Maddie Knickerbocker
maddieknicker.bsky.social
Maddie Knickerbocker
@maddieknicker.bsky.social
Historian of Canada, Indigenous-settler relations, and gender & sexuality at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. White settler on Coast Salish territories. (she/her) 📚🤓🌈☕️
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One book to change the narrative.

Championed by Shayla Stonechild, A TWO-SPIRIT JOURNEY by Ma-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer is the WINNER of Canada Reads 2025!

Watch the thrilling final episode here: www.youtube.com/watc...

#CanadaReads
#CanadaReads2025
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March 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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historians of education in canada: are there any good studies of ontario's separate school system in the post-1945 and especially post-1960s time period? or perhaps any royal commissions, moments of controversy, etc in that same time period? asking for a student
#cdnhist #histed
March 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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you don’t mess with the cobra chicken like
March 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Indigenous Speaker Series starts tomorrow! Open to the KPU community.

Full details and to register:
form.jotform.com/250496841196...
February 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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As I've been working on this land acknowledgements thing, a lot of people I've talked to have asked me why First Nations have overlapping territories. So I wrote a Substack post explaining it. open.substack.com/pub/rjago/p/...
March 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Do you know an excellent post-secondary instructor? Are you an excellent post-secondary instructor? Nominations for the 2025 CHA Teaching Awards are now open! Deadline: March 28, 2025. #cdnhist #prize #teaching cha-shc.ca/teachers-lea...
CHA Teaching Awards | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
The Teaching and Learning Committee on the CHA Council is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 CHA Teaching Awards. In 2019, in response to a long-standing request from members, the CHA Council ...
cha-shc.ca
February 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Super excited for this dynamic, exciting program at BC Studies this May!
the draft programme is available (and looks amazing!) and registration is open for the 2025 bc studies conference, which is being held at the university of british columbia from may 1-4.
#bchist #cdnhist #bcpoli #bced
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BC Studies Conference 2025 – Diamond Point, Interconnected (2021). Used with permission of the artist.
Diamond Point, Interconnected (2021). Used with permission of the artist.
blogs.ubc.ca
March 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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In today's post, @oncewilting.bsky.social introduces the series, Queering Atlantic Canada, she will edit this year.
Queering Atlantic Canada: Stories, Histories, Archives
by Jess Wilton Cradled by the Atlantic Ocean, the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island (PEI), and Newfoundland and Labrador occupy a unique place in queer and Canadian hist…
activehistory.ca
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Last fall, Dr. Crystal Gail Fraser (@ualberta.bsky.social) and I launched How I Survived, a podcast about recreation at residential and day schools in the Canadian North that celebrates the strength, resilience, spirit, and creativity of former students and Survivors. www.howisurvived.ca
February 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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(toby ziegler voice) and it was elon, WHO NO ONE ELECTED
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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"I became a textbook author for a few reasons, the most important being the reason we all write: the possibility of changing people’s minds."
@alanmaceachern.bsky.social's essay is live today.
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/02...
Confessions of a Textbook Author
Alan MacEachern Last year, an email informed me of a death. Two, actually. Top Hat would no longer publish Origins: Canadian History to Confederation or Destinies: Canadian History since Confederat…
activehistory.ca
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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This is straightforward and clear and could be a really helpful introduction for folks who have only heard the Fox News version of this conversation www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Trump claims there's only '2 genders.' Historians say that's never been true | CBC News
The Trump administration's 'two gender' policy is sparking fear and confusion among trans and non-binary people. The executive order claims it's a return to "biological facts," but experts say it igno...
www.cbc.ca
February 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Black history month starts today and this administration would like us to forget it,
February 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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How to handle winter: by dressing like it's Quebec circa 1806.

Library & Archives Canada tinyurl.com/5ykubcct
vs. tinyurl.com/mph347e5
#envhist #cdnhist
February 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Today is Lincoln Alexander Day! Alexander was the first Black Canadian member of Parliament (1968), Cabinet minister (1979) and lieutenant-governor (Ontario, 1985). Alexander also served for five terms as chancellor of the University of Guelph. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/l...
Lincoln Alexander
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, CC, OOnt, QC, lieutenant-governor of Ontario 1985–91, member of Parliament 1968–80, lawyer, public servant (born 21 January 192...
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
January 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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every time i get to the end of a meeting i feel like I need to lie down for 10 days is this normal
January 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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We've got a brand new NiCHE Series CFP! The first of 2025.

Call for Contributors: The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry at 50

Please email pitches of 200 words in length to Mark Stoller by February 28th!!

niche-canada.org/2025/01/21/c...

#envhist #cdnhist #energyhistory #pipelines
Call for Contributors: The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry at 50
NiCHE invites reflections on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry at 50, it’s historical significance and legacy, and its continuing importance today.
niche-canada.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM