NiCHE Canada
@nichecanada
The Network in Canadian History & Environment. NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history. niche-canada.org
Read "Canada Has Never Had a Leak-Proof Oil Pipeline" by @seankheraj.bsky.social here: niche-canada.org/2019/12/16/c... #envhist #cdnhist #pipelines #cdnpoli #oil
Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Friday, July 10th, at 12:30pm EDT on Instagram Live @tinaadcock.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to chat about knowledge production and masculinity in her book, A Cold Colonialism. Follow NiCHE on Insta here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
We published our third Succession: Queering the Environment series article by @dr-ourkiya.bsky.social this past week. Ourkiya's 2020 article is our fifth most-read of all time! Access them in the thread below. #envhist #envhum #ecofeminism #queerecology #queerstudies
“Most of us never think about what happens to old military equipment. This article really hits home…” - Teresa Hall commenting on “Underwater Munitions and the Pollution of Military Activities” by Alex Souchen 🔹 niche-canada.org/2020/01/30/u... 🔹 #envhist #militaryhistory #munitions #oceanshistory
"Sand dune stabilization is a process of planting fast-growing grasses along the moving crest of coastal dunes to essentially anchor them into place. The most common method of stabilization is to construct a fence or barrier..." - Veronika Kratz Read more: niche-canada.org/2020/04/24/f...
Learn about the Mining Danger Project, which seeks to document health and safety threats to miners across multiple cases studies and sectors in the industry. niche-canada.org/miningdanger... Explore all Project Pages here: niche-canada.org/research/ #envhist #mininghistory #labour #health
Today we have "When Fertilizer Becomes Geopolitics: History’s Lessons for Nitrogen Governance" by @brunoniev.bsky.social, Evan Fernandez, and Gabriel Coleman This article was originally published on the iN-Net website niche-canada.org/2026/05/23/w... #envhist #aghist #energyhistory #nitrogen
Our Most-Read Articles Published in March! Find links in the thread below. #envhist #cdnhist #parkhistory #parkscanada
"... Coming to terms with terms seems crucial, particularly when trying to make a common dialogue between disciplines, and between the academy and the public." - @alanmaceachern.bsky.social, Canada's Anthropocene: A Roundtable (2018) - niche-canada.org/2018/01/24/c... #anthropocene #cdnhist #envhist
Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Mon, May 11th, at 3pm ET on Instagram Live @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to chat about the new @acsus.bsky.social special issue on US–Canada Energy & Environmental Relations NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Wed, April 29th, at 11am EDT on Instagram Live. @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social will be joined by Kenzie Kosowan to discuss her role in the Assembing a City Project & ways of crafting historical empathy. Follow NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
The magic at NiCHE happens almost entirely on volunteer dedication. This #NationalVolunteerWeek we raise a toast to our incredible Executive and Editorial Team who make being an environmental scholar so rewarding. Love y’all! #envhist #envhum #cdnhist
Agnes Kuptana (1949-2025) speaking to the integration of recreation in the residential school experience. The 2026 Neufeld Memorial Lecture featured Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social who discussed their research and podcast project, How I Survived: niche-canada.org/2026/04/13/2...
Call for Papers – Treaty 6 at 150: Reading the Land, Reckoning the Past A NiCHE & @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social series Proposal Deadline: 30 June 2026 Series publication beginning in August 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/04/09/c... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory #treatysix #skhistory #alberta
"Maintaining a healthy land base, supports our economic livelihoods, and is central to our physical, spiritual, mental health and wellbeing, which helps us respond to and recover from wildfire events." - Rachel Cote niche-canada.org/2022/10/05/l... #indigenous #wildfires #landback
Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, is back with her picks for environmental history worth reading, exploring, and watching from March! niche-canada.org/2026/04/07/e... #envhist
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
Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Thurs, April 9th, at 12:30pm ET on Instagram Live @kesiatk.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to chat about caragana, windbreaks on the prairies, & the pull of the "home" landscape. Follow NiCHE on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
ICYMI: "As we stand on the precipice of missed 2030 climate targets, EIAs contain hundreds of pages justifying the expansion of oil and gas and adjacent industries.” - Felice Physioc niche-canada.org/2026/03/26/t... #envhist #oilsands #energy #energyhistory
Our most-read articles published in January! Links in the thread below. #envhist #cdnhist #urbanhistory
Read "'Chemical Castration': White Genocide and Male Extinction in Rhetoric of Endocrine Disruption" by Meg Perret from our first Succession: Queering the Environment series here: niche-canada.org/2020/06/09/c... #queerecology #envhist #envhum #scicomm
"If Parks Canada is ending its library services and 'decommissioning' its collection, its materials must be preserved and made available at another public institution. Now is the time for historians to push the organization for answers..." - @lootina.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/10/c...
"'The Scully Effect' was the name given to the impact of The X-Files protagonist’s Dana Scully on a generation of young women choosing to pursue careers in STEM." - @tchotchke.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/12/01/t... #envhist #histsci #womenshist #womenshistorymonth
Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Thurs, March 19th at 1:30pm EDT on Instagram Live @yzacarias.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss the Chilean Electric Company photo archive & what it tells us about urban & energy history NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
Our Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence event with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social is happening this upcoming Friday. Join us for what is sure to be a wonderful discussions between the volume's editors! niche-canada.org/2026/03/05/v... #envhist #cdnhist #mountains
Today we are highlighting an episode from the new season of the Let's Find Out podcast on "Parks for Tomorrow." Join host @chriscyphillips.bsky.social to learn about this 1970s coalition of scientists and environmental groups from across Canada niche-canada.org/2026/02/27/l... #envhist #cdnhist