Wendy Smith
@wendysmithto.bsky.social
History PhD candidate ABD YorkU. SSHRC doctoral fellow. Ex-journalist. Downtown Toronto. 2014 Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence for my interactive history map of early Toronto. https://parklotproject.com ....CAT LADY. My photo is very old.
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Don’t knock it till you try it.
The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Don’t knock it till you try it.
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I know disciplinary standards differ, but I've been at this for decades and I've never cited a paper I didn't read. Didn't like, sure; didn't understand, often; kind of drifted off in the middle there, it happens. But didn't read at all? Nah. Come on.
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I know disciplinary standards differ, but I've been at this for decades and I've never cited a paper I didn't read. Didn't like, sure; didn't understand, often; kind of drifted off in the middle there, it happens. But didn't read at all? Nah. Come on.
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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What did the everydayness of racial chattel slavery look like in Upper Canada beyond enslaving? I explore this question in my talk. Join us on Oct. 15th!
Register here: www.thecounty.ca/residents/se...
Register here: www.thecounty.ca/residents/se...
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What did the everydayness of racial chattel slavery look like in Upper Canada beyond enslaving? I explore this question in my talk. Join us on Oct. 15th!
Register here: www.thecounty.ca/residents/se...
Register here: www.thecounty.ca/residents/se...
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Obviously we all know Bluesky is a retirement home for elder millennials but, if you happen to know any 18-30 people who might like to take a shot at this, do pass it on!
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Obviously we all know Bluesky is a retirement home for elder millennials but, if you happen to know any 18-30 people who might like to take a shot at this, do pass it on!
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A letter in today's Globe relies on the silly argument that, because slavery was abolished in the British empire in 1834 and "Canada" was formed in 1867, there has never been slavery in Canada.
But Canada existed as a colony of that name from the Constitution Act of 1791
With slavery
But Canada existed as a colony of that name from the Constitution Act of 1791
With slavery
September 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A letter in today's Globe relies on the silly argument that, because slavery was abolished in the British empire in 1834 and "Canada" was formed in 1867, there has never been slavery in Canada.
But Canada existed as a colony of that name from the Constitution Act of 1791
With slavery
But Canada existed as a colony of that name from the Constitution Act of 1791
With slavery
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Have just read Nick Rogers' new article on Henry Dundas & the Toronto campaign to rename Dundas St. It went straight into my dissertation biblio.
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Have just read Nick Rogers' new article on Henry Dundas & the Toronto campaign to rename Dundas St. It went straight into my dissertation biblio.
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
Have just read Nick Rogers' new article on Henry Dundas & the Toronto campaign to rename Dundas St. It went straight into my dissertation biblio.
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Have just read Nick Rogers' new article on Henry Dundas & the Toronto campaign to rename Dundas St. It went straight into my dissertation biblio.
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
"Toronto's Dundas Imbroglio". The Canadian Historical Review 106(2), 193-214. muse.jhu.edu/article/966499
#TorontoHistory #OntarioHistory #BritishHistory
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Christ, I just went down this rabbit hole and there is a LOT
July 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Christ, I just went down this rabbit hole and there is a LOT
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“If successful, Harvard could demonstrate that truth-telling & reconciliation are possible on a large scale, that an institutional culture around silence can be overturned, & that light can shine into the deepest cracks. But that would ultimately not be the case.” www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
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June 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“If successful, Harvard could demonstrate that truth-telling & reconciliation are possible on a large scale, that an institutional culture around silence can be overturned, & that light can shine into the deepest cracks. But that would ultimately not be the case.” www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
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What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.
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Immigrants aren’t the problem. Othering immigrants is a deliberate strategy to encourage people to hate each other rather than examine what severe wealth inequality is doing to our societies.
Image from #SolidaritywithLA poster at US embassy bus stop in London.
Image from #SolidaritywithLA poster at US embassy bus stop in London.
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Immigrants aren’t the problem. Othering immigrants is a deliberate strategy to encourage people to hate each other rather than examine what severe wealth inequality is doing to our societies.
Image from #SolidaritywithLA poster at US embassy bus stop in London.
Image from #SolidaritywithLA poster at US embassy bus stop in London.
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Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
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Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
June 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
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Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
June 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
June 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
June 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #immigrantrights
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Protest strategy tip from the hippy era - try flower power.
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
#nokings #stoptrump #nationalguard #laprotests #iceoutofla #veteransagainsttrump #girightshotline #immigrantrights
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The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
wapo.st
June 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
always
I got an unexpected $200 which is obviously a sign from the universe to buy more books, right?
May 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
always
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While I'm on the general subject of "AI," let me just say that it's a real dickheaded maneuver to tell an actual artist that their work "looks like AI." Their work doesn't look like "AI" because they're aping what "AI" does; it looks like "AI" because the "AI" company fucking stole from them.
May 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
While I'm on the general subject of "AI," let me just say that it's a real dickheaded maneuver to tell an actual artist that their work "looks like AI." Their work doesn't look like "AI" because they're aping what "AI" does; it looks like "AI" because the "AI" company fucking stole from them.
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Don't fuck with Canada 🍁
April 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Don't fuck with Canada 🍁
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Study History. 100%. Absolutely. Study History.
April 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Study History. 100%. Absolutely. Study History.