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Nature's Past Episode 76: Methodological Challenges in Animal History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022


A roundtable discussion about a new book on methods in animal history.

Nature's Past Episode 75: Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022


An interview about the history of uranium mining and its consequences on Serpent River First Nation territory.

Nature's Past Episode 74: The Colonial Legacies of Wood Buffalo National Park

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2022


An interview about the colonial legacies of Wood Buffalo National Park.

Nature's Past Episode 73: New Books in Canadian Environmental History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021


A panel discussion with three authors from UBC Press's Nature, History, Society book series.

Nature's Past Episode 72: What's Next for Canadian Environmental History?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021


A round-table discussion about the past ten years of Canadian environmental history and what may come next.

Nature's Past Episode 71: Water and Anishinaabe Territory

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021


An interview with Brittany Luby and Chief Lorraine Cobiness about water, power, and resources in Anishinaabe territory.

Nature's Past Episode 70: Environmentalism and the Company of Young Canadians

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020


An interview with Kevin Brushett about the role of the Company of Young Canadians in early environmental activism.

Nature's Past Episode 69: Environmental Racism and Canadian History

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020


An interview with Ingrid Waldron about environmental racism and history in Nova Scotia.

Nature's Past Episode 68: Environment and Home

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020


An interview with Karen Routledge about her new book on nineteenth-century Inuit and American encounters.

Nature's Past Episode 67: Science, Technology, and the Modern

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020


An interview with Tina Adcock, Edward Jones-Imhotep, and Blair Stein about the history of science and technology in Modern Canada.

Nature's Past Episode 66: Communicating Toxic Legacies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019


An interview with Caitlynn Beckett and John Sandlos about the toxic legacies of the Giant Mine.

Nature's Past Episode 65: 3rd World Congress of Environmental History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019


A travelogue of the 3rd World Congress of Environmental History.

Nature's Past Episode 64: Environment and Alibi

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019


An interview with Claire Campbell about the age of sail as a historical alibi for Nova Scotia.

Nature's Past Episode 63: Unbuilt Environments

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2019


An interview with Jonathan Peyton about his new book on unbuilt environments of northwestern British Columbia.

Nature's Past Episode 62: Carbon Democracy and Canadian History

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018


A discussion of the Timothy Mitchell's Carbon Democracy and its utility for Canadian history.

Nature's Past Episode 61: Why Graduate Students Study Environmental History

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2018


Four amazing stories about four impressive graduate students in environmental history.

Nature's Past Episode 60: New Research in Canadian Environmental History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018


A review and discussion of new articles and books chapters.

Nature's Past Episode 59b: Introducing Papers in Canadian History and Environment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018


New post to correct earlier feed error. Apologies for the mistake and the re-download.

Nature's Past Episode 59: Introducing Papers in Canadian History and Environment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2018


Find out more about NiCHE's new peer-reviewed publication.

Nature's Past Episode 58: The Past and Future of Canadian Environmental History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017


A round-table panel about the state of Canadian environmental history from CHA 2017.

Nature's Past Episode 57: Why Study Canada?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017


A discussion about why scholars abroad study Canadian environmental history.

Nature's Past Episode 56: Animal Metropolis

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017


A panel on the history of animals in Canadian urban environments.

Nature's Past Episode 55: Asbestos Mining and Environmental Health

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2016


An interview with Jessica van Horssen about her new book on the town of Asbestos.

Nature's Past Episode 54: Reclaiming the Don, From Dissertation to Book

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016


A conversation with Jennifer Bonnell about making her dissertation on the environmental history of the Don River into an award-winning book.

Nature's Past Episode 53: The Social and Environmental History of Hamilton Harbour

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2016


An interview with Nancy Bouchier and Ken Cruikshank about the social and environmental history of Hamilton Harbour.

Nature's Past Episode 52: Hydro-Power and War

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016


A discussion with Matthew Evenden about the mobilization of hydro-power during Canada's Second World War.

Nature's Past Episode 51: Has Environmental History Lost Its Way?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2016


A round-table discussion about the state of environmental history.

Nature's Past Episode 50: Canadian Energy History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2015


A round-table discussion on Canadian energy history with Steve Penfold, Ruth Sandwell, and Andrew Watson.

Nature's Past Episode 49: Wildlife Conservation in Quebec

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2015


An interview with Darcy Ingram about his book on the history of wildlife conservation in Quebec from 1840 to 1914.

Nature's Past Episode 48: Ecotones and Saskatchewan History

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2015


An interview with Merle Massie about her new book about the forest-prairie edge.

Nature's Past Episode 47: Pollution Probe and the History of Environmental Activism in Ontario

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2015


An interview with Ryan O'Connor about his new book on the history of Pollution Probe and enviornmental activism in Ontario.

Nature's Past Episode 46: Historical GIS Research in Canada

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2015


A round table discussion about the use of HGIS in environmental history research in Canada.

Nature's Past Episode 45: The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2014


An interview with Daniel Macfarlane about the history of the St. Lawrence Seway.

Nature's Past Episode 44: The Second World Congress for Environmental History

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2014


A round-table discussion about the Second World Congress for Environmental History.

Nature's Past Episode 43: Environmental Scholarship and Environmental Advocacy

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2014


A round-table discussion about the relationship between environmental history and environmental advocacy.

Nature's Past Episode 42: The Right to a Healthy Environment

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2014


An interview with David Boyd about Canadian environmental rights.

Nature's Past Episode 41: Closing Federal Libraries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2014


An interview with Andrew Nikiforuk and a round table discussion about the closure of federal libraries in Canada.

Nature's Past Episode 40: Environmental History of Atlantic Canada

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013


A roundtable discussion about environmental history in Atlantic Canada.

Nature's Past Episode 39: The Environmental History of Stanley Park

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2013


An interview with Sean Kheraj about his new book, Inventing Stanley Park.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 8 - Tar Sands

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2013


An exploration of the history of the Alberta tar sands.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 7 - Agri-Food Systems, II

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2013


Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 6 - Agri-Food Systems, I

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2013


An interview with Margaret Derry about the history of chicken breeding in North America.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 5 - Fisheries, Regulation, and Science

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2013


A round table discussion with environmental historians about the history of Canadian fisheries regulation.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 4 - The Canadian Environmental Movement II

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2013


A round table discussion with environmental historians about the Canadian environmental movement.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 3 - The Canadian Environmental Movement I

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2012


An interview with Neil Forkey about his new book on the historical relationship between Canadians and the natural environment.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 2 - Health and Environmental Issues in Aboriginal History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2012


A round table discussion about health and environmental issues in Aboriginal history in Canada.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 1 - Global Warming

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2012


An examination of the role of climate and climate change in Canadian history.

Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues Preview

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2012


A preview of our special six-part series on Canadian environmental issues.

Nature's Past - Episode Thirty

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2012


Nature's Past - Episode Twenty-Nine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2012


Nature's Past - Episode Twenty-Eight

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2012


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