Episode 9: "Environmental History Graduate Studies in Canada"
In this episode students discuss their own experiences studying and researching in environmental history graduate studies in Canada.
In this episode students discuss their own experiences studying and researching in environmental history graduate studies in Canada.
Drawing upon two case studies of biodiversity initiatives in Canada, this paper looks at the role that constructivist conceptions of education play in the integration of alternative knowledge systems in environmental decision-making.
Wild Earth 9, no. 1 features essays on wilderness and spirituality. They center around two slogans: “Rewilding Ourselves” and “Rewilding the Land.”
Following the establishment of the world’s first national park at Yellowstone (USA) in 1872, the concept was rapidly transferred to Australia, New Zealand and Canada. This article examines this second wave of adoption—and adaption—focussing on five case studies from Australia and New Zealand.
Trim’s article focuses on “countercultural environmentalists” and an alternative development program in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The project’s history raises questions about the consequences of treating environmental issues as technical problems to be solved with innovation and new technology. This approach both depoliticizes environmental issues and embeds them into new political structures.
Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) is a Canadian-based confederation of researchers and educators who study nature and humans in Canada’s past.
In episode 61 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj interviews four North American graduate students on why they study environmental history.
In episode 60 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, two NiCHE editors—Tina Adcock from Simon Fraser University and Claire Campbell from Bucknell University—discuss some new articles and book chapters in Canadian environmental history with Sean Kheraj.
In episode 59 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj, Jennifer Bonnell, and Owen Temby discuss their new roles as editors of the publication Papers in Canadian History and Environment. They also hear from Matt Dyce and Jonathan Peyton about their forthcoming paper in the new publication.
In episode 46 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj speaks with the editors of Historical GIS Research in Canada, Jennifer Bonnell and Marcel Fortin, as well as a few contributors.