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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · 6d

Une très belle collaboration de NiCHE et de la UHA en perspective! Les propositions doivent être envoyées d'ici le 24 octobre (voir lien sur la page).

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UHA/NiCHE Collaborative Call for Papers: Urban and Environmental Dialogues

A NiCHE/Metropole Blog Series Proposal Deadline: October 24, 2025 Draft Deadline: December 1, 2025 Series Publication: January/February 2025 The Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) …

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GRÉLQ @grelq.bsky.social · 29d

Conférence de Pierre Hébert (UdeS, cochercheur du GRÉLQ), suivie du lancement de la réédition du 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙡𝙖 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙪 𝙌𝙪é𝙗𝙚𝙘 et vernissage de l'exposition À 𝙡’𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙭!
Ce jeudi 11 septembre 2025, dès 15h30, à l'UQTR et en ligne.
Tous les détails : www.usherbrooke.ca/grelq/actual...

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The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · Sep 5

Well that was good! Thank you so much to all the speakers and delegates for making our first joint conference with the Pre-Modern Towns Group so enlivening and stimulating. It's #EAUH2026 in Barcelona next year but watch this space for news of #UHG2027!

The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social · Sep 4

Setting up for #UHG2025

Thank you @royalhistsoc.org for helping us show we know the value of history @uniofleicester.bsky.social!

Conference programme with Royal Historical Society badges reading ‘I know the value of history’, ‘trust me, I’m a historian’, and ‘this is what a historian looks like’

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GRÉLQ @grelq.bsky.social · Sep 3

Colloque 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 | 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐞, organisé par @haroldberube.bsky.social, Christophe Loir, Sophie Abdela et Léna Brognon. Les 7 et 8 novembre 2025 au @memmtl.bsky.social.
Marie-Pier Luneau et Jean-Philippe Warren y présenteront une communication.
Détails : www.usherbrooke.ca/grelq/actual...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Sep 2

important to reiterate from time to time:

"artificial intelligence" does not exist.

there is no sentient artificial being. no threepio. no demerzel. no terminator.

what the tech publicists call "a.i." is just big, crappy databases and mindless and often incorrect autocorrect.

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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · Aug 27

Il y a cet article qui date de 2009 qui est en accès libre (et très intéressant!): www.erudit.org/fr/revues/uh...

Cela dit, il y a beaucoup plus à découvrir dans sa récente monographie, parue chez Septentrion, qui, elle, n'est pas en accès libre: www.septentrion.qc.ca/catalogue/qu...

Automobile, transports urbains et mutations : l’automobilisation urbaine de Québec, 1919–1939 – Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine

Un article de la revue Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine, diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.

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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · Aug 27

Je suis très heureux de partager avec vous l'affiche et le programme officiels du colloque "Streetstories / Histoires de rue", qui se tiendra les 7 et 8 novembre prochain au MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises!

Au plaisir de vous y retrouver cet automne!

www.facebook.com/share/1GPcWv...

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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · Aug 25

Information importante en effet :)

C'est au MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises!

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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · Aug 25

PS: Pour vous inscrire afin de participer (gratuitement) à l'événement, c'est ici: lnkd.in/eEXFC4Nu

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · Aug 25

C'est dans un mois qu'aura lieu le premier colloque annuel de la CHCQ, intitulé "Où en est le Québec d'hier?". Ce sera, nous l'espérons, l'occasion de faire le point sur l'état actuel de l'historiographie, mais surtout de discuter de la recherche à venir. Au plaisir de vous y retrouver!

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Dictionnaire biographique du Canada @dbc-dcb.bsky.social · Aug 22

📰 Le journaliste et essayiste Jules Fournier (né le 23 août 1884) a laissé sa marque dans la littérature canadienne-française malgré sa mort prématurée. Il commence sa carrière comme reporter et courriériste parlementaire, et revendique bientôt son rôle de « libelliste ».

FOURNIER, JULES (baptisé Georges-Jules) – Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

FOURNIER, JULES (baptisé Georges-Jules), journaliste, essayiste, propriétaire de journal et traducteur, né le 23 août 1884 à Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, fils d’Isaïe Fournier, cultivateur, et de ...

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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · Aug 20

Le (très beau) programme préliminaire du prochain congrès de l'Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française, qui se déroulera du 23 au 25 octobre prochain à Joliette, est maintenant disponible sur le site web de l'événement: congres2025.ihaf.qc.ca/programme-je...

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Cities aren’t scary.
You are scared.
There’s a difference

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Mairi Cowan @historianmairi.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Yes, Students Should Still be Writing Essays in an Age of AI."

I am grateful that the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social has reprinted an essay that I wrote for @thestar.com. Full text available at: cha-shc.ca/wp-content/u...

Excerpts below.

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · Aug 14

For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.

1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

www.technologyreview.com

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Aug 10

My cartoons for this week’s @theguardian.com books
#holiday #vacation #reading

A happy book says:
I'm so proud you chose me as your holiday read! I can't wait to start entertaining you!

A smiling drink says:
And I'm right here! Ready to keep you cool and refreshed while you read!

A gleeful phone adds:
Yay! So great! How about we kick things off with a load of the same old rubbish you always look at, plus some gloomy news and mavbe a few emails from work!!

Hours later...

The drink and book lie untouched.

The phone is out of view but a bubble reads:
Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll Scroll

The book says
“I hate that guy.”

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Aug 9

once again, @historians.org, how could you put out that guidance on AI that basically said "sure there are ethical issues but we cant ignore it so here is how you could use it?" It is trained and built on the theft of the works of thousands of historians. Millions of authors and artists.

Nash @radiodeadair.com · Aug 9

The crux of their argument is that if they're found liable, then the consequences of their own actions that no one forced them to take could ruin them and the rest of their industry that undertakes similar practices.

To which I say motherfucker did you never hear about Napster

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

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GRÉLQ @grelq.bsky.social · Aug 5

NOUVELLE PARUTION : dossier 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐡â𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐯é𝐫𝐢𝐭é 𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 : 𝐥’é𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐮 𝐐𝐮é𝐛𝐞𝐜 (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟐-𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟖), sous la dir. de Marie-Pier Luneau (directrice du GRÉLQ) et @haroldberube.bsky.social (cochercheur du GRÉLQ), dans la revue Mens.
Détails : www.usherbrooke.ca/grelq/actual...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 4

“In the 1960s, the children’s television show Sesame Street was being conceived at the same time that the urban design book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” by Jane Jacobs was exploding in popularity.“

The [pretty damn good] Urban Design of Sesame Street, in the @nytimes.com

Video: The Urban Design of Sesame Street

In the 1960s, the children’s television show Sesame Street was being conceived at the same time that the urban design book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” by Jane Jacobs was exploding in...

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GRÉLQ @grelq.bsky.social · Aug 4

NOUVELLE PARUTION : dossier « 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐢è𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮 𝐐𝐮é𝐛𝐞𝐜 : 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 », sous la direction de Nicholas Dion (UdeS, cochercheur GRÉLQ) et Pierre Hébert (UdeS, cochercheur GRÉLQ), dans la Revue Voltaire.
Tous les détails : www.usherbrooke.ca/grelq/actual...

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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · Aug 3

“It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.” My ‪@theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

AI thrives where education has been devalued | The Observer

A culture that views knowledge as a means to an end invites the misuse of new technology

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Benjamin Bryce @benjaminbryce.bsky.social · Jul 24

Learn about how surburban living in Montreal was marketed in 1950s and 1960s in the Journal of the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social‬. An interview with @haroldberube.bsky.social‬ @usherbrooke.bsky.social. historyjournal.ca/interview/be...

Bérubé. Suburban Montreal and Advertising in the 1950s and 60s. – Journal Canadian History Association

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ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social · Jul 25

impressive tourist map of vancouver, published in the mid 1930s by "the scenery shop" souvenir store located on granville street. plenty of bc symbols here...
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/visit-scenry...
#bchist #cdnhist

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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 18

You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown

Announcement: CHA Annual Meeting 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada

You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. The event will be host...

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Harold Bérubé @haroldberube.bsky.social · Jul 18

2/2 Vous y trouverez une belle brochette d'articles sur ces publications qui s'abreuvent de faits divers et de "drames de la vie réelle", incluant ma propre contribution qui se concentre sur l'enracinement urbain d'une bonne partie des récits, réels et imaginés, qui s'y trouvent.

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