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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Apr 16

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 6d

Aujourd'hui, nous partageons l'article d'Ariane Gauthier sur « Le camp d'internement de Kapuskasing ».

Cet article a été initialement publié sur le blogue de @library-archives.bsky.social

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#envhist #cdnhist #warhistory #WWI #labourhistory

Le camp d’internement de Kapuskasing

Le camp d'internement de Kapuskasing (1914-1920) accueillait principalement des civils ukrainiens, les forçant à travailler dans des conditions difficiles ; les archives préservent les points de vue d...

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 6d

Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

#envhist #histsci #wmnshist

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Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

YouTube video by CTV News

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 6d

"In an era marked by self-denial, loss, and the many large and small unfairnesses of pandemic life, Skelly represented frivolity and escapism — writ large." - Anna Soper

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#october #folklore #envhum #halloween

Foreign Body: On the 12-Foot Skeleton as Supra-residential Memento Mori

Editor’s Note: This is the sixth post in the Ghost Light II: Monstrosities series edited by Caroline Abbott. The 2023 theme of this series aims to problematise the notion of “monstrosity” in the envir...

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Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD (Tue, Oct 1) 1912 at #JoeLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Snow fell today. We put roof on boathouse & finished same. Mr. Sallows [IMG] of Goderich and Mr. Storm arrived today." NOTE: Sallows was an active photographer. huron.ogs.on.ca/reuben-r-sal... @nichecanada.bsky.social

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 6d

Today we are sharing Ariane Gauthier's piece on the "The Kapuskasing Internment Camp."

This post was originally published on the @library-archives.bsky.social blog.

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#cdnhist #envhist #labourhistory #warhistory

The Kapuskasing Internment Camp

Kapuskasing internment camp (1914–1920) confined mainly Ukrainian civilians, forcing labour under harsh conditions; archival records preserve internee and guard perspectives.

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Germinate @g-ehr.bsky.social · 6d

We are here! Germinate officially has a space in the interwebs of the world: www.g-ehr.com
We welcome a variety of submissions and always love to hear from prospective authors. Please email [email protected] with any queries!

a little girl in a white dress is playing with a rocket in a park

ALT: a little girl in a white dress is playing with a rocket in a park

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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 7d

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Le camp d’internement de Kapuskasing

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The Kapuskasing Internment Camp
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SDU Arctic @sduarctic.bsky.social · 7d

New Job! Submit by Oct 8th - Postdoc med erfaring i epidemiologi og kendskab til folkesundhed i Arktis / Postdoc with experience in epidemiology and knowledge of public health in the Arctic- fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... @sdu.dk @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @sdutek.bsky.social

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 7d

I had the privilege to work as an editor on two important articles by Crystal Gail Fraser that come out today for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

#cdnhist #envhist #indigenous #indigenoushistory

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 7d

In the first, for @yegcityasmuseum.bsky.social, Fraser demonstrates why we need to think about residential school history in terms of forced labour.

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#cdnhist #yeg #indigenoushistory #everychildmatters #indigenous #labour

“More Than Half a Day”: Child Labour at the St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School

A letter written by a lawyer in 1939 shows Indigenous families challenging the legality of forced child labour at St. Albert Youville Indian Residential School. For decades, at this school and others,...

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 7d

The second is Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social's intro to their new @nichecanada.bsky.social on the #envhist of residential and day schools in Canada.

Read "Environmental History and the Work of Truth and Reconciliation" - niche-canada.org/2025/09/30/e...

#cdnhist #indigenoushistory #indigenous

Environmental History and the Work of Truth and Reconciliation

This series links residential and day school histories with environment, amplifying Survivors’ voices, countering denialism, and fostering reconciliation.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 6d

New book review by me! 👇

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 6d

Check out Zoë Plakias's review of @jason-l-newton.bsky.social's "Cutover Capitalism: The Industrialization of the Northern Forest," published in 2024 by @wvupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #timber #capitalism
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 7d

An old military maxim often attributed to Napoleon is “an army marches on its stomach” and I feel the same way that a university thinks via its library. The slow and steady financial diminution of research libraries and the librarians who staff them is, to me, a slow-rolling higher Ed catastrophe.

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Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦 @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 7d

The Miramichi Fire was not the 1st #wildfire, of course, but it's usually the 1st in Canadian, North American, & even global lists of fires. With its bicentennial on 7 Oct, we'll have had 2 centuries of thinking, worrying, & writing about #forestfire.

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MeidasCanada @meidascanada.ca · 8d

Standing outside the gates of the Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School. This is a haunted, dark place. A 5-year-old taken through these gates had a lower chance of survival than a Canadian soldier fighting in WW2.

The red dress and the orange shirt hang on the gates.
We remember. #OrangeShirtDay

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Danita Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social #LaurierArchives
for the chance to explore your holdings & reflect more on my @routledgebooks.bsky.social book "Cultural Violence, Stigma & the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement" @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social

Seals, Stigma and Survival @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social · 10d

While reviewing recently collected material from the Laurier Archives, project PI Danita Burke has begun to question “was I wrong?” in her 2023 book on anti-sealing cultural violence. Here Burke discusses whether the situation has escalated to cultural & economic genocide

Cultural genocide, International Fund for Animal Welfare and the pursuit of an anti-sealing agenda

Was I wrong about cultural violence and the anti-sealing movement legacy?

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 7d

Today we are privileged to share Crystal Gail Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social's intro to their new series, Land, Memory, & Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education

The series will run for at least 12 weeks & is still accepting submissions.

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#envhist

Environmental History and the Work of Truth and Reconciliation

This series links residential and day school histories with environment, amplifying Survivors’ voices, countering denialism, and fostering reconciliation.

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Jess Dunkin @jdunkin.bsky.social · 7d

New posts will go live on the NiCHE site on Tuesdays. Thank you to the Survivors, intergenerational Survivors, community members, and scholars who have contributed to the series so far. Please reach out if you would like to submit something.

Call for Submissions - Environmental Histories of Indian Residential and Day Schools

Although Land and environment are central to residential and day school histories, they remain underexamined in environmental history.

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Jess Dunkin @jdunkin.bsky.social · 7d

Crystal Fraser and I are co-editing a series on environmental histories of Indian residential and day schools for @nichecanada.bsky.social. We chose to launch the series on Orange Shirt Day, in part, to remind historians of their responsibilities to Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.

Environmental History and the Work of Truth and Reconciliation

This series links residential and day school histories with environment, amplifying Survivors’ voices, countering denialism, and fostering reconciliation.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 7d

You can read @jdunkin.bsky.social and Crystal Gail Fraser's intro, "Environmental History and the Work of Truth and Reconciliation," here: niche-canada.org/2025/09/30/e...

#envhist #trc #cdnhist #canada #indigenoushistory #indigenous #everychildmatters

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Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

Join us for the final event of the #SmellingTheBouquet Sachs Museum Performance Series on Oct. 11!

Explore scents and poetry with poet Devin Johnston in two performances at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Free with Garden admission. Sponsored by Nancy Ridenour.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 8d

*collaboration, 😣

NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 8d

We are thrilled to announce our new colloboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social - Urban and Environmental Dialogues

Send us your proposals for this new urban #envhist series by 24 October!

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#urbanhistory #urbanstudies #urban #envhum

Call for Proposals - Urban and Environmental Dialogues

Urban and Environmental Dialogues will explore how the environment-at-large and the urban built environment have shaped one another throughout history.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 8d

Today we are highlighting L. Sasha Gora's new book, Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada ( @uoftpress.bsky.social 2025)

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#envhist #foodhistory #envhum #indigenous

Sonny Assu Gwa’gwa’da’ka “Breakfast Series” 2006, installation, Seattle Art Museum.

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Algonquin Park Ranger Mark Robinson @rgrmarkrobinson.bsky.social · 8d

#OTD (Tue, Sep 29) 1908 at #LakeCauchon, #Algonquinpark: "Rain falling heavily. All wet to the skin& looking at each other, admiring the pleasant glow in our faces. Afternoon, attempted to work. Got very wet. Prepared our meat & beds for night. All in great humor. Oh my." @nichecanada.bsky.social

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