Welcoming the first #sunrise of #2026 with a ski in my “backyard.” One of the wonderful things about the #ForestCity is the ability to x-country ski from my front steps. #HappyNewYear from #ldnont!

So glad to see Beth Hundey on this list. She was an amazing colleague, with a passion for this planet & its people. She was one of several folks in #ldnont taken too soon in 2025.

We did the #NYD #PolarBearDip for this week’s #HiddenHistory of #swont but I don’t have the link, so… here’s the one we did last year about Guy Lombardo: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #NYE2025 Wishing you all an enjoyable & safe transition into 2026!

Very glad to see @raffic.bsky.social has received our country’s highest honour. Few Canadians have done more to remind us that our future lies with our children. We should use this as an opportunity to further our understanding of what it means to be a society focused on #ChildHonouring. #cdnpoli

#Shhheeeeeeiiiiittt! What a loss. I loved his recent performance in The Residence & - of course - also in The Wire. May Isiah Whitlock Rest in Peace.

I tend to agree. Historians have been in the crosshairs of the culture wars since the early 1990s. Few of us actually stood up to defend ourselves &, on the whole, we did little to champion the importance of our work (& it is important) while society increasingly came to see our work as irrelevant.

“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath

The easiest way to improve air quality, climate change, & your quality of life is to get out of our cars… it’s also good for local businesses. #DriveSmallOrNotAtAll

Few places evoke #Christmas like the #DepartmentStore. Today, Matt & I talked about a few of the iconic stores in #ChathamON, #WindsorON, & #ldnont, for this week’s #HiddenHistory of #swont. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cbc #cdnhist

A new Xmas classic! youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...

Hate seems to be thriving. It is important to read this piece to understand what is foot in Canada & work against people who can’t see the humanity in their neighbour. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli

If anyone out there wants to explore this avalanche database and write a blog post about it! Let us know! Our Guidelines for Contributors: niche-canada.org/guidelines-f... #envhist #cdnhist

And he’s tree-spreading too

Keeping with the #Holiday theme, this week as #CBC starts #MakeTheSeason kind, Josiah & I talked about the history of #FoodDrives & #FoodBanks for today’s #HiddenHistory of #swont - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

This is such a good idea, especially for walkers & cyclists, who also take the bus when the weather goes south.

It was there before. It resembles a lot of corporate managerial behaviour. It is increasingly common in our own politics, especially #onpoli. If we want change, we should start in our own house & clean up toxic management cultures & its manifestation in government & politics. #cdnpoli

Business “ethics.” #onpoli #cdnpoli

And this while record numbers of Ontarians are using the food bank, while our public institutions are crumbling, and while we are in the midst of the opioid crisis, with downtowns across the province flooded with the homeless, mentally ill, and those struggling with addiction. #DougieDoesn’tCare

It’s behind a paywall, but the headline points to the reality that many people are being priced out of car ownership. The solution is massive & renewed investment in public transit, especially intercity, that is affordable & reliable. #cdnpoli #onpoli

Privileging the accumulation of wealth (in fewer & fewer hands, it seems) leads to bad places, if you ignore the checks and balances that ensure our collective health & well-being. #onpoli is plagued with shortcuts & easy answers, in the name of “low taxes”, that are leaving us all worse off.

Matt and I talked #ChristmasLights for today’s #HiddenHistory of #SWONT, but perhaps we should have talked about this, & #JohnBrown’s fundraising tour in 1858. Here’s the link to today’s HHSWont: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

I forgot about the text messaging and voice mail. I do a fair amount of planned giving & I give broadly rather than focused- intensely (b/c if we all do a little bit, it is holistically better). I am not a fan of this approach to philanthropy. #GivingTuesday #LeaveMeAlone

It’s #GivingTuesday, the day where every organization you’ve ever donated to (increasingly many for-profit corporations, ugh!), digs up your contact information & bombards you with #SPAM, regardless of whether or not you left their lists years ago.

A real testament to the power & importance of the arts, & why we need to lead lives with diverse interests & passions. #Theatre & #literature help us think differently.

"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls." time.com/7335723/auto...

#cdnhist and #envhist worth reading!!!!

The group think of #defeatism on the #ClimateCrisis is shocking. We can live in a better world, but we need to elect leaders that make it a priority to build a healthy world for our children. Ending the cult of leadership & empowering local politicians is the place to start. #cdnpoli

40 years ago, the founders of #publichistory @ Western prioritized hands-on real-world community projects as the core of our training. On #GivingTuesday help us protect these key elements of our curriculum from budget cuts. #ldnont #CEL www.westernconnect.ca/site/SPageNa...

Societies that thrive keep, maintain, & draw upon vibrant libraries and archives.

Drove downtown #Toronto for the first time in a while. The logical choice should be to take the bus or train. Sadly, they charge more than most ppl can afford. #VIArail is 9-10x more for a family of 4. The bus is similar. #MarketPricing must end. Set prices that compete with driving. #cdnpoli

Starting off the Holiday Season on the right foot with some live music! #Muppets #ChristmasCarol

“I don’t believe in micromanaging… [except for municipalities & conservation authorities].” This Skill Development Fund should be shut down & redirected to college’s & universities [which are ALSO increasingly micromanaged!] #onpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpse #corruption

This is a rule we abandoned broadly in the 1990s, along with many other basic human principles. Our world is worse off because we do not set policies in place with an eye to protecting our children, their children, and their children.

This is important reading for #cdnhist, where narrow right wing interests continue to dismiss the work of historians rather than engage on its merits. It is a playbook that has been used since the 1990s. #cdnpoli

Matt & I talked railways this week for our #HiddenHistory of #swont. The #GrandTrunkRailway was opened in November 1859 & built by Casimir Gzowski, Peter Gzowski’s great-great-grandfather. Sarnia-Toronto took 7 hrs & cost $5. #cdnhist #ldnont - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

@peggyblair.bsky.social has written an excellent reflection on what has happened, and should still happen, with #ThomasKing. #CanLit #cdnpoli #cdnhist

We need to wake up #ldnont. Our city has a deep & continuous history of cultivating hate. Thankfully, we also have a strong history of fighting it too. We need our leaders to speak out against this, & employers to root out the people propagating it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli #cdnpoli

Wow! #ThisAmazingPlanet!

We need to all take responsibility. We can do this by making lifestyle changes & pushing government to build better transit & investing in green energy. Your EV SUV is part of the problem, not the solution, though. Automakers need to start leading. #DriveSmallOrNotAtAll #ClimateEmergency

Everyone in uniform should be practicing this. People in authority must be identifiable & act responsibly.

Replace phone with both intercity transportation and electricity and we will be heading to a fairer Canada. The privatization of public utilities that began in the 1980s/1990s has made Canada a harder country in which to live. #cdnpoli #cdnhist

There was no more powerful testament to the Acadian Deportation than this Oak Tree, which is now long gone. As it died and stood at Horton Landing, it told the story of the #GrandDerangement better than any history book or plaque. Alex Colville captured this so well in 1956.

Happening at Museum #ldnont in 20 minutes. There is quite the spread of food. You should come if you are looking for g for a fun evening!

Talking #gis today @westernu.ca #GISDays. The Huron Community History Centre is tabling with our partner Defining Moments Canada. #cdnhist

Your choice to drive large is a major contributor to our planet’s destruction & completely unnecessary. Also, you are just giving automanufacturers extra profit. #DriveSmallOrNotAtAll.

Substantive & rapid change is now necessary because we dragged our feet. Instead of resource development, governments in Canada need to focus on emissions reduction: growth in renewables, electrification, public transportation. Don’t let our kids pay the price for our laziness. #climatechange.

Yes. I find #onpoli finances baffling. We pay less proportionally than any other province for most services (way less for #pse & #healthcare) & yet run higher deficits & debt load than many. Where does the money go?

SUV’s are not meeting the market. We LOVE our station wagon (the discontinued #PriusV) but there is nothing comparable on the market. We either need to buy a truck to have similar space needs or go with a sedan. The RAV4 hybrid, which replaced the Prius V, is less fuel efficient & has less space.

Shocked & disappointed that CFPL in #ldnont is playing the NFL rather than Grey Cup, which is (of course!) paywalled.