"Contested Catch is a terrific book that makes an enormous contribution to our understanding of Canada’s most valuable – but under-studied – fishery, as well as the ways in which the modern state has functioned in Canada." Edward MacDonald, University of Prince Edward Island bit.ly/49qPR9r #Fishery

December 23, 2025 A collaboration with @lizadonnelly.bsky.social tonight...

Margaret Macdonald, The Three Perfumes, 1912, Glasgow School artist who was believed to have influenced Klimt #womensart

It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery. Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology. share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...

Concluding thoughts at the end of a dishwashing conversation with my spouse (who has been teaching secondary school math for more than 20 years): teaching is hard. Something we both love. But definitely hard to do well.

@ghm-mhg.bsky.social GHM-MHG representing at the #NACBS 2025!

After conference morning swim, as you do (was looking out for you @juliegottlieb.bsky.social )am at my first panel for #nacbs2025 with a strong Irish theme ❤️ & looking forward to hearing another great paper from @elizakirk.bsky.social

Tomorrow

Untitled (Blue Jays) Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2025

Morning M'Orange Billie Rae Busby 2023

Homecoming Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe 1979

Butterflies Carol Young ~ Haida 2012

Eternity Tracey Metallic ~ Mi'kmaq n.d.

Montreal from St. Helen’s Island Albert H. Robinson c. 1909

Bonne St-Jean! Something of a more somber reflective song selection this year. Seems à propos youtu.be/XaUdyuOfwa4?...

The Night Shift Christi Belcourt ~ Métis c. 2023

The Tiff Florence Carlyle 1902

👥 Plusieurs membres du GHM participeront à la réunion annuelle de la @cndhistassoc.bsky.social, qui commencera demain à Toronto #cdnhist #congressh ➡️ Magda Fahrni offrira l'une des conférences d'honneur, intitulée « The Trouble with Families: Writing Family History in the Twenty-First Century » 1/

For many Quebecers who express their faith visibly, Bill 21 has meant lost jobs, stalled ambitions, and a deep sense of alienation—of being made to feel like second-class citizens in a province they call home. thewalrus.ca/bill-21-quebec/

Final thanks to our #WHAI2025 speakers who engaged and contributed their expertise - the range of scholarship was outstanding - loved meeting you all 💜 Our undergrads were AWESOME 😎 as @whaireland.bsky.social president Prof Diane Urqhart said 'the future of history is in safe hands' #Skystorians

🎉 Le Groupe d'histoire de Montréal a obtenu une subvention du @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social pour 2025-2029! Le projet « Montréal, ville d'empires (1800-2000) » réunira des chercheur·es, collaborateur·ices, étudiant·es et postdoctorant·es de plusieurs établissements québécois et canadiens.

Pour découvrir nos autres traductions : ghm.uqam.ca/publications...

🏛️ Last week, Elizabeth Kirkland and Mary Anne Poutanen presented their research at the @whaireland.bsky.social conference, held at Carlow College, St. Patrick's. #WHAI2025

Join us on 14th May at Atwater Library and Computer centre for the Annual Colloquium of the St Andrew’s Society/McEuen Scholarship Foundation Chair in Canadian Scottish Studies! We have an interesting programme and range of fascinating speakers. RSVP to register!

Great new open letter by academics in Canada & Quebec raising the alarm on fascist attacks on academic freedom, independent scholarship, and the work historians do. It's currently being translated into English but you can read it here in French. Please sign and share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Dawson College students protest CAQ minister’s investigation of Palestinian course content https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article838212.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

We can dream. youtu.be/6CYLn-XKBg8?...