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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to @activehist.bsky.social podcast on the history of medical experiments & ethics in the Canadian military activehistory.ca/blog/2025/10... : an interview with today's Shannon lectures' speaker @uwaterloo.ca M. Wiseman

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 2d

The archivists of the Directorate of History & Heritage of Canada's Military Personel Command brought documents on the history of medical experiments to tonight's Shannon Lecture on research ethics in mid 20th century Canada @carleton.ca @carletonfass.bsky.social @cndhistassoc.bsky.social

9 archival documents & files on the history of medical experimentation & the Canadian army

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 2d

Getting ready for tonight's Shannon Lecture on the history of ethics & medical experimentation in the Canadian military. With @uwaterloo.ca M. Wiseman. @carletonfass.bsky.social @carletonfass.bsky.social still time to register: carleton.ca/history/cu-e...

J.M.Turcotte, convenor, & M. Wiseman, speaker

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 4d

Why, how, & with what consequences did "medical scientists in postwar Canada perform wide-ranging experiments on soldiers in an extensive effort to advance military medicine and bolster the operational capabilities of Canada’s fighting forces"?

Canadian Network on Humanitarian History @aidhistory.bsky.social · 4d

Join us Monday evening October 6, in person in Ottawa or virtually: "Cold War Consent? Military Experimentation & Research Ethics in Mid-Century Canada," with M. S. Wiseman, History, @uwaterloo.ca Register: tinyurl.com/48hh6r3m@cnd... @activehist.bsky.social @carleton.ca @carletonfass.bsky.social

Boy and girl together left; right: the same boy as soldier.

Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 5d

@ottawalabour.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social

CUASA - Carleton University Academic Staff Association @cuasa.ca · 6d

Join us on the picket line!
Today until 4pm - 1385 Woodroffe Avenue

Fighting for the future of public colleges in Ontario!

@opseusefpo.bsky.social
@caut.bsky.social
@algonquincollege.bsky.social

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 8d

@cuasa.ca @caut.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social

Ottawa Labour Council @ottawalabour.bsky.social · Sep 5

In case you may have missed this recent Ottawa Citizen story with the headline School trustees are essential voices in education. Leave them alone bit.ly/4835Zh8

Deachman: School trustees are essential voices in education. Leave them alone

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has mused publicly about eliminating these important representatives of the local community.

bit.ly

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 15d

Listen to the first Shannon Lecture speaker of this Fall 2025 series, Sarah Hogenbirk, on the history of women in the Canadian Air Force on the @activehist.bsky.social podcast activehistory.ca/blog/2025/09...

Archives of the department of national defense on display at the Shannon Lecture of September 22, 2025

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 16d

The archivists of the Directorate of History & Heritage of Canada's Department of National Defense are showing documents on women & cold war Canada at tonight's @carleton.ca @carletonfass.bsky.social Shannon Lecture series carleton.ca/history/cu-e...

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 16d

Getting ready for this evening @carletonfass.bsky.social @carleton.ca 1st Shannon Lecture in History “Fighting for Their Place&Recognition: Canadian Servicewomen&Women Veterans in Post-Second World War Canada” with Sarah Hogenbirk. You can still join online or in person: carleton.ca/history/cu-e...

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 21d

@ottawalabour.bsky.social @opseusefpo.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

CUASA - Carleton University Academic Staff Association @cuasa.ca · 21d

CUASA stands with @OPSEU! Save our Colleges!
On the Algonquin picket line today! ✊

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 22d

@apuott.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social

CUASA - Carleton University Academic Staff Association @cuasa.ca · 22d

CUASA is on the Hill in support of CUPE Air Canada Employees!

#UnionStrong #NoUnpaidWork

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 22d

@cuasa.ca @ottawalabour.bsky.social

rabble.ca @rabble.ca · 26d

David Robinson, executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, talks about the importance of academic freedom and why a strong, well-funded public post-secondary system is essential.
rabble.ca/podcast/acad...

Academic freedom and the changing landscape of post-secondary education

David Robinson, executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, talks about the importance of academic freedom.

rabble.ca

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 24d

"La sécurité alimentaire est un enjeu pour les étudiants de la capitale nationale, ... où le marché de l’emploi est moins accessible pour les jeunes cette année." ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219... @cuasa.ca @apuott.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social

ici.radio-canada.ca

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 26d

J'ai signé la petition, & @cuasa.ca invited ses membres à visiter les lines de piquetage d'Ottawa. @caut.bsky.social @ottawalabour.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @apuott.bsky.social

CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 27d

L'ACPPU soutient pleinement le personnel des collèges représentés par le SEFPO dans la lutte pour maintenir un système collégial public accessible et de grande qualité en Ontario.

En lire plus: www.caut.ca/fr/nouvelles...

L’ACPPU exprime sa solidarité envers le personnel des collèges de l’Ontario

www.caut.ca

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 26d

The archival collection of John Peter Humphrey at McGill University has been nominated to be inscribed on the Memory of the World International Registry of @unesco.org . This will interest @aidhistory.bsky.social friends, & @historyofrights.bsky.social rights unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 27d

@cndhistassoc.bsky.social

American Historical Association @historians.org · 27d

From #AHAOnline in February 2022: Karlos Hill, Jennifer Turner, Trinidad Gonzales, & Leland J. White with chair @kmhilliard.bsky.social help equip historians with tools to advocate effectively for history education. 🗃️

Advocating for History Education: Insights for Historians

YouTube video by American Historical Association

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 28d

"returning to the way things were prior to new US President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing foreign aid is not the answer." - Foreign aid's ‘white saviour complex’ - by Ritesh Shah newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/03/f... @aidhistory.bsky.social

Foreign aid's ‘white saviour complex’

From the University of Auckland - Opinion: Aid must be freed from the vested interests and racial prejudices that determine who is deserving and who isn't.

newsroom.co.nz

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · 28d

"teachers' unions [should] advocate for refugee teachers’ integration into national systems, supporting their improved conditions of service&opportunities for professional growth." www.ei-ie.org/en/item/2805... via @eduinternational.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social @cuasa.ca @refugejournal.bsky.social

Addressing the overlooked plight of refugee teachers

As we mark World Teachers Day 2023 , it is essential that we peel back the curtain on an issue that remains largely ignored: the plight of refugee teachers. Since 1994, we've come together every year ...

www.ei-ie.org

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 5

@caut.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social @cuasa.ca

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Sep 5

Should we worry about the gender gap at university?

The ratio of women to men at universities is approximately 60 to 40

www.theglobeandmail.com

Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 2

@cndhistassoc.bsky.social @carletonfass.bsky.social @carleton.ca

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 28

How do we decolonise archives?

In this collaborative piece, researchers Christina Williamson, Beth Greenhorn, and Carol Payne and Inuit Elder Ann Meekitjuk Hanson reflect on the role of names in the colonial archive.

Project Naming

Explore the significance of Project Naming to decolonize archives and connect Inuit communities with their ancestral photographs.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 1

All the best to @ottawalabour.bsky.social friends on this #labourday Monday, from @cuasa.ca

Ottawa Labour Council @ottawalabour.bsky.social · Jun 24

Planning is well underway.

Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 1

@cuasa.ca

Ottawa Labour Council @ottawalabour.bsky.social · Aug 25

A number of unions and their members participated in yesterdays Capital pride parade

Dominique Marshall @dominiquemarshall.bsky.social · Sep 1

@cuasa.ca

Ottawa Labour Council @ottawalabour.bsky.social · Aug 30

Another great worker news story in our city as we continue into the Labour Day weekend as ATU 279 and the city reach a tentative agreement bit.ly/4g2Qyrd