ICYMI "Joy Parr was one of Canada’s leading historians, & she forged new epistemological frameworks & fields through her work in the history of childhood, gender, technology, & environment. She also didn’t like her photo being taken..." - @historiamagoria.bsky.social
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"As they called for tariffs to protect their industry, dairying organizations turned to racially disparaging terms to describe the origins of margarine." - @kdsh.bsky.social
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#envhist #foodhistory #aghist
There used to be a population of C. horridus on the Niagara Peninsula, but it was extirpated by attacks on denning sites (a bit like Elbein describes though without the lurid festivities).
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#OTD (Wed, Mar 9) 1910 at #CacheLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Removing porch from front of Sup’t’s residence & finished placing parts for veranda. James went to Burk’s Falls for hurry forward lumber & to get brackets made. I went to assist the ice makers to finish cutting ice." @nichecanada.bsky.social
This film was such a privilege to make. Please take a look! #EnvHist #histSTM
Wow, this looks like a cool job for the right person!
#JobALert
In "The Extraordinary Meaning of Everyday Life: Joy Parr’s Pioneering Vision in the History of Technology", @historiamagoria.bsky.social introduces a new tribute film that she recently released.
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#envhist #histtech #cdnhist #genderhistory #history
Cool opportunity to work at the intersections of climate/environmental history and history of medicine!
History and Medicine – Associate Professor or Professor with Tenure – McMaster University
Apply by March 31st
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#envhist #histmed #climhist #cdnhist
"Rooted in Resistance: Honouring Black Farming Communities in Ontario"
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A court ruled Aboriginal title over private land: Why it matters
"A landmark B.C. supreme court decision to recognize Aboriginal title over privately held land in Richmond, B.C. last year has ignited debate about ownership and reconciliation."
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We are excited to invite you all to our Virtual Event – Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence featuring the book's editors and moderated by @peterastevens.bsky.social
Friday, 20 March 2026 – 2:00pm EDT/12:00pm MDT
Hosted with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
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#OTD (Mon, Mar 6) 1911 at #AlgonquinPark: "Up at 3:45 a.m. Left for Trout Lake at 5:50 a.m., traveling 6 miles down Cedar Lake. Leaving Cedar Lake, we crossed country to Gokey Lake. From there by Trout Lake trail to shelter house, where we arrived at 10:30 a.m." @nichecanada.bsky.social
New Comment: "My Dad & I built a similar one in the 70’s from plans out of Popular Mechanics. That canoe was used a LOT in the years before college was finished. It is now tied up in the roof of the garage at home. I need to get that thing out and on..." - Dave
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Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum
Call for Papers, Twelfth Annual Workshop
Friday, July 10 and Saturday July 11, 2026
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Deadline: April 24, 2026
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#envhist #cdnhist
useful to know: Atlantic and Canadian history
UNICORN ALERT!
ITS A TENURE TRACK HUMANITIES POSITION IN BEAUTIFUL (not currently fascist) CANADA!!!!!
Matthieu Caron will be giving a talk about his book, Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City, at McGill University on March 17th!
Learn more about the book: buff.ly/zfPXLS7
Adult life for me as an academic is getting excited about a new planner delivered from Japan because it has both a daily schedule and daily/weekly to-do checklists in the SAME planner.
Assistant Professor- Tenure Track Position- Department of History – University of Prince Edward Island
Closing date for applications is March 13th, 2026.
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#envhist #cdnhist #atlanticcanada #publichistory
"Education Need Not Mean Assimilation" by Jocelyn Thorpe is the latest in our Land, Memory, and Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education series, edited by Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social
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#envhist #cdnhist #education
Spring is the season of GERMINATION and we’re ready for new ideas to take root. 🌱
Submit your work now for our Spring issue!
We’re looking for fresh perspectives and research that helps new conversations grow.
Our spring deadline is March 31st for peer reviewed research.
g-ehr.com/submit/
Doctoral student in the history of polar governance in the national polar research school
Last application date
12.Mar.2026
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@cpsa-acsp.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social
"The sea mink, once found from the Isles of Shoals in New Hampshire to New Brunswick, went extinct in the mid-1800s due to over harvesting [....] Twice the size of today’s American mink (their closest living relative), the sea mink was highly desired for its expensive pelt"
@nichecanada.bsky.social
#OTD (Thu, Mar 2) 1911 at #CedarLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Mr. Hagerman & I went to Sand Bay for mail. Going to a box on a post we found mail for all of us, placed there through kindness [of] lumbermen. We returned home. After tea, we read the papers." @csnrec.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social
Alasdair Roberts will be giving the J.A. Corry Lecture entitled "Why Great States Fail" on tomorrow afternoon at Queen's University.
Learn more about his latest book, The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century buff.ly/bDIUEhw
Event details:
"Lake Minnewanka" by Reneltta Arluk is our latest featured excerpt from Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada, part of our Canadian History and Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
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#mountains #books
Available now! Our Year 1 preliminary report (in English and Kalaallisut). Many thanks to our partners NAMMCO and Innovation South Greenland and to our observers and project participants for making this work possible, @nichecanada.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @arcticinstitute.bsky.social
#OTD (Tue, Mar 1) 1911 at #CacheLake, #AlgonquinPark: "At Headquarters. Received letters regarding Vespra Company, 35 Reg’t, asking me to take over command. Weighed today 175 lbs.; a loss of seven lbs. during trip."
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I’m proud to announce the fourth CFP for Succession IV: Queering the Environment, which I’ve edited biennially since 2020.
This year we are inviting topics related to “queer joy.”
