Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
@alanmaceachern.bsky.social
Researcher, writer, & teacher of stuff Canadian, historical, & environmental.
https://www.mqup.ca/content/search?type%5B%5D=books&SearchText=Maceachern+
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In its dishonesty cut with absurdity, for me this was the quote of the year.
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In its dishonesty cut with absurdity, for me this was the quote of the year.
Just read.
Whew.
Whew.
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just read.
Whew.
Whew.
Problems: There's no "i" or "v" in my name. Also no 2nd "h" & no 3rd "n" or "e". And the OED doesn't know from mannels.
AI can't anagram my name. Each real man can.
AI can't anagram my name. Each real man can.
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Problems: There's no "i" or "v" in my name. Also no 2nd "h" & no 3rd "n" or "e". And the OED doesn't know from mannels.
AI can't anagram my name. Each real man can.
AI can't anagram my name. Each real man can.
Fascinating.
My Graphic History! course is a month away, so I must be reading "Consulting the Map: Bil Keane’s dotted-line drawings in The Family Circus and comics cartography."
My Graphic History! course is a month away, so I must be reading "Consulting the Map: Bil Keane’s dotted-line drawings in The Family Circus and comics cartography."
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Fascinating.
My Graphic History! course is a month away, so I must be reading "Consulting the Map: Bil Keane’s dotted-line drawings in The Family Circus and comics cartography."
My Graphic History! course is a month away, so I must be reading "Consulting the Map: Bil Keane’s dotted-line drawings in The Family Circus and comics cartography."
Whenever I hear stories of "Canadian" animals spotted in the UK, I first wonder if they're the descendants of donated Canadian national park ones that escaped. It's happened.
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Whenever I hear stories of "Canadian" animals spotted in the UK, I first wonder if they're the descendants of donated Canadian national park ones that escaped. It's happened.
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....
Email restored. Après le weekend, le déluge.
My university email account has been disabled since Friday afternoon. Bliss.
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Email restored. Après le weekend, le déluge.
My university email account has been disabled since Friday afternoon. Bliss.
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My university email account has been disabled since Friday afternoon. Bliss.
Just learned that “Hamnet” was published as “Hamnet & Judith” in 🇨🇦 & only 🇨🇦.
Let’s spend some productive Friday night time tracking down & doxxing the know-better marketing hoser who decided that.
Let’s spend some productive Friday night time tracking down & doxxing the know-better marketing hoser who decided that.
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Just learned that “Hamnet” was published as “Hamnet & Judith” in 🇨🇦 & only 🇨🇦.
Let’s spend some productive Friday night time tracking down & doxxing the know-better marketing hoser who decided that.
Let’s spend some productive Friday night time tracking down & doxxing the know-better marketing hoser who decided that.
Dear #envhist world:
A student wants to explore the development of the Wyoming bison meat trade. Any thoughts re primary/secondary sources to learn more? Thanking you in advance,
Alan
A student wants to explore the development of the Wyoming bison meat trade. Any thoughts re primary/secondary sources to learn more? Thanking you in advance,
Alan
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Dear #envhist world:
A student wants to explore the development of the Wyoming bison meat trade. Any thoughts re primary/secondary sources to learn more? Thanking you in advance,
Alan
A student wants to explore the development of the Wyoming bison meat trade. Any thoughts re primary/secondary sources to learn more? Thanking you in advance,
Alan
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Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean, "a fascinating tour of the environmental history of the inner solar system," is a @sciam.bsky.social favorite book of the year. Check out the other books (both nonfiction and fiction) on the list! #Space #EnvHist #History www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Scientific American Staff’s Favorite Books of 2025
Here are the 67 books Scientific American staffers couldn’t put down this year, from fantasy epics to gripping nonfiction
www.scientificamerican.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean, "a fascinating tour of the environmental history of the inner solar system," is a @sciam.bsky.social favorite book of the year. Check out the other books (both nonfiction and fiction) on the list! #Space #EnvHist #History www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
I hear you, Western U, I hear you.
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I hear you, Western U, I hear you.
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
We want to extend an invitation to submit a proposal to the upcoming HGSA Graduate Conference on March 6, 2026. The submission date is January 4, 2026.
We look forward to seeing all the research that you're working on. Please feel free to email Rose Giles if you have any questions. rgiles5@uwo.ca
We look forward to seeing all the research that you're working on. Please feel free to email Rose Giles if you have any questions. rgiles5@uwo.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We want to extend an invitation to submit a proposal to the upcoming HGSA Graduate Conference on March 6, 2026. The submission date is January 4, 2026.
We look forward to seeing all the research that you're working on. Please feel free to email Rose Giles if you have any questions. rgiles5@uwo.ca
We look forward to seeing all the research that you're working on. Please feel free to email Rose Giles if you have any questions. rgiles5@uwo.ca
Cause-&-effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone....
~ Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark
[I could sit here all day typing out Rebecca Solnit.]
~ Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark
[I could sit here all day typing out Rebecca Solnit.]
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Cause-&-effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone....
~ Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark
[I could sit here all day typing out Rebecca Solnit.]
~ Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark
[I could sit here all day typing out Rebecca Solnit.]
We've had 60 applicants for CHESS 2026 on PEI -- ie, a lot, ie, more than we can handle! Thanks to everyone who's applied; we'll be making some tough decisions in the next while. Stay tuned.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We've had 60 applicants for CHESS 2026 on PEI -- ie, a lot, ie, more than we can handle! Thanks to everyone who's applied; we'll be making some tough decisions in the next while. Stay tuned.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Deadline, tomorrow!
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Deadline, tomorrow!
Taught this in my #envhist class today & was reminded how superb it is not just on doing animal history, but on doing history, full stop. press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
But I do wish they'd chosen this as the cover.
But I do wish they'd chosen this as the cover.
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Taught this in my #envhist class today & was reminded how superb it is not just on doing animal history, but on doing history, full stop. press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
But I do wish they'd chosen this as the cover.
But I do wish they'd chosen this as the cover.
This is well worth reading (& watching). In particular, it's by far the most direct articulation of what @nichecanada.bsky.social has been up to over the past decade. Kudos, @micaamy.bsky.social!
Today our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, unveils a map made by Geoffrey Wallace that visualizes the geography of NiCHE blog posts going back to 2004.
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
"Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004"
niche-canada.org/2025/11/27/a...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
Animating the Archive: The Geography of NiCHE Posts since 2004
While NiCHE began as a Canadian environmental history network, its subject matter has always been situated in an international context, fostering conversations and collaborations across borders.
niche-canada.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is well worth reading (& watching). In particular, it's by far the most direct articulation of what @nichecanada.bsky.social has been up to over the past decade. Kudos, @micaamy.bsky.social!
Once upon a time, Ryan O'Connor & I interviewed & wrote about PEI back-to-the-landers & their kids ("children of the hummus").
Happy to report UPEI's Island Voices is now archiving all the interviews & the resulting essays. Take a look & listen. islandvoices.ca/collection/b...
#envhist #cdnhist
Happy to report UPEI's Island Voices is now archiving all the interviews & the resulting essays. Take a look & listen. islandvoices.ca/collection/b...
#envhist #cdnhist
Back to the Island: The Back-to-the-Land Movement on PEI | Island Voices
islandvoices.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Once upon a time, Ryan O'Connor & I interviewed & wrote about PEI back-to-the-landers & their kids ("children of the hummus").
Happy to report UPEI's Island Voices is now archiving all the interviews & the resulting essays. Take a look & listen. islandvoices.ca/collection/b...
#envhist #cdnhist
Happy to report UPEI's Island Voices is now archiving all the interviews & the resulting essays. Take a look & listen. islandvoices.ca/collection/b...
#envhist #cdnhist
my take:
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
Canadian University salary data is out: Queen's has now passed Toronto in having the highest average professorial salary - $198,875.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
my take:
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
I can't decide whether adding this to my calendar today is a sign of positive thinking or despair.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I can't decide whether adding this to my calendar today is a sign of positive thinking or despair.
If Don Draper were alive today, he’d pitch an @archive.org ad with the tagline “It’s not AI. It’s IA.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If Don Draper were alive today, he’d pitch an @archive.org ad with the tagline “It’s not AI. It’s IA.”
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
Prof. Cody Groat's new publication, "Always a Part of the Land: The Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories" is available for pre-order. www.mqup.ca/Books/A/Alwa... @westernulibs.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Prof. Cody Groat's new publication, "Always a Part of the Land: The Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories" is available for pre-order. www.mqup.ca/Books/A/Alwa... @westernulibs.bsky.social
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
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Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal for our 2026 annual meeting. We are thrilled to announce that we received over double last year’s total submissions!
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal for our 2026 annual meeting. We are thrilled to announce that we received over double last year’s total submissions!
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist