Peter Fortna

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of the Canadian #oilsands.

New article from the @NewYorkTimes detailing why all Canadians should be concerned about what's happening to communities in northern Alberta. #ableg #cdnpoli #tarsands #ymm #ypy #fortchip #FortMcKay

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2023 Alberta general election - Wikipedia

UCP got 52% of the vote in Alberta. Far from a solid majority of voters. 2023 Alberta general election - Wikipedia share.google/FJDV6Ff17clc....

"I hope you have your bags packed. Because when this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border."

I'll walk with you, Chief.

#ABPoli #ABleg

Excited to announce the next series of shows for #CochraneAB House Concerts. If you love live music, and you're in the #yyc region. Check it out! #yycmusic #livemusic #houseconcert www.facebook.com/CochraneHouseConcerts

The Impact Assessment as Archive: Historical Approaches to Regulatory Documents from Alberta’s Oil Sands Canada’s recent embrace of Indigenous rights looks transformative on paper, but in the Alberta oil sands, a different story unfolds.

My colleague Felice Physoic's latest concerning how Environmental Historians might consider using #oilsands Environmental Impact Assessments as a source. #cdnhist #envirohist #ymm envhistnow.com/2026/01/15/t...

Top Five Posts of 2025 Wow! 2025 was another record year on our site for traffic. We published nearly every week day, sometimes publishing on Saturdays and more than once a day! We are so grateful to the environmental histo...

As is tradition, we begin this year with a look back at our top five most-read articles of the past year.

2025's list includes pieces by Nolan Reynolds, @glenniceton.bsky.social, @lootina.bsky.social, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & Jackson Pind

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#envhist #cdnhist

Thank you to all the readers! #cdnhist #envirohist

Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social calls PUTTING DOWN ROOTS by Cheryl Troupe "essential reading" in his review published on @hnetreviews.bsky.social! Read the review here: www.h-net.org/review...

Check out @peterfortna.bsky.social's review of Cheryl Troupe's "Putting Down Roots: Metis Agency, Land Use, Women's Food Labour in a Qu'Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community," published in 2025 by @umanitobapress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Can you help push us over $12,000? Only a few more days left in our annual fundraising campaign and we are still far from our goal.

We are not institutionally funded. We rely entirely on supporters and do good work with a very small budget!!

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#envhist #envhum #cdnhist

A Cold Colonialism A Cold Colonialism - Modern Exploration and the Canadian North; A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert cont...

It’s my book’s half-birthday today! To celebrate, I’d like to mail one of you a free signed copy.

Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd.

Please reskeet! #cdnhist #envhist

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Hey #CochraneAB! We've got a #houseconcert coming up next Friday with Quote the Raven from Newfoundland! If you're interested in the details check out the link below or send me a DM.

#livemusic #houseconcert #yyc #yycmusic

Researchers, hunters study how oilsands noise might impact moose hunting | CBC News Hunters in northern Alberta are helping scientists test how industrial noise from the oilsands affects moose hunting — a food source and a connection to cultural traditions for many rural and Indigeno...

A cool project I've had the pleasure of assisting with near the #Métis community of Conklin, Alberta in the heart of the #oilsands. share.google/e5zSO93rvG26...
#ymm

She won by less than 200 votes last election. She must be feeling a little nervous to say the least.

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Researcher – Willow Springs Strategic Solutions

The Researcher will work closely with owners and staff to coordinate research on a number of projects with Indigenous clients.

DL: Oct 31

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Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?

An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.

I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

When is our #ableg Premier going to start talking about protecting Canadian #oilsands workers and less about pie in the sky pipelines "North, South, East and West" that will only benefit shareholders, not workers. #ymm #yyc boereport.com/2025/10/23/c...

job-Researcher

Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science & environmental research company that works with & for Indigenous communities in AB & elsewhere in Canada

DL 10/31

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@peterfortna.bsky.social

job

Researcher – Willow Springs Strategic Solutions

Deadline for applications is October 31, 2025.

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job - Researcher

Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science & environmental research company that works with & for Indigenous communities in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada.

csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

@peterfortna.bsky.social

Their lived experience is at the core of decolonization. If you would like to download your own copy of this research project, published by @ucalgarypress.bsky.social you can visit the link below or ask for it at your favourite independent bookstore. press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #landback #ymm

rivileged to be able to attend Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's Decolonizing Land and Water Summit, facilitating conversation with ACFN Knowledge Holders Alice Rigney and Jimmy Deranger about the book: Remembering Our Relations: Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park.

Part 2 of my #cdnhist thread on why it's bad history (and otherwise problematic) to say "“In the 1950s, high incomes were taxed at 90%, and government had abundant revenue. Our top rates are too low now. Raise them. Problem solved.”

Here's a link to part 1 bsky.app/profile/stil...

#cdnhist

Billionaire David Thomson wants to buy Hudson's Bay charter, donate it to Manitoba Archives | CBC News Two of Canada's richest families appear poised for a battle over one of the country's most famed documents.

I guess it's a good thing that Canada's billionaires are racing to buy the HBC Charter to share with the great unwashed. Perhaps, with their newfound love of #cdnhist, they can now donate $ to provincial and national archives to make our history available to all.

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Excited to be with our friends the Fort McKay #Métis Nation at their Metis Days celebration. Sharing copies of the recently completed book. If you can't make it down, remember you can buy or download your own copy from the @ucalgarypress.bsky.social here: press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #cdnhist

Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins  - Alberta Politics Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the...

Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...

It was MINING & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE week in my Canadian #envhist seminar today. Below is a short thread about what we read and watched ⛏️⚖️🧵

NiCHE Conversations Roundup #21 Find conversations about land, water, and Indigenous knowledge in the final four convos of Season Five of NiCHE Conversations with Jessica DeWitt

We have a roundup of the last 4 conversations of Season 5 of NiCHE Conversations w/ @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social

Find convos w/ Crystal Gail Fraser, @jdunkin.bsky.social, @ramya.bsky.social, Parineeta Dandekar, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & @arnkeeling.bsky.social

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If you require historical evidence defending your First Nation's rights, please do not hesitate to reach out for support.

In their decision, Justice Strickland specifically relied on our expert report to inform the Court. As noted by Witten Law, the decision helps to entrench a Nation's ability to develop and uphold their own Election codes. Witten's full analysis can be found here:

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