Listen to "Indigenous History & the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada – What’s Old is News" - @activehist.bsky.social - activehistory.ca/blog/2026/07... Read "A Failure to Commemorate" by @alanmaceachern.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/08/18/a... #cdnhist #HSMBC #parkscanada

Indigenous History & the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada – What’s Old is News

By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Cody Groat, author of Always Part of the Land: The Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories. We discuss the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada&#…

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"The Ponca Lands of Swift Running Water & Standing Bear’s Struggle against the United States Government" by Jack Love is part of a NiCHE series that investigates if rivers can be heritage, edited by @ramya.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/09/09/t... #envhist #rivers #indigenoushistory

The Ponca Lands of Swift Running Water and Standing Bear’s Struggle against the United States Government

Following forced removal, Ponca Chief Standing Bear legally challenged the U.S. government, winning recognition as a person with rights.

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"Disappeared Into Law: California’s Kern River and What Heritage Cannot See" by @veeelcee.bsky.social is part of a NiCHE series that investigates if rivers can be heritage, a companion series to our Canadian Heritage Rivers series, edited by @ramya.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/09/04/d...

Disappeared Into Law: California’s Kern River and What Heritage Cannot See

Though engineering and water contracts legally dried up California's Kern River, its rare returns highlight enduring cultural heritage.

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"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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Genuinely grateful to work on this. This whole series is ❤️like all of @nichecanada.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️

NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Kichi Zībī as Public Code: Heritage, Jurisdiction, and the Ottawa River" by John W. Bessai is a part of the Canadian Heritage River series, edited by @ramya.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/07/06/k... #envhist #cdnhist #rivers #heritage #ottawa

In early 2025, the wonderful and brilliant Jahnavi Phalkey emailed me about the possibility of joining a workshop on the Kaveri at the Science Gallery. #makeHilsarunontheKaveriagain bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/anthropocene...

River Landscapes — Science Gallery Bengaluru

As a part of the River Landscapes: A New Glossary project, Science Gallery Bengaluru hosted a transdisciplinary workshop on fluvial landscapes, with particular attention to the story of the river ...

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Damn, that line-up is STACKED with brilliant friends: @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social @ramya.bsky.social @clairecampbell.bsky.social @maryeb.bsky.social a veritable who’s who of Canada-US-border #envhist

NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Today we are highlighting the new special issue of American Review of Canadian Studies @acsus.bsky.social on US–Canada Energy and Environmental Relations, edited by @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/04/29/s... #envhist #cdnhist #uscanada #borderstudies

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

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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Shared a cab to the airport with a fellow @aseh.bsky.social presenter and MSU alum, who actually reviewed a book I had a chapter in! The world can be small in good ways sometimes, and this was one of the few times it worked.

If you haven’t yet, you should really elevate your Sunday (or any other day tbh) by reading this essay by Camden Burd in @envirohistory.bsky.social

REMINDER - Get your proposals in to @ramya.bsky.social by February 15th for our Canadian Heritage Rivers series. What does it mean to be a heritage river in 2026? What does a designation mean/bring with it? niche-canada.org/2026/01/16/c... #envhist #rivers #cdnhist #cdnheritage

Call for Proposals- Canadian Heritage Rivers

What does it mean to be a heritage river in 2026? What does a designation mean/bring with it? How do these designations honour First Peoples? How are heritage rivers portrayed in Canadian media and pu...

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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Working with @ehameeteman.bsky.social on this was one of the high points of 2025. I am immensely grateful and proud of this! Thank you! @ehameeteman.bsky.social

Elizabeth Hameeteman@ehameeteman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@ramya.bsky.social and I set out to foreground diversity in topic, method, and voices across nine thematic categories. The result, we hope, reflects the field’s interdisciplinarity and its growing justice-centered, relational and decolonial turn.

Call for Proposals- Canadian Heritage Rivers A NiCHE Series Abstract Deadline – 15 February 2026 Edited by @ramya.bsky.social What does it mean to be a heritage river in 2026? niche-canada.org/2026/01/16/c... #rivers #canadianhistory #canadianheritage

Call for Proposals- Canadian Heritage Rivers

What does it mean to be a heritage river in 2026? What does a designation mean/bring with it? How do these designations honour First Peoples? How are heritage rivers portrayed in Canadian media and pu...

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This episode of CBC's The Current reminded me of my discussion of fear in this @nichecanada.bsky.social blog post from 2019. "Humans and Dogs and Bears, Oh My! – A Summer Podcast Reflection" - niche-canada.org/2019/08/08/h... #envhist #animalhistory #bears #humananimalrelations

Humans and Dogs and Bears, Oh My! - A Summer Podcast Reflection

The path forward requires humans to make an effort to cultivate interspecies empathy built on education.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦@sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Saw this from @nichecanada.bsky.social and just assumed the grizzly was a democratic socialist who had strong policies for environmental protection, and his landslide election to town council has upended local politics. I'm not going to listen. I like my story. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

If you're working on new preps for the upcoming semester, consider assigning Contingent! In addition to our mailbag and How I Do History series, we've sorted our pieces by theme to make it easier to find something that fits. contingentmagazine.org/for-educators/

For Educators

Contingent publishes accessible, engaging, well-researched pieces on history, the work of doing history, and the community of people involved in that work.

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Today we have "Finding Black Lung in the Archives" by @drheathergreen.bsky.social and Kaley MacMullin This post is part of the Mining Danger Project niche-canada.org/2026/01/02/f... #envhist #histmed #mininghistory #cdnhist

Finding Black Lung in the Archives

Coal mining’s overlooked slow disaster, black lung, devastated workers, remained dismissed, archivally absent, and resurfaces through community memory and activism.

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Thank YOU, Elizabeth!! So happy to have your work in our inaugural issue! Not to get too salty of course 🙊🙊🙊

Elizabeth Hameeteman@ehameeteman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A nice way to close out the year: my piece on solar desalination is now live in Germinate, the @aseh.bsky.social’s new online journal ⭐ Grateful to @ramya.bsky.social for working with me on it! g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe...

ICYMI: Season Six of NiCHE Conversations with @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social began in October. Catch up on the first four conversations of the series in our latest roundup. niche-canada.org/2025/11/29/n... #envhist #cdnhist #envhum

NiCHE Conversations Roundup #22

Find conversations about podcasting, arctic visual culture, and baby teeth collection in this roundup of NiCHE Conversations with Jessica DeWitt.

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And the poster for my talk at Queen's on December 11

Daniel Macfarlane@danielmacfarlane.bsky.social · 11mo ago

If you're in Kingston on December 11 and have $18 burning a hole in your pocket (sorry about the cost but at least it goes to supporting the museum). I'll also be giving a talk about the book at Queen's University that afternoon

Happy #AntarcticaDay! In honor of the day beginning on a Monday, all of H-Environment's book reviews this week address #polar or otherwise icy history! Thank you to the reviewers for making it possible! #envhist #envhum

Season Six of NiCHE Conversations with @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social kicked off with a conversation with @rmbryant.bsky.social and Gina Brooks! The conversation is now available on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ake4... #envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty

NiCHE Conversations 6.1: A 19th Century Waponahki Basket & Env. Memory w/ G. Brooks & R. Bryant

YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE

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Today we have "Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819" by Oliver Aas This is the sixth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/11/10/t... #envhist #arctic #envhum

Translating the Arctic, ca. 1819

Henry Aston Barker's 1819 Arctic panorama introduced immersive Arctic imagery to Britain, blending exploration, art, and translation to shape public understanding and imagination.

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"Despite some early dockets focused on transborder pollution, such as in the Detroit River, it wasn’t until after World War II that the American & Canadian governments really got serious about Great Lakes water pollution..." - @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2020/02/26/t... #envhist

The First Century of the International Joint Commission

Daniel Macfarlane's book explores the International Joint Commission’s century-long role in Canada-U.S. water governance, environmental policy, Great Lakes protection, and evolving challenges.

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Jess is a legend. Please support @nichecanada.bsky.social !!

NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, provides a rundown of the Project Page opportunities at the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)! November is our fundraising month. Support environmental scholarship! 🔹 niche-canada.org/research/ 🔹 #envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog

Today, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on "Finding Environmental History in 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'" The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior. niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f... #envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum

Finding Environmental History in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad immortalized the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, linking Great Lakes industry, Indigenous history, environmental change, and enduring cultural memory.

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Today we are highlighting an excerpt from the latest book in our Canadian History & Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, Mountain Voices, in collaboration with the Alpine Club of Canada "Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan" by Alison Criscitiello niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/p...

Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan

Facing frostbite or storm entrapment, Alison Criscitiello chose frostbite, later returning to Mount Logan for ice-core research revealing past climate secrets.

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Many thanks to @pkhardy.bsky.social for her patience and grace as I meandered (bad pun I know)! Cracker of a book and channel! Thank you for the opportunity! @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social

🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊 Check out @ramya.bsky.social (Grand Valley State Uni)’s review of @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social (Western Michigan Uni)’s book _The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History _, pub 2024 @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

@nichecanada.bsky.social is the best! Please consider sending some money and love their way!

NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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...

Call for Applicants – ASEH 2026 Travel Grants - @aseh.bsky.social Deadline to apply is November 20, 2025 Applicants from Global South encouraged to apply. niche-canada.org/2025/10/31/c... #envhist #envhum

Call for Applicants - ASEH 2026 Travel Grants

ASEH is accepting applications for Travel Grants to the 2026 Conference in Kansas City.

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