Public History, Western University
@westernupubhist.bsky.social
MA & Undergrad Minor #PublicHistory @huronatwestern
@westernu @kingsatwestern. Affiliated with @westernumedarti IG: westernupublichistory TikTok: westernupubhist
#LdnOnt https://www.history.uwo.ca/public_history/index.html
@westernu @kingsatwestern. Affiliated with @westernumedarti IG: westernupublichistory TikTok: westernupubhist
#LdnOnt https://www.history.uwo.ca/public_history/index.html
This judge's chair is just 1/18,500 objects possibly auctioned off due to #haltonregion's closure of #Heritage Services. Advocates will speak out at the council meeting Dec 10 @930am. No public input has been sought. So much for government transparency. Watch live tinyurl.com/yeyux75x
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This judge's chair is just 1/18,500 objects possibly auctioned off due to #haltonregion's closure of #Heritage Services. Advocates will speak out at the council meeting Dec 10 @930am. No public input has been sought. So much for government transparency. Watch live tinyurl.com/yeyux75x
40 years ago, the founders of #publichistory @ Western prioritized hands-on real-world community projects as the core of our training. On #GivingTuesday help us protect these key elements of our curriculum from budget cuts. #ldnont #CEL www.westernconnect.ca/site/SPageNa...
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
40 years ago, the founders of #publichistory @ Western prioritized hands-on real-world community projects as the core of our training. On #GivingTuesday help us protect these key elements of our curriculum from budget cuts. #ldnont #CEL www.westernconnect.ca/site/SPageNa...
We're attending the 3rd and final object based learning workshop @mcintoshgallery, in addition to artifacts from our Medical Artifact Collection @westernu.ca tonight! @westernuhistory.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We're attending the 3rd and final object based learning workshop @mcintoshgallery, in addition to artifacts from our Medical Artifact Collection @westernu.ca tonight! @westernuhistory.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
The latest event to showcase the O-Pee-Chee documentary film project was last weekend's Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) meeting we hosted here in London.
October 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The latest event to showcase the O-Pee-Chee documentary film project was last weekend's Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) meeting we hosted here in London.
ATT: Ontario #Museum workers! With the downloading of heritage from regions to local levels, data is needed about the future capacity of Ontario museums to take on tens of thousands of deaccessioned artifacts & archival records. Please take this anonymous short survey lnkd.in/g9M3GA7K to help.
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
ATT: Ontario #Museum workers! With the downloading of heritage from regions to local levels, data is needed about the future capacity of Ontario museums to take on tens of thousands of deaccessioned artifacts & archival records. Please take this anonymous short survey lnkd.in/g9M3GA7K to help.
It's here! Get your copy @westernu.ca Book Store before his talk on Monday, 11-1230, Weldon Library @westernulibs.bsky.social. Follow Joe's story of sleeping in slave cabins to bring attention to Black heritage at historic sites, ultimately founding the Slave Dwelling Project. #LdnOnt
September 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's here! Get your copy @westernu.ca Book Store before his talk on Monday, 11-1230, Weldon Library @westernulibs.bsky.social. Follow Joe's story of sleeping in slave cabins to bring attention to Black heritage at historic sites, ultimately founding the Slave Dwelling Project. #LdnOnt
Picked up my copy @booksatwesternu before Joseph McGill's talk, Monday, 1100-1230, Weldon Library 120 Community Room! Everyone welcome!
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Picked up my copy @booksatwesternu before Joseph McGill's talk, Monday, 1100-1230, Weldon Library 120 Community Room! Everyone welcome!
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
Also available @westernulibs.bsky.social @londonlibrary
@westernuhistory.bsky.social @westernusocsci.bsky.social @1069thex.bsky.social #LdnOnt #publichistory
We're at #BantingHouse today to kick off a social media project in our Public History Museums course! Community partners are key to our teaching!
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're at #BantingHouse today to kick off a social media project in our Public History Museums course! Community partners are key to our teaching!
COMING SOON! All welcome! Joe McGill Jr discusses founding the Slave Dwelling Project in Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery #LdnOnt #publichistory @londonontario.bsky.social @lpl.ca @westernusocsci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @westernulibs.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
COMING SOON! All welcome! Joe McGill Jr discusses founding the Slave Dwelling Project in Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery #LdnOnt #publichistory @londonontario.bsky.social @lpl.ca @westernusocsci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @westernulibs.bsky.social
#DoorsOpenLondon is a fabulous opportunity to get out and explore our city and its heritage! #LdnOnt #publichistory
September 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#DoorsOpenLondon is a fabulous opportunity to get out and explore our city and its heritage! #LdnOnt #publichistory
All welcome! Join us at this first-ever Canadian visit of Joseph McGill Jr, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project and co-author of Sleeping with the Ancestor: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery.
September 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
All welcome! Join us at this first-ever Canadian visit of Joseph McGill Jr, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project and co-author of Sleeping with the Ancestor: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery.
We'll be giving SoHo history walking tours during #DoorsOpenLondon2025!
August 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We'll be giving SoHo history walking tours during #DoorsOpenLondon2025!
NEW STORY ALERT! David Gast recounts his childhood #cancer treatment with the #cobaltbomb at #LdnOnt's War Memorial Children's Hospital as part of the #VisionSoHoAlliance project to preserve #SoHo history in its affordable housing. @westernuhistory.bsky.social @ncph.bsky.social #publichistory
July 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW STORY ALERT! David Gast recounts his childhood #cancer treatment with the #cobaltbomb at #LdnOnt's War Memorial Children's Hospital as part of the #VisionSoHoAlliance project to preserve #SoHo history in its affordable housing. @westernuhistory.bsky.social @ncph.bsky.social #publichistory
Halton Region Council plans on closing its Heritage Services and deaccession and auction off artifacts, photos and archival documents.. read this letter from the ACA and add your voice
July 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Halton Region Council plans on closing its Heritage Services and deaccession and auction off artifacts, photos and archival documents.. read this letter from the ACA and add your voice
Council's deaccession plan is inadequate. We know the capacity of local organizations is limited to take on 30,000 artifacts and many won't fit their collecting mandate.
July 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Council's deaccession plan is inadequate. We know the capacity of local organizations is limited to take on 30,000 artifacts and many won't fit their collecting mandate.
Great job Paige (Milner) Murray at this week’s CHA conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! Paige was a panelist in the session “Becoming a Public Historian: Student Experiences in Canadian Public History Programs.”
June 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great job Paige (Milner) Murray at this week’s CHA conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! Paige was a panelist in the session “Becoming a Public Historian: Student Experiences in Canadian Public History Programs.”
It's the ACO London Heritage Home tour today! We're here... Come say hi! #LdnOnt #publichistory
June 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's the ACO London Heritage Home tour today! We're here... Come say hi! #LdnOnt #publichistory
Public History's Chris McKay talks with CBC London about the recent War of 1812 re-enactment at Longwoods Conservation Area www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
May 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Public History's Chris McKay talks with CBC London about the recent War of 1812 re-enactment at Longwoods Conservation Area www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Very excited to announce this upcoming exhibit at Fanshawe Pioneer Village, a collaboration between many folks and institutions including MA History student David Seston, Prof. Michelle Hamilton, Western's Medical Artifact Collection,
May 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very excited to announce this upcoming exhibit at Fanshawe Pioneer Village, a collaboration between many folks and institutions including MA History student David Seston, Prof. Michelle Hamilton, Western's Medical Artifact Collection,
Browsing Blackfriars-ACO London's 49th annual Geranium Heritage House Tour is Sunday, June 1st, 12-5! I'll be there, interpreting one of the houses and so will some of our alumni! Spend a day touring #heritage homes of #LdnOnt! www.eventbrite.ca/e/geranium-h...
May 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Browsing Blackfriars-ACO London's 49th annual Geranium Heritage House Tour is Sunday, June 1st, 12-5! I'll be there, interpreting one of the houses and so will some of our alumni! Spend a day touring #heritage homes of #LdnOnt! www.eventbrite.ca/e/geranium-h...
Update! Check out the new list of courses that can be counted towards the Public History minor! history.uwo.ca/public_histo... #westernu
April 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Update! Check out the new list of courses that can be counted towards the Public History minor! history.uwo.ca/public_histo... #westernu