Global Conditions for Interdisciplinary Digital Humanities Call for Papers: Edited Open Access Volume Proposal to UCL Press Proposal Deadline – 9 August 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/07/31/c... @adamcrymble.bsky.social #envhist #dhist #dh #dighum #humanities #digitalhumanities #interdisciplinary

Call for Papers - Global Conditions for Interdisciplinary Digital Humanities

We invite chapter proposals for a new Open Access edited volume, Global Conditions for Interdisciplinary Digital Humanities, currently being developed as a book proposal for UCL Press.

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We are excited to announce that NiCHE is now on Spotify! NiCHE Exchanges is our 1st feed on the platform NiCHE Exchanges is designed to be an occasional podcast feed that will house our audio recordings that do not fit under the Nature’s Past or NiCHE Convo umbrella niche-canada.org/2026/07/30/i...

Introducing NiCHE Exchanges

NiCHE Exchanges is designed to be an occasional podcast feed that will house our audio recordings that do not fit under the Nature's Past or NiCHE Conversations.

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ICYMI "This article argues that the Indian Act functions less as a static legal instrument and more as a consuming force—one that survives through the ongoing ingestion of Indigenous self-determination." - Jenni Makahnouk niche-canada.org/2026/07/28/t... #indigenous #canadianhistory #envhist

The Indian Act as Wendigo

Framing Canada's Indian Act as the insatiable Wendigo exposes its predatory nature, shifting the focus from policy reform to starvation-based refusal.

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"wouldn’t it be great to have a connected, systematic, well thought through group of trails in the city, to give you that necessary injection of nature?" @nichecanada.bsky.social

Steve Paikin@spaikin.bsky.social · yesterday

I thought I knew Toronto — until a new plan threw me for a Loop. www.tvo.org/article/i-th... #nature

#OTD (Thu, Aug 4) 1910 at #AlgonquinPark: "I went to Joe Lake on freight train. Met Major McGillivary [IMG], Mr. Offner & Mr. Peterson and the Major’s two sons, Donald & Allister. We went to first shelter house on North River where we put up." @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social

"The Indian Act as Wendigo" by Jenni Makahnouk is part of our series exploring the environmental dimensions of the Indian Act, in collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/07/28/t... #envhist #indigenous #cdnhist #indianact

The Indian Act as Wendigo

Framing Canada's Indian Act as the insatiable Wendigo exposes its predatory nature, shifting the focus from policy reform to starvation-based refusal.

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ICYMI: In this interview, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social chats with Will Wright about his book, Borders of Biodiverity, exploring cross-border species conservation. niche-canada.org/2026/07/23/c... #envhist #histsci #borderstudies #books #conservation #biodiversity

Corridors, Not Cores: Rethinking Conservation with Will Wright

Will Wright discusses his new book, exploring how migratory species transform transboundary large landscape conservation and shape new scientific fields.

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ICYMI: Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position studying “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System.” Supervisor - @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social Apply by August 15th niche-canada.org/2026/07/24/f... #envhist #aghist #foodstudies #PEI #islandstudies

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position studying “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System.”

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"Ethical issues are woven into the discourse surrounding the environmental justice: how are systems of inequality perpetuated? How and what has been given a voice and how do we share public space?" - Lisa FitzGerald niche-canada.org/2019/08/07/i... #environmentaljustice #art #envhum

Intersections between Environmental Justice and Site-Specific Performance

This post originally appeared on Environmental History Now, a website dedicated to showcasing the work and expertise of graduate students and early career scholars in environmental history who identif...

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Companion read - "The Past, Present and Future of Forest Fires" by @haydenlnelson.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/06/13/t... @nichecanada.bsky.social #envhist #wildfires

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d ago

CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)

#OTD (Mon, Aug 3) 1908 at #AlgonquinPark: "G.W. Bartlett, Fred Bartlett, Gordon & James Bartlett, Teddie Walton, Bud Callighen, & I returned to Boundary Lake. G.W. & bro., after assisting in laying foundation, returned to HQ. Remainder of party continued work on s.h." @nichecanada.bsky.social

BC's future wildfire strategies may look like this. @nichecanada.bsky.social The 2018 Abbott and Chapman report, and BC's follow-up action plan, seemed to be heading this way www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/p...

Jared Dahl Aldern@jdaldern.bsky.social · 3d ago

High tech and high TEK: Remote sensing maps fuel moisture content across the landscape, and then Indigenous observation of vegetation color, scent, canopy cover, soil moisture, etc. confirms good locations for cultural burns. www.aol.com/articles/aus...

Throwback - Historians Lisa Brady, Mark Hersey, & Liza Piper debate whether environmental history has lost its way, discussing the field's core methodology, materialist roots, and the value of big-tent inclusivity We should do a 10 yr follow-up! Anyone interested? niche-canada.org/2016/01/27/n...

Nature's Past Episode 51: Has Environmental History Lost Its Way?

On this episode of the podcast discuss the question and further explore whether or not environmental history has lost its way.

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I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵

“Once we know that other animals dream, what exactly follows? What does it tell us about their capacity for memory, about their capacity for subjective experience? What does it teach us about their ability to imagine things that are not real?” Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/david-pe%C3%...

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 5d ago

“We humans have a moral obligation to reconfigure how we relate to nonhuman animals.” New at PB: David Peña-Guzmán on the inner lives of nonhuman animals.

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System" Supervisor - @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social , Director of the UPEI GeoREACH Lab niche-canada.org/2026/07/24/f... #envhist #aghist #PEI

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position studying “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System.”

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“From the 1970s, as Canada struggled around what we can recognize with hindsight as the neoliberal turn, paved with crises of energy and otherwise, Imperial sought transformative policy influence.” - Mack Penner niche-canada.org/2025/10/18/f... #envhist #cdnhist #energyhistory #neoliberalism

Fossil Fueling Neoliberalism: Notes on the Oilmen’s Market Crusade

Imperial Oil promoted neoliberal policies aligning corporate and national interests, shaping Canada’s energy politics and linking prosperity to fossil-fuel-driven economic dependence.

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Light Show Defies Smithsonian History Removal Plan - PopularResistance.Org

Washington DC—Third Act-DMV turned its projector lights onto the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) late at night on Wednesday to highlight pressure to remove an history exhibit about tumultuous periods of the United States. The display focuses on the nation’s factual history of indigenous people, immigrants, enslaved people, and women, among other minority groups. It poses a basic question about the struggle of minorities to attain equality from the perspective of those adversely affected, during heightened periods of minority struggle to access the American promise.

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I wonder if folks in the #envhist community would be interested in a “engineering for environmental history” introduction course… is there such a thing already? @eseh.bsky.social @leruche.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social

#OTD (Thu, Jul 30) 1908 at #BoundaryLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Mr. Callighen and I cut logs for shelter house. Gordon, James, and Herbert Bartlett arrived from Headquarters." @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social

Beautiful evening in Northern Norway at Kvitnes gård (who just got a Michelin star).

But look sunflowers and bumble bees

Devyn Gwynne@devyngwynne.bsky.social · 5d ago

Incredible how much of the smells of summer are urine sewage and decomposition

Our editor-in-chief @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social sat down with Will Wright to talk about his new book Borders of Biodiversity (@uncpress.bsky.social), which traces the history & conservation of 3 charismatic species across borders Listen to or read the interview: niche-canada.org/2026/07/23/c...

Corridors, Not Cores: Rethinking Conservation with Will Wright

Will Wright discusses his new book, exploring how migratory species transform transboundary large landscape conservation and shape new scientific fields.

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“The waters of the Williston Lake reservoir ended these first-hand experiences for all ages and for all time.” - Daniel Sims niche-canada.org/2026/02/23/w... #envhist #envhum #cdnhist #indigenoushistory #residentialschools #ecogenocide

When Environmental Genocide Met Other Forms of Genocide: The W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Lejac Indian Residential School

Lejac residential school and Williston Lake reservoir together devastated Tsek’ehne lands, culture, hope, magnifying colonial genocide’s enduring harms and disconnection.

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REMINDER: Call for Papers: Histories of Anti-Tourism Deadline for submission: August 3, 2026 Where and when do we see anti-tourism emerge in the historical record? What forms does it take? niche-canada.org/2026/06/24/c... #envhist #envhum #tourism

Call for Papers: Histories of Anti-Tourism

We are looking for scholars already working on this topic, as well as those who may have encountered anti-touristic attitudes, conflicts, or forms of resistance in their research without treating them...

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Call for Contributions: The Oar Following the successful launch of its inaugural issue in 2026, The Oar returns for a second volume celebrating the diverse histories, cultures, and stories that have shaped New Brunswick and the broader Atlantic region. niche-canada.org/2026/07/22/c... #cdnhist

Call for Contributions: The Oar

Following the successful launch of its inaugural issue in 2026, The Oar returns for a second volume celebrating the diverse histories, cultures, and stories that have shaped New Brunswick and the broa...

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"Much as Santa Barbara papers celebrated the stunning scenery of the French Alps, European papers highlighted 'the picturesque setting… within sight of the beautiful Lake Tahoe.'" - @theliftline.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/02/18/s... #envhist #sporthistory #olympics

Stunning Scenery, Climate Consequences, and the Winter Games

Media eco-narratives link Winter Olympics tourism growth, alpine romanticism, and infrastructure to global emissions, despite limited direct climate impact from hosting.

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"Haudenosaunee knowledge keeper and astronomer, Samantha Doxtator, who is educating future generations through her portable planetarium" www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @nichecanada.bsky.social

As a ‘late coming Loyalist’ who settled on Nova Scotia’s North Shore, this is a fascinating read. Wondering if the situation described in this article could be the foundation story of Nova Scotia being seen as a ‘have not’ province. 🤔

#OTD (Wed, Jul 28) 1920 at #AlgonquinPark: "Men are engaged in placing gravel along track along Joe Lake. Brakeman on gravel train was badly injured in front of our camp. We gave what assistance we could & sent him out on morning train to his home." @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social