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Maddie Knickerbocker
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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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umanitobapress.bsky.social
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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benbradleyca.bsky.social
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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rpanchasi.bsky.social
you don’t mess with the cobra chicken like
March 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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drbibliomane.bsky.social
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
A mostly blank page with the words Strong and Free, from the English version of the Canadian national anthem ) Below the fold of this newspaper sheet , in smaller type, news and editorial references to the trade war
March 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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wildethic.bsky.social
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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rjjago.bsky.social
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/...
This is a map of Europe centred on the Holy Roman Empire circa 1600. The map is filled with hundreds tiny and confusing borders and few large states.
March 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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cndhistassoc.bsky.social
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 ...
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February 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
maddieknicker.bsky.social
Super excited for this dynamic, exciting program at BC Studies this May!
benbradleyca.bsky.social ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social · Mar 3
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.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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cndhistassoc.bsky.social
Indigenous History Best Article Prize. Deadline: February 27, 2025. #cdnhist #cdnhistory #indigenous
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Prizes | History of Canada | Canadian Historical Association
The CHA awards many successes throughout the year. Here are some of the prizes that could be awarded to you, as a historian.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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activehist.bsky.social
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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jdunkin.bsky.social
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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jmcelroy.bsky.social
(toby ziegler voice) and it was elon, WHO NO ONE ELECTED
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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activehist.bsky.social
"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…
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February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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carmen-nielson.bsky.social
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...
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February 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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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clairecampbell.bsky.social
How to handle winter: by dressing like it's Quebec circa 1806.

Library & Archives Canada tinyurl.com/5ykubcct
vs. tinyurl.com/mph347e5
#envhist #cdnhist
A "French Canadian" woman circa 1806-1816, from John Lambert's "Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America"; and a woman wearing a comfy. They look similar - both long, hooded, pink, and with white underlay.
February 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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historicacanada.bsky.social
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...
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January 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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rpanchasi.bsky.social
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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nichecanada.bsky.social
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.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM