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The Canadian History & Environment Summer School was held at Carleton University in 2009, just preceding the annual CHA meeting. The workshop was hosted by Joanna Dean and Andrew Johnston.

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Environmental History & the Media

McDonald, Bob, Rick Boychuck, Alan MacEachern. "Environmental History & the Media." Canadian History & Environment Summer School. 23 May 2009.

Presenter:

Bob McDonald

Presenter:

Rich Boychuk

Presenter:

Alan MacEachern

Full Event Name:

Canadian History and Environment Summer School - Ottawa 2009

Event Location:

Ottawa, ON

Presentation Date:

May 23 2009

[32:26]

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Bio:

Bob McDonald is the host of CBC's "Quirks and Quarks", a program that seeks to popularize and explain science to a wide audience. Rick Boychuk is the former editor of "Canadian Geographic" magazine. Alan MacEachern is the director of NiCHE and has written extensively for "University Affairs" magazine.

Abstract:

A panel on environmental history and the media, with Bob McDonald of CBC's Quirks and Quarks, and Rick Boychuk, the recently retired editor of Canadian Geographic, kicked off this year's Canadian History and Environment Summer School (CHESS) in Ottawa / Gatineau. The panel will explored ways in which environmental historians can make their work accessible to a wider audience. CHESS 2009.

TB or not TB: Politics, Public Health and the Dairy Industry in the 1920's Campaign to Eradicate Bovine Tuberculosis

Jenkins, Jane. "TB or not TB: Politics, Public Health and the Dairy Industry in the 1920's Campaign to Eradicate Bovine Tuberculosis." Canadian History & Environment Summer School. 23 May 2009.

Presenter:

Jane Jenkins

Full Event Name:

Jane Jenkins

Event Location:

Ottawa, ON

Presentation Date:

May 23 2009

[36:17]

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Bio:

Associate Professor, Science and Technology Studies, St. Thomas University.

Abstract:

This paper examines the debates, motives, and implications during the 1920s concerning whether Bovine Tuberculosis was transmissible to humans. At its root, was the disease an economic or public health issue?

CHESS 2009