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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · 14d

A great kick-off to this year’s Rural History Roundtable series @uguelphhist.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social. A fascinating discussion about the Webb farmhouse & #GreenGables #PEI with @alanmaceachern.bsky.social. Next RHRT coming up October 29 on the history of Ontario’s wine industry.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thrilled to be coordinating the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Rural History Roundtable series with @benbradleyca.bsky.social this year. We’ve got an exciting lineup of speakers who will be touching on some new and exciting areas of rural history research!

UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's time to look into what's happening with the Rural History Roundtable at @uofguelph.bsky.social.

Fall '25 has three hybrid sessions, including a November double billing. All are welcome to attend!

More info on @alanmaceachern.bsky.social's Sept 23 talk coming soon.

#aghist #cdnhist #ruralhist

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UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · Aug 29

Information about the Fall 2025 Rural History Roundtable speaker series will be available soon.

In the meantime, Archival and Special Collections items displayed on the main floor of @uofglibrary.bsky.social hint at the topic of the first presentation, which will be on Sept 23rd.

#cdnhist #aghist

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Jul 30

Such a fun morning with @arrellfoodinst.bsky.social talking about #FoodDayCanada & how we’re preserving Canadian food history at @uofguelph.bsky.social @uguelphhist.bsky.social. Thanks to the attendees for coming out & touring our new Cold War food cultures exhibit in @uofglibrary.bsky.social.

Photograph of several people looking at exhibit cases.

Photograph of Jeff Stewart talking to viewers of the Cold War food cultures exhibit.

Photograph of people in a room and a screen showing the first slide of a presentation about the University of Guelph Culinary Collections.

A photograph of a display case containing artifacts and cookbooks accompanied by a large panel with descriptive text.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thanks for sharing!

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Apr 10

Absolutely!

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Apr 10

100%. They have a specific narrative in their heads that can’t be shaken. When I suggest they approach the topic from another angle, they get defensive or lose interest.

Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Apr 10

And the Summit Series!

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Apr 10

Great advice!

Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Apr 10

Every student in a Canadian history course who wants to write about Vimy should be forced to read @mike-bechthold.bsky.social thread on myths and realities first! After doing so, I wonder how many would abandon the topic #cdnhist #vimy

Mike Bechthold 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @mike-bechthold.bsky.social · Apr 9

On this day in 1917 the Canadian Corps advanced together into battle and captured Vimy Ridge. It was easily their most famous (but not most important) victory of the First World War.

A thread on the myths and reality of this celebrated battle:
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Vimy Memorial. Photo by @mike-bechthold.bsky.social

The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday 1917
Richard Jack was the first Canadian official war artist, appointed in 1916. In this painting, he depicts the crew of an 18-pounder field gun firing at German positions on Vimy Ridge. To the left, wounded soldiers move past the gun towards the rear.

Painted by Richard Jack
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
CWM 19710261-0160

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Mar 26

The book launch for the new edition of Ontario since Confederation: A Reader is happening tomorrow at Traill College at Trent University, 5:30. Was an honour to have a chapter included in this great collection. Wish I could attend! #cdnhist

Advertisement with details about the book launch for Ontario since Confederation: A Reader with an image of the book’s cover.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Mar 23

#HomanEmpire 🥌🏛️🥇 @teamhoman.bsky.social making a place for themselves in Canadian curling history

Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · Mar 23

PLAY O CANADA 🇨🇦

A proud moment once again for the country.

@TeamHoman on top of the curling world once again.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Mar 22

Thanks for the shoutout, @nichecanada.bsky.social! #womenshistorymonth

NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Mar 22

#WomensHistoryMonth Reading

"From Kitchen to Kiln: Women’s Culinary Labour on Ontario Tobacco Farms, 1950s-1970s" by @rebeccabeau.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2020/08/04/f...

#aghist #cdnhist #wmnshist #envhist #foodhistory

From Kitchen to Kiln: Women’s Culinary Labour on Ontario Tobacco Farms, 1950s-1970s

This is the fourth in a series based on presentations that would have taken place at the 2020 Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting at Western University in London, Ontario (June 1-3). This p...

niche-canada.org

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Mar 21

Had a great time chatting with Dr. Sarah Duignan @anthrodish.bsky.social about why historical cookbooks matter when studying Canadian history. Episode on her fantastic #AnthroDish podcast is now available! #cdnhist #foodhist www.anthrodish.com/episodes/

Episodes — AnthroDish

Check out current and past episodes here

www.anthrodish.com

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University of Manitoba Press @umanitobapress.bsky.social · Mar 8

For International Women's Day, we are highlighting the women authors and editors from our past fall and upcoming spring catalogue! ⁠
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UMP is so proud to publish work by, for, and about women. ⁠
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#IWD #InternationalWomensDay

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Mar 8

And publishers such as “History Books Inc.”

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Mar 5

Love this!

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Mar 4

I’m going to be at the Bloomingdale library tomorrow night from 6-7pm talking about my book and women’s leisure in late 19th/early 20th C rural/small-town Ontario. Register here: rwlibrary.libnet.info/event/12938705 @umanitobapress.bsky.social

Advertisement for an author talk with the cover of the book, Pursuing Play.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Feb 28

Great @theglobeandmail.com piece about why we need to preserve the community hall in small towns. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

In praise of the small halls that keep communities together

May many such halls throughout the country remain the spaces in which we make memories

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Feb 24

@teamhoman.bsky.social absolutely dominated. Amazing group of athletes. #HomanEmpire 🏛️🥌 #stoh25

Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · Feb 24

TEAM HOMAN FOR THE WIN

@TeamHoman becomes the first team to win back-to-back Scotties titles by going undefeated. It’s a 6-1 victory.

It’s a fifth Scotties title for Homan. And Team Homan is once again Team Canada 🇨🇦 looking to defend their world championship title.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Feb 11

Students in my @uguelphhist.bsky.social Food History course had the opportunity to learn from author Jan Feduck about foodways in Atlantic Canada’s history. We even got to nibble on some Scottish oat cakes! #foodhist #cdnhist

Author Jan Feduck lecturing about food at a living history site. She is standing in front of a screen showing an image of buildings.

An image of a dish of Scottish oat cakes.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Jan 23

It’s always fun to do book talks in the towns I wrote about! I’ll be at the Elora Public Library tonight talking about my book, Pursuing Play, with @umanitobapress.bsky.social wellington.libnet.info/event/12412169 #cdnhist #ruralhist #womenshist

A picture of the book, Pursuing Play, propped against a pillow in a library.

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University of Manitoba Press @umanitobapress.bsky.social · Jan 15

Tonight at 7pm ET, join @rebeccabeau.bsky.social on Zoom for a discussion of PURSUING PLAY, as part of the Huron County Historical Society's speaker series! Non-members are welcome. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Jan 10

Thrilled to finally see my chapter in print! A great collection recently published by University of Toronto Press. #cdnhist #onthist #ruralhist

A screenshot of the first page of a chapter in an edited collection.

The cover of the book titled Ontario Since Confederation: A Reader 2nd edition.

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Rebecca Beausaert (she/her) @rebeccabeau.bsky.social · Jan 8

Those colours! So talented!

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