Here is a link to my monthly picks for environmental history worth reading on the Network in Canadian History and Environment website.
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Social Media Comments as Sources: How?
As an accidental social media guru, I’ve grown increasingly interested in how to use social media to assist with my research. Not just to connect with other academics and to propagate my opinions and ideas to the wider public, but as a source–a place from which to garner public opinion on historical topics and contemporary …
History Carnival: Facets of Environmental History
I hosted the June History Carnival for the Network in Canadian History and Environment. The original post can be found here. “This month I am taking a break from our regular monthly #EnvHist Worth Reading posts to host the 146th History Carnival and focus solely on some of the best blogging that has occurred in the history community …
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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 …
Environmental History Worth Reading in April 2015
Every month I choose five environmental history articles/podcasts/videos and other media that I think are worth reading. To see my full list and comments, visit the original post on the Network in Canadian History and Environment’s website. My accompanying video with Sean Kheraj is below:
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 …
Environmental History Worth Reading in March 2015
Every month I prepare a list of environmental history worth reading on the internet for the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE). A full breakdown of my picks with the links can be found here. Watch me discuss my picks with Sean Kheraj below:
Review of Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era Conservation Movement by Susan Rimby
This review was originally written for H-Net Pennsylvania and can be found here. Susan Rimby. Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era Conservation Movement. University Park Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. Illustrations. xii + 208 pp. $64.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-271-05624-1; $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-271-05625-8. Reviewed by Jessica DeWitt Published on H-Pennsylvania (September, 2014) Commissioned by …
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 