Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
@alanmaceachern.bsky.social
Researcher, writer, & teacher of stuff Canadian, historical, & environmental.
https://www.mqup.ca/maceachern--alan-contributor-106525.php
https://www.mqup.ca/maceachern--alan-contributor-106525.php
my take:
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
Canadian University salary data is out: Queen's has now passed Toronto in having the highest average professorial salary - $198,875.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
my take:
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
high Ont prof $ =
fewer $ available for grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
fewer grad students, sessionals, & tenure-track hires =
far more work & far worse job for Ont profs =
high Ont prof $ becomes more justified!
I can't decide whether adding this to my calendar today is a sign of positive thinking or despair.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I can't decide whether adding this to my calendar today is a sign of positive thinking or despair.
If Don Draper were alive today, he’d pitch an @archive.org ad with the tagline “It’s not AI. It’s IA.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If Don Draper were alive today, he’d pitch an @archive.org ad with the tagline “It’s not AI. It’s IA.”
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
Prof. Cody Groat's new publication, "Always a Part of the Land: The Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories" is available for pre-order. www.mqup.ca/Books/A/Alwa... @westernulibs.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Prof. Cody Groat's new publication, "Always a Part of the Land: The Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories" is available for pre-order. www.mqup.ca/Books/A/Alwa... @westernulibs.bsky.social
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🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🦞 Only 10 more days to apply to attend Climate & History: Canadian History & Environment Summer School 2026.
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
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Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal for our 2026 annual meeting. We are thrilled to announce that we received over double last year’s total submissions!
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal for our 2026 annual meeting. We are thrilled to announce that we received over double last year’s total submissions!
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
Looks like Charlottetown will be a full house, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist
Beer Run - Todd Snider
YouTube video by The BOB & TOM Show
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
For #UPWeek, we'd like to shout out @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, who support our open-access Canadian History & Environment book series!
Peruse the titles here: press.ucalgary.ca/series/canad...
And series editor, @alanmaceachern.bsky.social, is always looking for more proposals!
#envhist
Peruse the titles here: press.ucalgary.ca/series/canad...
And series editor, @alanmaceachern.bsky.social, is always looking for more proposals!
#envhist
Canadian History and Environment - University of Calgary Press
ISSN 1925-3702 (print) ISSN 1925-3710 (online) This new series explores topical issues in Canadian history as seen through an environmental lens. It launched a partnership between the University of Ca...
press.ucalgary.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For #UPWeek, we'd like to shout out @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, who support our open-access Canadian History & Environment book series!
Peruse the titles here: press.ucalgary.ca/series/canad...
And series editor, @alanmaceachern.bsky.social, is always looking for more proposals!
#envhist
Peruse the titles here: press.ucalgary.ca/series/canad...
And series editor, @alanmaceachern.bsky.social, is always looking for more proposals!
#envhist
Your annual reminder that 🍁 were whale blower-uppers well before 🗽 were. We just didn't get television until 1990, so couldn't go viral.
#itsacanadianfact
Charlottetown Guardian, 7 May 1959.
islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/ob...
#itsacanadianfact
Charlottetown Guardian, 7 May 1959.
islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/ob...
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Your annual reminder that 🍁 were whale blower-uppers well before 🗽 were. We just didn't get television until 1990, so couldn't go viral.
#itsacanadianfact
Charlottetown Guardian, 7 May 1959.
islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/ob...
#itsacanadianfact
Charlottetown Guardian, 7 May 1959.
islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/ob...
And you know what that means:
an update to the Canadian History & Environment series tower of power.
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
#envhist #cdnhist
an update to the Canadian History & Environment series tower of power.
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
#envhist #cdnhist
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And you know what that means:
an update to the Canadian History & Environment series tower of power.
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
#envhist #cdnhist
an update to the Canadian History & Environment series tower of power.
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
#envhist #cdnhist
Informed, inspiring text. Beautiful, illuminating pix.
Congratulations, @ehiggs.bsky.social, Zac Robinson, @msanseve.bsky.social, Kristen Walsh, & @mountainlegacy.bsky.social!
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
Congratulations, @ehiggs.bsky.social, Zac Robinson, @msanseve.bsky.social, Kristen Walsh, & @mountainlegacy.bsky.social!
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Informed, inspiring text. Beautiful, illuminating pix.
Congratulations, @ehiggs.bsky.social, Zac Robinson, @msanseve.bsky.social, Kristen Walsh, & @mountainlegacy.bsky.social!
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
Congratulations, @ehiggs.bsky.social, Zac Robinson, @msanseve.bsky.social, Kristen Walsh, & @mountainlegacy.bsky.social!
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social & @nichecanada.bsky.social
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
🦞 1 place, 3 events, no waiting:
Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Canadian Historical Association, 1-3 June
event.fourwaves.com/cha-shc-2026...
Atlantic Canada Studies, 3-5 June
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
#cdnhist
Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Canadian Historical Association, 1-3 June
event.fourwaves.com/cha-shc-2026...
Atlantic Canada Studies, 3-5 June
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
#cdnhist
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🦞 1 place, 3 events, no waiting:
Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Canadian Historical Association, 1-3 June
event.fourwaves.com/cha-shc-2026...
Atlantic Canada Studies, 3-5 June
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
#cdnhist
Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Canadian Historical Association, 1-3 June
event.fourwaves.com/cha-shc-2026...
Atlantic Canada Studies, 3-5 June
activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11...
#cdnhist
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56 yrs ago today, Canadian climatologist Kenneth Hare gives a talk "Carbon Dioxide and All That" at the University of Toronto.
Fun fact- Hare was in the audience in 1938 when Guy Callendar spoke...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/09/n...
Fun fact- Hare was in the audience in 1938 when Guy Callendar spoke...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/09/n...
November 10, 1969 - “Carbon Dioxide and All That” - All Our Yesterdays
Fifty six years ago, on this day, November 10th, 1969, climatologist Kenneth Hare gave a talk titled “Carbon Dioxide and All That”. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was 324ppm. As of 2025, when...
allouryesterdays.info
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
56 yrs ago today, Canadian climatologist Kenneth Hare gives a talk "Carbon Dioxide and All That" at the University of Toronto.
Fun fact- Hare was in the audience in 1938 when Guy Callendar spoke...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/09/n...
Fun fact- Hare was in the audience in 1938 when Guy Callendar spoke...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/09/n...
Reposted by Alan MacEachern 🇨🇦
Today we are highlighting an excerpt from the latest book in our Canadian History & Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, Mountain Voices, in collaboration with the Alpine Club of Canada
"Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan" by Alison Criscitiello
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/p...
"Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan" by Alison Criscitiello
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/p...
Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan
Facing frostbite or storm entrapment, Alison Criscitiello chose frostbite, later returning to Mount Logan for ice-core research revealing past climate secrets.
niche-canada.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today we are highlighting an excerpt from the latest book in our Canadian History & Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, Mountain Voices, in collaboration with the Alpine Club of Canada
"Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan" by Alison Criscitiello
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/p...
"Prospector’s-Russell Col, Mount Logan" by Alison Criscitiello
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/p...
What's been the most exasperating Jays news in the 3 days since the World Series?
That Kirk, Guerrero, Gimenez, & Clement wuz all robbed Golden Gloves (but hey, Ty France won!?) or that Bichette, Scherzer, IKF, Bassitt, & Diminguez (&, oh, France) are all free agents?
That Kirk, Guerrero, Gimenez, & Clement wuz all robbed Golden Gloves (but hey, Ty France won!?) or that Bichette, Scherzer, IKF, Bassitt, & Diminguez (&, oh, France) are all free agents?
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What's been the most exasperating Jays news in the 3 days since the World Series?
That Kirk, Guerrero, Gimenez, & Clement wuz all robbed Golden Gloves (but hey, Ty France won!?) or that Bichette, Scherzer, IKF, Bassitt, & Diminguez (&, oh, France) are all free agents?
That Kirk, Guerrero, Gimenez, & Clement wuz all robbed Golden Gloves (but hey, Ty France won!?) or that Bichette, Scherzer, IKF, Bassitt, & Diminguez (&, oh, France) are all free agents?
I got home just after my family had finished dinner. *Just* after. Food had been put in the fridge for me a minute earlier.
Solve an argument: Was this “dinner” or “leftovers”? Does dinner become leftovers as soon as the fridge door closes?
Solve an argument: Was this “dinner” or “leftovers”? Does dinner become leftovers as soon as the fridge door closes?
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I got home just after my family had finished dinner. *Just* after. Food had been put in the fridge for me a minute earlier.
Solve an argument: Was this “dinner” or “leftovers”? Does dinner become leftovers as soon as the fridge door closes?
Solve an argument: Was this “dinner” or “leftovers”? Does dinner become leftovers as soon as the fridge door closes?
Just submitted a grant that asked for recent "contributions to training" - MA & PhD supervisions.
My list was of histories of kudzu, snow, highways, oil & gas dev, sand sucking, alternative service work, NASA missions, the blind in nature, POW camps, & yellow fever.
History prof = no comfort zone.
My list was of histories of kudzu, snow, highways, oil & gas dev, sand sucking, alternative service work, NASA missions, the blind in nature, POW camps, & yellow fever.
History prof = no comfort zone.
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just submitted a grant that asked for recent "contributions to training" - MA & PhD supervisions.
My list was of histories of kudzu, snow, highways, oil & gas dev, sand sucking, alternative service work, NASA missions, the blind in nature, POW camps, & yellow fever.
History prof = no comfort zone.
My list was of histories of kudzu, snow, highways, oil & gas dev, sand sucking, alternative service work, NASA missions, the blind in nature, POW camps, & yellow fever.
History prof = no comfort zone.
A slow, bluesy “Ok Blue Jays” - Sarah Harmer? Diana Krall? - running through my head today.
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A slow, bluesy “Ok Blue Jays” - Sarah Harmer? Diana Krall? - running through my head today.
Springer forward, fall balk
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Springer forward, fall balk
Whatever happens: what a great Jays season.
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Whatever happens: what a great Jays season.
Giving off some Normanne Bates of Green Gables energy handing out candy. The kids keep walking.
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Giving off some Normanne Bates of Green Gables energy handing out candy. The kids keep walking.
“So you could have gone to bed after 3 pitches?”
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“So you could have gone to bed after 3 pitches?”