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

Nature's Past Episode 77: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North 20.02.2026 ↓

An interview with Professor Tina Adcock about her book, A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North.

Nature's Past Episode 76: Methodological Challenges in Animal History 25.11.2022 ↓

A roundtable discussion about a new book on methods in animal history.

Nature's Past Episode 75: Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake 28.06.2022 ↓

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 27.03.2022 ↓

An interview about the colonial legacies of Wood Buffalo National Park.

Nature's Past Episode 73: New Books in Canadian Environmental History 14.11.2021 ↓

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? 12.07.2021 ↓

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 12.04.2021 ↓

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 01.09.2020 ↓

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 29.07.2020 ↓

An interview with Ingrid Waldron about environmental racism and history in Nova Scotia.

Nature's Past Episode 68: Environment and Home 11.05.2020 ↓

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 02.03.2020 ↓

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 16.10.2019 ↓

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 12.08.2019 ↓

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

Nature's Past Episode 64: Environment and Alibi 22.05.2019 ↓

An interview with Claire Campbell about the age of sail as a historical alibi for Nova Scotia.

Nature's Past Episode 63: Unbuilt Environments 24.03.2019 ↓

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 26.09.2018 ↓

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 23.05.2018 ↓

Four amazing stories about four impressive graduate students in environmental history.

Nature's Past Episode 60: New Research in Canadian Environmental History 08.04.2018 ↓

A review and discussion of new articles and books chapters.

Nature's Past Episode 59b: Introducing Papers in Canadian History and Environment 21.02.2018 ↓

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 19.02.2018 ↓

Find out more about NiCHE's new peer-reviewed publication.

Nature's Past Episode 58: The Past and Future of Canadian Environmental History 29.11.2017 ↓

A round-table panel about the state of Canadian environmental history from CHA 2017.

Nature's Past Episode 57: Why Study Canada? 12.09.2017 ↓

A discussion about why scholars abroad study Canadian environmental history.

Nature's Past Episode 56: Animal Metropolis 30.05.2017 ↓

A panel on the history of animals in Canadian urban environments.

Nature's Past Episode 55: Asbestos Mining and Environmental Health 29.11.2016 ↓

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 28.09.2016 ↓

A conversation with Jennifer Bonnell about making her dissertation on the environmental history of the Don River into an award-winning book.