Thomas Peace
@tpcanoe.bsky.social
Community. History. Place. Author of the Slow Rush of Colonization: Spaces of Power in the Maritime Peninsula and editor at ActiveHistory.ca. Visit my website at https://tpcanoe.ca
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Matt & I talked railways this week for our #HiddenHistory of #swont. The #GrandTrunkRailway was opened in November 1859 & built by Casimir Gzowski, Peter Gzowski’s great-great-grandfather. Sarnia-Toronto took 7 hrs & cost $5. #cdnhist #ldnont - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
“I don’t believe in micromanaging… [except for municipalities & conservation authorities].” This Skill Development Fund should be shut down & redirected to college’s & universities [which are ALSO increasingly micromanaged!] #onpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpse #corruption
NEW: A company that got $2M from the Skills Development Fund is run by a dentist who boasts about having the Ford family among his patients.
Ford says he had nothing to do with it getting a grant: “I don't believe in micromanaging.”
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Ford says he had nothing to do with it getting a grant: “I don't believe in micromanaging.”
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
www.thetrillium.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“I don’t believe in micromanaging… [except for municipalities & conservation authorities].” This Skill Development Fund should be shut down & redirected to college’s & universities [which are ALSO increasingly micromanaged!] #onpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpse #corruption
This is a rule we abandoned broadly in the 1990s, along with many other basic human principles. Our world is worse off because we do not set policies in place with an eye to protecting our children, their children, and their children.
NEW: “The strategy [building homes for millennials who hadn’t had kids yet] worked — until millennials aged out of it. As they now enter their 30s-40s & start having children, they’re ditching cities where the housing stock never caught up to their changing needs.”
Bad strategy. Design for kids.
Bad strategy. Design for kids.
Cities made a bet on millennials — but forgot one key thing
Can cities learn to love kids again?
www.vox.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is a rule we abandoned broadly in the 1990s, along with many other basic human principles. Our world is worse off because we do not set policies in place with an eye to protecting our children, their children, and their children.
This is important reading for #cdnhist, where narrow right wing interests continue to dismiss the work of historians rather than engage on its merits. It is a playbook that has been used since the 1990s. #cdnpoli
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Matt & I talked railways this week for our #HiddenHistory of #swont. The #GrandTrunkRailway was opened in November 1859 & built by Casimir Gzowski, Peter Gzowski’s great-great-grandfather. Sarnia-Toronto took 7 hrs & cost $5. #cdnhist #ldnont - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Live Radio | CBC Listen
Radio One and CBC Music
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Matt & I talked railways this week for our #HiddenHistory of #swont. The #GrandTrunkRailway was opened in November 1859 & built by Casimir Gzowski, Peter Gzowski’s great-great-grandfather. Sarnia-Toronto took 7 hrs & cost $5. #cdnhist #ldnont - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
@peggyblair.bsky.social has written an excellent reflection on what has happened, and should still happen, with #ThomasKing. #CanLit #cdnpoli #cdnhist
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@peggyblair.bsky.social has written an excellent reflection on what has happened, and should still happen, with #ThomasKing. #CanLit #cdnpoli #cdnhist
We need to wake up #ldnont. Our city has a deep & continuous history of cultivating hate. Thankfully, we also have a strong history of fighting it too. We need our leaders to speak out against this, & employers to root out the people propagating it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli #cdnpoli
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We need to wake up #ldnont. Our city has a deep & continuous history of cultivating hate. Thankfully, we also have a strong history of fighting it too. We need our leaders to speak out against this, & employers to root out the people propagating it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli #cdnpoli
Wow! #ThisAmazingPlanet!
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wow! #ThisAmazingPlanet!
We need to all take responsibility. We can do this by making lifestyle changes & pushing government to build better transit & investing in green energy. Your EV SUV is part of the problem, not the solution, though. Automakers need to start leading. #DriveSmallOrNotAtAll #ClimateEmergency
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
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The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We need to all take responsibility. We can do this by making lifestyle changes & pushing government to build better transit & investing in green energy. Your EV SUV is part of the problem, not the solution, though. Automakers need to start leading. #DriveSmallOrNotAtAll #ClimateEmergency
Everyone in uniform should be practicing this. People in authority must be identifiable & act responsibly.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Everyone in uniform should be practicing this. People in authority must be identifiable & act responsibly.
Replace phone with both intercity transportation and electricity and we will be heading to a fairer Canada. The privatization of public utilities that began in the 1980s/1990s has made Canada a harder country in which to live. #cdnpoli #cdnhist
In a country the size of Canada, we need a public option for cell phone service.
It can be a matter of life and death.
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It can be a matter of life and death.
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Why Canada’s roadways are studded with cell phone ‘dead zones’
Ottawa has not adequately pushed cellphone companies to increase coverage, experts say, preventing people in emergencies from receiving help
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There was no more powerful testament to the Acadian Deportation than this Oak Tree, which is now long gone. As it died and stood at Horton Landing, it told the story of the #GrandDerangement better than any history book or plaque. Alex Colville captured this so well in 1956.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There was no more powerful testament to the Acadian Deportation than this Oak Tree, which is now long gone. As it died and stood at Horton Landing, it told the story of the #GrandDerangement better than any history book or plaque. Alex Colville captured this so well in 1956.
Happening at Museum #ldnont in 20 minutes. There is quite the spread of food. You should come if you are looking for g for a fun evening!
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Happening at Museum #ldnont in 20 minutes. There is quite the spread of food. You should come if you are looking for g for a fun evening!
Talking #gis today @westernu.ca #GISDays. The Huron Community History Centre is tabling with our partner Defining Moments Canada. #cdnhist
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Talking #gis today @westernu.ca #GISDays. The Huron Community History Centre is tabling with our partner Defining Moments Canada. #cdnhist
Your choice to drive large is a major contributor to our planet’s destruction & completely unnecessary. Also, you are just giving automanufacturers extra profit. #DriveSmallOrNotAtAll.
“Automobile industry analysts say that manufacturers are attracted to high profit margins from SUVs: they can make more money from SUVs even tho they make fewer vehicles.”
"If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…”
We all pay the costs.
"If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…”
We all pay the costs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Your choice to drive large is a major contributor to our planet’s destruction & completely unnecessary. Also, you are just giving automanufacturers extra profit. #DriveSmallOrNotAtAll.
Substantive & rapid change is now necessary because we dragged our feet. Instead of resource development, governments in Canada need to focus on emissions reduction: growth in renewables, electrification, public transportation. Don’t let our kids pay the price for our laziness. #climatechange.
As @glenpeters.bsky.social says, we're way off target for any 1.5°C scenario.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Substantive & rapid change is now necessary because we dragged our feet. Instead of resource development, governments in Canada need to focus on emissions reduction: growth in renewables, electrification, public transportation. Don’t let our kids pay the price for our laziness. #climatechange.
Yes. I find #onpoli finances baffling. We pay less proportionally than any other province for most services (way less for #pse & #healthcare) & yet run higher deficits & debt load than many. Where does the money go?
Doug Ford is why we can't have nice things. What I'd like to know is how his government manages to add $100 billion in new debt while chronically underfunding both education and health care. We are not being served. Ford's pals are getting richer.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Yes. I find #onpoli finances baffling. We pay less proportionally than any other province for most services (way less for #pse & #healthcare) & yet run higher deficits & debt load than many. Where does the money go?
SUV’s are not meeting the market. We LOVE our station wagon (the discontinued #PriusV) but there is nothing comparable on the market. We either need to buy a truck to have similar space needs or go with a sedan. The RAV4 hybrid, which replaced the Prius V, is less fuel efficient & has less space.
With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?
Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
SUV’s are not meeting the market. We LOVE our station wagon (the discontinued #PriusV) but there is nothing comparable on the market. We either need to buy a truck to have similar space needs or go with a sedan. The RAV4 hybrid, which replaced the Prius V, is less fuel efficient & has less space.
… and many of those choices, especially walking & taking transit are social experiences that help you better understand the community in which you live. Getting out of the car makes you happier & healthier!
Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
… and many of those choices, especially walking & taking transit are social experiences that help you better understand the community in which you live. Getting out of the car makes you happier & healthier!
This political cartoon gets at the vapid nature of the Carney government (read Canadian oligarchy’s) #NationBuilder programs. They build wealth for resource developers, but will do little for most Canadians. #cdnpoli
MacKinnon: Nation-building projects not bread-and-butter issues for everyone
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Bruce MacKinnon: Nation-building projects not bread-and-butter issues for everyone
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald
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November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This political cartoon gets at the vapid nature of the Carney government (read Canadian oligarchy’s) #NationBuilder programs. They build wealth for resource developers, but will do little for most Canadians. #cdnpoli
Today will only be three degrees above the average in #ldnont, and lately we have been closer to seasonal weather, but this is a good reminder that our planet is not okay (& it is because of choices we make) #ClimateEmergency
❗ 🌡️ Nous sommes le 14 novembre et ce matin les thermomètres affichent des valeurs complètement aberrantes pour la saison, 15 à 20 °C généralisés sur une large moitié ouest, soit 7 à 12 degrés au-dessus des moyennes. La liste des records mensuels (températures minimales) sera immense ce soir. 🔥
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today will only be three degrees above the average in #ldnont, and lately we have been closer to seasonal weather, but this is a good reminder that our planet is not okay (& it is because of choices we make) #ClimateEmergency
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The Cdn Network for Economic History & the Indigenous Economics Study Group invite proposals for a conference Aug 21-23 2026 in Yellowknife NWT: “Historical Persistence & Economic Development: Culture, Institutions & Understudied Economies”
More info darose@wlu.ca or rob.gillezeau@rotman.utoronto.ca
More info darose@wlu.ca or rob.gillezeau@rotman.utoronto.ca
2026 Conference – The Canadian Network for Economic History
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November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Cdn Network for Economic History & the Indigenous Economics Study Group invite proposals for a conference Aug 21-23 2026 in Yellowknife NWT: “Historical Persistence & Economic Development: Culture, Institutions & Understudied Economies”
More info darose@wlu.ca or rob.gillezeau@rotman.utoronto.ca
More info darose@wlu.ca or rob.gillezeau@rotman.utoronto.ca
Reposted by Thomas Peace
In this week's post in the Land, Memory, and Schooling series on @nichecanada.bsky.social, we learn about how the Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group is using a variety of innovative and collaborative map-based approaches to document, archive, and present Survivor experiences.
Mapping with the Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group
Collaborative mapping projects with Assiniboia Residential School Survivors use digital story maps to reclaim space, document experiences, and advance decolonization and reconciliation.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In this week's post in the Land, Memory, and Schooling series on @nichecanada.bsky.social, we learn about how the Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group is using a variety of innovative and collaborative map-based approaches to document, archive, and present Survivor experiences.
Reposted by Thomas Peace
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
Wow! That’s 50 km everyday!
Isabel Hilgendag, a 29 year old native of Brantford, Ontario, Canada hiked the entire 900-kilometer (559.23 miles) Bruce Trail, which spans from the Niagara River to the tip of Tobermory, Ontario, in just 18 days.
#cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky #onpoli #Ontario
#ElbowsUpCanada
#ExploreCanada 🇨🇦🍁
#cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky #onpoli #Ontario
#ElbowsUpCanada
#ExploreCanada 🇨🇦🍁
Brantford woman hikes entire 900-kilometre Bruce Trail in just 18 days
Brantford woman hikes entire 900-kilometre Bruce Trail in just 18 days
www.brantfordexpositor.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Wow! That’s 50 km everyday!