Mary Baxter
@maryeb.bsky.social
Passionate about putting Ontario's southwest into words; currently on a deep dive into history @ Western University. Beaglist.
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La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du 1er au 3 juin 2026 à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Nous espérons vous y voir! Cliquez sur le lien pour l'annonce complète. #cdnhist #histoire #SHC2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
Annonce : Réunion annuelle de la SHC 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du lundi au mercredi, du 1er au 3 juin 2026, à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. L'événement aura lieu à l'Université d...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du 1er au 3 juin 2026 à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Nous espérons vous y voir! Cliquez sur le lien pour l'annonce complète. #cdnhist #histoire #SHC2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
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You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
Announcement: CHA Annual Meeting 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. The event will be host...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown
In case you are following this: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Judge finds complainant’s evidence neither ‘credible or reliable’
Justice Maria Carroccia set to decide fate of former world junior players Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote accused in 2018 alleged assault
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In case you are following this: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Here is an interesting project documenting the "unmaking" of the U.S. democratic government structure currently underway and the significance and impact of these changes. unbreaking.org
Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
July 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here is an interesting project documenting the "unmaking" of the U.S. democratic government structure currently underway and the significance and impact of these changes. unbreaking.org
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In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.
Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research.
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
Call for Support: – About BHL
about.biodiversitylibrary.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.
What a great piece about the crossroads of Winnipeg and, arguably, of a young nation called the Dominion of Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/722f089...
Winnipeg’s famed Portage and Main – shut to pedestrians for nearly half a century – has been reborn
Dubbed the crossroads of Canada, the story of the intersection is also the complicated narrative of the city and the nation
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What a great piece about the crossroads of Winnipeg and, arguably, of a young nation called the Dominion of Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/722f089...
Hey researchers out there: the U.S. National Archives at College Park has announced it will CLOSE ITS DOORS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC on July 7. Imagine not being able to attend a national archive unless you can demonstrate "a legitimate business need." www.archives.gov/college-park
The National Archives at College Park, Maryland
We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electroni...
www.archives.gov
June 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hey researchers out there: the U.S. National Archives at College Park has announced it will CLOSE ITS DOORS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC on July 7. Imagine not being able to attend a national archive unless you can demonstrate "a legitimate business need." www.archives.gov/college-park
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Today on our site we have "Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management" by
@mauritsertsen.bsky.social
The final post in our Historicizing Adaptation series, edited by
@stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/u...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
@mauritsertsen.bsky.social
The final post in our Historicizing Adaptation series, edited by
@stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/u...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management
The Netherlands uses Adaptive Delta Management to future-proof water systems, blending engineering foresight, historical insight, and societal negotiation.
niche-canada.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today on our site we have "Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management" by
@mauritsertsen.bsky.social
The final post in our Historicizing Adaptation series, edited by
@stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/u...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
@mauritsertsen.bsky.social
The final post in our Historicizing Adaptation series, edited by
@stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/u...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
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"In documenting the societal expectations that were imposed on the eighteenth-century elite, I demonstrate how women were constrained in their scientific endeavours and pushed to the margins of botanical networks." - Anne Griffiths
niche-canada.org/2023/05/01/v...
#envhist #histsci #womeninstem
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#envhist #histsci #womeninstem
Visualising Data: Taxonomy, Gender and Botanic Connections in the Long Eighteenth Century
I demonstrate how women were constrained in their scientific endeavours and pushed to the margins of botanical networks.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"In documenting the societal expectations that were imposed on the eighteenth-century elite, I demonstrate how women were constrained in their scientific endeavours and pushed to the margins of botanical networks." - Anne Griffiths
niche-canada.org/2023/05/01/v...
#envhist #histsci #womeninstem
niche-canada.org/2023/05/01/v...
#envhist #histsci #womeninstem
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Good time to listen to our own @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on who owns the Great Lakes: niche-canada.org/2025/03/03/p...
#greatlakes #envhist #uscanadarelations
#greatlakes #envhist #uscanadarelations
March 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Good time to listen to our own @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on who owns the Great Lakes: niche-canada.org/2025/03/03/p...
#greatlakes #envhist #uscanadarelations
#greatlakes #envhist #uscanadarelations
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Our editors @theliftline.bsky.social & @maryeb.bsky.social both chose posts from our The Place Where You Live series as our most recent Editor's Picks!
Explore the full series, organized by @tinaadcock.bsky.social & @lootina.bsky.social, here: niche-canada.org/tag/place-wh...
#envhist #place
Explore the full series, organized by @tinaadcock.bsky.social & @lootina.bsky.social, here: niche-canada.org/tag/place-wh...
#envhist #place
March 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our editors @theliftline.bsky.social & @maryeb.bsky.social both chose posts from our The Place Where You Live series as our most recent Editor's Picks!
Explore the full series, organized by @tinaadcock.bsky.social & @lootina.bsky.social, here: niche-canada.org/tag/place-wh...
#envhist #place
Explore the full series, organized by @tinaadcock.bsky.social & @lootina.bsky.social, here: niche-canada.org/tag/place-wh...
#envhist #place
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Today on our site we have "Canadian Beavers in the Nordic Countries" by @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
This is the first post in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Bill C-373 edited by @blairstein.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/07/c...
#cdnhist #animalhistory #envhist
This is the first post in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Bill C-373 edited by @blairstein.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/07/c...
#cdnhist #animalhistory #envhist
Canadian Beavers in the Nordic Countries
In the 1800s, European beavers were nearly extinct, so Sweden’s Skansen zoo imported Canadian beavers instead. Efforts later reintroduced European beavers.
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March 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Today on our site we have "Canadian Beavers in the Nordic Countries" by @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
This is the first post in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Bill C-373 edited by @blairstein.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/07/c...
#cdnhist #animalhistory #envhist
This is the first post in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Bill C-373 edited by @blairstein.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/07/c...
#cdnhist #animalhistory #envhist
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Like the monks who walked this path to protect the saint’s body from marauders, Alanna Mitchell knows that she is also “on a journey of trial and sacrifice in the modern British wilderness.” But, she wonders, “what am I trying to find?”
@alannamitchell.bsky.social
@alannamitchell.bsky.social
A pilgrim seeks meaning on St. Cuthbert's Way
As Alanna Mitchell traces the saint's Scottish path, she finds it's more than a journey—it's an act of faith in the power of storytelling.
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March 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Like the monks who walked this path to protect the saint’s body from marauders, Alanna Mitchell knows that she is also “on a journey of trial and sacrifice in the modern British wilderness.” But, she wonders, “what am I trying to find?”
@alannamitchell.bsky.social
@alannamitchell.bsky.social
Sensible analysis here that shows some continuity of U.S. action on the world stage. It also shows that Trump’s ham-fisted Jacksonian strategy has shown up too late to the game to achieve the ends that he wants. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: There is a method to Donald Trump’s madness
Canada must look beyond the rhetoric in responding to U.S. policy shifts
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sensible analysis here that shows some continuity of U.S. action on the world stage. It also shows that Trump’s ham-fisted Jacksonian strategy has shown up too late to the game to achieve the ends that he wants. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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We have been sleepwalking towards this day for several years.
A Trump govt that ends support for Ukraine “would make the U.S. itself an obstacle to a long-term free and stable Europe. It would split the Atlantic alliance, and European states have not prepared themselves for that possibility.”
A Trump govt that ends support for Ukraine “would make the U.S. itself an obstacle to a long-term free and stable Europe. It would split the Atlantic alliance, and European states have not prepared themselves for that possibility.”
It’s now exactly 18 months since I started arguing in @theatlantic.com , that Trump was set on abandoning Ukraine and possibly NATO) and European states needed to get ready. As my Substack has now grown to over 85000 subscribers… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
What Europe Should Have Done To Prepare For With Trump
Published Exactly 18 months ago
open.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We have been sleepwalking towards this day for several years.
A Trump govt that ends support for Ukraine “would make the U.S. itself an obstacle to a long-term free and stable Europe. It would split the Atlantic alliance, and European states have not prepared themselves for that possibility.”
A Trump govt that ends support for Ukraine “would make the U.S. itself an obstacle to a long-term free and stable Europe. It would split the Atlantic alliance, and European states have not prepared themselves for that possibility.”
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Hybrid Event - 2025 Anne Clendinning Memorial Lecture Featuring @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Restoring Dangerous Memories to our Shared Histories
Thursday – 6 March 2025 – 7-8:30 pm EST
Weaver Auditorium (B200) Nipissing University or online via Zoom
niche-canada.org/2025/02/28/h...
#envhist
Restoring Dangerous Memories to our Shared Histories
Thursday – 6 March 2025 – 7-8:30 pm EST
Weaver Auditorium (B200) Nipissing University or online via Zoom
niche-canada.org/2025/02/28/h...
#envhist
Hybrid Event - 2025 Anne Clendinning Memorial Lecture Featuring Charlie Angus
6 March 2025 - Hybrid - Charlie’s talk, “Restoring Dangerous Memories to our Shared Histories” will draw on his two recent books.
niche-canada.org
March 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hybrid Event - 2025 Anne Clendinning Memorial Lecture Featuring @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Restoring Dangerous Memories to our Shared Histories
Thursday – 6 March 2025 – 7-8:30 pm EST
Weaver Auditorium (B200) Nipissing University or online via Zoom
niche-canada.org/2025/02/28/h...
#envhist
Restoring Dangerous Memories to our Shared Histories
Thursday – 6 March 2025 – 7-8:30 pm EST
Weaver Auditorium (B200) Nipissing University or online via Zoom
niche-canada.org/2025/02/28/h...
#envhist
OK, enough with the snow. Can we have spring please?
March 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
OK, enough with the snow. Can we have spring please?
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We launched a series on beavers earlier this week, which has us thinking about our HBC at 350 series from 2020.
Revisit @stacynationknapper.bsky.social's intro to the series here: niche-canada.org/2020/11/02/h...
#envhist #cdnhist #HBC
Revisit @stacynationknapper.bsky.social's intro to the series here: niche-canada.org/2020/11/02/h...
#envhist #cdnhist #HBC
HBC at 350: An Introduction
The Hudson’s Bay Company’s 350th anniversary highlights its colonial past, economic shifts, environmental impact, Indigenous relations, and evolving role in Canadian culture.
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February 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We launched a series on beavers earlier this week, which has us thinking about our HBC at 350 series from 2020.
Revisit @stacynationknapper.bsky.social's intro to the series here: niche-canada.org/2020/11/02/h...
#envhist #cdnhist #HBC
Revisit @stacynationknapper.bsky.social's intro to the series here: niche-canada.org/2020/11/02/h...
#envhist #cdnhist #HBC
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‘Really fed up’: B.C. ranchers say fracking-induced earthquakes hurt cattle" - @sarahkcox.bsky.social - @thenarwhal.ca
thenarwhal.ca/bc-ranchers-...
#BritishColumbia #fracking #agriculture
thenarwhal.ca/bc-ranchers-...
#BritishColumbia #fracking #agriculture
B.C. ranchers say fracking-induced earthquakes hurt cattle | The Narwhal
15 earthquakes in five days, linked to fracking, are having serious implications for ranchers
thenarwhal.ca
February 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
‘Really fed up’: B.C. ranchers say fracking-induced earthquakes hurt cattle" - @sarahkcox.bsky.social - @thenarwhal.ca
thenarwhal.ca/bc-ranchers-...
#BritishColumbia #fracking #agriculture
thenarwhal.ca/bc-ranchers-...
#BritishColumbia #fracking #agriculture
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Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Wednesday, February 26th at 10am EST on Instagram Live.
William Favre will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to talk about the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896 & the Japanese state's response to the event. #envhist
Follow NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
William Favre will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to talk about the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896 & the Japanese state's response to the event. #envhist
Follow NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
February 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Wednesday, February 26th at 10am EST on Instagram Live.
William Favre will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to talk about the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896 & the Japanese state's response to the event. #envhist
Follow NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
William Favre will join @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to talk about the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896 & the Japanese state's response to the event. #envhist
Follow NiCHE on Insta: www.instagram.com/niche.canada
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If you are a scholar interested in writing about the legacy of an aspect of American science that has an environmental connection in relation to current cuts being made in the US government, check out our contributor guidelines and get in touch.
niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#histsci #envhist
niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#histsci #envhist
February 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If you are a scholar interested in writing about the legacy of an aspect of American science that has an environmental connection in relation to current cuts being made in the US government, check out our contributor guidelines and get in touch.
niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#histsci #envhist
niche-canada.org/guidelines-f...
#histsci #envhist
I know we're supposed to be waving Canadian flags today, but it's winter here; in SWON there's a snowstorm, and many of us, if we can be, are tucked inside keeping warm looking out at the snow and listening to tunes. So here is a flagging of musical Canada www.cbc.ca/music/read/t...
That's so Canadian: 20 songs that always make us think of Canada | CBC Music Read
Our Canada: a personal CBC Music playlist.
www.cbc.ca
February 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I know we're supposed to be waving Canadian flags today, but it's winter here; in SWON there's a snowstorm, and many of us, if we can be, are tucked inside keeping warm looking out at the snow and listening to tunes. So here is a flagging of musical Canada www.cbc.ca/music/read/t...
PhD comprehensives done? Check. Deeply appreciative of the thoughtful questions and feedback and incisive challenges but would expect no less from such a savvy team of examiners. Thank you all, & thank you @westernuhistory.bsky.social for the opportunity of this learning experience. #historyrocks
February 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
PhD comprehensives done? Check. Deeply appreciative of the thoughtful questions and feedback and incisive challenges but would expect no less from such a savvy team of examiners. Thank you all, & thank you @westernuhistory.bsky.social for the opportunity of this learning experience. #historyrocks
This is a great piece.
#BlackHistoryMonth Reading
"These journeys are not just play; they are a way of honouring and memoralising the long Black presence in Canada." - Jacqueline Scott
niche-canada.org/2021/11/17/c...
#cdnhist #blackhistory #envhist
"These journeys are not just play; they are a way of honouring and memoralising the long Black presence in Canada." - Jacqueline Scott
niche-canada.org/2021/11/17/c...
#cdnhist #blackhistory #envhist
Critical Cycling: Race and Memory On an Old Stagecoach Route
The search for Black history, and a love of outdoor recreation, drives my adventure trips. These journeys are not just play; they are a way of honouring and memoralising the long Black presence in Can...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is a great piece.