talking souvenirs, mementoes, and ephemera in “canadian tourism history” today. 🚩📸💸
#cdnhist
@benbradleyca.bsky.social
@benbradleyca.bsky.socialtalking souvenirs, mementoes, and ephemera in “canadian tourism history” today. 🚩📸💸
#cdnhist
@nichecanada.bsky.socialICYMI:
“We have not yet had a public conversation about the ongoing consequences of the great land grab, but now is a good time to start.” - @kellyblack.ca - @vilocalhistory.bsky.social
@clairecampbell.bsky.socialApparently woods were tidier in the nineteenth century?
Forrest, "Exact Resemblance of the Foliage of the Wood in Canada in October-November" (1823) v. Carmichael, "Autumn" (1921) @gallery.ca #cdnhist #envhist
tinyurl.com/3w3jvpp6 & tinyurl.com/mt3nt8px
@maddieknicker.bsky.socialSo excited to be at this conference! #cdnhist #genderhist
@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social@nichecanada.bsky.socialToday NiCHE New Scholars committee member, @hopelatta.bsky.social, speaks with Historian @kellyblack.ca about The Great Vancouver Island Land Grab project and travelling exhibit - @vilocalhistory.bsky.social
@nichecanada.bsky.socialListen to "Indigenous History & the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada – What’s Old is News" - @activehist.bsky.social - activehistory.ca/blog/2026/07...
Read "A Failure to Commemorate" by @alanmaceachern.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/08/18/a...
@nichecanada.bsky.social"Hišimy̓awiƛ: Creating Our Own Mountain Culture" by Rain Scott is our final featured excerpt from Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project & a Century of Change in Western Canada, the latest book in our series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
@tpcanoe.bsky.socialThis week for my #HiddenHistory of #swont column Josiah & I talked about the New England Company & its role in the early development of #ResidentialSchools, the colonial perversion of British Benevolence. #cdnhist #HistoryEd - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
@vilocalhistory.bsky.socialToday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and a good day to reflect on the ways that colonization continues to impact Indigenous peoples. Take a moment to learn about the great land grab, and what it means for life on Vancouver Island #VILandGrab #cdnHist #bcHist youtu.be/xJ7P0rP95d8
@nichecanada.bsky.socialLearn about @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social's new book, Landlocked: Water, Energy, and Planetary Politics in Alberta ( @uchicagopress.bsky.social 2026). Schmidt outlines how Alberta uses geosciences and policy to legitimize extractive land use.
@benbradleyca.bsky.socialtwo weeks left to propose a paper, panel, or "other formats" for the #chashc2027 conference, being held at st johns college, university of manitoba.
@nichecanada.bsky.social"As social historians like Mariana Valverde and Karen Dubinsky have shown, being from places considered “dirty” carries a number of derogatory and gendered connotations." - Amanda Robinson
@forrestpass.bsky.social@nichecanada.bsky.socialICYMI: If you are an environmental historian, please consider submitting a proposal for a paper or a panel.
NiCHE would like to organize a series of linked panels on environmental history at CHA 2027.
@nichecanada.bsky.social"The federal United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act requires consultation and cooperation with Indigenous peoples as the government aligns federal laws with the Declaration..." - John Bessai
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@nichecanada.bsky.social3) "In Praise of Dogs" by Michael Borsk - niche-canada.org/2026/07/16/i...
@nichecanada.bsky.social2) "Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuels Are Good for the Economy: This is Shock Doctrine Level Gaslighting" by @drlorileeoates.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/m...