CHESS is a staple of Canadian environmental history

This summer, I had the pleasure of organizing the Canadian History of the Environment Summer School (CHESS) with a fantastic team of colleagues from across Canada. I don’t often think of myself as an environmental historian — most of the research I do fits somewhere else — but my trajectory as a historian has been shaped by the connections I’ve made and the ideas I’ve engaged with while participating in past CHESS events. I also teach a class on the subject at UQAM.

It was great to work with Colin Coates, Jodey Nurse, and Andrew Watson to bring this event to Montréal in 2024. For an overview of what CHESS 2024 looked like, you can read Andrew’s recent post on the NiCHE blog here.