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Review of the Ski Like a Girl Podcast “Ski Like a Girl” podcast explores Canadian women’s skiing history, blending research and personal stories to highlight leadership, barriers, and landscape.

ICYMI:

"The podcast works as environmental history by reflecting on the relationships between women and landscapes, thinking about embodied experiences of ski touring and jumping." - @cjdrury.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2025/07/10/r...

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Virtual Event - Ski Like a Girl Podcast Launch 23 January 2025 - We are excited to host an online Podcast Launch Party on January 23, 2025. Meet our research team and hear stories of cross country skiers, trekkers, biathletes, and ski jumpers. Thi...

Virtual Event - Ski Like a Girl Podcast Launch
Thursday – 23 January 2025 – 12:00 noon (MST)

This podcast highlights women and girls in Canadian ski history.

niche-canada.org/2025/01/13/v...

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Trouble with Women and Cod: Multispecies Entanglements in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Colonial History The Labrador floater fishery (1750–1950) relied on migratory schooners from Newfoundland, involving men and often women or girls as cooks and laborers, whose overlooked roles illuminate the intertwine...

ICYMI:

"I picture the scholar trying to hold the slippery meanings of feminine experience in place much like a person trying to pin down a slippery cod fish on a splitting table." - Vicki S. Hallett

niche-canada.org/2024/12/18/t...

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The Work of Their Hands: The Association of Oil Wives Clubs With the founding of the Oil Wives Club, these women forged community, created friendships, and established support systems.

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"With the founding of the Oil Wives Club, these women forged community, created friendships, and established support systems." - Rebecca Dolgoy

niche-canada.org/2024/07/01/t...

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