Ross Fair (@rossfair) 's Twitter Profile
Ross Fair

@rossfair

Public historian and doer of stuff.

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trouteyes (@trouteyes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Doris, have you seen my pool table? No Farmer Griffiths, I haven't seen any pool tables stashed away in the barn, anywhere at all today.

Doris, have you seen my pool table?
No Farmer Griffiths, I haven't seen any pool tables stashed away in the barn, anywhere at all today.
ActiveHistory.ca (@activehist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"With unyielding and sustained cuts as a backdrop, it’s not hard to guess why LAC has leaned so fully into online offerings that leave researchers to fend for themselves." activehistory.ca/blog/2024/04/2…

David Veevers (@davidveevers1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

60% of Starmer's new Cabinet did 'worthless' degrees at University. Phillipson - History Streeting - History Reynolds - History Kendall - History Phillipson - History and Languages Steve Reed - English Kyle - Geography Haigh - Politics McFadden - Politics

herculez gomez (@herculezg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To think that today we had Germany vs Spain and Portugal vs France .. yet the game of the day was Canada vs Venezuela.. And by far!

Ross Fair (@rossfair) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Similar point of view, 190 years apart (see full photo). Fence in foreground of John Howard’s 1834 painting of William Allan’s Moss Park estate (ROM collection) would be just beyond today’s Moss Park Armoury at centre background. #aghist #cdnhist #envhist utorontopress.com/9781487553531/…

Similar point of view, 190 years apart (see  full photo). Fence in foreground of John Howard’s 1834 painting of William Allan’s Moss Park estate (ROM collection) would be just beyond today’s Moss Park Armoury at centre background. #aghist #cdnhist #envhist utorontopress.com/9781487553531/…
GO Expansion (@goexpansion) 's Twitter Profile Photo

While some may only think of it as a transit stop, Union Station is a treasure trove of artifacts associated with the history of Toronto’s waterfront. bit.ly/46Igh3u

Librarianshipwreck (@libshipwreck) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you’re going to cite ChatGPT the correct citation is just “a hallucinating plagiarism machine that is cooking the planet” followed by the date on which you used that hallucinating plagiarism machine that is cooking the planet.

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Listen to me discuss my new book, “Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791–1852,” in this episode of the Champlain Society Witness to Yesterday #podcast : bit.ly/WTYs324 University of Toronto Press #aghist #cdnhist #envhist

Ontario Historical Society (@ontariohistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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The new academic year brings a new round of the Rural History Roundtable, with presentations in Fall '24 by @RebeccaBeau14, Ed Dunsworth, and Ross Fair. For more info: uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/rou… #aghist #cdnhist #ruralhist

The new academic year brings a new round of the Rural History Roundtable, with presentations in Fall '24 by @RebeccaBeau14, Ed Dunsworth, and <a href="/RossFair/">Ross Fair</a>.  For more info: 
uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/rou…
#aghist #cdnhist #ruralhist
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Tis the season for Ontario's local agricultural fairs, and Ross Fair shares how his new book, Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852, reveals the history behind these popular events. niche-canada.org/2024/09/10/new… #envhist #aghist #cdnhist