Nature's Past: A Podcast of the Network in Canadian History and Environment
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA quarterly discussion about the environmental history community and research in Canada.
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Episodes
Nature's Past Episode 76: Methodological Challenges in Animal History
November 25, 2022 04:01 - 50.7 MBA roundtable discussion about a new book on methods in animal history.
Nature's Past Episode 75: Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake
June 28, 2022 04:01 - 42 MBAn interview about the history of uranium mining and its consequences on Serpent River First Nation territory.
Nature's Past Episode 74: The Colonial Legacies of Wood Buffalo National Park
March 27, 2022 04:01 - 45.8 MBAn interview about the colonial legacies of Wood Buffalo National Park.
Nature's Past Episode 73: New Books in Canadian Environmental History
November 14, 2021 04:01 - 53.4 MBA panel discussion with three authors from UBC Press's Nature, History, Society book series.
Nature's Past Episode 72: What’s Next for Canadian Environmental History?
July 12, 2021 04:01 - 78.6 MBA round-table discussion about the past ten years of Canadian environmental history and what may come next.
Nature's Past Episode 71: Water and Anishinaabe Territory
April 12, 2021 04:01 - 55.5 MBAn interview with Brittany Luby and Chief Lorraine Cobiness about water, power, and resources in Anishinaabe territory.
Nature's Past Episode 70: Environmentalism and the Company of Young Canadians
September 01, 2020 04:01 - 15.8 MBAn interview with Kevin Brushett about the role of the Company of Young Canadians in early environmental activism.
Nature's Past Episode 69: Environmental Racism and Canadian History
July 29, 2020 04:01 - 36.4 MBAn interview with Ingrid Waldron about environmental racism and history in Nova Scotia.
Nature's Past Episode 68: Environment and Home
May 11, 2020 04:01 - 53.2 MBAn interview with Karen Routledge about her new book on nineteenth-century Inuit and American encounters.
Nature's Past Episode 67: Science, Technology, and the Modern
March 02, 2020 04:01 - 43.8 MBAn interview with Tina Adcock, Edward Jones-Imhotep, and Blair Stein about the history of science and technology in Modern Canada.
Nature's Past Episode 66: Communicating Toxic Legacies
October 16, 2019 04:01 - 35.9 MBAn interview with Caitlynn Beckett and John Sandlos about the toxic legacies of the Giant Mine.
Nature's Past Episode 65: 3rd World Congress of Environmental History
August 12, 2019 04:01 - 33.1 MBA travelogue of the 3rd World Congress of Environmental History.
Nature's Past Episode 64: Environment and Alibi
May 22, 2019 04:01 - 21.7 MBAn interview with Claire Campbell about the age of sail as a historical alibi for Nova Scotia.
Nature's Past Episode 63: Unbuilt Environments
March 24, 2019 04:01 - 47.1 MBAn interview with Jonathan Peyton about his new book on unbuilt environments of northwestern British Columbia.
Nature's Past Episode 62: Carbon Democracy and Canadian History
September 26, 2018 04:01 - 94.6 MBA discussion of the Timothy Mitchell's Carbon Democracy and its utility for Canadian history.
Nature's Past Episode 61: Why Graduate Students Study Environmental History
May 23, 2018 04:01 - 65.5 MBFour amazing stories about four impressive graduate students in environmental history.
Nature's Past Episode 60: New Research in Canadian Environmental History
April 08, 2018 04:01 - 63.7 MBA review and discussion of new articles and books chapters.
Nature's Past Episode 59b: Introducing Papers in Canadian History and Environment
February 21, 2018 04:01 - 43.4 MBNew post to correct earlier feed error. Apologies for the mistake and the re-download.
Nature's Past Episode 59: Introducing Papers in Canadian History and Environment
February 19, 2018 04:01 - 43.4 MBFind out more about NiCHE's new peer-reviewed publication.
Nature's Past Episode 58: The Past and Future of Canadian Environmental History
November 29, 2017 04:01 - 75.8 MBA round-table panel about the state of Canadian environmental history from CHA 2017.
Nature's Past Episode 57: Why Study Canada?
September 12, 2017 04:01 - 45.5 MBA discussion about why scholars abroad study Canadian environmental history.
Nature's Past Episode 56: Animal Metropolis
May 29, 2017 04:01 - 23.4 MBA panel on the history of animals in Canadian urban environments.
Nature's Past Episode 55: Asbestos Mining and Environmental Health
November 29, 2016 04:01 - 52.4 MBAn interview with Jessica van Horssen about her new book on the town of Asbestos.
Nature's Past Episode 54: Reclaiming the Don, From Dissertation to Book
September 28, 2016 04:01 - 38.5 MBA conversation with Jennifer Bonnell about making her dissertation on the environmental history of the Don River into an award-winning book.
Nature's Past Episode 53: The Social and Environmental History of Hamilton Harbour
May 26, 2016 04:01 - 38 MBAn interview with Nancy Bouchier and Ken Cruikshank about the social and environmental history of Hamilton Harbour.
Nature's Past Episode 52: Hydro-Power and War
March 22, 2016 04:01 - 47.1 MBA discussion with Matthew Evenden about the mobilization of hydro-power during Canada's Second World War.
Nature's Past Episode 51: Has Environmental History Lost Its Way?
January 25, 2016 04:01 - 48.6 MBA round-table discussion about the state of environmental history.
Nature's Past Episode 50: Canadian Energy History
November 23, 2015 04:01 - 49.5 MBA round-table discussion on Canadian energy history with Steve Penfold, Ruth Sandwell, and Andrew Watson.
Nature's Past Episode 49: Wildlife Conservation in Quebec
September 21, 2015 04:01 - 36.9 MBAn interview with Darcy Ingram about his book on the history of wildlife conservation in Quebec from 1840 to 1914.
Nature's Past Episode 48: Ecotones and Saskatchewan History
May 25, 2015 04:01 - 42.9 MBAn interview with Merle Massie about her new book about the forest-prairie edge.
Nature's Past Episode 47: Pollution Probe and the History of Environmental Activism in Ontario
April 20, 2015 04:01 - 46.2 MBAn interview with Ryan O'Connor about his new book on the history of Pollution Probe and enviornmental activism in Ontario.
Nature's Past Episode 46: Historical GIS Research in Canada
January 25, 2015 04:01 - 35.2 MBA round table discussion about the use of HGIS in environmental history research in Canada.
Nature's Past Episode 45: The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
October 29, 2014 04:01 - 51.3 MBAn interview with Daniel Macfarlane about the history of the St. Lawrence Seway.
Nature's Past Episode 44: The Second World Congress for Environmental History
September 24, 2014 04:01 - 44 MBA round-table discussion about the Second World Congress for Environmental History.
Nature's Past Episode 43: Environmental Scholarship and Environmental Advocacy
July 02, 2014 04:01 - 43.1 MBA round-table discussion about the relationship between environmental history and environmental advocacy.
Nature's Past Episode 42: The Right to a Healthy Environment
March 17, 2014 04:01 - 31.8 MBAn interview with David Boyd about Canadian environmental rights.
Nature's Past Episode 41: Closing Federal Libraries
February 02, 2014 04:01 - 41.9 MBAn interview with Andrew Nikiforuk and a round table discussion about the closure of federal libraries in Canada.
Nature's Past Episode 40: Environmental History of Atlantic Canada
November 04, 2013 04:01 - 50.8 MBA roundtable discussion about environmental history in Atlantic Canada.
Nature's Past Episode 39: The Environmental History of Stanley Park
September 30, 2013 04:01 - 36 MBAn interview with Sean Kheraj about his new book, Inventing Stanley Park.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 8 - Tar Sands
May 29, 2013 04:01 - 90.3 MBAn exploration of the history of the Alberta tar sands.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 7 - Agri-Food Systems, II
May 05, 2013 04:01 - 50.8 MBA round table discussion on Canadian food history.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 6 - Agri-Food Systems, I
March 31, 2013 04:01 - 73.5 MBAn interview with Margaret Derry about the history of chicken breeding in North America.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 5 - Fisheries, Regulation, and Science
February 27, 2013 04:01 - 66.8 MBA round table discussion with environmental historians about the history of Canadian fisheries regulation.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 4 - The Canadian Environmental Movement II
January 21, 2013 04:01 - 57 MBA round table discussion with environmental historians about the Canadian environmental movement.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 3 - The Canadian Environmental Movement I
November 26, 2012 04:01 - 57.4 MBAn interview with Neil Forkey about his new book on the historical relationship between Canadians and the natural environment.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 2 - Health and Environmental Issues in Aboriginal History
October 29, 2012 04:01 - 67 MBA round table discussion about health and environmental issues in Aboriginal history in Canada.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part 1 - Global Warming
September 24, 2012 04:01 - 71.3 MBAn examination of the role of climate and climate change in Canadian history.
Nature's Past: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues Preview
September 17, 2012 04:01 - 6.27 MBA preview of our special six-part series on Canadian environmental issues.
Nature's Past - Episode Twenty-Nine
March 21, 2012 04:01 - 52.6 MBThe Contributions of Environmental History