"The resulting environmental racism, devastation and pollution that mining brings to the land disproportionately affects Indigenous and other marginalized communities in Canada." - Sarah Perry

"The resulting environmental racism, devastation and pollution that mining brings to the land disproportionately affects Indigenous and other marginalized communities in Canada." - Sarah Perry
One week left to submit proposals for the CHA’s annual meeting! Send yours in by October 16th and join us in Winnipeg this June. #CHASHC2027 #cdnhist #history #Winnipeg
Vous avez encore une semaine pour soumettre vos propositions pour la réunion annuelle de la SHC ! Envoyez-les avant le 16 octobre et rejoignez-nous à Winnipeg en juin prochain. #CHASHC2027 #histoire #cdnhist #Winnipeg
I enjoyed the opportunity to share my thoughts on the history of food, gender roles, and the rise of convenience culture on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/... #cdnhist #foodhist #CBC
"Postwar nudism—like postwar socialism or postwar feminism—reminds us that Canadian society always included subgroups of those who swam against the current—in this case, in the buff." - Sharon Wall
Another real loss for #cdnhist. Steele’s work was pivotal & profound.
One of the #cdnhist folks who made a real impact on the field. May he rest in peace.
"Pilots described oil pipeline spills as 'the blackest of black' or a 'living black' they could see from the skies." - @seankheraj.bsky.social
Call for Submissions – From Coulees to Muskeg: A Saskatchewan Environmental History Series
We are thrilled to announce the eighth year of our partnership with the @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social and Folklore magazine.
"History offers few precedents for the alarming scales and speeds of today’s anthropogenic ecological changes. These comparisons may be informative, but they are rarely comforting." - @malentendre.bsky.social
“'Will it be possible to save this salt marsh?' Rosemary Gilliat Eaton and the Preservation of Environmental Heritage in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia" by Vivian Lamoureux is part of the series “Gender and Atlantic Ocean Environments."
This week Stu Mills and I talked about mayors who #bike for our #HiddenHistory of #swont, as well as cycling policy more generally. This was a fun one to put together. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #ldnont #cdnhist #onhist #ActiveTransportation.
On Oct 15 join the Rural History Roundtable from 330-5pm (ET) as Doug McCalla presents "Not a Simpler Time: Rural Families and Making a Canadian Economy, 1700-1870," which draws from his new collection of essays.
All are welcome! For more info: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
We’re at $535 of our $5k goal. Hoping to make it to $1k (the cost of exhibit install) by the end of the month. Please share! #cdnhist #bcHist @bcma.bsky.social
A boat full of animals going over Niagara Falls and Carney’s Shock Doctrine top the most read articles at the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) in July. Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, has the details!
A gothic romance by New Brunswick's biggest bestselling author May Agnes Fleming. The body count is low (two), and there is only one deathbed confession. Disappointing.
talking souvenirs, mementoes, and ephemera in “canadian tourism history” today. 🚩📸💸
#cdnhist
ICYMI:
“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
Apparently 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
So excited to be at this conference! #cdnhist #genderhist