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Peter A. Stevens 🇨🇦
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Settler historian and Liberal Studies Professor at Humber Polytechnic. Chronicler of Ontario cottaging and Canadian Thanksgiving. Book Review Editor for the Network in Canadian History and the Environment (NiCHE). he/him
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Historian Gregory Klages is in the process of publishing the diaries of @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social, who spent 3 decades as a Park Ranger in Ontario’s Algonquin Park. Klages recently met with @peterastevens.bsky.social to discuss the project.

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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Our editor, @peterastevens.bsky.social, sat down with Gregory Klages of the @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social project in "The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger."

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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
niche-canada.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Today on @nichecanada.bsky.social, historian Gregory Klages discusses his latest project: publishing the diaries of Mark Robinson, who served as Park Ranger in Ontario's Algonquin Park for thirty years. @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social
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The Algonquin Diaries: Reflections of an Early-20th-Century Park Ranger
Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson’s diaries (1907–1936) detail social, environmental, and moral changes, offering rare insights into early conservation, policy, and wilderness life.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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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!

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Loving NiCHE Month: 2025 November Fundraising Campaign!
NiCHE fosters a vibrant environmental history and humanities community, supporting scholars through publications, events, resources, and annual fundraising to sustain its work.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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2 softcover volumes of Mark Robinson's edited & annotated diaries are available, covering 1908-1917; 1917-1924. Canadian online shoppers can order at: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/search...
Also avail for order in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Japan & more! @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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"Up until the introduction of a vaccine in 1955 ... some parents took their children to the cottage for the summer to protect them against polio, which was thought to spread rapidly in crowded urban environments." - @peterastevens.bsky.social

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Second Homes During a Time of Crisis
Amidst a global health crisis that has government officials imploring people to self-isolate, many Canadians are choosing to relocate to the most isolated places they have access to—their cabins, camp...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Today @robinshistory.bsky.social's DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture, in "Crafting the Plasticene."

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Crafting the Plasticene
Robins' DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Wood, water, and... fibreglass? @robinshistory.bsky.social explores the paradoxes of contemporary canoe building today on @nichecanada.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/07/c...
Crafting the Plasticene
Robins' DIY wooden canoe project reveals deeper truths about plastic, sustainability, masculinity, and the contradictions of modern maker culture.
niche-canada.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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In our latest review, @msbeauli.bsky.social examines @micaamy.bsky.social's The Weight of Gold: Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929 ( @unvpress.bsky.social 2023)

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Review of Jorgenson, The Weight of Gold
Jorgenson’s The Weight of Gold connects Porcupine mining history to global patterns, emphasizing environmental crises, personal memory, and marginalized impacts.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Today on @nichecanada.bsky.social, @msbeauli.bsky.social reviews The Weight of Gold: Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929, by @micaamy.bsky.social.
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niche-canada.org/2025/07/29/r...
Review of Jorgenson, The Weight of Gold
Jorgenson’s The Weight of Gold connects Porcupine mining history to global patterns, emphasizing environmental crises, personal memory, and marginalized impacts.
niche-canada.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM