Since late 2008, I have been the producer and host of Nature’s Past, the Canadian environmental history podcast. Over the course of its first four years, Nature’s Past has featured interviews and conversations with numerous environmental historians, including faculty and graduate students from across Canada and around the world. Its […]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
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Episode 34 Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 4 – The Canadian Environmental Movement II: 21 January 2013 [audio: http://niche-canada.org/files/sound/naturespast/natures-past34.mp3][01:02:16] The environmental movement is one of the most popular topics in Canadian environmental history. At present, the environmental movement in Canada is at a bit of a crossroads. Having finally […]
Last year, I gave a short research talk at York University on some new research I am currently working on for a forthcoming presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Environmental History. This year’s conference will be in Toronto so I thought that this case study of […]
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of, once again, speaking with Rick Cluff on CBC Vancouver’s “Early Edition” about the history pipeline hearings in Canada. Rick and I discussed the Mackenzie Valley pipeline inquiry (1974-1977) and how it compared to the current hearings on the Enbridge-proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline. […]
Last Friday, the National Energy Board continued its community hearing process in Victoria, BC for the Enbridge-proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. As the hearings have now moved to the southern cities, including Victoria and Vancouver, the NEB decided to separate the public from the hearing proceedings under way at the Delta […]
The journal Environment and History has recently published a special issue on non-national parks in Canada and abroad. The issue includes two articles on parks in British Columbia, an article on French regional parks, and an article on parks in Portugal. The editors of the issue also provide an extended […]