EHTV Episode 18 - The Royal Timmins Bear Hunt of 1959
A recent case of black bear gall bladder possession in northern Ontario prompted Mike Commito to investigate the transnational connections associated with bear hunting. Frequently black bears are harvested in one area but before or after processing their parts are destined for farther away locations, sometimes as part of an illegal black market trade. Through the course of his research on bear management in Ontario and New York State, Mike briefly takes us through a notable case of international black bear translocation that took place between Timmins, Ontario and the United Kingdom in 1959. The mayor of the gold mining town, Leo Del Villano, offered to organize a spring bear hunt in order to help refurbish the bearskin caps worn by the Queen's Guards at Buckingham Palace. Consequently, sixty-two of northern Ontario's black bears became unwitting actors in a broader campaign of maintaining the empire and civic boosterism. It was the last systematically organized spring bear hunt in Ontario and its worldwide publicity alerted many Ontarians to a form of hunting that would be highly contentious for another forty years until it was indefinitely repealed by the Conservative government.
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EHTV Episode 17 - Joe to Go Home: Downstream through Muskoka's Past
This first instalment of 'Joe to Go Home: Downstream through Muskoka's Past' follows the route Jim Clifford and Andrew Watson took in July 2011 from Lake Joseph in Muskoka to Go Home Bay on Georgian Bay. Along the way, Jim and Andrew pass many important historic sites central to the environmental history of Muskoka. From intimate connections to Muskoka and its past, as well as an exploration of the earliest tourists, landscape transformations, and Aboriginal history, Andrew narrates a journey across a landscape that demonstrates a material connection to life in Muskoka during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Much of the environmental history of Muskoka took place next to the shores of the area's lakes and rivers, so journeying by canoe provided an excellent opportunity to showcase many elements of Andrew’s research and the importance this history continues to have for people and places in Muskoka today.
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EHTV Episode 16 - Collective Recollections: Food Histories and Food Futures in the Kingston Region
The short video documentary Collective Recollections: Food Histories and Food Futures in the Kingston Region showcases community members interested in food histories with the hope of publicizing how such historical knowledge can be useful and insightful when imagining our food futures. The video is part of a larger community-university research alliance (funded under the 5th Annual NiCHE Call for Projects) between the Department of Geography at Queen’s University, the NFU New Farm Project, and the people, flora and fauna of the Kingston region. The project aims to facilitate the exchange of historical knowledge with the intention of providing a deeper appreciation for local food systems, the sustenance and the meaningful community relationships that they have and can provide.
Collaborators:
- Sinead Earley, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Queen’s University
- Hannah Johnston, MA Candidate, Department of Geography, Queen’s University
- Tyler Masse, MA Candidate, Department of Geography, Queen’s University
- Miguel Hahn, Project Coordinator, NFU New Farm Project, Kingston, Ontario
- Shawn Rivoire, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Geography, Queen’s University
Viewers can read more about this project here at http://niche-canada.org/kingston-food
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EHTV Episode 15 - Oak Hammock
This episode of EHTV features an interview with Dr. Shannon Stunden Bower about her research on the history of Oak Hammock Marsh, a substantial wetland complex situated northwest of the City of Winnipeg, capital of the Canadian Province of Manitoba. The wetland initially served as a habitat for wildlife and a valued resource for local people. Later, it was subject to attempts at agricultural drainage. The past few decades have seen an effort to restore the marsh as a waterfowl refuge. The Oak Hammock example sheds light on larger patterns of human-environment interaction across the Canadian Prairies and Northern Great Plains.
Viewers can read more about this history in Dr. Stunden Bower's new book Wet Prairie: People, Land, and Water in Agricultural Manitoba. She also blogs at http://stundenbower.com/
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EHTV Episode 14 - Supper in the Field
This episode of EHTV was shot by Dr. Merle Massie, a postdoctoral fellow from the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on local and regional histories of Western Canada. In her dissertation, Dr. Massie examined the deep history of the Paddockwood/Lakeland region north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Titled 'Supper in the field', this film was shot in September 2011 near Biggar, Saskatchewan. It is a modern look at the classic fall activity: feeding a harvest crew, highlighting local food (garden fresh produce and locally sourced chickens).
Viewers can read about Dr. Massie's work at http://merlemassie.wordpress.com.
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