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Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement
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Coming Together: Mutual Interests Across the Arts and Humanities
Eight Grand Valley State University faculty paired up to create a collaborative arts and humanities exhibition exploring history, technology, labor, and sentience.
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Seeing the Forest Deeper Than the Trees: A More-Than-Tree Approach to Forest History
Extractive timber archives reveal hidden ecological histories when analyzed using a "more-than-tree" approach to uncover silent, "uncharismatic" ecosystem actors.
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Call for Sessions: Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2027
The overall conference theme is ‘Geographical Stories / Récits Géographiques’ – a theme that signals the diverse forms of geographical knowledge production that the conference will encompass; and, the importance of translating and mobilizing geographical research through…
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Dwelling With and Without Rats
Human dwelling is historically multispecies; managing rats shifted around 1900 from killing to ecological rat-proofing, though cohabitation remains inevitable.
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From Practice to Policy: Grand Manan’s Contested Fisheries, Environmental Knowledge, and Governance in the Bay of Fundy, 1834–1837
New Brunswick’s 1836 Herring Commission subordinated local ecological knowledge to commercial, settler-colonial interests, prioritizing offshore extractions over place-based conservation.
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Applications Open: NiCHE Editorial Team
There are three open positions on the Editorial Team. Successful Applicants will serve from January 1, 2027 - December 31, 2027. Interested applicants must apply by 18 November 2027.
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Applications Open: NiCHE New Scholars Committee
There are four open positions on the NiCHE New Scholars Committee. Successful Applicants will serve from January 1, 2027 - December 31, 2027.
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Become a Member of NiCHE!
It’s the start of a new era for NiCHE! For the first time, you can become an official member of the Network in Canadian History and Environment.
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Love the Unloved: How to Talk About “Monsters” in Science
Public perception can turn uncharismatic animals into hated "monsters," but effective science communication uses storytelling and emotion to restore conservation support.
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Nouveau livre : La ville énergivore. Une histoire des transitions énergétiques à Montréal au 20e siècle
La ville énergivore analyse la géographie historique des transitions énergétiques à Montréal au 20e siècle et leurs impacts sociospatiaux.
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(Ant)icolonial Figures: Characterizing Ants in 16th Century New Spain
Sixteenth-century colonial accounts viewed ants as destructive pests, while Indigenous perspectives saw them as environmental guides and therapeutic agents.