And here's the and the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) event on "Climate & History" via NiCHE (apply by 30 November!) niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
And here's the and the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) event on "Climate & History" via NiCHE (apply by 30 November!) niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Yes, the ACS falls right after the Canadian Historical Association (CHA~SHC), the Canadian Catholic History Association, and the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) events, all held at UPEI the week prior. Look them up and join us for all 4, if possible! cha-shc.ca/announcement...
The call is hosted (and translated) thanks to Acadiensis, and the lovely poster is courtesy of ActiveHistory (the photo courtesy of PEI Govt -- it's sunrise on Opening Day of the PEI lobster fishery). Abstracts are due by 19 December.
Along with UPEI's Faculty of Arts and Robertson Library and colleagues from across the region, I am excited to share the call for papers for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference which will meet in Charlottetown, PEI from 3-5 June.
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Crystal Fraser and I are co-editing a series on environmental histories of Indian residential and day schools for @nichecanada.bsky.social. We chose to launch the series on Orange Shirt Day, in part, to remind historians of their responsibilities to Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.
Consider submitting a piece to The Oar, an exciting new popular history magazine by some really excellent New Brunswick scholars!
Later sessions are open and some may be joined virtually so feel free to reach out by email if youβd like to join. Our hybrid sessions will begin tomorrow with our first keynote by Natasha Simon and Lyle Vicare βWhere Tides Meet: The Signitog Isthmus as a Nokumi zone and Miβkmaq place of belonging.β
Itβs a beautiful day to kick it off with walking tours (including at Fort Folly First Nation) and a welcome session this evening.
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Whatβs at the other end of this bridge? Cape Jourimain, NB, the Chignecto Isthmus, and the second Gulf Ecologies conference: βKnowledge Beyond the Text,β to be held at Mount Allison University in Sackville.
New article from UPEI MA (Island Studies) candidate and member of the GeoREACH Lab, Barbara Rousseau, using #hGIS #envhist and other methods to examine how Prince Edward Islandβs coastal dunes β and peopleβs perceptions of them β have changed over time. #cdnhist journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Funded Masterβs Position in the History of Food Systems in Canada
@jamiemurton.bsky.social is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University
Start Dates: September 2025/September 2026
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#cdnhist
The knave.
For more on the Charlottetown siteβs significance see historicplaces.ca and for this stationβs role in the history of mobility see my Story Map with Barbara Rousseau, βBy Muscle, Mast, and Motor: A Transportation History of Charlottetown, PEI.β
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The Sackville station was moved to Acadian Heritage Village in Caraquet where it has been beautifully restored. tantramarheritage.ca/archive/hist...
These chateauesque stations were designed for Irving in the early 1930s by Acadian architect (and another son of Bouctouche) Samuel Roy. Here's the Souris station in 1942. (Source: Earle's PEI History, Facebook)
It does this Islander/historianβs heart good to see the Euston St gas station en route to preservation and repurposing for the community in Charlottetown. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But with DQ and Starbucks waiting for him it would have been worth the trek, amirite? Explains the bowel pain anyway.
Also, the train was to Pictou, yes?
I'm giving a series of talks this summer/fall in the Maritimes on the burncentennial of the 1825 Miramichi Fire.
Thx, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, for the swag (are bookmarks swag?) & for the MQ25 25% discount code. www.mqup.ca/miramichi-fi...
#envhist #cdnhist #wildfire #forestfire #fire
Formation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada
April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies.
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#cdnhist
Join us this summer at Mount Allison University in Sackville NB for the next meeting! See the CFP here (due 30 May) niche-canada.org/2025/05/02/c...
New from the Ecologies, Knowledge, & Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region project, a film on our first meeting and launch in 2024. Enjoy some aerial views of the Climate School in St Peters, the Morell River field trip, and the Basin Head beach and fisheries museum.
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Interesting. As Iβm sure youβve noticed there arenβt many potatoes in yet, here in 2025 times.
Lands and Fields was the greatest book.
This workshop would be amazing.
Potatoes are in! Any idea why he had JM plant them? As opposed to βthe boyβ or himself?
That rises to nearly a third if you include Quebec City and the Saguenay Fjord, and nearly half if you include the rest of Atlantic Canada (Bonavista NL and the Bay of Fundy). Nine out of 20 is a pretty good showing, considering less than 10% of Canadians live in or east of Quebec City.
I know Canadians love their coasts, but the Gulf of St. Lawrence really dominated this CBC list of Canada's favourite destinations. At least a fifth of the top-20 are in the Gulf (Basin Head PEI, Cape Breton NS, Gros Morne NL, and Kouchibouguac NB)... www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Mayor Mews on place in NL: βyou know down through the centuries fishermen have lived in these little houses perched upon the cliffs and they don't want to leave them. It was suggested that they [move to] the city but they want to be by the sea, and we all understand that.β youtu.be/pAiI_qT-5Kc?...
lol. Thanks! And thatβs a great census entry!
Every now and then April produces a nice one around hereβ¦
Iβve missed the last month or ten, so maybe youβve explained, but any idea who the βBoy sawingβ is?
If you are a historian or other scholar who would like to write about the history of Toronto's waterfront in relation to current developments at Ontario Place, check out our Guidelines for Contributors and get in touch!
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#envhist #toronto #cdnhist