Josh MacFadyen
@joshmacfadyen.bsky.social
Historian, digital humanities professor, and Canada Research Chair at the University of Prince Edward Island. Director of the UPEI GeoREACH Lab
http://upei.ca/GeoLab
http://upei.ca/GeoLab
Along with UPEI's Faculty of Arts and Robertson Library and colleagues from across the region, I am excited to share the call for papers for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference which will meet in Charlottetown, PEI from 3-5 June.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Along with UPEI's Faculty of Arts and Robertson Library and colleagues from across the region, I am excited to share the call for papers for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference which will meet in Charlottetown, PEI from 3-5 June.
journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Ac...
journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Ac...
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Crystal Fraser and I are co-editing a series on environmental histories of Indian residential and day schools for @nichecanada.bsky.social. We chose to launch the series on Orange Shirt Day, in part, to remind historians of their responsibilities to Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.
Environmental History and the Work of Truth and Reconciliation
This series links residential and day school histories with environment, amplifying Survivors’ voices, countering denialism, and fostering reconciliation.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Crystal Fraser and I are co-editing a series on environmental histories of Indian residential and day schools for @nichecanada.bsky.social. We chose to launch the series on Orange Shirt Day, in part, to remind historians of their responsibilities to Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.
Consider submitting a piece to The Oar, an exciting new popular history magazine by some really excellent New Brunswick scholars!
Our first Call for Papers is live! If you are interested in writing the history of New Brunswick, engaging with popular audiences, and supporting small museums, then we would love to hear from you! Proposals for submissions are due 30 September 2025. See below for details:
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Consider submitting a piece to The Oar, an exciting new popular history magazine by some really excellent New Brunswick scholars!
What’s at the other end of this bridge? Cape Jourimain, NB, the Chignecto Isthmus, and the second Gulf Ecologies conference: “Knowledge Beyond the Text,” to be held at Mount Allison University in Sackville.
July 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What’s at the other end of this bridge? Cape Jourimain, NB, the Chignecto Isthmus, and the second Gulf Ecologies conference: “Knowledge Beyond the Text,” to be held at Mount Allison University in Sackville.
New article from UPEI MA (Island Studies) candidate and member of the GeoREACH Lab, Barbara Rousseau, using #hGIS #envhist and other methods to examine how Prince Edward Island’s coastal dunes – and people’s perceptions of them – have changed over time. #cdnhist journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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June 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
New article from UPEI MA (Island Studies) candidate and member of the GeoREACH Lab, Barbara Rousseau, using #hGIS #envhist and other methods to examine how Prince Edward Island’s coastal dunes – and people’s perceptions of them – have changed over time. #cdnhist journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Funded Master’s Position in the History of Food Systems in Canada
@jamiemurton.bsky.social is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University
Start Dates: September 2025/September 2026
niche-canada.org/2025/06/23/f...
#cdnhist
@jamiemurton.bsky.social is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University
Start Dates: September 2025/September 2026
niche-canada.org/2025/06/23/f...
#cdnhist
Funded Master’s Position in the History of Food Systems in Canada
Dr. Jamie Murton is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario. This is a funded position.
niche-canada.org
June 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Funded Master’s Position in the History of Food Systems in Canada
@jamiemurton.bsky.social is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University
Start Dates: September 2025/September 2026
niche-canada.org/2025/06/23/f...
#cdnhist
@jamiemurton.bsky.social is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University
Start Dates: September 2025/September 2026
niche-canada.org/2025/06/23/f...
#cdnhist
It does this Islander/historian’s heart good to see the Euston St gas station en route to preservation and repurposing for the community in Charlottetown. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
June 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It does this Islander/historian’s heart good to see the Euston St gas station en route to preservation and repurposing for the community in Charlottetown. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I'm giving a series of talks this summer/fall in the Maritimes on the burncentennial of the 1825 Miramichi Fire.
Thx, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, for the swag (are bookmarks swag?) & for the MQ25 25% discount code. www.mqup.ca/miramichi-fi...
#envhist #cdnhist #wildfire #forestfire #fire
Thx, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, for the swag (are bookmarks swag?) & for the MQ25 25% discount code. www.mqup.ca/miramichi-fi...
#envhist #cdnhist #wildfire #forestfire #fire
May 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I'm giving a series of talks this summer/fall in the Maritimes on the burncentennial of the 1825 Miramichi Fire.
Thx, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, for the swag (are bookmarks swag?) & for the MQ25 25% discount code. www.mqup.ca/miramichi-fi...
#envhist #cdnhist #wildfire #forestfire #fire
Thx, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, for the swag (are bookmarks swag?) & for the MQ25 25% discount code. www.mqup.ca/miramichi-fi...
#envhist #cdnhist #wildfire #forestfire #fire
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Formation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada
April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies.
niche-canada.org/2025/05/13/f...
#cdnhist
April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies.
niche-canada.org/2025/05/13/f...
#cdnhist
Formation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada
April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies.
niche-canada.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Formation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada
April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies.
niche-canada.org/2025/05/13/f...
#cdnhist
April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies.
niche-canada.org/2025/05/13/f...
#cdnhist
New from the Ecologies, Knowledge, & Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region project, a film on our first meeting and launch in 2024. Enjoy some aerial views of the Climate School in St Peters, the Morell River field trip, and the Basin Head beach and fisheries museum.
youtu.be/1K9EyttdDK4?...
youtu.be/1K9EyttdDK4?...
Ecologies, Knowledge, and Power in the Gulf of St Lawrence Region: Project Launch and 2024 Meeting
YouTube video by UPEI GeoREACH Lab
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May 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
New from the Ecologies, Knowledge, & Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region project, a film on our first meeting and launch in 2024. Enjoy some aerial views of the Climate School in St Peters, the Morell River field trip, and the Basin Head beach and fisheries museum.
youtu.be/1K9EyttdDK4?...
youtu.be/1K9EyttdDK4?...
I know Canadians love their coasts, but the Gulf of St. Lawrence really dominated this CBC list of Canada's favourite destinations. At least a fifth of the top-20 are in the Gulf (Basin Head PEI, Cape Breton NS, Gros Morne NL, and Kouchibouguac NB)... www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Oh Canada! The Current's Travel Bucket List
The Current is building a Canadian travel bucket list. Help us pick from these 20 locations.
www.cbc.ca
May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I know Canadians love their coasts, but the Gulf of St. Lawrence really dominated this CBC list of Canada's favourite destinations. At least a fifth of the top-20 are in the Gulf (Basin Head PEI, Cape Breton NS, Gros Morne NL, and Kouchibouguac NB)... www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Mayor Mews on place in NL: “you know down through the centuries fishermen have lived in these little houses perched upon the cliffs and they don't want to leave them. It was suggested that they [move to] the city but they want to be by the sea, and we all understand that.” youtu.be/pAiI_qT-5Kc?...
Retro St. John's - The Newfoundland capital in 1967
YouTube video by CBC News NL - Newfoundland and Labrador
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May 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Mayor Mews on place in NL: “you know down through the centuries fishermen have lived in these little houses perched upon the cliffs and they don't want to leave them. It was suggested that they [move to] the city but they want to be by the sea, and we all understand that.” youtu.be/pAiI_qT-5Kc?...
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If you are a historian or other scholar who would like to write about the history of Toronto's waterfront in relation to current developments at Ontario Place, check out our Guidelines for Contributors and get in touch!
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#envhist #toronto #cdnhist
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#envhist #toronto #cdnhist
April 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you are a historian or other scholar who would like to write about the history of Toronto's waterfront in relation to current developments at Ontario Place, check out our Guidelines for Contributors and get in touch!
niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#envhist #toronto #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#envhist #toronto #cdnhist
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The University of Alberta is a great place to work. Looking for a teaching professor in Canadian and Indigenous history.
apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
Teaching Professor (Assistant or Associate), Canadian and Indigenous History - Careers@UAlberta.ca
University of Alberta: Careers@UAlberta.ca
apps.ualberta.ca
April 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The University of Alberta is a great place to work. Looking for a teaching professor in Canadian and Indigenous history.
apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
The webmap I designed to run behind GeoPEI: PEI Historical Map Viewer and the Time Flies, Online Edition e-book (both free, by the way at upei.ca/timeflies) has just passed 20,000 views! Not the biggest number in DH project history, but pretty neat for a small place like PEI.
Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air - The GeoREACH Lab at UPEI
Thanks to an unparalleled access to historical aerial photographs, Time Flies offers a new history of Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada from an aerial perspective. The book presents images of iconic l...
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April 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The webmap I designed to run behind GeoPEI: PEI Historical Map Viewer and the Time Flies, Online Edition e-book (both free, by the way at upei.ca/timeflies) has just passed 20,000 views! Not the biggest number in DH project history, but pretty neat for a small place like PEI.
Wonderful to have my book Time Flies featured on the Witness to Yesterday podcast, with @nobyrne.bsky.social
Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air, Witness to Yesterday, Episode 312 (7 March 2025) The Champlain Society champlainsociety.utppublishing.com/digital-cont...
Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air, Witness to Yesterday, Episode 312 (7 March 2025) The Champlain Society champlainsociety.utppublishing.com/digital-cont...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Wonderful to have my book Time Flies featured on the Witness to Yesterday podcast, with @nobyrne.bsky.social
Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air, Witness to Yesterday, Episode 312 (7 March 2025) The Champlain Society champlainsociety.utppublishing.com/digital-cont...
Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air, Witness to Yesterday, Episode 312 (7 March 2025) The Champlain Society champlainsociety.utppublishing.com/digital-cont...
An article where students (Bailey Clark and Nolan Kressin) and I introduce GeoPEI: the GeoREACH Lab's map viewer. And a brief reflection on 4 of our favourites.
Our gift to PEI and map nerds everywhere:
Our gift to PEI and map nerds everywhere:
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
An article where students (Bailey Clark and Nolan Kressin) and I introduce GeoPEI: the GeoREACH Lab's map viewer. And a brief reflection on 4 of our favourites.
Our gift to PEI and map nerds everywhere:
Our gift to PEI and map nerds everywhere:
"Time Flies" flew again, this week with this new Story Map companion to the book. I was happy to have Bailey Clark on board for both. We hope you enjoy and please share the links!
Here's the StoryMap: "Time Flies, Online Edition" storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d0db...
Here's the StoryMap: "Time Flies, Online Edition" storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d0db...
Time Flies, Online Edition
A Story Map Companion to Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air
storymaps.arcgis.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Time Flies" flew again, this week with this new Story Map companion to the book. I was happy to have Bailey Clark on board for both. We hope you enjoy and please share the links!
Here's the StoryMap: "Time Flies, Online Edition" storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d0db...
Here's the StoryMap: "Time Flies, Online Edition" storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d0db...
Here’s a great job opportunity at my alma mater, with a focus on pre-20th century history and a commitment to recognizing digital/public facing projects. Someone go help this amazing department continue building the best rural history program in North America! niche-canada.org/2025/01/27/j...
Job - Assistant Professor in Rural North American History - University of Guelph
The History Department at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Rural North American History. The appointment will commence on J...
niche-canada.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Here’s a great job opportunity at my alma mater, with a focus on pre-20th century history and a commitment to recognizing digital/public facing projects. Someone go help this amazing department continue building the best rural history program in North America! niche-canada.org/2025/01/27/j...
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Today we are highlighting @dagomardegroot.bsky.social's new podcast, The Climate Chronicles!
Every episode is a stand-alone story, and every season its own distinct chapter in climate’s history.
niche-canada.org/2025/01/22/n...
#envhist #climhist #climatechange
Every episode is a stand-alone story, and every season its own distinct chapter in climate’s history.
niche-canada.org/2025/01/22/n...
#envhist #climhist #climatechange
New Podcast - The Climate Chronicles with Dr. Dagomar Degroot
In 42 episodes spread across eight seasons, The Climate Chronicles draws on the latest scholarship in such fields as archaeology, history, climatology, and geology to present a comprehensive picture o...
niche-canada.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today we are highlighting @dagomardegroot.bsky.social's new podcast, The Climate Chronicles!
Every episode is a stand-alone story, and every season its own distinct chapter in climate’s history.
niche-canada.org/2025/01/22/n...
#envhist #climhist #climatechange
Every episode is a stand-alone story, and every season its own distinct chapter in climate’s history.
niche-canada.org/2025/01/22/n...
#envhist #climhist #climatechange