Ross Jamieson
@rossjami.bsky.social
An archaeologist at Simon Fraser University. I study Spanish colonialism in Ecuador, as well as material culture and the modern world.
https://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/about/people/faculty/rjamieson.html
https://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/about/people/faculty/rjamieson.html
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Today, in Montreal, I was honoured to be inducted into to the Royal Society of Canada as a member of the RSC College. I’m looking forward to using the platform to fight residential school denialism and further truth and reconciliation.
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Today, in Montreal, I was honoured to be inducted into to the Royal Society of Canada as a member of the RSC College. I’m looking forward to using the platform to fight residential school denialism and further truth and reconciliation.
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds
Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds
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The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
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Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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“The logic of enslavement was dehumanisation, so the fight has always been to regain that humanity,”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Historic town founded by Black Colombians fleeing slavery eyes second ‘independence’
San Basilio de Palenque calls itself ‘the first free Black territory in the Americas’ – a referendum next month could win its own local government
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“The logic of enslavement was dehumanisation, so the fight has always been to regain that humanity,”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
The U.S. was a leader in cultural heritage investigations. Now those agents are working immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Investigations, the department’s investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
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In today's post in the Land, Memory, and Schooling series for @nichecanada.bsky.social, Blake Butler writes about child labour and wood collection at the Chooutla Indian Residential School in Carcross, Yukon.
“Too Dangerous a Job”: Forced Child Labour and Wood Collection at the Chooutla Indian Residential School
At Chooutla Residential School, Indigenous boys were forced to cut and haul wood for heating, enduring danger, injury, and exploitation under colonial systems.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In today's post in the Land, Memory, and Schooling series for @nichecanada.bsky.social, Blake Butler writes about child labour and wood collection at the Chooutla Indian Residential School in Carcross, Yukon.
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Federal agencies' overwhelming focus on immigration has suspended work on the repatriation of stolen cultural property - investigations that once won us friends around the world.
From @samtabachnik.bsky.social in the @denverpost.com: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
From @samtabachnik.bsky.social in the @denverpost.com: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Federal agencies' overwhelming focus on immigration has suspended work on the repatriation of stolen cultural property - investigations that once won us friends around the world.
From @samtabachnik.bsky.social in the @denverpost.com: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
From @samtabachnik.bsky.social in the @denverpost.com: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
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A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Would like to know if @caut.bsky.social @u15ca.bsky.social anything to say about this.
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Would like to know if @caut.bsky.social @u15ca.bsky.social anything to say about this.
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QUINHAGAK, ALASKA — After ex-Typhoon Halong scoured the coast, residents and archaeologists are racing to rescue Yup’ik artifacts from the Nunalleq site—where up to ~60 feet of beach vanished in places and even a rare painted mask surfaced from the eroded shoreline.
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In Quinhagak, the storm stripped away beach and priceless archaeological artifacts
Jimmy Jones was riding an ATV on the Quinhagak beach in the aftermath of a historic storm last week when he saw something in the erosion-scoured landscape that stopped him. It looked almost spooky,…
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October 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
QUINHAGAK, ALASKA — After ex-Typhoon Halong scoured the coast, residents and archaeologists are racing to rescue Yup’ik artifacts from the Nunalleq site—where up to ~60 feet of beach vanished in places and even a rare painted mask surfaced from the eroded shoreline.
Read more: buff.ly/HdmxHKG
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“The [MFA] has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) regarding two monumental stoneware vessels in the MFA’s collection that were made by the enslaved potter and poet…”
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Resolves Ownership of Works by Enslaved Artist David Drake
BOSTON (October 29, 2025)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also k
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October 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“The [MFA] has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) regarding two monumental stoneware vessels in the MFA’s collection that were made by the enslaved potter and poet…”
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Very sad news about the loss of historian Tim Cook, who died far too young. His impact on our understanding of Canadian military history was just massive. An outstanding historian. He will be missed.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Very sad news about the loss of historian Tim Cook, who died far too young. His impact on our understanding of Canadian military history was just massive. An outstanding historian. He will be missed.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Looks like Earth may need @markhamillofficial.bsky.social to pay a visit
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Looks like Earth may need @markhamillofficial.bsky.social to pay a visit
“Little Alma Beaulieu has finally been put to rest beside her mother at the Fort Smith cemetery.
Alma had been taken to the St Joseph’s residential school in June 1942 at the age of three and passed away in August 1944 at the age of five years and nine months.”
Alma had been taken to the St Joseph’s residential school in June 1942 at the age of three and passed away in August 1944 at the age of five years and nine months.”
Alma Beaulieu and family can now rest in peace 'They can finally put closure for their sister, auntie, daughter to rest with her mommy,' says Chief Balsillie
Little Alma Beaulieu has finally been put to rest beside her mother at the Fort Smith cemetery. Her small white cross features the same nameplate as discovered at the gravesite of her former residenti...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“Little Alma Beaulieu has finally been put to rest beside her mother at the Fort Smith cemetery.
Alma had been taken to the St Joseph’s residential school in June 1942 at the age of three and passed away in August 1944 at the age of five years and nine months.”
Alma had been taken to the St Joseph’s residential school in June 1942 at the age of three and passed away in August 1944 at the age of five years and nine months.”
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Premier RJ Simpson and Richard Edjericon say progress has been made to repatriate children who died at residential school. Edjericon is pushing for more change.
‘Wishes of Alma’s mother have been honoured and they rest together’
Premier RJ Simpson and Richard Edjericon say progress has been made to repatriate children who died at residential school. Edjericon is pushing for more change.
cabinradio.ca
October 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Premier RJ Simpson and Richard Edjericon say progress has been made to repatriate children who died at residential school. Edjericon is pushing for more change.
“With a blend of archaeology, found pottery and policy, stories are unearthed, and the foundation of the theatre is shaken with song, waltz, puppets, and salacious detail.”
Montreal's Centaur Theatre recently presented the world premiere of Stone and Bone Spectacular, a new Indigenous play that reinvents the city's history.
New Indigenous play reinvents the history of Montreal | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“With a blend of archaeology, found pottery and policy, stories are unearthed, and the foundation of the theatre is shaken with song, waltz, puppets, and salacious detail.”
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‘Telling such a painful story is a scary thing.’
Julian Brave NoiseCat opens up about the silence in his family around residential schools and how making Sugarcane became a step toward healing.
Watch the full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/iA3B9OQP-ik
Julian Brave NoiseCat opens up about the silence in his family around residential schools and how making Sugarcane became a step toward healing.
Watch the full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/iA3B9OQP-ik
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
‘Telling such a painful story is a scary thing.’
Julian Brave NoiseCat opens up about the silence in his family around residential schools and how making Sugarcane became a step toward healing.
Watch the full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/iA3B9OQP-ik
Julian Brave NoiseCat opens up about the silence in his family around residential schools and how making Sugarcane became a step toward healing.
Watch the full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/iA3B9OQP-ik
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Visited the Museum of History in Gatineau yesterday and saw this new piece - their residential school memorial - and it’s really striking.
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Visited the Museum of History in Gatineau yesterday and saw this new piece - their residential school memorial - and it’s really striking.