Neil Orford
@neilorford.bsky.social
President canhist.ca / Founder definingmomentscanada.ca
Recovering History Teacher/Story-Teller, Fan of Reason & Thinking. Thoughts here are all my own...well most of them
Recovering History Teacher/Story-Teller, Fan of Reason & Thinking. Thoughts here are all my own...well most of them
Thanks to the @orangevillecitizen for this great interview with the @fugitivesmusic for their upcoming performance of RIDGE @ShelburneTown
April 30th/25 citizen.on.ca/concert-to-c...
Tickets still available at: canhist.ca/ridge
April 30th/25 citizen.on.ca/concert-to-c...
Tickets still available at: canhist.ca/ridge
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April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thanks to the @orangevillecitizen for this great interview with the @fugitivesmusic for their upcoming performance of RIDGE @ShelburneTown
April 30th/25 citizen.on.ca/concert-to-c...
Tickets still available at: canhist.ca/ridge
April 30th/25 citizen.on.ca/concert-to-c...
Tickets still available at: canhist.ca/ridge
Very proud of our team at DMC!
To mark the 150th anniversary of the achievements of Dr. Jenny Trout & Grace Annie Lockhart, Defining Moments Canada has launched Seldom Pleasant: 150 Years of Pioneering Women’s Access to Education, Medicine, STEM, and Beyond. definingmomentscanada.ca/seldom-pleas...
To mark the 150th anniversary of the achievements of Dr. Jenny Trout & Grace Annie Lockhart, Defining Moments Canada has launched Seldom Pleasant: 150 Years of Pioneering Women’s Access to Education, Medicine, STEM, and Beyond. definingmomentscanada.ca/seldom-pleas...
Seldom Pleasant – Defining Moments Canada
definingmomentscanada.ca
March 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Very proud of our team at DMC!
To mark the 150th anniversary of the achievements of Dr. Jenny Trout & Grace Annie Lockhart, Defining Moments Canada has launched Seldom Pleasant: 150 Years of Pioneering Women’s Access to Education, Medicine, STEM, and Beyond. definingmomentscanada.ca/seldom-pleas...
To mark the 150th anniversary of the achievements of Dr. Jenny Trout & Grace Annie Lockhart, Defining Moments Canada has launched Seldom Pleasant: 150 Years of Pioneering Women’s Access to Education, Medicine, STEM, and Beyond. definingmomentscanada.ca/seldom-pleas...
Small Town Big Ideas proudly presents the acclaimed JUNO-nominated Cdn. folk group, The Fugitives for their musical tribute, "RIDGE," honoring the Battle of Vimy Ridge. 🎵
📍 ONE NIGHT ONLY at 7:30 PM on April 30th/25, at Grace Tipling Hall Shelburne ON.
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👉 Get your tickets NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
📍 ONE NIGHT ONLY at 7:30 PM on April 30th/25, at Grace Tipling Hall Shelburne ON.
📣
👉 Get your tickets NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Small Town Big Ideas proudly presents the acclaimed JUNO-nominated Cdn. folk group, The Fugitives for their musical tribute, "RIDGE," honoring the Battle of Vimy Ridge. 🎵
📍 ONE NIGHT ONLY at 7:30 PM on April 30th/25, at Grace Tipling Hall Shelburne ON.
📣
👉 Get your tickets NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
📍 ONE NIGHT ONLY at 7:30 PM on April 30th/25, at Grace Tipling Hall Shelburne ON.
📣
👉 Get your tickets NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
Thanks to @ctvnewsbarrie.bsky.social for this terrific coverage of our CanHist "Small Town Big Ideas" presentation of renowned author & journalist @johnlorinc.bsky.social speaking at the Ab Shalom congregation in Barrie - honouring International Holocaust Remembrance Day
canhist.ca/ctv-news-jan...
canhist.ca/ctv-news-jan...
Author, journalist discusses book about family’s journey to Canada after surviving Holocaust
With International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Am Shalom Synagogue in Barrie hosted a renowned author who discussed his book about his family’s Holocaust survival stories.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Thanks to @ctvnewsbarrie.bsky.social for this terrific coverage of our CanHist "Small Town Big Ideas" presentation of renowned author & journalist @johnlorinc.bsky.social speaking at the Ab Shalom congregation in Barrie - honouring International Holocaust Remembrance Day
canhist.ca/ctv-news-jan...
canhist.ca/ctv-news-jan...
"The way History was meant to be told"
Join us at #SmallTownBigIdeas for Juno-Nominated Folk group 'The Fugitives' performing 'Ridge'- their deeply moving musical tribute to #Vimy
One night ONLY - April 30/25 at historic Grace Tipling Hall - Shelburne ON
Tickets on sale NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
Join us at #SmallTownBigIdeas for Juno-Nominated Folk group 'The Fugitives' performing 'Ridge'- their deeply moving musical tribute to #Vimy
One night ONLY - April 30/25 at historic Grace Tipling Hall - Shelburne ON
Tickets on sale NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
January 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"The way History was meant to be told"
Join us at #SmallTownBigIdeas for Juno-Nominated Folk group 'The Fugitives' performing 'Ridge'- their deeply moving musical tribute to #Vimy
One night ONLY - April 30/25 at historic Grace Tipling Hall - Shelburne ON
Tickets on sale NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
Join us at #SmallTownBigIdeas for Juno-Nominated Folk group 'The Fugitives' performing 'Ridge'- their deeply moving musical tribute to #Vimy
One night ONLY - April 30/25 at historic Grace Tipling Hall - Shelburne ON
Tickets on sale NOW at: canhist.ca/ridge
Just had a cold-call from Rebel News soliciting me for a BIG donation to 'defeat the tyrant Trudeau.' The most insane stream of whackadoodle conspiracy misinformation delivered in less than 1 min, I've yet heard! So inspired by it, I've joined @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social !!
January 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just had a cold-call from Rebel News soliciting me for a BIG donation to 'defeat the tyrant Trudeau.' The most insane stream of whackadoodle conspiracy misinformation delivered in less than 1 min, I've yet heard! So inspired by it, I've joined @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social !!
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Brexit is destroying Britain, but no political party is actually discussing or acknowledging this.
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Brexit, Tariffs and China Chill UK Trade Prospects | OilPrice.com
UK trade growth is projected to slow significantly due to Brexit, changing relations with China, and the threat of US tariffs.
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January 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Brexit is destroying Britain, but no political party is actually discussing or acknowledging this.
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"The AHA’s statement on the 1776 Commission report articulates what is at stake...the broader & more enduring goal is to perpetuate celebratory myths of a nation whose essence lies in extremely limited government and cultural homogeneity. They want neither to confront our past nor to learn from it."
The Battleground of 1776 – AHA
Executive director James Grossman revisits the AHA's response to the "1776 Report."
www.historians.org
January 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"The AHA’s statement on the 1776 Commission report articulates what is at stake...the broader & more enduring goal is to perpetuate celebratory myths of a nation whose essence lies in extremely limited government and cultural homogeneity. They want neither to confront our past nor to learn from it."
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The wildest thing about Gen Z and every generation after is how we are designing an ahistorical world for them to experience, then wondering why they're often incapable of the same kids of critical thinking about political and social issues that we expected of prior generations of young adults.
THE STING (1973) is now the oldest American narrative film on Netflix — one of only 5 released before 1980 on the largest subscription streaming service in the U.S.
#Streaming #FilmSky
#Streaming #FilmSky
January 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The wildest thing about Gen Z and every generation after is how we are designing an ahistorical world for them to experience, then wondering why they're often incapable of the same kids of critical thinking about political and social issues that we expected of prior generations of young adults.
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"you'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
December 24, 2024 at 1:36 PM
"you'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
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Exhibition of "Early Canadian Masterpieces features 100 artworks from the 19th and early 20th century
This Day in History, 1825-1925: Canadian history comes to life at Langmann exhibit
About a hundred historical Canadian paintings and sculptures circa 1825-1925 on display at the Langmann gallery through the end of January
vancouversun.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Exhibition of "Early Canadian Masterpieces features 100 artworks from the 19th and early 20th century
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How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class by @charlieangus104.bsky.social
How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class | The Walrus
Forty years later, policies to prop up the super rich are still going strong
thewalrus.ca
December 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM
How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class by @charlieangus104.bsky.social
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instead of the Monroe Doctrine, we now have the Moron Doctrine
December 22, 2024 at 1:27 AM
instead of the Monroe Doctrine, we now have the Moron Doctrine
Join our 15-day 'heritage-walking' tour through Northumbria next August 2025, as we trace 2000 years of British history!
Register NOW at: canhist.ca/rsvp-tour-au...
Register NOW at: canhist.ca/rsvp-tour-au...
CanHist Hadrian's Wall to Lindisfarne • Ellison Travel & Tours
Student Tours
Hadrian's Wall to Lindisfarne
August 14 - 27, 2025 BOOK NOW
Embark on an unforgettable journey where you will you travel back in time over 2000 years of British history... Trace th...
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December 11, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Join our 15-day 'heritage-walking' tour through Northumbria next August 2025, as we trace 2000 years of British history!
Register NOW at: canhist.ca/rsvp-tour-au...
Register NOW at: canhist.ca/rsvp-tour-au...
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Why not give yourself the gift of travel in 2025 this holiday season?
December 5, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Why not give yourself the gift of travel in 2025 this holiday season?
A great evening at 'Small Town Big Ideas' #STBI to hear Dr Tim Cook speak in Dufferin County Nov 28th. Many great stories from "The Good Allies" @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social engaged our audience & taught lessons from WW2 - Stay Tuned to canhist.ca/small-town-b... for more speakers in 2025!
December 2, 2024 at 1:05 AM
A great evening at 'Small Town Big Ideas' #STBI to hear Dr Tim Cook speak in Dufferin County Nov 28th. Many great stories from "The Good Allies" @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social engaged our audience & taught lessons from WW2 - Stay Tuned to canhist.ca/small-town-b... for more speakers in 2025!
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Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
www.npr.org
November 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
Are you dreaming of springtime in Canada yet?
Keep the dream alive with a #STBI ticket to meet one of Canada's Greatest StoryTellers - legendary journalist & author @Roy MacGregor!!
... May 24th 2025 - 1-4pm at the Museum of Dufferin - Mulmur, Ont
Tickets on Sale NOW at: canhist.ca/small-town-b...
Keep the dream alive with a #STBI ticket to meet one of Canada's Greatest StoryTellers - legendary journalist & author @Roy MacGregor!!
... May 24th 2025 - 1-4pm at the Museum of Dufferin - Mulmur, Ont
Tickets on Sale NOW at: canhist.ca/small-town-b...
November 28, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Are you dreaming of springtime in Canada yet?
Keep the dream alive with a #STBI ticket to meet one of Canada's Greatest StoryTellers - legendary journalist & author @Roy MacGregor!!
... May 24th 2025 - 1-4pm at the Museum of Dufferin - Mulmur, Ont
Tickets on Sale NOW at: canhist.ca/small-town-b...
Keep the dream alive with a #STBI ticket to meet one of Canada's Greatest StoryTellers - legendary journalist & author @Roy MacGregor!!
... May 24th 2025 - 1-4pm at the Museum of Dufferin - Mulmur, Ont
Tickets on Sale NOW at: canhist.ca/small-town-b...
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Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.
November 26, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.
We're so happy to welcome Canadian military historian Dr Tim Cook to 'Small Town Big Ideas' #STBI in Orangeville.
Dr Cook will be reading from his latest book 'The Good Allies' @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Thanks to the Orangeville Citizen for this great interview.
citizen.on.ca/historian-dr...
Dr Cook will be reading from his latest book 'The Good Allies' @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Thanks to the Orangeville Citizen for this great interview.
citizen.on.ca/historian-dr...
November 25, 2024 at 1:30 PM
We're so happy to welcome Canadian military historian Dr Tim Cook to 'Small Town Big Ideas' #STBI in Orangeville.
Dr Cook will be reading from his latest book 'The Good Allies' @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Thanks to the Orangeville Citizen for this great interview.
citizen.on.ca/historian-dr...
Dr Cook will be reading from his latest book 'The Good Allies' @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Thanks to the Orangeville Citizen for this great interview.
citizen.on.ca/historian-dr...
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46 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
WKRP's Les Nessman was on the scene that fateful day.
WKRP's Les Nessman was on the scene that fateful day.
November 24, 2024 at 10:21 PM
46 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
WKRP's Les Nessman was on the scene that fateful day.
WKRP's Les Nessman was on the scene that fateful day.
Such a pleasure to present CanHist Tours at the Dufferin Hi-Land Bruce Trail Club Volunteer Appreciation Day in Town Of Mono Centre today.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to chat about ‘Walking with History’
Register for our new 2025 tours
www.canhist.ca
#brucetrail #walkingwithhistory
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to chat about ‘Walking with History’
Register for our new 2025 tours
www.canhist.ca
#brucetrail #walkingwithhistory
November 18, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Such a pleasure to present CanHist Tours at the Dufferin Hi-Land Bruce Trail Club Volunteer Appreciation Day in Town Of Mono Centre today.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to chat about ‘Walking with History’
Register for our new 2025 tours
www.canhist.ca
#brucetrail #walkingwithhistory
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to chat about ‘Walking with History’
Register for our new 2025 tours
www.canhist.ca
#brucetrail #walkingwithhistory
Looking forward to spending the day with these great folks tomorrow In Mono Centre, Ontario
dufferinbrucetrailclub.org
dufferinbrucetrailclub.org
Dufferin Bruce Trail Club
A remarkably scenic and beautiful section of trail that extends from the southern village of Mono Centre to the hamlet of Lavender in the north.
dufferinbrucetrailclub.org
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Looking forward to spending the day with these great folks tomorrow In Mono Centre, Ontario
dufferinbrucetrailclub.org
dufferinbrucetrailclub.org
Tour the Canadian Battlefields from the First & Second World Wars with CanHist Tours, as part of our 'Walking with History' Remembrance Tour 2025.
Registration is now open for this unforgettable & deeply meaningful experience - please join our community of travellers!
canhist.ca/battlefields...
Registration is now open for this unforgettable & deeply meaningful experience - please join our community of travellers!
canhist.ca/battlefields...
November 16, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Tour the Canadian Battlefields from the First & Second World Wars with CanHist Tours, as part of our 'Walking with History' Remembrance Tour 2025.
Registration is now open for this unforgettable & deeply meaningful experience - please join our community of travellers!
canhist.ca/battlefields...
Registration is now open for this unforgettable & deeply meaningful experience - please join our community of travellers!
canhist.ca/battlefields...