An important new blog series starts today, Orange Shirt Day, on the @nichecanada.bsky.social blog. According to series editors Crystal Gail Fraser and Jess Dunkin, contributions will demonstrate "that residential and day school histories cannot be separated from histories of Land and environment."

Today we are privileged to share Crystal Gail Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social's intro to their new series, Land, Memory, & Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education The series will run for at least 12 weeks & is still accepting submissions. niche-canada.org/2025/09/30/e... #envhist

Crystal Fraser and I are co-editing a series on environmental histories of Indian residential and day schools for @nichecanada.bsky.social. We chose to launch the series on Orange Shirt Day, in part, to remind historians of their responsibilities to Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.

Acting with one mind: Gwich’in lessons for truth and reconciliation

This series launches next Tuesday, September 30, Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Based on the positive response to the call, we've decided to have an open submission process. Please get in touch if you are interested in contributing to the series.

You have until MONDAY, AUGUST 25th to get your proposals in for our upcoming Environmental Histories of Indian Residential and Day Schools series. Editors: Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/07/22/c... #cdnhist #indigenoushistory #indigenous #TRC #envhist

We have a roundup of the last 4 conversations of Season 5 of NiCHE Conversations w/ @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social Find convos w/ Crystal Gail Fraser, @jdunkin.bsky.social, @ramya.bsky.social, Parineeta Dandekar, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & @arnkeeling.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/01/n...

Inspired by conversations that we had in response to our January post about Land and northern histories of residential and day schooling, Crystal Fraser and I are co-editing a @nichecanada.bsky.social series on environmental histories of residential and day school. niche-canada.org/2025/07/22/c...

Alaska public radio stations are essential parts of community safety.

Early signs of how #mine closure will affect workers and communities in the NWT, as the diamond sector enters its final life stage. A reminder that mining is not a sustainable industry. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I just pre-ordered Talk Treaty to Me by Crystal Fraser and @saritavk.bsky.social from Yellowknife Books. Publication date is November 4. Excited to read this important book by my two friend-colleagues!

Read "How I Survived: Land and Northern Histories of Residential and Day Schooling" by Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social here: niche-canada.org/2025/01/09/h... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory

Our NiCHE Conversation with Crystal Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social is now on YouTube! They joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss their How I Survived Podcast and land and recreation in histories of residential & day schooling in the north www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFxP... #envhist #cdnhist

Photo 1) Portrait of Dene leader Louis Norwegian, photographed by June Helm in 1952 at Jean Marie River, NWT. Under Norwegian’s leadership, the community said no to residential schools and built their own instead, on their own dime. Photo 2) The first school at Jean Marie River with volunteer 1/2

In Canada, the greatest threat to freshwater fish is the application of western legal, ethical, and scientific logics towards fish, water, habitats, and ecosystems after brutally repressing Indigenous laws, science, and praxis that governed lands, waters, and relationships with fish for millennia.

Today @nichecanada.bsky.social I introduce *A Cold Colonialism* — its origin story, its main characters and arguments, and its potential to shift how we think about exploration, the North, and colonialism’s relationships with both. Enjoy! #cdnhist #envhist #Arctic niche-canada.org/2025/06/03/n...

Follow NiCHE on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada This conversation will be partly based on Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social's post, "How I Survived: Land and Northern Histories of Residential and Day Schooling" - niche-canada.org/2025/01/09/h... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory

Crystal and I are looking forward to talking to Jessica tomorrow about the How I Survived project/podcast.

So wonderful to see my friend and collaborator Crystal Gail Fraser nominated. By Strength We Are Still Here makes such an important contribution to our understanding of the North, residential schooling, and Canada. #cdnhist

We'd also love to hear if/how educators are using the podcast and how it has been received by students, etc.

The advisory committee for How I Survived is meeting in mid-April. We want to hear from listeners. Why do you listen to the podcast? What do you like about it? What could we do better if we make a second season?⁣⁣ The survey is short and there are prizes!⁣⁣ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Zoom link if you'd like to join. 2pm Atlantic Time tockify.com/smuhalifax/d...

Are you following @smallhistory.bsky.social? Beautiful notes drawn from old newspapers about the seasonal weather, labour, and leisure of Nova Scotians around the turn of the 20th c. Sometimes there are dances, sometimes mischief, boats and gardens. Always lovely

📣 New zine! "Radical Books That Aren't a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks." If you're a baby leftist looking for a place to start imagining new possibilities, here's 17 books to get you started! violetbfox.info/radicalbooks/ 📚

Still looking for contributors for this series! Reach out if you (or anyone you know) might want to write on the heritage, histories, and/or archives of queer Atlantic Canada

Check out Dechinta's Superbloom anthology for creative work about art, community, and climate resilience (includes a contribution by me and lots of inspiring Northerners) www.dechinta.ca/superbloom

Introducing Swift Water Books, my new imprint with Tundra Books. Entirely Indigenous created - curated, written, illustrated by Indigenous folks who have stories to tell. All for kids. So proud. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

As many already know, the fascist wolves are at the door here in Canada, too. Support your local librarian. Trans rights are human rights.

If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.

#BlackHistoryMonth Reading "These journeys are not just play; they are a way of honouring and memoralising the long Black presence in Canada." - Jacqueline Scott niche-canada.org/2021/11/17/c... #cdnhist #blackhistory #envhist

The final episode of season one of the How I Survived Podcast is available. Dr. Sharon Anne Firth is Gwich'in, born and raised on a trapline near Akłarvik (Aklavik). Along with her twin Shirley, Sharon was a member of the Canadian national nordic ski team for an unprecedented 17 consecutive years.

Lithographs by Diné artist Harrison Begay (1917-2012) and sketching under a tree at Black Mountain College around 1940. In a few years he would serve and survive D Day and the liberation of Normandy. Begay lithographs: Woman brushing hair. Navajo boy with donkey Whyte Museum. Private Collection.

On stitching as historical practice: “They were thinking time. Reflecting time. Teeth gnashing time. Body stiffening time. Through them, I’m trying to make sense of bodies and/as and/as cargo and/as work and/as worth and/as time. Through them, I am imagining. And through them, I am also writing.”

The Canadian Encyclopedia asked @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I to help set the record straight on the legacy of John A. Macdonald. Rather than unapologetically celebrate Macdonald, we argue he should be remembered, not exalted or emulated: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...

In today's post, @oncewilting.bsky.social introduces the series, Queering Atlantic Canada, she will edit this year.

ICYMI: "Almost without exception, Survivors talked about the places they were born and raised. They described the Land that nurtured them and their relationships with Land." - Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/01/09/h... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenous

It was a great mail day. I really enjoyed @hollyguise.bsky.social's article on how Indigenous activists, artists, & their allies fought for environmental justice in Alaska—and now look forward to her book! Congratulations! #alaskasky @uwapress.bsky.social 🗃️❄️

Episode six of the How I Survived Podcast, featuring Agnes Kuptana, is now available. Agnes was born in an iglu and raised in the land near Uluksaqtuuq (Uluhaktok), NWT. She was institutionalized at Coppermine Tent Hostel (Kugluktuk), Cambridge Bay Hostel, and Stringer Hall in Inuuvik (Inuvik).

As @jdunkin.bsky.social notes at the end of this thread, we had the privilege of sharing Jess and Crystal's thoughts on how the How I Survived Podcast illuminates "Land and Northern Histories of Residential and Day Schooling" - niche-canada.org/2025/01/09/h... #indigenous #cdnhist #envhist

Last fall, Dr. Crystal Gail Fraser (@ualberta.bsky.social) and I launched How I Survived, a podcast about recreation at residential and day schools in the Canadian North that celebrates the strength, resilience, spirit, and creativity of former students and Survivors. www.howisurvived.ca

Hotıì ts’eeda opens applications for health projects Hotıì ts’eeda is offering between $1,000 to $15,000 for NWT community initiatives and research that addresses local health and wellness needs.

Very, very excited for @saraspike.bsky.social's forthcoming book about fog! You can find a little taste of this work here: niche-canada.org/2020/08/27/a....

This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern. #upcycling

I didn’t realize how much I missed encountering other’s research projects and processes since leaving Twitter/X. I’m really enjoying this series of blog posts by @storiedselves.bsky.social reflecting on the Stitching Empire project and the accompanying needlework.

Bog Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum) flowers. A few summers ago in Yellowknife, NT, Canada. #flower #wildflower #plant #botany

A den containing 17 full-grown skunks was discovered by Will McLanders at Brule under the roots of a fallen tree. Jan 28 1896

Hi! I've been meaning to do this for a while. A thread about 19th-century Nova Scotian newspapers and what @smallhistory is about. I'm a historian and this account grew out of my ongoing research on the history of rural Nova Scotia.

Hi new followers! I'm writing a book about the cultural history of fog in Atlantic Canada, which explores how the regular presence of fog on the coast has shaped the lives of the people who live here. Here's an early bit of that work niche-canada.org/2020/08/27/a...