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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt
@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
#EnvHist & #Parks Historian. NiCHE Editor-in-Chief. Chacruna Institute Managing Editor. SHFS President. SURJ YXE. Social Media. Editor. Writer. Consultant. Mischief. Organizer. Mom. Cook. Queer. Femme. #YXE. She/Her.
2025 Reading Challenge: 60/50
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Rabbit and His Friends by Richard Scarry
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Review on StoryGraph
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Golden Books, 1981.
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#wearereading #booksky #childrensliterature
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
2025 Reading Challenge: 59/50
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The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
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Review on StoryGraph
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Gollancz 2011.
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#amreading #book #bookstagram
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Today we're spotlighting friend of EHN, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, who has helped keep us sustainable during our fundraising drive this year #envhist #envhum
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
2025 Reading Challenge: 58/50
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Counting on Community by Innosanto Nagara
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Review on StoryGraph
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Triangle Square Books, 2025
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#wearereading #book #booksky #boardbook #childrensliterature #community
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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people who graduate from foster care should get at least four years of support sufficient to cover food and housing
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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New article from me about the Marshall Islands becoming the first country with a Universal Basic Income, what the details are, how it came to be, and what may come next.

Side note: It's hard to express how big a deal this is, especially for me personally. I hope this is the first of many dominoes.
The Marshall Islands Just Quietly Implemented the First National Universal Basic Income (UBI)
How the Marshall Islands built the first nationwide universal basic income, funded by a US-capitalized Compact Trust Fund, and what it means for UBI everywhere.
scottsantens.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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This conversation will discuss Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series.

- Read the intro here: niche-canada.org/2025/10/23/i...

- Explore the ongoing series here: niche-canada.org/tag/circumpo...

#envhist #envhum #arthistory #visualculture #arctic
New Research in Arctic Pasts - Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North Part V
Arctic visual studies have rapidly expanded through interdisciplinary collaboration, climate urgency, Indigenous engagement, and community-building among artists, historians, and scholars across disci...
niche-canada.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Our next NICHE Converation will be TOMORROW at 10:30am EDT on Instagram Live.

@issygapp.bsky.social & @sarahmpicks.bsky.social will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss new research in arctic pasts and visual culture.

Follow NiCHE on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/niche.canada

#envhist
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Have just been reading about the plans to gut geology, paleobiology and geography at Leicester - where many of the key figures who have developed the Anthropocene concept are based - Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Waters… absolute insanity. Institutional vandalism.
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Tonight’s Recipe: Hazelnut Green Beans with Prosciutto and Dates
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Rating: Very Good
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Recipe by Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine
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epicurious.com/recipes/food...
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#cookingwithdewitt #cooking #food #foodsky #recipe #hazlenuts #greenbeans
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, with a breakdown of our most-read articles published in August!

www.youtube.com/shorts/CPnqk...

#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
Our Most-Read Posts Published in August 2025! #envhist #canadianhistory #environment
YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE
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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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If you appreciate the great deal of labour and love that we pour into supporting the global #envhist community, please consider supporting our annual fundraising campaign.

We do all of this on a very small budget, and we do it independently.

fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...

#envhum #cdnhist
Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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ICYMI:

Find a landslide, urban light pollution, and unfulfilled treaty promises in the latest list of environmental history worth reading from @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2025/11/14/e...

#envhist
#EnvHist Worth Reading: October 2025
Find a landslide, urban light pollution, and unfulfilled treaty promises in the latest list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.
niche-canada.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Tonight’s Recipe: Honey Garlic Salmon
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Rating: Good
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Recipe by Nagi Maehashi
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#cookingwithdewitt #cooking #food #foodsky #salmon #recipe
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www.recipetineats.com/honey-garlic...
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Thanks for the mention @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social!

I'm looking fwd to reading the urban environmental history series that @nichecanada.bsky.social is teaming with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social's The Metropole to publish this January. #envhist #urbanhist
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Best readings on historical disasters? Any time period, and though my eventual focus will be the US, glad to hear suggestions about other places, too.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Don't miss my picks for environmental history worth reading from last month! October was a really vibrant month for #envhist. It was hard to choose just five!

niche-canada.org/2025/11/14/e...
#EnvHist Worth Reading: October 2025
Find a landslide, urban light pollution, and unfulfilled treaty promises in the latest list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.
niche-canada.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I spend A LOT of volunteer time supporting the work of people who make 10s of $1000s (sometimes 100,000+) more than me, so yes, I think you can spare $25 annually to support me, precarious contributors, & @nichecanada.bsky.social broadly.

fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...

#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Find all episodes of Ski Like a Girl here (Season Two out soon!) - sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...

Read @cjdrury.bsky.social's review of Ski Like a Girl here: niche-canada.org/2025/07/10/r...

#envhist #cdnhist #sporthistory #wmnshist #skiing
Ski Like a Girl Podcast
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archival fonds V681/A - 2 - PA39, Postcard face. n.d. Dave White family fonds.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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If you appreciate the work that we put into supporting #envhist around the world, consider supporting our annual fundraising campaign.

fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...

#envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
fundrazr.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This conversation was based on Cordeiro's NiCHE article, "'I Gave My Tooth to Science': The Voice of Women and the Baby Teeth Collection Program" - niche-canada.org/2020/02/20/i...

#envhist #histmed #wmnshist #nuclear #coldwar
“I Gave My Tooth to Science": The Voice of Women and the Baby Teeth Collection Program
The Voice of Women’s baby teeth campaign used science to expose nuclear fallout, empower women, and influence Canadian peace movements.
niche-canada.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM