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Today’s post, by Matthew Dance, explores naming policy in Edmonton.
This post is part of our Telling Truths about the Settler Colonial Project Series, make sure to check out the entire series!
This post is part of our Telling Truths about the Settler Colonial Project Series, make sure to check out the entire series!
Who decides our place names? Power, Policy, and Memory in Edmonton
Tuck and Yang’s Decolonization is not a metaphor provides an interesting touchpoint to identify a pattern of “settler moves to innocence.” What does this mean, and what is the pattern? As Indigenou…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today’s post, by Matthew Dance, explores naming policy in Edmonton.
This post is part of our Telling Truths about the Settler Colonial Project Series, make sure to check out the entire series!
This post is part of our Telling Truths about the Settler Colonial Project Series, make sure to check out the entire series!
Today’s post, by Kristin Burnett and Shannon Stettner, is an introduction to a new series exploring truth and reconciliation.
A new post will be published every day this week, make sure to stay tuned in!
A new post will be published every day this week, make sure to stay tuned in!
Holding Ourselves Accountable: Reconciliation and Truth Telling in a Post Truth World
To date what has become painfully clear is that the responsibility and burden of truth telling has fallen largely on Indigenous Peoples, communities, and Nations. Survivors have been forced to cont…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today’s post, by Kristin Burnett and Shannon Stettner, is an introduction to a new series exploring truth and reconciliation.
A new post will be published every day this week, make sure to stay tuned in!
A new post will be published every day this week, make sure to stay tuned in!
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The latest History of Education Quarterly is now online. In this thread, I'll post non-paywalled versions of the whole issue.
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The latest History of Education Quarterly is now online. In this thread, I'll post non-paywalled versions of the whole issue.
In today’s post, Andrew Nurse explores the repatriation of Indigenous culture, through artifacts, by the Vatican
“An Historic Day”: Concern and Celebration of the Vatican’s Repatriation of Indigenous Culture
By Andrew Nurse On November 15, a media release announced that Pope Leo XIV, following an audience with members of the Canadian Roman Catholic hierarchy, “gifted sixty-two artefacts belonging to th…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In today’s post, Andrew Nurse explores the repatriation of Indigenous culture, through artifacts, by the Vatican
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From our own holdings, a photograph of The Dumbells while on tour in London in 1918, including two members of the troupe -- Ross Hamilton and Allan Murray -- dressed in drag.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
From our own holdings, a photograph of The Dumbells while on tour in London in 1918, including two members of the troupe -- Ross Hamilton and Allan Murray -- dressed in drag.
In today’s post Aly Firth explores drag during the First World War through the life of Ross Hamilton from Nova Scotia.
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
Duty in Drag: The Life of First World War Drag Star Ross Hamilton
The rich history of drag has strong roots in Atlantic Canada; one notable example being Ross Hamilton, the famed female impersonator from the concert party troupe the Dumbells. During and following…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In today’s post Aly Firth explores drag during the First World War through the life of Ross Hamilton from Nova Scotia.
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
This post is part of our Queering Atlantic Canada series. Check out this post and the entire series!
In today’s post, Avery Monette (@averymonette.bsky.social) discusses the Nazi occupation of Winnipeg.
The Day Manitoba Fell to Nazi Germany
Avery Monette In the early morning hours of Thursday, February 19, 1942, residents of Winnipeg and the surrounding towns were shaken from their sleep by the sound of air raid sirens. German Luftwaf…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In today’s post, Avery Monette (@averymonette.bsky.social) discusses the Nazi occupation of Winnipeg.
In today’s post, Donald Wright reflects on the life of Jim Miller and his experience with him.
Jim’s Vision: Some Reflections on J.R. Miller
Donald Wright When I learned that Jim Miller had died, I reached out to his partner, Lesley Biggs, to express my condolences. A few weeks later, she invited me to share a few words about him that w…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In today’s post, Donald Wright reflects on the life of Jim Miller and his experience with him.
Call for proposals for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference. “From Harbour to Horizon: Recharting Atlantic Canada Studies.”
The 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference
From Harbour to Horizon: Recharting Atlantic Canada Studies The Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to host the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference in Charlotte…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Call for proposals for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference. “From Harbour to Horizon: Recharting Atlantic Canada Studies.”
In today’s post, Matthew Hurst explores Hong Kong’s colonial history and ongoing challenges accessing archives. This post is written in conversation with two previous posts by June Chow.
Restricted Records: How Hong Kong Communities Lose Out When Archives Stay Closed
Britain colonised Hong Kong in the 19th century through two treaties, which lasted in perpetuity, and a lease, set to expire in 1997. Much research into Hong Kong’s colonial history relies upon rec…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In today’s post, Matthew Hurst explores Hong Kong’s colonial history and ongoing challenges accessing archives. This post is written in conversation with two previous posts by June Chow.
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Hong Kong diaspora communities are inhibited in accessing their city’s colonial history, I argue in my blog post for @activehist.bsky.social activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hong Kong diaspora communities are inhibited in accessing their city’s colonial history, I argue in my blog post for @activehist.bsky.social activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Inspired by Mi’kmaq History Month Emily Pictou-Roberts and Jess Wilton explore Mi’kmaq queer culture and history for our Queering Atlantic Canada Series.
Queering Mi’kma’ki: Sharing the Story of the Puoinaq
In the Mi’kmaw language, puoin (boo-oh-in) refers to a shaman or witch. In Mi’kmaki — the area we now call Atlantic Canada and parts of Maine and Québec—these puoinaq (plural of puoin) are sa…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Inspired by Mi’kmaq History Month Emily Pictou-Roberts and Jess Wilton explore Mi’kmaq queer culture and history for our Queering Atlantic Canada Series.
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This week on the podcast I talk with John Moses about tonight's Shannon Lecture about his father's residential school memoir @activehist.bsky.social
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Russ Moses’ Residential School Memoir – What’s Old is News
By Sean Graham This week, I talk with John Moses ahead of his November 3 Shannon Lecture entitled ‘This is not my story, but yours: The Russ Moses residential school memoir.’ We discuss…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This week on the podcast I talk with John Moses about tonight's Shannon Lecture about his father's residential school memoir @activehist.bsky.social
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Drawing from many items in the U of G archives, Michael Dawson explores Jell-O in Canadian and American history.
Curious to learn more? Explore our Archival and Special Collections: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/archives/our....
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Curious to learn more? Explore our Archival and Special Collections: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/archives/our....
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Today’s post, by Michael Dawson, explores Jell-O in Canadian and American history.
Jell-O Comes to Canada: “America’s most famous dessert” and the Politics of Place
During the 1920s, Jell-O advertising in North America focused on both the product’s convenience (the fact that it could be consumed almost anywhere) and its connection with idealized domestic setti…
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October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Drawing from many items in the U of G archives, Michael Dawson explores Jell-O in Canadian and American history.
Curious to learn more? Explore our Archival and Special Collections: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/archives/our....
#UofG
Curious to learn more? Explore our Archival and Special Collections: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/archives/our....
#UofG
Today’s post, by Michael Dawson, explores Jell-O in Canadian and American history.
Jell-O Comes to Canada: “America’s most famous dessert” and the Politics of Place
During the 1920s, Jell-O advertising in North America focused on both the product’s convenience (the fact that it could be consumed almost anywhere) and its connection with idealized domestic setti…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today’s post, by Michael Dawson, explores Jell-O in Canadian and American history.
Julia Grummitt explores historical interpersonal and kinship connections that build the foundation of Northwestern Ontario’s Métis Community.
Métis Kinship in Northwestern Ontario: A Tale of Two Families
Julia Grummitt In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Métis communities emerged across a region of North America known as the historic North-West. These communities were formed by Indigen…
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October 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Julia Grummitt explores historical interpersonal and kinship connections that build the foundation of Northwestern Ontario’s Métis Community.
Nir Hagigi explores the use of social media during conflict and in the midst of violence. This post is part of our Media History series, make sure to check out the rest of it!
Read it here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10...
Read it here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10...
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Nir Hagigi explores the use of social media during conflict and in the midst of violence. This post is part of our Media History series, make sure to check out the rest of it!
Read it here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10...
Read it here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10...
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Du 13 au 15 novembre 2025 aura lieu le congrès du Comité canadien d'histoire du travail, à l'@uqam.ca. Organisé conjointement avec @activehist.bsky.social, le CHRS, et @sc-humainesuqam.bsky.social. #labour #travail #ouvrier #histoire 👉https://valeurdutravail.histoireengagee.ca/
October 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Du 13 au 15 novembre 2025 aura lieu le congrès du Comité canadien d'histoire du travail, à l'@uqam.ca. Organisé conjointement avec @activehist.bsky.social, le CHRS, et @sc-humainesuqam.bsky.social. #labour #travail #ouvrier #histoire 👉https://valeurdutravail.histoireengagee.ca/
In today’s post Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasser explore historical and contemporary trends of masking and vaccination.
How the History of the Anti-mask and Anti-vaccination Movements Hang Together
Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasser Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is best known as a vaccination skeptic, but he is also skeptical about using masks for infection control. At the Libertarian National Conv…
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October 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In today’s post Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasser explore historical and contemporary trends of masking and vaccination.
Stan Vassilenko explores the perception of Russian civil society in today’s post.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Stan Vassilenko explores the perception of Russian civil society in today’s post.
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En ce 200e du #CanalLachine, Samia Dumais revisite l'histoire ouvirère de la Petite-Bourgogne, à travers les porteurs noirs du CN, images de marque de l'entreprise et nénamoins victimes de racisme par l'employeur. #capitalism #racism #railway #canada ingeniumcanada.org/channel/arti...
Beyond the Uniform: The in/visible lives of Black porters in Canadian Railway Magazines
As one of the inaugural Black and African Canadian Scientific and Technological Innovations fello
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October 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
En ce 200e du #CanalLachine, Samia Dumais revisite l'histoire ouvirère de la Petite-Bourgogne, à travers les porteurs noirs du CN, images de marque de l'entreprise et nénamoins victimes de racisme par l'employeur. #capitalism #racism #railway #canada ingeniumcanada.org/channel/arti...
Call For Contributors: Join the Active History Project This Fall!
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October 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Call For Contributors: Join the Active History Project This Fall!
Interested? Click here for more information: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10...
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Cara Tremain discusses the future of Canadian museums and the need for continued support and policy change.
The Continuing Relevance of Museums in Canada
This summer, the Government of Canada helped to promote visits to museums through the Canada Strong pass. While initially focused on seven of the country’s nine national museums, other provinces an…
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October 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Cara Tremain discusses the future of Canadian museums and the need for continued support and policy change.
Hailey Baldock explores the intersection of feminist and media history through the 1970 Abortion Caravan.
When Protest Becomes News: The 1970 Abortion Caravan and the Politics of Media Coverage
By Hailey Baldock With a black coffin strapped to the top of their van and a fiery determination to scrap Canada’s abortion laws, the women of the 1970 Abortion Caravan knew they had to make a scen…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hailey Baldock explores the intersection of feminist and media history through the 1970 Abortion Caravan.
Today’s post is in recognition of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Read more about the shared ressources here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/09...
Read more about the shared ressources here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/09...
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today’s post is in recognition of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Read more about the shared ressources here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/09...
Read more about the shared ressources here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/09...