NiCHE's 5th annual Call for Projects competition once again resulted in very large pool of very strong applicants. We are happy to help support the following 7 projects in 2011-10:
Archiving and Mapping Environmental Change in Canada: Building a Spatially-Referenced Image Database for Teaching and Preservation
Don Lafreniere, Brian Luckman, Jason Gilliland and Chris Smart, University of Western Ontario, London
The aim of this project is to create an online platform where scholars from across the country can archive and host for the world important collections of images of our past landscapes and environmental histories. A generation of scholars of Canadian environments, environmental history, historical geography, and environmental science is retiring and our aim is to not only prevent the tragic disposal of their priceless collections but to make them more accessible to other scholars, students and the public.
CoHearence: The history of culturing the environment
Catriona Sandilands, Peter Timmerman, Andrew Mark and AmandaDi Battista, York University, Toronto
The CoHearence podcast project began in 2011 with the generous support of NiCHE. To date they have conducted over 15 interviews, and they expect to have directly involved over 20 individuals from the York University Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) in the project by December 2011. They plan to continue this project in 2012, building on the community network they’ve built and expanding with the feedback they expect to receive this coming year with their series launch.
Environmental History Writing Workshop
Michael Egan, McMaster University, Hamilton
A graduate/post-doctoral writing workshop in environmental history to be held at McMaster University during the late spring or summer of 2012 (final date to be determined). The workshop will build off the success of the writing workshop that preceded last spring’s EH+ meeting.
History for the Future of Food in Kingston, Ontario: Planting Seeds for Collaboration
Sinead Earley, Tyler Masse, Hannah Johnston, Miguel Hahn and Shawn Rivoire, Queens, University and the NFU New Farm Project, Kingston
Kingston, Ontario, has a long history as a vibrant and diversified agricultural region. There has been a recent surge of interest within the city and its surrounding communities, expressed by those curious to explore and document food histories. The proposed project explores what happens at the intersection of action research and food and asks how historical-geographical knowledge might engage with and support the practical efforts of organizations working to rebuild the Kingston region's capacity to feed itself - sustainably, equitably, and healthfully.
Oil, Ethics, and Environment in Canada
Darcy Ingram, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
This project will organize an event at the University of Ottawa in September 2012. The event will take the form of a public debate, tentatively entitled ‘Oil, Ethics, and Environment in Canada’ and will in turn serve as the groundwork for an annual lecture series on Power, History, and the Environment that Dr. Ingram plans establish at the university.
Mountaineers, Mapmakers and the Making of Mount Robson
Liza Piper and Zack Robinson, University of Alberta, Edmonton
This public history project will use a rich set of images, texts, and artifacts to display the early history and formation of BC’s Mount Robson Provincial Park. A series of nine panels will be created for a museum exhibit, which will travel to various partner institutions throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summer of 2013, in commemoration of the centennial of both the Mount Robson Provincial Park and the first ascent of Mount Robson by members of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC).
Under Western Skies 2: Environment, Community, and Culture in North America
Robert Boschman and Joseph L. Anderson, Mount Royal University, Calgary
In October 2012, Mount Royal University will host its second interdisciplinary conference on the environment, Under Western Skies 2: Environment, Community, and Culture in North America. This conference will build on the enormous success of Under Western Skies: Climate, Culture, and Change in Western North America hosted by the university in Calgary in October 2010, and supported by NiCHE.
