The following are my editorial comments for the Summer Issue of Folklore Magazine. To subscribe to the magazine and to become a member of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society, go here and complete this form. Also follow SHFS on Facebook. Cover Photo: Chalet staff – Cypress Hills Park. Cypress Hills. 27 August, 1948; Source: Everett Baker Slides. Folklorist Kristin …
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Roundtable: Is All History Now Environmental History? The Anthropocene in Historical Context
I organized an environmental history roundtable featuring members of the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE): Stephen Bocking, Sean Kheraj, and Daniel Macfarlane. Tina Loo is acting as chair. The roundtable, “Is All History Now Environmental History? The Anthropocene in Historical Context”–a title sure to incite some debate–is being hosted by the Environmental Studies Association …
Usask Represent: University of Saskatchewan at the 2015 Canadian Historical Association Meeting
The University of Saskatchewan is a force to be reckoned with at this year’s 2015 Canadian Historical Association meeting, which is taking place June 1-3 at the University of Ottawa. I, personally, will be speaking on a roundtable on June 2nd that is cosponsored by CHA and the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, “Is All …
The Darker Side of Existence: Editorial Comments for Spring 2015 Issue of Folklore
The following are my editorial comments for the Spring Issue of Folklore Magazine. To subscribe to the magazine and to become a member of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society, go here and complete this form. Also follow SHFS on Facebook. Photo source: Adrian Paton Images. Disaster, hardship, fear, death…these are topics that many of us are uncomfortable …
Review: Historical GIS Research in Canada
This review was originally written for The Otter and the Network in Canadian History and Environment Jennifer Bonnell and Marcel Fortin, eds. Historical GIS Research in Canada. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2014. 322 pp. $39.95 (paperback) ISBN: 978-1-55238-708-5; Free (PDF) ISBN: 978-1-55238-744-3. Reviewed By: Jessica DeWitt (University of Saskatchewan) Published: The Otter-NiCHE (October, 2014) Historical …
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Jessica M. DeWitt: Editing and Consulting 