Core Projects
Early Canadian Environmental Data
Leader: Liza Piper, University of Alberta
The goal of this project is to assemble digital resources that facilitate the study of historical data on Canadian environments.
Forest History
Leader: Graeme Wynn, UBC
Facilitating understanding of forests in Canada's history and preserving our nation's long experience with forestry.
Landscapes
Leader: Colin Coates, York University
Landscapes seeks to encourage reflection on the environmental history of common and public landscapes.
Transnational Ecologies
Leader: Laura Cameron, Queen's University
Species migrate. So does environmental knowledge. We are working to improve understanding of migratory species.
Water History
Leaders: Stéphane Castonguay & Matthew Evenden
This project is interested in all ways that the humans interact with the hydrological environment.
Digital Infrastructure
Leader: Bill Turkel, UWO
Working to create and promote new tools and services that support humanities research and NiCHE projects
Networks
New Scholars Committee
Leader: Lauren Wheeler, University of Alberta
The New Scholars in Canadian History & Environment is a sub-group of NiCHE for those embarking on their careers.
History & Environment of Atlantic Region
A network for scholars studying the environmental history and historical geography of the Atlantic provinces.
Nature | History | Society
Leader: Graeme Wynn, UBC
A regional network that hosts events in Vancouver for those studying the environmental history of the West Coast.
Prairie Environmental Network
Based at U Sask, this network promotes knowledge of environmental history on the Prairies projects
Quelques Arpents de Neige
Leader: Dan Rueck, McGill
Bringing together scholars along the Quebec-Windsor corridor and in New England.
Qu'est-ce qui se passe
Leader:Jess Van Horssen
Cette tribune est appelée à suivre l’actualité de l’histoire environnementale francophone et à être mise à jour par l’apport direct des chercheurs.
Toronto Environmental History Network
The group hosts a monthly potluck reading group and it is open to all environmental historians and historical geographers in the GTA
Member Initiatives
Ongoing
Canadian History & Environment book series
Series Editor: Alan MacEachern, University of Western Ontario
A series of edited collections on Canadian environmental history / historical geography.
Nature's Past
Leader: Sean Kheraj, Mount Royal
A monthly discussion about the environmental history community and research in Canada
Scholars Profiles
Editor: Jim Clifford, NiCHE
Once a month this blog will feature the research and experiences of a researcher, written in their own words.
The Otter
A group blog written by NiCHE members about the field of Environmental History & Historical Geography in Canada.
EHTV
Editors: Sean Kheraj and Lauren Wheeler, NiCHE
A collaborative video blog containing entries that showcase environmental history.
2011
CoHearence Podcast Series: Culture and Environment
Andrew Mark and Amanda Di Battista, York
A podcast series collaboration between Nature’s Past, NiCHE, and graduate students and faculty from the York University Faculty of Environmental Studies.
2010
Knowledge Mobilization Blog
Leader: Sean Kheraj, Mount Royal
Is it time for more historians to re-think scholarly publishing? In what ways can an open-access approach to publishing enhance knowledge mobilisation?
The Land Remains
Linnea Rowlatt
A project that combines drama with K-8 environmental history education in the Ottawa region.
Ontario County Maps Geospatial Project
An initiative to compile and create a Geographic Information Systems dataset on original maps of Ontario created between 1856 and 1888.
Abandoned Mines
A project that seeks to study the historical impacts of abandoned mines on First Nations communities in northern Canada.
Environmental History in the Classroom
An educational materials collaboration between NiCHE, EcoKids Canada and the UWO Public History students of 2009/2010.
Reaching a Popular Audience
Crymble, Young, Kheraj
A series of workshops and resources for graduate students interested in reaching a wide audience with their research.
2009
Nuclear International Research Group (NIRG)
Laurel MacDowell
A network of researchers studying the nuclear industry from a variety of academic backgrounds.
Atlas of the Environmental History of South Central Ontario
By: Stephen Bocking
The purpose of this project is to develop an online, GIS-based tool for organizing and communicating knowledge of the environmental history of southern Ontario.
Don River Valley Historical Mapping Project
Jennifer Bonnell & Marcel Fortin
The project uses GIS to document historical changes in the landscape of the Don River watershed in Toronto.
How to Write a Zotero Translator
By: Adam Crymble
An open-access introduction to creating customized translators for Zotero. Includes lessons in HTML, HTML DOM and JavaScript.
Back to the Island
By: Ryan O'Connor, Alan MacEachern, UWO
An online exhibit dedicated to the "Back to the Land" movement of 1970s in PEI. Features both a narrative and oral history of life at the time.
2008
Towards a Guide to Best Practices in XML Markup
By: Leon Robichaud
A pilot project using historical environmental data that seeks to outline best practices for using XML Markup.
People and the Bay
Leader: Ken Cruikshank and Nancy Bouchier, McMaster University
A joint project between university and high school students during which students worked together to create short videos about environmental history topics.
Newfoundland's Petit Nord
By: Peter Pope, Memorial University of Newfoundland
A photo exhibit of the archaeological sites along Newfoundland's Petit Nord, along with maps of the sites.
2007
The Programming Historian
By: William J. Turkel, Adam Crymble, Alan MacEachern
An open-access introduction to programming in Python, aimed at working historians (and other humanists) with little previous experience.