ben bradley
@benbradleyca.bsky.social
cultural & environmental historian. #bchist and #cdnhist and #envhist. landscape, mobilities, public pasts, fordism, tourism, parks, infrastructure, rowdies, fruit stands, seasonality, 1970+, etc.
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In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. #cdnhist
CHA Letter to Minister Marc Miller | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc M...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. #cdnhist
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On this day in 1943, an explosion at a US Army storage barn destroyed an entire block in Dawson Creek, BC. The barn stored telephone wire, nails, wooden crossbar arms and tires. Dynamite was also stored with percussion caps. The explosion killed five and injured 150 people.
February 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
On this day in 1943, an explosion at a US Army storage barn destroyed an entire block in Dawson Creek, BC. The barn stored telephone wire, nails, wooden crossbar arms and tires. Dynamite was also stored with percussion caps. The explosion killed five and injured 150 people.
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Our Winter Olympics & Their Environments series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social and M. Blake Butler, begins today with "The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins" by @finnarne.me
niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...
#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory
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#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory
The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins
Lillehammer’s “Green Games” housing created high-energy cabin villages, reshaping Norwegian leisure culture while undermining long-term sustainability goals.
niche-canada.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Our Winter Olympics & Their Environments series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social and M. Blake Butler, begins today with "The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins" by @finnarne.me
niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...
#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory
niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...
#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory
Happening tomorrow! Sign up on Eventbrite at least a couple hours ahead of the talk to be sent the Zoom link. #cdnhist
Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday Feb 12 from 330-5pm EST, as PhD candidate Emily Kaliel presents on "Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971."
For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed
For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Happening tomorrow! Sign up on Eventbrite at least a couple hours ahead of the talk to be sent the Zoom link. #cdnhist
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We never do this! To celebrate our 55th birthday, UBC Press is offering 55% off 55 UBC Press books! 🥳
Until February 17, 2026, take 55% off 55 books on our website (specific formats only). Sale prices are reflected on our website. Free shipping on Canadian web orders over $40. bit.ly/4qkUhEf
Until February 17, 2026, take 55% off 55 books on our website (specific formats only). Sale prices are reflected on our website. Free shipping on Canadian web orders over $40. bit.ly/4qkUhEf
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
We never do this! To celebrate our 55th birthday, UBC Press is offering 55% off 55 UBC Press books! 🥳
Until February 17, 2026, take 55% off 55 books on our website (specific formats only). Sale prices are reflected on our website. Free shipping on Canadian web orders over $40. bit.ly/4qkUhEf
Until February 17, 2026, take 55% off 55 books on our website (specific formats only). Sale prices are reflected on our website. Free shipping on Canadian web orders over $40. bit.ly/4qkUhEf
how about a massive "heck no" to any notion of the victoria conference & convention centre taking over (ie: sharing a "multi-purpose hub" with) the royal bc museum? the bc archives are already being exiled to the outer edge of the regions electrical grid.
#bchist #cdnhist
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#bchist #cdnhist
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Victoria Conference centre could see major upgrades
Destination Greater Victoria is exploring three options to upgrade the Victoria Conference Centre, with one option that would create a shared space inside the Royal BC Museum.
cheknews.ca
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
how about a massive "heck no" to any notion of the victoria conference & convention centre taking over (ie: sharing a "multi-purpose hub" with) the royal bc museum? the bc archives are already being exiled to the outer edge of the regions electrical grid.
#bchist #cdnhist
cheknews.ca/shared-space...
#bchist #cdnhist
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curious to know more about "railroad ricky," the raccoon locomotive engineer mascot of port moody bc's "golden spike days."
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
curious to know more about "railroad ricky," the raccoon locomotive engineer mascot of port moody bc's "golden spike days."
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social
#bchist #cdnhist @jmcelroy.bsky.social
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I am losing my mind
February 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I am losing my mind
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"Our AI has turned your conference presentation about Sigenauk’s War of Independence into a makeup tutorial."
New AI-Generated Content Derived from Your Work Posted on Academia.Edu
“By making any Member Content available through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Our AI has turned your conference presentation about Sigenauk’s War of Independence into a makeup tutorial."
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Job cuts coming to two Ottawa museums
Job cuts coming to two Ottawa museums
The Canadian War Museum and the Canadian Museum of History will be cutting 67 jobs as part of ongoing federal layoffs. CTV’s Katie Griffin reports.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Job cuts coming to two Ottawa museums
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If we accept that BC/Canada’s history tells us how we might succeed in this moment, one might expect to hear about renewed government support for the cultural institutions that help explain who we are – especially in the face of annexation talk from our neighbour.
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Do Archives Matter?
There has been much talk lately of defending BC and Canada. Canadian flags are flying in apartment windows and on lawns. There’s a giant maple leaf pinned to...
buttondown.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
If we accept that BC/Canada’s history tells us how we might succeed in this moment, one might expect to hear about renewed government support for the cultural institutions that help explain who we are – especially in the face of annexation talk from our neighbour.
buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...
buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...
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British Columbia Political Studies Association 2026
*Politics of Existential Threats in an Uncertain World
May 7-8, 2026
Kamploops, BC
Deadline
March 20 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
@benbradleyca.bsky.social @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
*Politics of Existential Threats in an Uncertain World
May 7-8, 2026
Kamploops, BC
Deadline
March 20 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
@benbradleyca.bsky.social @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
British Columbia Political Studies Association 2026
*Politics of Existential Threats in an Uncertain World
May 7-8, 2026
Kamploops, BC
Deadline
March 20 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
@benbradleyca.bsky.social @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
*Politics of Existential Threats in an Uncertain World
May 7-8, 2026
Kamploops, BC
Deadline
March 20 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
@benbradleyca.bsky.social @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social
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Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday Feb 12 from 330-5pm EST, as PhD candidate Emily Kaliel presents on "Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971."
For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed
For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday Feb 12 from 330-5pm EST, as PhD candidate Emily Kaliel presents on "Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971."
For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed
For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed
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Coming up in about 20 min!
Hope to see many of you there for the live talk and discussion.
Hope to see many of you there for the live talk and discussion.
Monday, 26 January 2026, at 16:00 CET / 15:00 GMT:
Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social, Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025) .
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social, Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025) .
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Coming up in about 20 min!
Hope to see many of you there for the live talk and discussion.
Hope to see many of you there for the live talk and discussion.
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“Whenever I look at his images depicting Vancouver Island, I think about my Woodend grandparents who lived in Metchosin, just outside Victoria, and cry.” 🎨
The Stunning Realism of E.J. Hughes | The Tyee
A new film about the late landscape painter is a moving exploration of shyness, failure and the beauty of BC.
thetyee.ca
January 24, 2026 at 2:05 AM
“Whenever I look at his images depicting Vancouver Island, I think about my Woodend grandparents who lived in Metchosin, just outside Victoria, and cry.” 🎨
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January 12, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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Interested in the history of enslaved people, Black history, and George Washington?
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
Black History at the Vassall Estate Special History Study (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Interested in the history of enslaved people, Black history, and George Washington?
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
Download this report, which is still on the NPS site (for now).
My research team spent 3 years collaborating with descendants of people enslaved at the Washington's Headquarters site and the wonderful NPS staff:
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I took this photo in November because I was both surprised to see it still up and feared it would be taken down at any moment.
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I took this photo in November because I was both surprised to see it still up and feared it would be taken down at any moment.
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
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This here is some mind boggling ridiculousness. Parks Canada announced the Register for Historic Places - a searchable database and a cornerstone for understanding heritage places – will be permanently unplugged this spring @willgreavesmp.bsky.social #CdnHist
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nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
Alarm as Canadian Register of Historic Places to Shut Down - National Trust for Canada
The Canadian Register of Historic Places, better known as the historicplaces.ca website, is coming down. Parks Canada announced in late...
nationaltrustcanada.ca
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This here is some mind boggling ridiculousness. Parks Canada announced the Register for Historic Places - a searchable database and a cornerstone for understanding heritage places – will be permanently unplugged this spring @willgreavesmp.bsky.social #CdnHist
nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
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Nation-building isn’t just about infrastructure and resource extraction. It’s about culture. It’s about history. It’s about our stories, and the places that tell them.
This is the worst time imaginable to shut down the Register of Historic Places.
nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
This is the worst time imaginable to shut down the Register of Historic Places.
nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
Alarm as Canadian Register of Historic Places to Shut Down - National Trust for Canada
The Canadian Register of Historic Places, better known as the historicplaces.ca website, is coming down. Parks Canada announced in late...
nationaltrustcanada.ca
January 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Nation-building isn’t just about infrastructure and resource extraction. It’s about culture. It’s about history. It’s about our stories, and the places that tell them.
This is the worst time imaginable to shut down the Register of Historic Places.
nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
This is the worst time imaginable to shut down the Register of Historic Places.
nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
January 20, 2026 at 12:40 AM