Just found out that I won the James Pritchard Student Article Prize from the Canadian Nautical Research Society for my article about sand suckers at Point Pelee that published earlier this year in The Northern Mariner! What a delightful surprise! Here is the article: doi.org/10.25071/256...

"I didn’t realize they were the 'primary care providers' of our relationship with our landscape—managing floods, protecting forests and wildlife, and curbing farm runoff." - @maryeb.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o... #envhist #ontario #conservation #onpoli #cdnpoli #cdnhist

Our editor, @maryeb.bsky.social, got the opportunity to chat with @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social about his new book Post-Catastrophe Film: Cinematic Visions in the Aftermath of Disaster (@intellectbooks.bsky.social 2026) niche-canada.org/2026/06/10/e... #envhist #envhum #scifi #clifi #books #film

A pivotal moment in Canadian history in which feminism, environmental protest and the Cold War crossed paths. Well worth a read:

"Through marine social sciences, ocean humanities and Indigenous knowledge, other pathways can be explored toward a better understanding of human-ocean relationships." - @suereid.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/05/07/c... #oceans #deepseamining #mining

Nearly five years ago, I took a chance and launched in a new direction. Still writing, still research, still southwestern Ontario as my beat, but looking back in time even as I continue to cover the present. This journey has been profoundly rewarding. It's not just... (thread)

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

1) "Ontario’s Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future" by @maryeb.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o... #envhist #cdnhist #ontario #conservation

ICYMI: "When you first come to the Rockies, it doesn’t take long before you hear about Mary Schäffer Warren. She was a standout woman trailblazer whose enticing story is one that the tourism industry loves to introduce to visitors." - Meghan J. Ward niche-canada.org/2026/04/14/r... #envhist

This interview with the makers of Wildflowers for @nichecanada.bsky.social was fun! The film is about Mary Schäffer Warren, who surveyed Maligne Lake in Jasper Nat'l Park in the early 1900s for the Geological Survey of Can. (an extraordinary feat for a woman then!) niche-canada.org/2026/04/14/r...

A powerful piece here that describes reconciliation in action and how this valuable process is now under threat from funding reductions and the growth of denialism. An essential read.

We will have @maryeb.bsky.social 's interview with the directors of Wildflowers on the site in April!

There's something so repugnant and insulting when such a generic letter, filled with bland platitudes, is sent to an association of historians who know full well who is to blame for these cutbacks. Many of us specialize in the histories of government, politics, and the state, for goodness sakes!

Our editor, @maryeb.bsky.social, takes a deep dive into "Ontario’s Conservation Authorities: Past, Present and Future." "The Ontario Conservative government became a willing partner in the early 1940s..." niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o... #envhist #cdnhist #ontario #onpoli

Oh my goodness! Really excited to share what I've learned and hope that others will share their insights.

Change is coming to the Ontario conservation authority system, but is it the change we need? In this @nichecanada.bsky.social post, I look at the history of the agencies that have been the "primary care providers" of our relationship with our watersheds. Thoughts? niche-canada.org/2026/02/14/o...

In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. #cdnhist

A zoom link will be available to watch the presentation. You can get it by RSVPing [email protected].

The Canadian gov't and certain provinces (not just ON) have got behind nuclear power in a big way recently, but little is known about those Canadians on the ground supporting this push. It turns out that they're younger than you might think! But there are questions. broadview.org/new-age-of-n...

La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du 1er au 3 juin 2026 à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Nous espérons vous y voir! Cliquez sur le lien pour l'annonce complète. #cdnhist #histoire #SHC2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown

You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown

In case you are following this: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Here is an interesting project documenting the "unmaking" of the U.S. democratic government structure currently underway and the significance and impact of these changes. unbreaking.org

In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.

What a great piece about the crossroads of Winnipeg and, arguably, of a young nation called the Dominion of Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/722f089...

Hey researchers out there: the U.S. National Archives at College Park has announced it will CLOSE ITS DOORS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC on July 7. Imagine not being able to attend a national archive unless you can demonstrate "a legitimate business need." www.archives.gov/college-park

FYI. niche-canada.org/2025/05/09/c...

Today on our site we have "Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management" by @mauritsertsen.bsky.social The final post in our Historicizing Adaptation series, edited by @stundenbower.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/u... #envhist #envirotech #waterhistory

"In documenting the societal expectations that were imposed on the eighteenth-century elite, I demonstrate how women were constrained in their scientific endeavours and pushed to the margins of botanical networks." - Anne Griffiths niche-canada.org/2023/05/01/v... #envhist #histsci #womeninstem

Good time to listen to our own @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on who owns the Great Lakes: niche-canada.org/2025/03/03/p... #greatlakes #envhist #uscanadarelations

Our editors @theliftline.bsky.social & @maryeb.bsky.social both chose posts from our The Place Where You Live series as our most recent Editor's Picks! Explore the full series, organized by @tinaadcock.bsky.social & @lootina.bsky.social, here: niche-canada.org/tag/place-wh... #envhist #place

Today on our site we have "Canadian Beavers in the Nordic Countries" by @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social This is the first post in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Bill C-373 edited by @blairstein.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/03/07/c... #cdnhist #animalhistory #envhist

Like the monks who walked this path to protect the saint’s body from marauders, Alanna Mitchell knows that she is also “on a journey of trial and sacrifice in the modern British wilderness.” But, she wonders, “what am I trying to find?” @alannamitchell.bsky.social

Sensible analysis here that shows some continuity of U.S. action on the world stage. It also shows that Trump’s ham-fisted Jacksonian strategy has shown up too late to the game to achieve the ends that he wants. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

We have been sleepwalking towards this day for several years. A Trump govt that ends support for Ukraine “would make the U.S. itself an obstacle to a long-term free and stable Europe. It would split the Atlantic alliance, and European states have not prepared themselves for that possibility.”

Hybrid Event - 2025 Anne Clendinning Memorial Lecture Featuring @charlieangus104.bsky.social Restoring Dangerous Memories to our Shared Histories Thursday – 6 March 2025 – 7-8:30 pm EST Weaver Auditorium (B200) Nipissing University or online via Zoom niche-canada.org/2025/02/28/h... #envhist

OK, enough with the snow. Can we have spring please?

We launched a series on beavers earlier this week, which has us thinking about our HBC at 350 series from 2020. Revisit @stacynationknapper.bsky.social's intro to the series here: niche-canada.org/2020/11/02/h... #envhist #cdnhist #HBC

‘Really fed up’: B.C. ranchers say fracking-induced earthquakes hurt cattle" - @sarahkcox.bsky.social - @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/bc-ranchers-... #BritishColumbia #fracking #agriculture

Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Wednesday, February 26th at 10am EST on Instagram Live. William Favre will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to talk about the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896 & the Japanese state's response to the event. #envhist Follow NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada

If you are a scholar interested in writing about the legacy of an aspect of American science that has an environmental connection in relation to current cuts being made in the US government, check out our contributor guidelines and get in touch. niche-canada.org/guidelines-f... #histsci #envhist

I know we're supposed to be waving Canadian flags today, but it's winter here; in SWON there's a snowstorm, and many of us, if we can be, are tucked inside keeping warm looking out at the snow and listening to tunes. So here is a flagging of musical Canada www.cbc.ca/music/read/t...

PhD comprehensives done? Check. Deeply appreciative of the thoughtful questions and feedback and incisive challenges but would expect no less from such a savvy team of examiners. Thank you all, & thank you @westernuhistory.bsky.social for the opportunity of this learning experience. #historyrocks

This is a great piece.

fyi @justinchandler.work

We’re excited to share that @maryeb.bsky.social's story about Judy Peterson—who helped create a national missing persons DNA database after her daughter went missing over 30 years ago—has won silver for Best Feel-Good Story at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards! broadview.org/dna-missing-...

This is so great! Thank you #mastheadmag! And thank you for all your support @broadviewmedia.bsky.social! And thank you Judy for sharing your experiences with me!

I am really trying to keep my postings about the U.S. government (aka Trump and the gang and NOT regular Americans, a few of whom are family members) to a minimum, but this story was just too difficult to resist posting. Sorry in advance: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

All of a sudden history and historians are gaining a fresh importance www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Sorry Bluesky, but here is a Canadian-owned social media platform under development: waitlist.spaces.ca