Our website might be down for a much needed face lift! But you can still sign up for our upcoming Labour History Bike Tour for Workers Arts & Heritage Centre Members today 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️labourhistorybiketour.paperform.co

Choosing Rogers Pass for the Trans-Canada Highway: Did #Winter Matter? niche-canada.org/2024/09/03/cho… via @niche_canada #envhist

More than two thousand of Parks Canada’s familiar historical plaques can be found around the country. But this practice is affected by the complexities of #history and the commitment to commemoration, not celebration. ow.ly/VIQh50TfSPQ

Dylan Roy thought he was uncovering records of a naval ship called the HMCS Griffon, but instead, he stumbled upon surprises linking the first ship on the Great Lakes to a military base in Thunder Bay! thediscoverblog.com/?p=17463 📸 2952744

Today, Dr. Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959) 🧪 was designated as a #NationalHistoricPerson. Learn more about her work in the advancement of public health and forensic science: ow.ly/qVMi50TgsSp

Orange Shirt Day is coming up September 30. Reposting the link to my Google drive of resources in French and English- including a shared reading around Rita Joe’s “I lost my talk”/ “J’ai perdue ma langue”. Please feel free to share with colleagues! #OrangeShirtDay 🧡🪶

OHS is pleased to share the first instalment of a new series highlighting local history in communities across Ontario—recognizing the incredible volunteers who tell our stories. This video features The Friends of Hope Mill, incorporated by the OHS in 2017 youtu.be/9oEEkTMe5P8

Today on the site, our editor @danny__mac__ introduces us to his new book, The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History (McGill-Queen's University Press 2024) niche-canada.org/2024/09/05/new… #envhist #greatlakes #book

Fun fact: The Diefenbunker housed a supercomputer that spanned multiple rooms 🖥️ STRAD was an automated message-handling system capable of securely processing up to 9,000 messages daily. This blueprint shows its extensive structural plan. Learn more: diefenbunker.ca/strad-supercom…

Educators! Join us for Truth and Reconciliation Week September 23-27, 2024. Let’s ignite the spirit of “Taking Truth to Action” together. As educators, you have the power to shape the future and make a lasting impact on our children. Enroll here: trw-svr.nctr.ca/virtual-educat… #nctr_um

A boozy Toronto scandal from 1955! Mayor Lamport kept a secret room at the Royal York for cocktail parties & shady meetings — then billed the City for $48,000 in booze & food. It's just one story we'll cover in A DOWNRIGHT SCANDALOUS HISTORY OF TORONTO: tinyurl.com/scandalousTO

TT posted today!! Please share widely! brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/brocku_c…

Dufferin County! Join me on Thurs., Sept. 19th. Registration is required. eventbrite.ca/e/the-paradox-…

Huge congratulations to Dr. Samantha Matharoo on successfully defending her dissertation: Red Girls’ Love, Power, and Resistance: Conversations on Care with Indigenous Girls, Queer, Trans, and Two Spirit Youth. Making us, Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, and the ancestors proud!

Land & Sea: Turning to potatoes on the Northern Peninsula after herring youtu.be/l7RUZa8HGc0?si… #envhist #aghist #cdnhist

Three Postdoctoral Fellowships – Future Harvest Partnership: Researching a Climate Resilient Local Food System in the NWT - Wilfred Laurier University, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo. Send inquiries and applications to Lauren Judge niche-canada.org/2024/09/06/thr…

Very exciting event coming up in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) on September 26! Join us!

An important question for all students of history: The new 18th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style removing the place names from the publication information -- HOT or NOT?

Very honoured to have my piece on loan to Rideau Hall for a few years.

Thanks to NiCHE for helping to circulate our exciting call for MA fellowships at History@Concordia for students interested in deindustrialization studies, including its connection to the environment! Check it out: niche-canada.org/2024/08/28/stu…