism, and global planetary changes.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Today we have "The Voice of Women’s Radiation Brief: Mobilizing Motherhood for Citizen Science" by Emma Schroeder This is the first post in our series “Mobilizing Motherhood,” focused on mothers in twentieth-century industrial and environmental activism. niche-canada.org/2026/05/07/t... #envhist

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The Voice of Women's Radiation Brief: Mobilizing Motherhood for Citizen Science

In 1960s Canada, VOW women conducted citizen science on radiation, blending motherhood and activism amid internal debates over politics, science, and femininity.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Call for Proposals- Are Rivers Heritage? A NiCHE Series Abstract deadline: May 1, 2026 Edited by @ramya.bsky.social NiCHE invites submissions for a blog series asking if rivers can be heritage and if so, what kind of heritage. niche-canada.org/2026/04/08/c... #rivers #envhist #envhum #heritage

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Call for Proposals- Are Rivers Heritage?

Can rivers be heritage? What is the place of rivers in our sense of place and/or self? What is the future of rivers? What lessons or parallels do rivers across the world have for Canada?

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

This is me talking about early findings from my project on post-1945 publicly-funded irrigation on the Canadian prairies. Big thanks to @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social @adeleperry.bsky.social and others for welcoming me and engaging with my work.

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Hey #envhist! Parks Canada is ending its library services+ “decommissioning” its collection. We stand to lose a valuable set of materials that reveal if and how the Agency fulfilled its mandate (or didn’t). Read more here+write the Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/10/c...

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Canada Strong, Knowledge Devalued: Decommissioning the Parks Canada Library

In November 2025, the federal government released Canada Strong , its somewhat overdue budget. Of the many items mentioned in its nearly 500-pages, one should worry historians; namely, the labelling o...

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

An invitation to help us think about the current moment in relation to the discipline of environmental history and the work of environmental historians -- please don't hesitate to reach out if you'd like to chat about a potential contribution.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

If anyone would like to write about the environmental history of Alberta separatism for us, check out our Contributor Guidelines and get in touch! niche-canada.org/guidelines-f... #cdnhist #envhist #alberta #abpoli #energyhistory

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Guidelines for Contributors

Learn how to submit blog pieces, announcements, and other material to be published on the NiCHE website.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Join @chriscyphillips.bsky.social at a Live Recording of the Let's Find Out Podcast in Edmonton on the evening of March 3rd! They will be exploring the fascinating history of the Whale Society of Edmonton. niche-canada.org/2026/02/19/e... #envhist #cdnhist #yeg #animalhistory

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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Delighted to have my research featured in this new podcast hosted by my alma mater's radio station! It's based on a book talk I gave at @ualberta.bsky.social last fall. #cdnhist #cdnhistory @ubcpress.bsky.social

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Kristine Alexander @kalexand.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

CFP: "Critical Feminist Histories in Canada/Approches critiques en histoire féministe au Canada" conference at Queen's University, 2-4 October 2026. Please share widely! @cndhistassoc.bsky.social

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2026 Conference: Critical Feminist Histories in Canada/Approches critiques en histoire féministe au Canada | CCWGH-CCHFG

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

ICYMI: Any grad students, PostDocs, and recent grads interested in #envhum & #envhist who would like to get involved in our New Scholars community should get in touch with our New Scholars rep, @amritadasgupta.bsky.social! niche-canada.org/2026/01/23/j...

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Join the New Scholars Committee and Mailing List

Amrita DasGupta joined NiCHE as the New Scholars Representative in the Fall of 2025. She is pursuing a PhD from the Centre of Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University o...

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

"How does it feel to be a worker in an oil-and-gas industry and a Canadian petrostate amid the climate crisis and the early stages of a transition away from fossil fuels?" - Melanie Dennis Unrau niche-canada.org/2024/11/27/n... #envhist #envhum #fossilfuels #labour #poetry

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New Book - The Rough Poets: Reading Oil-Worker Poetry

How does it feel to be a worker in an oil-and-gas industry and a Canadian petrostate amid the climate crisis and the early stages of a transition away from fossil fuels?

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Project Spotlight - Water and the Modern Prairies: Histories of Irrigation and Water Management Led by @stundenbower.bsky.social niche-canada.org/prairieswate... #envhist #aghist #waterhistory #cdnhist

This project examines large-scale, publicly-funded irrigation projects in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The project establishes and evaluates the outcomes of mid-20th century prairie irrigation, with particular attention to the varied and uneven consequences of these efforts.

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Lots of important historical analysis in here, including some environmental history stuff.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Today we have "Concrete Memories: Constructing Denver’s Valley Highway" by @maggiemcnulty.bsky.social This is the first post of the Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories series edited by @nulybranch.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/12/08/c... #envhist

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Concrete Memories: Constructing Denver’s Valley Highway

Denver’s 1950s Valley Highway film exposes intimate demolition scenes, revealing memory, loss, and urban transformation that complicate archival interpretation.

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

One last push in support of @nichecanada.bsky.social fundraising efforts. There are so many good causes, and money is tight for many, but if you can spare a few dollars, we'll put them to good use.

Stylized text reading "This Giving Tuesday... Support NiCHE." Other text reading "Support Access to & Development of Environmental Knowledge." Background graphic in blue and grey includes images of trees and sky.

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Look at the scholarly field we made! (Also, the spectacular visualization Geoffrey Wallace assembled, in collaboration with others.) As Mica says, @nichecanada.bsky.social looks "forward to fostering even more conversations that cross boundaries — geographic, disciplinary, and methodological."

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Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004

While NiCHE began as a Canadian environmental history network, its subject matter has always been situated in an international context, fostering conversations and collaborations across borders.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

❄️NEW NICHE SERIES CFP❄️ Call for Submissions – The Winter Olympics & Their Environments Series Editors: M. Blake Butler and @theliftline.bsky.social Submission Deadline: December 12, 2025 Publication: January/February 2026 niche-canada.org/2025/11/21/c... #envhist #sporthistory #olympics

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b... #envhist

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Building Anew: Ephemerality and the Igluvigaq (Igloo)

Snow architecture enabled Inuit placemaking, memory, and renewal, while Europeans misread its ephemerality to erase Indigenous history and justify imperial claims.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Do you appreciate that we provide space for public history on topics underserved topics in Canadian and environmental history? Consider sending us $20 so that we can continue to do this work. fundrazr.com/niche2025?re... #envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

@nichecanada.bsky.social is fundraising! The organization is powered by volunteer labour but requires some funds to continue making research accessible, sparking critical conversations, and building a community of researchers and readers in environmental history and adjacent fields. Please chip in!

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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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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

"My father and his scientist colleagues warned that dams and water-intensive farming were unsustainable in a warming climate. But their voices were drowned out." Must-read essay by @nikahang.bsky.social in @time.com time.com/7321571/iran...

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Iran's Water Crisis Is Its Greatest Threat

The collapse of water security in Iran has been decades in the making and is rooted in a mania for mega projects.

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

An important new blog series starts today, Orange Shirt Day, on the @nichecanada.bsky.social blog. According to series editors Crystal Gail Fraser and Jess Dunkin, contributions will demonstrate "that residential and day school histories cannot be separated from histories of Land and environment."

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Today we have "History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games" by @jacobleetom.bsky.social This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h... #envhum

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History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games

Historical board game Land Run: 1893 explores settler colonialism, Indigenous dispossession, and environmental degradation, balancing historical accuracy with player agency.

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EHN. @envhnow.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Can you keep us sustainable? EHN is volunteer-run, but we need to cover our costs for hosting the website. If you value what we do, chip in $6 or whatever you can below ko-fi.com/envhistnow

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Circulating this again as we all buckle down for September! Please reach out to me if you'd like to chat about partnering with @nichecanada.bsky.social on your funding application.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Call for Proposals – Cross-Pollinations 2026 20th Anniversary Conference – Centre for Literatures in Canada (CLC) & the Association of Literature, Environment, & Culture in Canada (ALECC) 16-20 June, University of Alberta Proposal Deadline: 1 December 2025 niche-canada.org/2025/08/27/c... #envhum

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Call for Proposals / Appel à propositions - Cross-Pollinations

We invite proposals for scholarly, creative-critical, and creative presentations or panels that examine or employ “cross-pollination."

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Faculty locked out Aug 20. We have heard nothing from @dalhousieu.bsky.social - we WANT to BARGAIN, our members WANT to WORK! Where is the Board? Students start move in Aug 28. Time for the Board to take this seriously and work with us #KeepDalStrong

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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Part of my role with @nichecanada.bsky.social involves discussing potential research partnerships with interested scholars. Please reach out to me if you'd like to arrange a conversation about your Insight Grant application or any other funding application.

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New Guidelines for Partnering with NiCHE

The SSHRC Insight Grant deadline is October 1st. Consider partnering with NiCHE on your application to enhance your knowledge mobilization.

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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

As of today, 3% of Manitoba’s land mass has burned this fire season. The total burn this wildfire season in this province is 16,735 square kilometres. That’s equivalent to three Prince Edward Islands.

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Dr. Jessica van Horssen @historiamagoria.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Trying to compile a playlist of songs relating to post-1885 #CdnHist but finding it hard to find actual good ones. Any suggestions? It’s gotta be more than the Hip, right? Here’s what I have so far open.spotify.com/playlist/2dU...

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Playlist · Jezza · 42 items

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

If you want a space to write about changes to structures supporting climate change action in the US, our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series is accepting submissions on an ongoing basis. niche-canada.org/2025/04/11/c... #uspoli

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Call for Submissions - Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration

NiCHE is soliciting submissions of blog posts that help document the effects of the current United States federal administration on the discipline of environmental history and the practices of environ...

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Call for Submissions – Environmental Histories of Indian Residential and Day Schools Edited by Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social Submission Deadline: August 25, 2025 Series Publication: Fall 2025 Please spread the word! niche-canada.org/2025/07/22/c... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenous

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Call for Submissions - Environmental Histories of Indian Residential and Day Schools

Although Land and environment are central to residential and day school histories, they remain underexamined in environmental history.

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