Virtual Event – The Grassy Narrows Living History Forum Friday, 22 May 2026 PT 12:30-13:30; MT 13:30-14.30; CT 14:30-15:30; ET 15:30-16:30; AT 16:30-17:30 Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM) Living History Forum niche-canada.org/2026/05/18/v... #envhist #indigenous #envjustice

Aujourd'hui nous avons "Compte rendu du colloque : Les Amériques en vert ?" par Andréanne Martel niche-canada.org/2026/05/18/c... #envhist #cdnhist

"Climate scientists have identified what the anthropogenic agents of global warming were; it’s time for historians to identify who they were." - @seankheraj.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2018/01/29/c... #envhist #cdnhist #anthropocene

"This blog series is an attempt to build an archive of this erasure that will decolonise spaces of epistemic violence and create an alternative repertoire of the traditions that celebrated environmental and human resources of the Bengal Delta." - Debasree Sankar niche-canada.org/2026/05/16/c...

"... Coming to terms with terms seems crucial, particularly when trying to make a common dialogue between disciplines, and between the academy and the public." - @alanmaceachern.bsky.social, Canada's Anthropocene: A Roundtable (2018) - niche-canada.org/2018/01/24/c... #anthropocene #cdnhist #envhist

"As the editors of an important collection on gender-variant saints have argued, medieval records challenge the idea that such identities are a 'modern' phenomenon and 'offer historically grounded refutation of theological transphobia.'" - @malentendre.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/04/30/t...

Out now in The Polar Journal - OA piece by @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social principal investigator @danitaburke.bsky.social, "The EU’s role in legitimising the stigmatisation of sealing and sealers" @nichecanada.bsky.social @fishingforsuccess.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social @govnl.bsky.social

Hydro Power, Energy Transitions, and the Onset of Canada's Great Acceleration - More total coal and wood are being burned and used today than ever before in human history. niche-canada.org/2026/05/13/h... via @nichecanada.bsky.social #Environment #ecology #history #science #SciChat

Fur Trade (1946) - National Film Board of Canada "An outline of the history of the fur trade, and of the commercial use of furs in Canada." www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J_-... #envhist #cdnhist

Call for Submissions - Suta-Kahini: The Crafts and Characters of Bengal Textiles An Examination and Celebration of the Environmental & Human Resources of the Bengal Delta A NiCHE New Scholars Series Proposal Deadline: 30 June 2026 Edited by Debasree Sarkar niche-canada.org/2026/05/16/c... #envhum

"Famine patterns show this potential relationship as well. In 1877 and 1878, famine was reported in Peking, Foochow, and Tseng Un, present-day Taiwan." - Lilia Scudamore, @iowcmcgill.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2023/09/11/m... #envhist #climhist #dhist

Such a great bit of history.

The Coasters (1968) "Join The Norma & Gladys as she gets rigged-out in St. John's, then makes her way north to the French Shore, making calls at Conche, Croque, St. Anthony, and Cook's Harbour." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qirx... #envhist #coastalhistory #cdnhist

Today we have "Motherhood and Apple Pie: The League of Women Voters and the 1970s Energy Crises" by Warren Dennis This is the third post in our series “Mobilizing Motherhood,” focused on mothers in twentieth-century industrial and environmental activism. niche-canada.org/2026/05/15/m... #envhist

Early bird rates to join us for OPXI in June end tomorrow! @icesmarine.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @uvic.ca

I will be submitting my final manuscript to my editor so it can move into the production phase next week!

Today @mrapomquet.bsky.social reflects on @therealkenwilson.bsky.social's book, Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place from the Side of the Road This post is part of our Coulees to Muskeg – A Saskatchewan Environmental History series w/ @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/05/14/m...

Join the Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) - @oceanspast.bsky.social for their next conference! Oceans Past XI June 15-19, 2026, University of Victoria, British Columbia Theme: Ocean-Connected Communities Early bird rate ends tomorrow. niche-canada.org/2026/05/14/c... #envhist #envhum #oceans

To mark the 150th anniversary of Treaty Six, I’m editing a series for @nichecanada.bsky.social and @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social on its environmental impact. Proposals are due by June 30th! Full CFP here: niche-canada.org/2026/04/09/c... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory #treatysix

ICYMI

Today we have "Hydro Power, Energy Transitions, and the Onset of Canada’s Great Acceleration" by @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social This is the second post in our Canada's Great Acceleration series. The posts in this series are cross-posted with @activehist.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/05/13/h...

Andrew Watson introduces our series exploring the potential of the Great Acceleration as a framework & reconnaissance of Canadian environmental history. The posts in this series are cross-posted with @activehist.bsky.social. This is going to be a big series, folks! niche-canada.org/2026/05/12/c...

For the second post of the Great Acceleration series, Daniel Macfarlane discusses Canada's hydroelectric history and the role of energy in the Great Acceleration. This is a cross-posted series with @nichecanada.bsky.social

In today's post, Andrew Watson introduces the Great Acceleration Series, cross-posted with @nichecanada.bsky.social, exploring how Canadian environmental historians can engage with and understand the Great Acceleration.

New open access article @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social in @polarjournal.bsky.social "The EUs role in legitimising the stigmatisation of sealing and sealers" exploring cultural & economic violence, psychological abuse & forced assimilation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cwswarstudies.bsky.social

You can access the entire 100 episode archive of NiCHE Conversations here: niche-canada.org/category/med... #envhist #envhum

Wow! My small college will be starting the year with just 6 English majors and half my load is now humanities service courses. I think 2010 was our most recent hire.

There are stories from all over about universities' dismantling of the humanities. I have a small but dismaying data point from my university to contribute to the discourse. Harvard University now has NO assistant professors of English. That's how long it has been since we were allowed to hire.

Today we have "Contesting Maternal Protection: Reproduction and Environmental Coalitions in the 1970s" by Sadie Bergen & Molly M. Henderson This is the second post in our series “Mobilizing Motherhood." niche-canada.org/2026/05/11/c... #envhist #wmnshist

ICYMI: Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, highlights podcasts on the history of apples and Rachel Carson in her latest list of environment history worth reading (and listening to). niche-canada.org/2026/05/06/e... #envhist #envhum #history

#OTD (Tue, May 11) 1909 at #JoeLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Morning bright and clear. Heavy frost last night. Returned to Canoe Lake. Tho’s Salmon and tourist arrived to fish & left on evening train disgusted with finding ice on all lakes." @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social

This series was an utter joy to participate in ☺️

History of the Sea To Sky Highway "The Sea to Sky Highway is one of British Columbia’s most scenic and iconic routes, winding along the steep coastline between Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton." www.youtube.com/watch?v=edMO... #envhist #bchistory #cdnhist

Every year I hang a fuchsia near the kitchen window so I can see it when I am at the sink. For both reasons, sink and fuchsia, I think of my mother. Fuchsia look fragile, but are hardy. #memory Also, they attract hummingbirds.

Farmers’ Almanacs Are No Better than a Coin Toss: The secret equations they use to predict a year’s worth of weather are no match for science-based meteorology. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... #meteorology #science #SciComm #STEM #SciChat

ICYMI: "Franklin developed national and international networks of women to track fallout monitoring practices in Canada, the UK, the United States, and West Germany and, in the process, 'buil[t] the peace movement horizontally.'" - Emma Schroeder niche-canada.org/2026/05/07/t... #envhist #wmshist

"We know that all of the dogs used in the 1857-59 McClintock Expedition to find the missing Franklin Expedition were acquired from Indigenous communities in the Arctic. They were mostly sourced from Greenland and parts of Northern Canada..." - Celina Lee niche-canada.org/2023/09/27/e...

"While the baby teeth campaign was an impressive feat of organization and work, it should be recognized for its larger importance to the peace and ecological movements of the 1960s." - @bcordeiro.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2020/02/20/i... #envhist #wmnshist #cdnhist #histsci #coldwar

Was in a meeting earlier today trying to explain to the provost the value of the humanities & history. Completely uninterested & dismissive. I guess this is to be expected but nevertheless it's depressing how impervious university administration can be to all of our evidence and arguments.

I am constantly horrified by this government, and utterly bemused by people who think that Carney is better than Poilivere. They clearly haven’t been paying enough attention to what he is actually doing. @althiaraj.bsky.social has been one of the few journalists honest and pointed about this.

To bring a smile to your face, here’s an ancient Egyptian dog figurine, a very good boy for some 3,400 years! 🐾🐕❤️ This lovely leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

The very laws that are being rolled back in the EPA and the ESA by the current administration today are the reason we still have the bald eagle. Our national bird.

"About two months after learning that this tree represented the memories of a successful battle for the Ilkisongo, I drove by again on my way to Amboseli National Park. This time the tree was leaning over, cut at its base by a chainsaw." - Amanda Lewis-Nang'ea niche-canada.org/2019/02/21/a...

"I don’t think we can fully understand the environmental history and present state of the Great Lakes without understanding the IJC." - @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2020/02/26/t... #envhist #uscanada #greatlakes

"The idea of people working in the zone of exclusion brings me to my third point, which is that Chernobyl, the city, is not abandoned. The abandoned buildings between the first checkpoint and the town belie the activity humming in the center." - Robynne Mellor niche-canada.org/2017/05/18/c...

I love railroad electrification articles!!!

Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Mon, May 11th, at 3pm ET on Instagram Live @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to chat about the new @acsus.bsky.social special issue on US–Canada Energy & Environmental Relations NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada

"Once revived, Palana marked the pup with healing stripes made from his blood and spiritual power mixed with campfire ash. It is believed that this transformed the pup into corinna, an Indigenous word for the thylacine... " - Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya niche-canada.org/2023/07/20/c... #envhist

"This series was inspired by George Orwell’s 1945 essay, 'Funny, But Not Vulgar' and Nicole Seymour’s Bad Environmentalism (2018). Orwell argued that a “thing” is funny when it upsets the established order in some way." - @nulybranch.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/07/25/f...