1) "The Michigan Spectacle: A Tale of Early Niagara Falls Tourism" by Jessica Linzel, CAHP - niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/t...
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@nichecanada.bsky.social1) "The Michigan Spectacle: A Tale of Early Niagara Falls Tourism" by Jessica Linzel, CAHP - niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/t...
@nichecanada.bsky.socialOur most read articles published in July 2026!!
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@nichecanada.bsky.social"Asbestos, Quebec, was given its name in 1884 when a post office was established beside what was then the small Jeffrey-Webb mine, simply because that’s what was there..." - @historiamagoria.bsky.social
Read more here: niche-canada.org/2020/10/29/t...
@nichecanada.bsky.socialCall for Environmental History Proposals at the Canadian Historical Association Meeting in Winnipeg
NiCHE would like to organize a series of linked panels on environmental history at CHA 2027.
@cndhistassoc.bsky.social@cndhistassoc.bsky.social@cndhistassoc.bsky.social@cndhistassoc.bsky.social@nichecanada.bsky.social"Unlike infectious diseases like smallpox and cholera, malaria was firmly place-based, meaning that local and environmental histories are best suited to telling its history–if we can reconstruct past environments." - @gabtm.bsky.social
@forrestpass.bsky.socialFun fact: as much as Paris, ON, likes to emphasize the French connection today, it was named for the plaster, not the French capital (tho' the plaster was, in turn, named for the City of Light). #cdnhist
@nichecanada.bsky.socialCall for Papers - Feeling/Not Feeling Canadian: A Workshop Exploring Histories of Emotion in Canada
16 -17 June 2027, University of Winnipeg (Treaty No. 1 Territory), Winnipeg Manitoba
Proposal Deadline: 30 November 2026
@nichecanada.bsky.socialAny environmental historians have anything to say in response to this declaration?
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@nichecanada.bsky.socialToday we have "Canadian Sugar Was Built on Violence" by @donicabelisle.bsky.social
Canadian sugar company Rogers Sugar (formerly B.C. Sugar) profited from violent, exploitation-based plantation labor.
@nichecanada.bsky.socialWatch @alanmaceachern.bsky.social and @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social 's full interview with Hammarlund & David Bergmark here: niche-canada.org/2026/09/18/p...
@nichecanada.bsky.socialOle Hammarlund shares a story about how they carefully orchestrated Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau's tour of “The Ark," specifically timing pumps so the solar-heated water felt warm the exact moment Trudeau touched the pipe during the grand opening
@brianbusby.bsky.socialFifty-three years after first learning her name I finally read a Nellie McClung book - and I have questions!
@benbradleyca.bsky.socialin these busy times, @jmcelroy.bsky.social, consider the hidden gems of the (arrow) lakes district!
@nichecanada.bsky.social"For many people around the world, Canadian environmental history probably begins and ends with Grey Owl." - @alanmaceachern.bsky.social
@nichecanada.bsky.socialOur “Land, Memory, and Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education" series, edited by Crystal Gail Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social began last Sept 30th and is still accepting submissions on a rolling basis.
See the CFP here: niche-canada.org/2025/07/22/c...