Today we have "The Land Holds Truth: Searching for Unmarked Graves at Indian Residential Schools" by @archaeomapper.bsky.social The latest in our Land, Memory, & Schooling: Env. Histories of Colonial Education series, edited by C. Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/04/03/t...

Dear #envhist community, I will be presenting my draft paper “Wind and Site Engineers, 'behind the turbines' 1971-1999" at the CHSTM Energy History Working Group on April 10th. Feel free to join and/or contact me cc @eseh.bsky.social @leruche.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social

It's @ehiggs.bsky.social !

Howe Sound, British Columbia Walter J. Phillips 1935

The recording of our Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence roundtable, co-hosted with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, is now available! Absolutely wonderful 1.5 hour reflection & discussion between the volume's editors and a few contributors. niche-canada.org/2026/04/02/r... #envhist

#OTD (Fri, Apr 2) 1909 at #JoeLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Mr. George reported sick. I advised [he consult] a doctor…as a sick Ranger is no use on a beat where traveling must be done." @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social

... sigh ... If you are a historian who wants a space to write about the history of the forest service, we're still editing our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series over at @nichecanada.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/04/11/c...

hello good morning howdy, I am teaching undergrads today for the first time in a long time and I hate that I have to start with the AI speech. Has to happen. I just hate it.

The proposal deadline for Succession IV: Queering the Environment – “Queer Joy” has been extended to April 13th! Send @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, @tinaadcock.bsky.social, and Sarah York-Bertram your ideas related to queer joy. niche-canada.org/2026/02/28/c... #envhist #envhum #queerecology

'It’s big. It’s old. It’s going to outlast us, no matter how much of the world we reduce to dollars and dust.'

"Known as the Porcupine herd, these caribou take the longest land migration of any animal on earth, traversing steep mountains and icy rivers in Canada and Alaska before reaching the Arctic coastal plain, where they have their young." - @finisdunaway.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2021/04/22/w...

Today we have "Îyâmnathka: Yamnuska" by Ben Gadd This is the latest featured excerpt from Mountain Voices, part of our Canadian History and Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/04/01/i... #envhist #cdnhist #mountains #books

ICYMI: Deadline for Mountains, Danger, and Endangerment is April 30th! The conference will take place in Geneva, Switzerland in November. How do ideas about danger and endangerment inflect and shape perceptions, experiences, and engagements with mountain places? niche-canada.org/2026/03/30/c...

As a researcher of early 20th-century North America, Finnish migrant settlers, weather, and settler colonialism who has played RDR2 several times, I really enjoyed reading Nolan Teynolds’ article. @nichecanada.bsky.social

We are accepting proposals for a resident 16-week summer research fellowship, which will investigate a topic relevant to the history of health and health care. ⁠ ⁠⁠ Find the full application details here:https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/fellowship #histmed #fellowship

While doing some unrelated research, I stumbled upon and greatly enjoyed this queer analysis of the orca from @nichecanada.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2024/07/08/a...

This is fascinating. Indigenous agriculture seemed to manage without these introduced earthworms. "This episode of IDEAS traces the worm’s complicated cultural and ecological history — beginning with their arrival as an invasive pest in the ballasts of colonial ships." @nichecanada.bsky.social

We've extended the deadline for Succession IV: Queering the Environment until April 13th! niche-canada.org/2026/02/28/c... #envhist #envhum #queerecology

Did no one even vett this, @royalbcmuseum.bsky.social? Even by generative AI standards, it is a horrifyingly inaccurate depiction of gold prospecting... #bchist

Hey @royalbcmuseum.bsky.social - why are you using an AI generated image when you have a wealth of digitized images and paintings from the gold rush that you could use?

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

We are *just* 8 subscribers shy of 500 newsletter subscribers. Subscribe now to get tomorrow's March newsletter!! niche-canada.org/subscribe/ #envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog

Our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series is accepting submissions on a rolling basis - niche-canada.org/2025/04/11/c... #envhist

Call for Papers – Mountains, Danger, and Endangerment 12-13 November 2026 Geneva (Switzerland) Proposal Deadline: 30 April 2026 "Danger and endangerment have long been central to the experiences, knowledges, and governance of mountain environments." niche-canada.org/2026/03/30/c... #envhist

ICYMI: "As we stand on the precipice of missed 2030 climate targets, EIAs contain hundreds of pages justifying the expansion of oil and gas and adjacent industries.” - Felice Physioc niche-canada.org/2026/03/26/t... #envhist #oilsands #energy #energyhistory

"Through mourning the destruction of both plants and their defenders, park supporters connect police brutality with environmental degradation now in the same ways that park creators in the 1960s saw those intersecting forces transforming parks into..." - K. Lovell niche-canada.org/2023/06/15/l...

#otd 50 yrs ago, #PEI launched Energy Days, w/ int'l experts speaking on the future of energy - a 1st step in PEI's plan to become a world leader in self-sufficiency & sustainability. This spring @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social & I are writing about the spirit of ‘76. Watch the skies. #cdnhist #envhist

The Saint Lawrence Seaway - Part 2 "A look at the environmental changes and impacts of the community surrounding the Seaway" Funded by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7-5...

Bio of the Day: Hamilton Hartley Killaly (d. 1874), engineer and civil servant. A lengthy association with the Welland Canal, an integral part of the St Lawrence route, began for Killaly in 1837. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/killa...

Our most-read articles published in January! Links in the thread below. #envhist #cdnhist #urbanhistory

Read "'Chemical Castration': White Genocide and Male Extinction in Rhetoric of Endocrine Disruption" by Meg Perret from our first Succession: Queering the Environment series here: niche-canada.org/2020/06/09/c... #queerecology #envhist #envhum #scicomm

Inside the Trump-linked deal to secure Canadian resources | the fifth estate www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u2g...

#OTD (Sat, Mar 28) 1908 at #BoundaryLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Tried my hand at making johnnycake; a flat success, but down it went with syrup while hot. Mr. Ranger pronounced it fine with a twinkle in his eye. [Ranger] Teddie McCoy left this morning disgusted with Park." @nichecanada.bsky.social

New Comment: "…so much to explore! The setting of Fallout 4 is so vividly detailed that it transports you right to that specific location. Each area has a distinct atmosphere and color scheme that makes you feel like you are there." - TheRetroArcade.Games niche-canada.org/2025/10/24/i... #envhum

Just watched this CBC Indigenous report this morning. Having spent time at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa searching for files on the NIB and NCC, it was clear the orgs were viewed with a lot of suspicion. But the extent of the RCMP surveillance revealed now is on a whole other terrible level.

I see we've "uncovered" another collection which has been well-catalogued and cared for by archivists for nigh-centuries www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#OTD (Fri, Mar 27) 1908 at #AlgonquinPark: "Left for Boundary Lake with supplies. Visited Head & Kenneth & Boundary Lakes on way over and looked up wolf baits. [Ranger] John Reynolds left this morning for home completely disgusted with Park life." @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social

Friends! The deadline for Succession IV: Queering the Environment – “Queer Joy” is tomorrow. This is a biennial series that I edit for @nichecanada.bsky.social. The number of submissions is low right now, would love to see a few more roll in. niche-canada.org/2026/02/28/c... #queer #envhum

Secondary investigator Erik Kielsen has an opportunity to talk with vice chairman of KNAPK Jens Peter Kielsen about the importance of seals for hunters and locals in Southern Kalaallit Nunaat. Learn more about what they discussed @nichecanada.bsky.social @arcticinstitute.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

Canada is investing $175M in a Nunavik mining project tied to Trump-linked investors, before full approvals are even done. This is why CBC’s Fifth Estate matters. It connects the dots. Should Canadians be more concerned? Did CBC get this right? r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

Congratulations/Félicitations Daniel Coleman, Ki'en Debicki & Bonnie M. Freeman! Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life Canada Prizes shortlist csn-rec.ca/news/84048-c... finaliste, Prix du Canada csn-rec.ca/fr/nouvelles... @wlupress.bsky.social

Declassified files expose RCMP's secret surveillance of Indigenous people "Newly declassified documents obtained by CBC Indigenous confirm that the RCMP infiltrated and sought to disrupt legitimate political Indigenous organizations in the 1970s..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MvU... #cdnhist

"The USWA seized the moment and worked with the National Indian Brotherhood to conduct hair sample studies of mine workers and Dene children, with results showing significant exposure among these specific groups." - John Sandlos niche-canada.org/2025/06/26/e... #cdnhist #mininghistory #envhist

Today we have "The Impact Assessment as Archive: Historical Approaches to Regulatory Documents from Alberta’s Oil Sands" by Felice Physioc Originally published with @envhistnow.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/26/t... #envhist #energy #oilsands #fossilfuels #alberta #cdnhist

New podcast! We talk to Harriet & Rob Fraser, environmental artist working collectively as SOMEWHERE NOWHERE about their place-based walking practices in #Cumbria #LakeDistrict shorturl.at/NHHjI #Poetry #Photography #Walking #Art #Placemaking #EnvHums @nichecanada.bsky.social

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

ALERT: The deadline for Middle Atlantic and New England Council for Canadian Studies 2026 is extended to April 30, 2026! Papers Building Bridges / Construire des ponts 22-24 October 2026 Lake Placid, New York niche-canada.org/2026/02/04/m... #envhist #cdnhist #cdnstudies

Today on our site, @carolineabbott.bsky.social makes "The Case For The Boring Bear Story." niche-canada.org/2026/03/25/t... #bears #animalhistory #envhist #animalstudies

"A queer approach that includes transgender and non-binary people’s experiences would expand ecofeminism by breaking the constraints of essentialist expectations of bodies." @dr-ourkiya.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2022/06/28/p... #envhist #envhum #queerecology #feminism #ecofeminism

Our podcast, Nature's Past, hosted by @seankheraj.bsky.social, is back with a new episode after a multi-year break! Learn about @tinaadcock.bsky.social's book in "Nature’s Past Episode 77: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North." niche-canada.org/2026/03/24/n... #envhist #histsci #cdnhist