NiCHE Canada
@nichecanada.bsky.social
The Network in Canadian History & Environment.
NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history.
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NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history.
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NiCHE Canada
@nichecanada.bsky.social
· Apr 16
NiCHE
Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement
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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
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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December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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
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
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Wonderful energy in the room at the first day of our week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities, organized by @melinabuns.bsky.social. We had a great session by @untamed.bsky.social on criminal energy. #envhist #envhum
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Wonderful energy in the room at the first day of our week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities, organized by @melinabuns.bsky.social. We had a great session by @untamed.bsky.social on criminal energy. #envhist #envhum
Can you help push us over $12,000? Only a few more days left in our annual fundraising campaign and we are still far from our goal.
We are not institutionally funded. We rely entirely on supporters and do good work with a very small budget!!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
We are not institutionally funded. We rely entirely on supporters and do good work with a very small budget!!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Can you help push us over $12,000? Only a few more days left in our annual fundraising campaign and we are still far from our goal.
We are not institutionally funded. We rely entirely on supporters and do good work with a very small budget!!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
We are not institutionally funded. We rely entirely on supporters and do good work with a very small budget!!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
Season 6 of NiCHE Conversations with @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social is underway!
Find convos with Gina Brooks, @rmbryant.bsky.social, Brandon Cordeiro, Charlotte Mitchell, PearlAnn Reichwein, @issygapp.bsky.social, & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social in the latest roundup!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/29/n...
Find convos with Gina Brooks, @rmbryant.bsky.social, Brandon Cordeiro, Charlotte Mitchell, PearlAnn Reichwein, @issygapp.bsky.social, & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social in the latest roundup!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/29/n...
NiCHE Conversations Roundup #22
Find conversations about podcasting, arctic visual culture, and baby teeth collection in this roundup of NiCHE Conversations with Jessica DeWitt.
niche-canada.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Season 6 of NiCHE Conversations with @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social is underway!
Find convos with Gina Brooks, @rmbryant.bsky.social, Brandon Cordeiro, Charlotte Mitchell, PearlAnn Reichwein, @issygapp.bsky.social, & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social in the latest roundup!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/29/n...
Find convos with Gina Brooks, @rmbryant.bsky.social, Brandon Cordeiro, Charlotte Mitchell, PearlAnn Reichwein, @issygapp.bsky.social, & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social in the latest roundup!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/29/n...
It's true! We are 100% independent!
We love bringing you smart, fun work about human engagements with the natural world!
Did you know that NiCHE does not have institutional funding?
Your help is greatly appreciated! 🌱
Did you know that NiCHE does not have institutional funding?
Your help is greatly appreciated! 🌱
We are SO CLOSE to 75% of our fundraising goal.
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It's true! We are 100% independent!
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We love bringing you smart, fun work about human engagements with the natural world!
Did you know that NiCHE does not have institutional funding?
Your help is greatly appreciated! 🌱
Did you know that NiCHE does not have institutional funding?
Your help is greatly appreciated! 🌱
We are SO CLOSE to 75% of our fundraising goal.
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We love bringing you smart, fun work about human engagements with the natural world!
Did you know that NiCHE does not have institutional funding?
Your help is greatly appreciated! 🌱
Did you know that NiCHE does not have institutional funding?
Your help is greatly appreciated! 🌱
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It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
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stumbled upon in the woods
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
stumbled upon in the woods
Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, with a breakdown of our most-read articles published in September!
youtube.com/shorts/g-H4b...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog #indigenoushistory
youtube.com/shorts/g-H4b...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog #indigenoushistory
Our Most-Read Articles Published in September 2025! #envhist #canadianhistory #history
YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE
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November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, with a breakdown of our most-read articles published in September!
youtube.com/shorts/g-H4b...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog #indigenoushistory
youtube.com/shorts/g-H4b...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog #indigenoushistory
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Very sad to hear that Paul Brown is ill. He has been one of the most enterprising and important UK environmental reporters during my whole career, from the Thatcher days when I was at FoE working on acid rain and the ozone hole.
‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an environment writer
Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it well
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Very sad to hear that Paul Brown is ill. He has been one of the most enterprising and important UK environmental reporters during my whole career, from the Thatcher days when I was at FoE working on acid rain and the ozone hole.
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Lunchtime weather
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Lunchtime weather
We are SO CLOSE to 75% of our fundraising goal.
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We are SO CLOSE to 75% of our fundraising goal.
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
The fundraiser will end on Tuesday. Have you given yet? If not, can you send $20 our way.
The average donation right now is $189, but we heartily welcome smaller donations!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #envstudies
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Happy to have been able to circle back to this research (@medievalpenguin.bsky.social will recognize it!) in the context of this summer's droughts and resulting dry wells. #cdnhist #envhist
Today we have "On Drought, Dowsing, and Deep Drilling: Thinking About Groundwater History in an Age of Climate Emergency" by @forrestpass.bsky.social
“When European settlers arrived in the region in the nineteenth century, they found the groundwater perplexing.”
niche-canada.org/2025/11/28/o...
“When European settlers arrived in the region in the nineteenth century, they found the groundwater perplexing.”
niche-canada.org/2025/11/28/o...
On Drought, Dowsing, and Deep Drilling: Thinking About Groundwater History in an Age of Climate Emergency
Canada’s 2025 drought exposed groundwater precarity; in the past, Ottawa Valley settlers adapted to this precarity through dowsing, augers, and evolving well technologies.
niche-canada.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Happy to have been able to circle back to this research (@medievalpenguin.bsky.social will recognize it!) in the context of this summer's droughts and resulting dry wells. #cdnhist #envhist
Today we have "On Drought, Dowsing, and Deep Drilling: Thinking About Groundwater History in an Age of Climate Emergency" by @forrestpass.bsky.social
“When European settlers arrived in the region in the nineteenth century, they found the groundwater perplexing.”
niche-canada.org/2025/11/28/o...
“When European settlers arrived in the region in the nineteenth century, they found the groundwater perplexing.”
niche-canada.org/2025/11/28/o...
On Drought, Dowsing, and Deep Drilling: Thinking About Groundwater History in an Age of Climate Emergency
Canada’s 2025 drought exposed groundwater precarity; in the past, Ottawa Valley settlers adapted to this precarity through dowsing, augers, and evolving well technologies.
niche-canada.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today we have "On Drought, Dowsing, and Deep Drilling: Thinking About Groundwater History in an Age of Climate Emergency" by @forrestpass.bsky.social
“When European settlers arrived in the region in the nineteenth century, they found the groundwater perplexing.”
niche-canada.org/2025/11/28/o...
“When European settlers arrived in the region in the nineteenth century, they found the groundwater perplexing.”
niche-canada.org/2025/11/28/o...
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It was great fun to make this animation for NiCHE! They were my first environmental history community back in my U of T days and it was a delight and privilege to return their kindness with a nifty map. #envhist #envhum #gischat #cdnhist #histgeog
Today our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, unveils a map made by Geoffrey Wallace that visualizes the geography of NiCHE blog posts going back to 2004.
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
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.
niche-canada.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I've now written ten articles for @nichecanada.bsky.social, and I've long worked with environmental historian/cartographer extraordinaire @geoffmakesmaps.bsky.social, so this is special to me. A beautiful representation of 20+ years of increasingly global #EnvHist.
Today our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, unveils a map made by Geoffrey Wallace that visualizes the geography of NiCHE blog posts going back to 2004.
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
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.
niche-canada.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I've now written ten articles for @nichecanada.bsky.social, and I've long worked with environmental historian/cartographer extraordinaire @geoffmakesmaps.bsky.social, so this is special to me. A beautiful representation of 20+ years of increasingly global #EnvHist.
Repast: The Story of Food - @jennylinford.bsky.social, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/repast
#foodhistory #aghist #envhist
newbooksnetwork.com/repast
#foodhistory #aghist #envhist
Jenny Linford, "Repast: The Story of Food" (Thames & Hudson, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Repast: The Story of Food - @jennylinford.bsky.social, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/repast
#foodhistory #aghist #envhist
newbooksnetwork.com/repast
#foodhistory #aghist #envhist
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This is well worth reading (& watching). In particular, it's by far the most direct articulation of what @nichecanada.bsky.social has been up to over the past decade. Kudos, @micaamy.bsky.social!
Today our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, unveils a map made by Geoffrey Wallace that visualizes the geography of NiCHE blog posts going back to 2004.
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
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.
niche-canada.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is well worth reading (& watching). In particular, it's by far the most direct articulation of what @nichecanada.bsky.social has been up to over the past decade. Kudos, @micaamy.bsky.social!
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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."
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.
niche-canada.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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."
ICYMI: Our editors @theliftline.bsky.social and Blake Butler are putting together a series on the environmental history of the winter Olympics that will be published in late January and February 2025.
Get your proposals into them by December 12th!!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/21/c...
#envhist
Get your proposals into them by December 12th!!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/21/c...
#envhist
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICYMI: Our editors @theliftline.bsky.social and Blake Butler are putting together a series on the environmental history of the winter Olympics that will be published in late January and February 2025.
Get your proposals into them by December 12th!!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/21/c...
#envhist
Get your proposals into them by December 12th!!
niche-canada.org/2025/11/21/c...
#envhist
Alberta would have to meet emissions targets if a pipeline is built
"Annie Bergeron-Oliver on questions of whether a pipeline deal with Alberta will go through if B.C. and First Nations are not on board."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7d...
#cdnpoli #alberta #pipelines
"Annie Bergeron-Oliver on questions of whether a pipeline deal with Alberta will go through if B.C. and First Nations are not on board."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7d...
#cdnpoli #alberta #pipelines
Alberta would have to meet emissions targets if a pipeline is built
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Alberta would have to meet emissions targets if a pipeline is built
"Annie Bergeron-Oliver on questions of whether a pipeline deal with Alberta will go through if B.C. and First Nations are not on board."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7d...
#cdnpoli #alberta #pipelines
"Annie Bergeron-Oliver on questions of whether a pipeline deal with Alberta will go through if B.C. and First Nations are not on board."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7d...
#cdnpoli #alberta #pipelines
Today our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, unveils a map made by Geoffrey Wallace that visualizes the geography of NiCHE blog posts going back to 2004.
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
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.
niche-canada.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, unveils a map made by Geoffrey Wallace that visualizes the geography of NiCHE blog posts going back to 2004.
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
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And I have personally reviewed, formatted, and promoted every single one of these posts! I do good work, I do most of it for free, but I also need to pay my bills.
Please support this work. Keep it sustainable for me, for @nichecanada.bsky.social broadly.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
Please support this work. Keep it sustainable for me, for @nichecanada.bsky.social broadly.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
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...
fundrazr.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And I have personally reviewed, formatted, and promoted every single one of these posts! I do good work, I do most of it for free, but I also need to pay my bills.
Please support this work. Keep it sustainable for me, for @nichecanada.bsky.social broadly.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
Please support this work. Keep it sustainable for me, for @nichecanada.bsky.social broadly.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
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-> @nichecanada.bsky.social has published 257 posts in 2025 alone. A the vast majority of those posts are full-length blog posts, articles really.
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
-> @nichecanada.bsky.social has published 257 posts in 2025 alone. A the vast majority of those posts are full-length blog posts, articles really.
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
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We are reaching the end of our @nichecanada.bsky.social fundraising campaign & we are still 31% away from our goal.
I owe a great deal to this group, & I also put SO MUCH labour into this community. More than ever, environmental knowledge needs to be protected & supported.
fnd.us/niche2025?re...
I owe a great deal to this group, & I also put SO MUCH labour into this community. More than ever, environmental knowledge needs to be protected & supported.
fnd.us/niche2025?re...
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...
fnd.us
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We are reaching the end of our @nichecanada.bsky.social fundraising campaign & we are still 31% away from our goal.
I owe a great deal to this group, & I also put SO MUCH labour into this community. More than ever, environmental knowledge needs to be protected & supported.
fnd.us/niche2025?re...
I owe a great deal to this group, & I also put SO MUCH labour into this community. More than ever, environmental knowledge needs to be protected & supported.
fnd.us/niche2025?re...