Ben Woodward shows how geomorphology can use historical documents, bridging the humanities-science gap, in "Peering over the Precipice: Using Archival Records to Extend our Knowledge of Historical Bluff Retreat on Lake Huron." niche-canada.org/2024/08/27/his… #envhist #dhist #science

What’s cooking tonight?

#JamesBarryDiary 31/8/1874 Last day of August 1874. Oh! But time passes at a great rate indeed and no mistake. I am now pretty clear from my complaint, but still I am not very strong yet; However, I was at work part of the day. David McKay’s Big Girl is here for tonight.

#JamesBarryDiary 1/9/1874 Something variable, but fine most of the day, and after nightfall it rained heavy. David McKay working here today and the governor’s boy. Alexander McKenzie came here this evening and is here tonight, but he complains that he is not just very well.

1/2: Sable Island Harbour Seal. September 1, another warm day with a max of 23.8°C and a light southeasterly wind peaking at 15 kts. With curious Grey Seals in the waves, an adult Harbour Seal yawns on south beach before turning to face the late afternoon sunshine….

Learn about the ActiveHistory.ca exhibit, The Human Cost of Food, here: niche-canada.org/2024/05/03/we-… #labourday #labourhistory #foodhistory #cdnhist

#JamesBarryDiary 2/9/1874 Dark most all day and some rain now and then. David McKay and myself working at the foundation of gristmill. My stomach is not very spry yet. All the rest well. I cannot work much at all. Amen.

We'll be featuring Ross Fair's new book on our website next week!! #aghist #cdnhist

#JamesBarryDiary 3/9/1874 Dark all day. David McKay and myself working at the foundation of grist mill. We got all the floor laid accept behind the water wheel. John Stewart & his sister called here this afternoon for to get some fiddling but I was not well enough to do anything.

My phone correctly nails both the mood and my destination.

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

#JamesBarryDiary 4/9/1874 Rained some last night, but this was a fine sunny day. David McKay and I working at the mill, finished the frame of the grist mill flume and also all the flooring. I am getting some better now but still I am not much yet. All the rest well. Amen.

How does the Fossil Fuel industry influence universities? Here’s the first comprehensive review. In addition to funding research they also sit on governing boards, sponsor professorships, career fairs and even influence curricula. Take a peek: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc…

James C. Scott, the Ambivalent Anarchist thenation.com/article/societ…

We are excited to welcome our 1st class of the semester! ENGL 481 will be looking at our prison newsletter collection. This item, Tightwire, was created at the Prison for Women in Kingston in 1982. Jordan has 100s of prison newsletters in the collection. #Ygk

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

#JamesBarryDiary 5/9/1874 A beautiful day indeed; me and nice. David McKay working at the mill - he went home this evening. I paid him in full - $6.00. Josephine and I went to Pictou today Ritchie's horse - paid it. We bought a lot of things. George Graham was here this evening.

#JamesBarryDiary 6/9/1874 Windy and mostly cloudy, but still a fine day. George Graham went away down to Mr. Donald Gunns this morning, intending to go to the Eight Mile Brook. Black, yellow and Gray "Geordie”- a Quare curse – somewhat of the nature and look of a Indian.