The Network in Canadian History & Environment. NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history. niche-canada.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlyczxz6m22pFur Trade (1946) - National Film Board of Canada "An outline of the history of the fur trade, and of the commercial use of furs in Canada." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J_-8jRX5Ms #envhist #cdnhist16 May 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyczxz6m22phttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mly5k23zck2pCall for Submissions - Suta-Kahini: The Crafts and Characters of Bengal Textiles An Examination and Celebration of the Environmental & Human Resources of the Bengal Delta A NiCHE New Scholars Series Proposal Deadline: 30 June 2026 Edited by Debasree Sarkar https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/16/call-for-submissions-suta-kahini-the-crafts-and-characters-of-bengal-textiles/ #envhum16 May 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly5k23zck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mly5ekgnjc2p"Famine patterns show this potential relationship as well. In 1877 and 1878, famine was reported in Peking, Foochow, and Tseng Un, present-day Taiwan." - Lilia Scudamore, @iowcmcgill.bsky.social https://niche-canada.org/2023/09/11/missionary-data-for-climate-reconstruction-and-environmental-history-in-19th-century-china/ #envhist #climhist #dhist16 May 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly5ekgnjc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlvq3akbt22vThe Coasters (1968) "Join The Norma & Gladys as she gets rigged-out in St. John's, then makes her way north to the French Shore, making calls at Conche, Croque, St. Anthony, and Cook's Harbour." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qirx-Kq0U3k #envhist #coastalhistory #cdnhist15 May 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvq3akbt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlvmlnhyi22vToday we have "Motherhood and Apple Pie: The League of Women Voters and the 1970s Energy Crises" by Warren Dennis This is the third post in our series “Mobilizing Motherhood,” focused on mothers in twentieth-century industrial and environmental activism. https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/15/motherhood-and-apple-pie-the-league-of-women-voters-and-the-1970s-energy-crises/ #envhist15 May 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvmlnhyi22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlt7bfp4f22wToday @mrapomquet.bsky.social reflects on @therealkenwilson.bsky.social's book, Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place from the Side of the Road This post is part of our Coulees to Muskeg – A Saskatchewan Environmental History series w/ @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/14/making-something-beautiful-of-a-roadside/14 May 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt7bfp4f22whttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlszpozh5s2wJoin the Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) - @oceanspast.bsky.social for their next conference! Oceans Past XI June 15-19, 2026, University of Victoria, British Columbia Theme: Ocean-Connected Communities Early bird rate ends tomorrow. https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/14/conference-oceans-past-xi-university-of-victoria-june-2026/ #envhist #envhum #oceans14 May 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlszpozh5s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlr4pdfd7k24Today we have "Hydro Power, Energy Transitions, and the Onset of Canada’s Great Acceleration" by @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social This is the second post in our Canada's Great Acceleration series. The posts in this series are cross-posted with @activehist.bsky.social https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/13/hydro-power-energy-transitions-and-the-onset-of-canadas-great-acceleration/13 May 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr4pdfd7k24https://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlqv7ltkec24Andrew Watson introduces our series exploring the potential of the Great Acceleration as a framework & reconnaissance of Canadian environmental history. The posts in this series are cross-posted with @activehist.bsky.social. This is going to be a big series, folks! https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/12/child-of-the-anthropocene-the-great-acceleration-and-a-reconnaissance-of-canadian-environmental-history/13 May 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqv7ltkec24https://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlqlow3fdk24You can access the entire 100 episode archive of NiCHE Conversations here: https://niche-canada.org/category/media/niche-conversations/ #envhist #envhum [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqlow3fdk24https://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mllt3p7fqk2mToday we have "Contesting Maternal Protection: Reproduction and Environmental Coalitions in the 1970s" by Sadie Bergen & Molly M. Henderson This is the second post in our series “Mobilizing Motherhood." https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/11/contesting-maternal-protection-reproduction-and-environmental-coalitions-in-the-1970s/ #envhist #wmnshist11 May 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllt3p7fqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mllkl4wcm22mICYMI: Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, highlights podcasts on the history of apples and Rachel Carson in her latest list of environment history worth reading (and listening to). https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/06/envhist-worth-reading-april-2026/ #envhist #envhum #history11 May 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllkl4wcm22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlgwqn2wms24History of the Sea To Sky Highway "The Sea to Sky Highway is one of British Columbia’s most scenic and iconic routes, winding along the steep coastline between Vancouver, Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edMONe2Hqkk #envhist #bchistory #cdnhist09 May 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgwqn2wms24https://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlgsw2jruk24ICYMI: "Franklin developed national and international networks of women to track fallout monitoring practices in Canada, the UK, the United States, and West Germany and, in the process, 'buil[t] the peace movement horizontally.'" - Emma Schroeder https://niche-canada.org/2026/05/07/the-voice-of-womens-radiation-brief-mobilizing-motherhood-for-citizen-science/ #envhist #wmshist09 May 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgsw2jruk24https://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlgptzq4vs24"We know that all of the dogs used in the 1857-59 McClintock Expedition to find the missing Franklin Expedition were acquired from Indigenous communities in the Arctic. They were mostly sourced from Greenland and parts of Northern Canada..." - Celina Lee https://niche-canada.org/2023/09/27/exploration-and-exploitation-the-use-of-dogs-and-sledges-in-early-modern-arctic-expeditions/09 May 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgptzq4vs24https://bsky.app/profile/nichecanada.bsky.social/post/3mlgpsyd4vk24"While the baby teeth campaign was an impressive feat of organization and work, it should be recognized for its larger importance to the peace and ecological movements of the 1960s." - @bcordeiro.bsky.social https://niche-canada.org/2020/02/20/i-gave-my-tooth-to-science-the-voice-of-women-and-the-baby-teeth-collection-program/ #envhist #wmnshist #cdnhist #histsci #coldwar09 May 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:vddcifniumnpsqudcqevv7a3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgpsyd4vk24