Chad Gaffield
@chadgaffield.bsky.social
Historian with University Research Chair in Digital Scholarship at the University of Ottawa; SSHRC President (2008-2014); RSC President (2017-2019); U15 Canada CEO (2022-2024)
"a poster of him appeared in Steve McQueen’s Amazon series... he also appeared in a painting in a Beats by Dre commercial...so I think he’s getting a little more attention....I think the Haitian Revolution shows what was possible at the time, that slavery could have been abolished much sooner."
"Without his determined leadership, slavery very likely would have been reinstated in Haiti, and the world that unfolded as a result would have almost certainly been a profoundly less liberal one." www.liberalcurrents.com/desallines-a...
Dessalines: A Maligned Hero Gets His Due
Dessalines was a man of action more than ideas, but his actions helped bring these ideas into existence, along with a wide range of revolutionary thought around the world, inspired by Haiti’s example.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"a poster of him appeared in Steve McQueen’s Amazon series... he also appeared in a painting in a Beats by Dre commercial...so I think he’s getting a little more attention....I think the Haitian Revolution shows what was possible at the time, that slavery could have been abolished much sooner."
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During a 2022 visit to Newfoundland to sign a deal to import Canadian hydrogen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Canada would take centre stage at this year’s event.
February 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
During a 2022 visit to Newfoundland to sign a deal to import Canadian hydrogen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Canada would take centre stage at this year’s event.
"We have to double-down on the strategy of creating a coast-to-coast research enterprise."
U.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchers
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U.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchers
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U.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchers
Canadian university researchers receive a relatively small amount of direct and indirect funding from U.S. agencies, but the cross-border research relationship is closely intertwined
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February 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"We have to double-down on the strategy of creating a coast-to-coast research enterprise."
U.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchers
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
U.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchers
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Wise words and compelling policy advice, illustrated vividly
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Opinion: Lessons from Canada’s Nobel Prize win, and why capping graduate students will harm our economy
The University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Hinton’s 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics holds important implications for Canada’s prosperity
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January 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Wise words and compelling policy advice, illustrated vividly
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Opinion: Lessons from Canada’s Nobel Prize win, and why capping graduate students will harm our economy
The University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Hinton’s 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics holds important implications for Canada’s prosperity
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January 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wise words and compelling policy advice, illustrated vividly
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www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
@malindasmith.bsky.social Explaining why and how research universities can and must double-down on supporting democratic flourishing in a world of deep and multiple diversities @germanu15.bsky.social
@u15.ca
@u15.ca
January 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@malindasmith.bsky.social Explaining why and how research universities can and must double-down on supporting democratic flourishing in a world of deep and multiple diversities @germanu15.bsky.social
@u15.ca
@u15.ca
January 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@malindasmith.bsky.social Explaining why and how research universities can and must double-down on supporting democratic flourishing in a world of deep and multiple diversities @germanu15.bsky.social
@u15.ca
@u15.ca
@usask.bsky.social packed house for President Peter Stoicheff’s plenary address! @germanu15.bsky.social @u15ca.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@usask.bsky.social packed house for President Peter Stoicheff’s plenary address! @germanu15.bsky.social @u15ca.bsky.social
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Check out our guide highlighting sessions at #AHA25 on #DigitalHistory projects and practice, including innovative new tools, how historians are bringing their specialties into the digital age, and challenges and opportunities sparked by digital innovation. 🗃️
AHA25 Digital History Sessions - AHA
This guide highlights sessions at the AHA25 annual meeting in New York focused on digital history projects and practice.
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December 31, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Check out our guide highlighting sessions at #AHA25 on #DigitalHistory projects and practice, including innovative new tools, how historians are bringing their specialties into the digital age, and challenges and opportunities sparked by digital innovation. 🗃️
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The nation of Canada was forged in part as a response to the harmful trade policy changes of foreign governments. Canada must once again look within for economic resilience and prosperity. Specifically, it must renew focus on obstacles to trade within our own borders.
Opinion: Why the answer to Trump’s tariff lies in the 19th century
The nation of Canada was forged in part as a response to the harmful trade policy changes of foreign governments. Canada must once again look within for economic resilience and prosperity
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:52 AM
The nation of Canada was forged in part as a response to the harmful trade policy changes of foreign governments. Canada must once again look within for economic resilience and prosperity. Specifically, it must renew focus on obstacles to trade within our own borders.
Fascinating experience to arrive here - mix of vibes from class reunion excitement to initial post-pandemic in-person conferences - great to see everyone re-assembling!
November 28, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Fascinating experience to arrive here - mix of vibes from class reunion excitement to initial post-pandemic in-person conferences - great to see everyone re-assembling!
As a historian engaged in digital scholarship and with 8 grandkids, I love this new policy!
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 PM
As a historian engaged in digital scholarship and with 8 grandkids, I love this new policy!
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Oh - and if it’s not too much trouble, if you don’t mind Rt this so people can find me here, I’d be very grateful. Thank you
November 16, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Oh - and if it’s not too much trouble, if you don’t mind Rt this so people can find me here, I’d be very grateful. Thank you