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Nature's Past: A Podcast of the Network in Canadian History and Environment

78 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

A 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

A travelogue of the 3rd World Congress of Environmental History.

Nature's Past Episode 64: Environment and Alibi

May 22, 2019 04:01 - 21.7 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

Four 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 MB

A 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 MB

New 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 MB

Find 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 MB

A 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 MB

A discussion about why scholars abroad study Canadian environmental history.

Nature's Past Episode 56: Animal Metropolis

May 29, 2017 04:01 - 23.4 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

A round-table discussion about the state of environmental history.

Nature's Past Episode 50: Canadian Energy History

November 23, 2015 04:01 - 49.5 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

A 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 MB

An interview with David Boyd about Canadian environmental rights.

Nature's Past Episode 41: Closing Federal Libraries

February 02, 2014 04:01 - 41.9 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

A 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 MB

An 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 MB

A preview of our special six-part series on Canadian environmental issues.

Nature's Past - Episode Thirty

April 30, 2012 04:01 - 45.5 MB

Environmental Histories of Montreal

Nature's Past - Episode Twenty-Nine

March 21, 2012 04:01 - 52.6 MB

The Contributions of Environmental History