Lindsay Gibson
@lsgibson.bsky.social
History & social studies educator @UBCEduc; #historicalthinking advocate; tea enthusiast; Habs devotee; bourgeois golfer; views mine; he/him/his.
I’ve got an honours degree in political science and a degree from the London School of Economics but I’m unclear on the definition of communism.
"Don't you think that communist Ottawa is leveraging communist China against Alberta?" -- absolutely unreal CTV platformed this loon...
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I’ve got an honours degree in political science and a degree from the London School of Economics but I’m unclear on the definition of communism.
Would love to hear Jeffrey Rath explain why his actions are not treasonous.
B.C. premier doubles down on calling Alberta separatist movement seeking U.S. support 'treason'
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B.C. premier doubles down on calling Alberta separatist movement seeking U.S. support 'treason' | CBC News
Calgary-based data analyst John Santos warns that that kind of language could push people toward separatism.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Would love to hear Jeffrey Rath explain why his actions are not treasonous.
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The Vancouver Maritime Museum, Museum of Vancouver, and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre are inviting the public to Vanier Park on the first Sunday of each month for Pay-What-You-Can Days, beginning February 1, 2026.
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Pay-what-you-can admission coming to 3 Vancouver museums
Three museums located on Vancouver’s waterfront are hoping to encourage more visitors and eliminate financial barriers by bringing in monthly admission-by-donation.
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January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The Vancouver Maritime Museum, Museum of Vancouver, and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre are inviting the public to Vanier Park on the first Sunday of each month for Pay-What-You-Can Days, beginning February 1, 2026.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
The similarities are striking
January 31, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The similarities are striking
Canadians rejoice as Cons select unelectable leader who lost his own riding.
#Breaking: Poilievre passes leadership test, wins 87.4 per cent of vote
Conservative leadership vote 2026 results live: Poilievre easily passes leadership test, receives 87.4 per cent of vote
Delegates are gathering in Calgary for the Conservative party’s national convention and Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Canadians rejoice as Cons select unelectable leader who lost his own riding.
Happy to share a new article @lsgibson.bsky.social and I wrote about residential school denialism and truth telling in the history classroom. We think through 5 pedagogical approaches teachers might use to confront colonial denialism and pseudo-history.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/W98RU...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/W98RU...
Truth telling in history classrooms: pedagogical responses to denialism and pseudohistory
In 2015 Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools issued its final report and 94 Calls to Action. Since then, a polarised culture war has developed over competing t...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
My partner gave me this gift many Xmases ago and I found it the other day when I was rummaging through my treasures drawer.
My understanding is that it is a 10 MB (Made Beaver) token from the Hudson’s Bay Company, but I’m not sure if it’s authentic?
My understanding is that it is a 10 MB (Made Beaver) token from the Hudson’s Bay Company, but I’m not sure if it’s authentic?
January 11, 2026 at 12:52 AM
My partner gave me this gift many Xmases ago and I found it the other day when I was rummaging through my treasures drawer.
My understanding is that it is a 10 MB (Made Beaver) token from the Hudson’s Bay Company, but I’m not sure if it’s authentic?
My understanding is that it is a 10 MB (Made Beaver) token from the Hudson’s Bay Company, but I’m not sure if it’s authentic?
Registration for the first annual UBC Social Studies Education Winter Professional Development Conference on Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST) is now open. edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi...
Looking forward to hosting social studies teachers on the UBC campus.
Looking forward to hosting social studies teachers on the UBC campus.
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Registration for the first annual UBC Social Studies Education Winter Professional Development Conference on Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST) is now open. edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi...
Looking forward to hosting social studies teachers on the UBC campus.
Looking forward to hosting social studies teachers on the UBC campus.
Trump got Nike to pay him for the product placement.
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Trump got Nike to pay him for the product placement.
Strong stuff from Anita Anand and the Canadian government. 🙄Embarrassing.
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Strong stuff from Anita Anand and the Canadian government. 🙄Embarrassing.
Gutsy response by UK PM Keir Starmer to the illegal US military action in Venezuela. “The UK was not involved in any way in this operation.” 🙄
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Gutsy response by UK PM Keir Starmer to the illegal US military action in Venezuela. “The UK was not involved in any way in this operation.” 🙄
Join us on the beautiful UBC campus for the UBC Social Studies Education Winter Professional Development Conference
Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST)
edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi...
Registration opens January 5, 2026.
#socialstudies #education
Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST)
edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi...
Registration opens January 5, 2026.
#socialstudies #education
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December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join us on the beautiful UBC campus for the UBC Social Studies Education Winter Professional Development Conference
Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST)
edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi...
Registration opens January 5, 2026.
#socialstudies #education
Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:00– 3:30 (PST)
edcp.educ.ubc.ca/social-studi...
Registration opens January 5, 2026.
#socialstudies #education
People who care about climate change are nostalgic for the past or deeply concerned about the future?
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
People who care about climate change are nostalgic for the past or deeply concerned about the future?
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Do you want to engage with experts in the field of history education? Sign up now for the 2026 Virtual Historical Thinking Institute.
Early bird rate until December 1st!
Early bird rate until December 1st!
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Do you want to engage with experts in the field of history education? Sign up now for the 2026 Virtual Historical Thinking Institute.
Early bird rate until December 1st!
Early bird rate until December 1st!
I wish KWL charts and exit tickets had never been created.
November 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I wish KWL charts and exit tickets had never been created.
Please no double play
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Please no double play
Elbows up?
Q: Did you apologize to Donald Trump about Ontario's anti-tariff ad?
CARNEY: I did apologize to the President. The President was offended by the ad... I'm the one who is responsible, in my role as PM, for the relationship with the President of the United States.
CARNEY: I did apologize to the President. The President was offended by the ad... I'm the one who is responsible, in my role as PM, for the relationship with the President of the United States.
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Elbows up?
“And I would like to be able to love my country all while loving justice. I don’t want just any greatness for my country if such is to come from blood and falsehood. It’s through upholding justice that I want my country to flourish.” You said to me, “Well, you don’t love your country.”
The best summary of this thinking, and the inevitability of authoritarian defeat to liberalism I've yet encountered was, unsurprisingly, written 82 years ago.
Camus' Letters to a German Friend, a Warning for Our Times
In the midst of WWII, Albert Camus wrote 4 letters to a fictitious German. Here is the first, predicting the triumph of truth over falsehood.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“And I would like to be able to love my country all while loving justice. I don’t want just any greatness for my country if such is to come from blood and falsehood. It’s through upholding justice that I want my country to flourish.” You said to me, “Well, you don’t love your country.”
Our beloved cat Rosa died in May at the age of 22. We dearly miss her and don’t want to get another cat. Luckily we have a neighbourhood cat named Simon who loves to come over and hang out for a few hours a day, including snuggle time.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Our beloved cat Rosa died in May at the age of 22. We dearly miss her and don’t want to get another cat. Luckily we have a neighbourhood cat named Simon who loves to come over and hang out for a few hours a day, including snuggle time.
RIP Tim Cook. A huge loss for the Canadian history community. Undoubtedly the best Canadian military historian of his generation.
He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
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He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies at 54 | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
RIP Tim Cook. A huge loss for the Canadian history community. Undoubtedly the best Canadian military historian of his generation.
He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He was also an incredibly kind and generous person, who was encouraging to me in the early part of my academic career.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The US government is at war with the American people.
To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The US government is at war with the American people.
Now do his mental age
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
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October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Now do his mental age
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I am the consummate car guy. I dedicated my life to creating and adoring them. But I have also learned that life is better when you don’t need one. I’d rather take the bike and/or the train and I love living in a walkable city. It’s not about “taking away your car”, it’s about giving you a choice.
You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.
September 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I am the consummate car guy. I dedicated my life to creating and adoring them. But I have also learned that life is better when you don’t need one. I’d rather take the bike and/or the train and I love living in a walkable city. It’s not about “taking away your car”, it’s about giving you a choice.
Cannot wait for the #BetaBand in Vancouver on Sunday night.
Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
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Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
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The Beta Band: Roundhouse, London - Live Review
The Beta Band Roundhouse, London 3rd October 2025 Back after an absence of 21 years, The Beta Band remain one of the live arena's most beguiling and The Beta Band - 21 years away - throw their hata in...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Cannot wait for the #BetaBand in Vancouver on Sunday night.
Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
louderthanwar.com/the-beta-ban...
Tour sounds like a triumph so far.
louderthanwar.com/the-beta-ban...