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Erin James-Abra

Erin James-Abra is the nature and geography subject editor at The Canadian Encyclopedia. Prior to joining TCE, she worked as a researcher for Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC Radio's White Coat, Black Art. Erin holds an honours BA from the University of Toronto and a Master of Journalism from Ryerson University.

Articles by Erin James-Abra

Klondike Gold Rush

First Nations in Yukon

H1N1 flu virus

H1N1 Flu of 2009 in Canada

Château Frontenac

National Historic Sites in Canada

Macoun’s shining moss (Neomacounia nitida)

Extinct Plants in Canada

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First Nations in Manitoba

Thanatotheristes Habitat

Dinosaurs Found in Canada

Helen Jeffries & Dave Robertson (Cree)

First Nations in Saskatchewan

1918 Spanish Flu in Canada

New Brunswick Legislature

Politics in New Brunswick

Dene Hand Games

First Nations in Alberta

Ralph Klein and Don Getty

Politics in Alberta

Map Showing Recorded Dates of Influenza Epidemic in 1889 and 1890 (cropped)

1890 Flu Pandemic in Canada

Annie L. Jack

Annie L. Jack

Yoho National Park

Yoho National Park

Point Pelee National Park

Point Pelee National Park

Richard McBride

Politics in British Columbia

Census of 1871 (English)

Canadian Census

Charles Walcott in the Burgess Shale

Burgess Shale

Anahareo

Medicine Lake in Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park

Kicking Horse River

Kicking Horse Pass

Male Greater Prairie Chicken

Greater Prairie Chicken

Jack Miner, scientist and conservationist

Jack Miner

Moose

Moose

Partridge Island, New Brunswick

Partridge Island

Giovanni da Verrazzano

Giovanni da Verrazzano

University of Toronto

Norma Ford Walker

Influenza (Flu) in Canada

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Whitchurch-Stouffville

Alice Wilson

Biosphere Reserves in Canada

Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray

Charles Gordon Hewitt

Charles Gordon Hewitt

Catharine Parr Traill

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

Áísínai’pi (Writing-on-Stone)

University College, 1917

Clara Benson

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Trans Canada Trail

Metchosin

Metchosin

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park

Not for Saps: Tree Planting in Alberta

The Road to Inclusion: Transgender Health Care in Canada

Netsilingmiut meet John Ross

Exploring the Arctic through Oral History

Andre De Grasse

Andre De Grasse

Brian Pallister

Politics in Manitoba

Fort McMurray Wildfire 2016

The Background: Summer Wildfires in Canada

Brookfield Zoo

Anne Innis Dagg

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Politics in Ontario

Hay River Reserve

First Nations in the Northwest Territories

Joey Smallwood

Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador

First Nations in British Columbia

Great Auk

Extinct Animals in Canada

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