Category Archives: Opinion

5 Stages of Recovering from Academia

Posted on 9 September, 2014 by Lauren Wheeler

Hi.  My name is Lauren and I am a Recovering Academic.  It has been 2 years and 6 months since I was in graduate studies and I have a good full-time job in my field.  Yet, there are times, usually … Continue reading →

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Good-Bye STEP

Posted on 7 March, 2013 by Lauren Wheeler

Today the Alberta Budget dropped and the news is not good for local heritage and history institutions or the students who keeps them going in the summer months.  The Student Temporary Employment Program, or STEP, was suspended.  This is not … Continue reading →

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Titanic EnvHist?

Posted on 15 April, 2012 by Lauren Wheeler

For the past week news sources have promoted the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. The commemoration focused on the people and the events of the night; the tales of survival and the grief of the loss of life. There … Continue reading →

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RIP Eastman/Kodak

Posted on 19 January, 2012 by Lauren Wheeler

Kodak is dead. Today, after weeks of speculation, the media announced the fabled camera company had filed for bankruptcy. It is a great loss that in the age of planned obsolescence and a public that seems to constantly drool over … Continue reading →

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Stop the Great Canmore Rabbit Invasion

Posted on 3 October, 2011 by Lauren Wheeler

Canmore need to take drastic action about the bunnies. Action that should have been taken twenty years ago when the rabbits were only in South Canmore Continue reading →

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Reflection on Sustainability: Cronon’s 2011 ASEH Plenary Address

Posted on 25 April, 2011 by Lauren Wheeler

Sustainability is the buzz word of the early twenty-first century. The Green Party of Canada runs their entire campaign based on the tenant of living and governing in a more environmentally sustainable way – but since they were barred from … Continue reading →

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Suzuki, The Nature of Things, and Public Science

Posted on 24 March, 2011 by Lauren Wheeler

Today is a double birthday in Canadian public science; Dr. David Suzuki turns 75 and the CBC program “The Nature of Things” turns 50. Continue reading →

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“The End is Nigh!”

Posted on 16 January, 2011 by Lauren Wheeler

This blog began as a place to reflect on the plethora of books and articles history doctoral students must read for comprehensive examinations. Somewhere in the middle of comps this blog became more about dissertation research and ideas that don’t … Continue reading →

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We are here.

Posted on 7 December, 2010 by Lauren Wheeler

Thirty-eight years ago today the crew of Apollo 17 took a photograph from space that would become known as “The Blue Marble.” Continue reading →

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The Canmore-Provincial Parks Conundrum

Posted on 19 November, 2010 by Lauren Wheeler

The province of Alberta is looking to changing how provincial parks are regulated. Nowhere will these changes have a greater affect than Canmore. CPAWS, the Sierra Club, and other conservation interest groups have taken up lamenting how these changes will … Continue reading →

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