Blake Butler

Project Manager at Know History | Editor at the Network in Canadian History & Environment (NiCHE) | Science Alliance member at Protect Our Winters Canada

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

The tenth post in our Winter in Canada series is out today! Interested in learning about winter and summer cottages? Check out this piece by @peterastevens1 on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada

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Today on our site we have "Winter and the Summer Cottage" by @peterastevens1

This is the tenth post in the Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler and @benbradleyca

https://t.co/ax6E6PJMcA

#envhist #cdnhist #cottages #leisure #winter

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

The ninth post in our Winter in Canada series is out! Interested in learning about interwar bush flying, cold-weather ingenuity, and the stories of the Vic and René? Check out this piece by @BlairStein9 on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada

[NiCHE @NiCHE_Canada]

Today on our site we have "Make it Go with Guts and Glue: Interwar Bush Flying as Winter Narrative" by @BlairStein9

This is the ninth post in our Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler and @benbradleyca

https://t.co/x1gsYxbhVT

#envhist #cdnhist #winter

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

The eighth post in our Winter in Canada series is out today! Interested in learning about how British-American forces handled difficult winter conditions during the War of 1812? Check out this piece by Jake Breadman on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada

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Today on our site we have "'A Disposition to Carry on a Winter’s Campaign': British Winter Military Operations during the War of 1812" by Jake Breadman

This is the 8th post in the Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler & @benbradleyca #envhist

https://t.co/LiSOHTCvag

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The seventh post in our Winter in Canada series is out now! Interested in learning about curling's shift from frozen lakes and ponds to indoor rinks? Check out the article by @ColinMCoates on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada

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Today on our site we have "Bringing Winter Indoors: The Environment of Curling in Canada" by @ColinMCoates

This is the seventh post in the Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler and @benbradleyca

https://t.co/KX19c1vrSD

#envhist #cdnhist #curling #winter

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

The sixth post in our Winter in Canada series is out today! Interested in learning about skating in late 19th/early 20th century small-town Ontario? Check out the article by @rebeccabeau14 on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada

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Today on our site we have "'A Very Pretty Canadian Winter Scene': Ice Skating in Turn-of-the-Century Small-Town Ontario" by @rebeccabeau14

This is the sixth post in our Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler & @benbradleyca

https://t.co/gjrdZYP5N9

#envhist #cdnhist

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

The fifth post in our Winter in Canada series is out! Interested in learning how the cold affected cattle and people on transatlantic voyages? Check out the article by Catherine Paulin on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada https://t.co/19z0xDMbhF

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The fourth post in our Winter in Canada series is now out! Interested in learning more about the history of snow roads in Quebec's Eastern Townships? Check out the article by Jack (J.I.) Little with Eric Robinson on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada

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Today on our site we have "Snow Roads in Quebec’s Eastern Townships: Impressions and Traces" by Jack (J.I.) Little, with Eric Robinson

This is the fourth post in the Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler and @benbradleyca

https://t.co/uwCvmEvsO2

#envhist #cdnhist

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

The third post in our Winter in Canada series is out! Interested in reading about the importance snowplows had on Prince Edward Island's modernization? Check out the article by D. Bailey Clark on the @NiCHE_Canada website. @benbradleyca #winterincanada #envhist

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Today we have "Snowplows & the Modernization of Prince Edward Island: Commercialized Farms & Urban Growth in the Countryside" by D. Bailey Clark

This is the 3rd post in the Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler & @benbradleyca

#envhist

https://t.co/ygkLv4dLXU

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

Truly surprised & humbled to see @CBC's piece on my work yesterday (& that it was a main story!). Thanks to @alanmaceachern for breaking the news & CBC for sharing my research.

Check out the article if you're interested in reading about the history of snow in Vancouver

[Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern]

The main story on the @CBC website this morning.
Congratulations, @M_BlakeButler.

@WesternUHistory @NiCHE_Canada #envhist #cdnhist

https://t.co/zYfLPl0kFt

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

... And I'm re-sharing my recent post from @NiCHE_Canada's Winter in Canada series, as the heavy snows of the past few days begins to give way to rain in Vancouver: https://t.co/WVGcZUrStI

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For those interested in diving deeper into the topic, you can check out my dissertation, "Canada's Evergreen Playground: A History of Snow in Vancouver" https://t.co/wUeqvFeatf

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

Thanks to Amy Bell and @CBCOnTheCoast for having me on to chat about snow in Vancouver and my research on it! You can hear the interview through CBC Listen: https://t.co/D1Y3sOxVuC

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

The second post in our Winter in Canada series is out today! Interested in learning about winter mobility in Edmonton in the mid-twentieth century? Check out our recent post from Lydia Kinasewich on the NiCHE website. @benbradleyca #envhist #winterincanada

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Today on our site we have "'Certificate of Hardiness': Winter Driving and Modern Urban Living in Edmonton, 1930s-1970s" by Lydia Kinasewich

This is the 2nd post in our Winter in Canada series edited by @M_BlakeButler & @benbradleyca

https://t.co/AuSDvayOP1

#envhist #cdnhist

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@JesseRitner8 Thanks @JesseRitner8!

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

Our first post in @NiCHE_Canada's Winter in Canada series is now out! Interested in learning how the transition between snow & rain affected winter living in Vancouver? Check out my article on the NiCHE website. @benbradleyca #envhist #winterincanada

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Our Winter in Canada series begins today and will come out weekly, every Wednesday, through the end of March!

Check out "“The snow, the snow, the beautiful – O, slush!” Snow, rain, and winter life in Vancouver" by @M_BlakeButler

https://t.co/cuetrUr9Ub

#envhist #wxhistory

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Our NiCHE editorial crew has put together an end-of-year reading list for your delight!

Check it out here: https://t.co/z5D53RaIw2

#envhist #envhum #books #readinglist

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

Really excited to have this CFP out! Do you have a great winter-based history that you've been wanting to share? Check out the post here for more details and send me an email with your idea by 15 November #envhist #winter @benbradleyca @NiCHE_Canada

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We've got a new NiCHE series Call for Papers!

Winter’s Coming, EH: A Winter in Canada Series

Get your proposals in to series editors @M_BlakeButler and @benbradleyca by November 15th! Series will begin publishing in January 2024.

https://t.co/xbPiflG9EC

#envhist #cdnhist

[Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern]

#CHESS2023 & Succession both wrapped up yesterday.
How were they alike?

Both were about power (or at least energy).
Both took 4 years.
Both were memorable.
Wasabi!

(What have I forgotten?)

@NiCHE_Canada @SSHRC_CRSH @westernuHistory #envhist

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

@mica_amy @alanmaceachern @westernuHistory @NiCHE_Canada Thanks @mica_amy!

[Blake Butler @M_BlakeButler]

@alanmaceachern @westernuHistory @NiCHE_Canada Thanks Alan!