Michael Dawson
@mdawsonhistory.bsky.social
Historian of popular and political culture. Comparing Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand. Also sport, tourism, and Disney. St. Thomas University, Fredericton, Canada.
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300 SUBMISSIONS
64 ENTRIES
400,000 VOTES
ONE FINAL MATCH TO DETERMINE A CHAMPION
64 ENTRIES
400,000 VOTES
ONE FINAL MATCH TO DETERMINE A CHAMPION
Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol: Championship final — Totem Poles vs. Orcas | CBC News
Two iconic symbols of this province. Which one will British Columbians vote as the best?
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August 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
300 SUBMISSIONS
64 ENTRIES
400,000 VOTES
ONE FINAL MATCH TO DETERMINE A CHAMPION
64 ENTRIES
400,000 VOTES
ONE FINAL MATCH TO DETERMINE A CHAMPION
Puns, indeed! But also a great exchange on themes ranging from Indigenous cultures to settler colonialism to environmentalism to domesticity.
Fun to defend the dogwood this morning on the CBC Vancouver's Early Edition with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social as @jmcelroy.bsky.social's epic BC Symbols Bracket enters the home(ish) stretch. Come for the #bchist, stay for the terrible puns!
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August 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Puns, indeed! But also a great exchange on themes ranging from Indigenous cultures to settler colonialism to environmentalism to domesticity.
More unusual critter news from Oceania… complete with over-the-top 1940s gender stereotypes:
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How the mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was finally solved
The platypus was a top secret gift from Australia, found dead in his enclosure as war raged in the seas around him.
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August 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
More unusual critter news from Oceania… complete with over-the-top 1940s gender stereotypes:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Whoa -- Moa! Life imitating art with a big serving of Jurassic Park (and a side order of Lord of the Rings) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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New De-Extinction Announcement: the Legendary Moa of New Zealand
YouTube video by Colossal Biosciences
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August 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Whoa -- Moa! Life imitating art with a big serving of Jurassic Park (and a side order of Lord of the Rings) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
apnews.com/article/pete...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5s...
apnews.com/article/pete...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5s...
Lots to talk about as British Columbians attempt to choose their province’s “best” symbol…
IT'S BRACKET TIME
but also an acknowledgment that the coastal symbols british columbians like most were used to sell this province at the same time the people creating those symbols were deprived of basic rights
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BRACKET TIME
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but also an acknowledgment that the coastal symbols british columbians like most were used to sell this province at the same time the people creating those symbols were deprived of basic rights
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BRACKET TIME
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol: Coastal Semifinals | CBC News
There's a certain symbolism in the fact that three of the four coastal finalists left in the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol have had shifting symbolism to different people over British Columbia's histo...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Lots to talk about as British Columbians attempt to choose their province’s “best” symbol…