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We're grateful for a decade of conversation about early Canadian history, and now we have decided to wrap up Borealia as an active project (after this week's 3-part finale, M, W, F). A few closing thoughts here:
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A Decade of Conversation
It has now been a decade since Borealia was launched, in 2015, with the intention of amplifying scholarship on northern North America before the twentieth century. We hoped it would be a forum wher…
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Keith Grant
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I am hoping to organize a * panel conversation on Teaching the Early Modern * at this year's AMEMG in Moncton--showcasing creative teaching ideas. Please reach out to me with questions or ideas, and pass the word along to colleagues.
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Keith Grant
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We're also excited to announce that Tom Peace
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for the annual meeting of the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group (AMEMG), October 24-25, 2025, in Moncton, NB. Jointly hosted by the Université de Moncton and Crandall University. Propose a paper, poster, or panel! Please help spread the word!
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First of three farewell essays on one of the great blogs of Canadian history. Many thanks to the Borealia editors for their service! And to their three colleagues who are publishing reflections this week on Borealia's achievements
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Thanks to Jerry Bannister for this generous, thoughtful reflection as we wind down Borealia as an active project! 🙏
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"Exceptional Policing: American perspectives on the Cypress Hills Massacre," by
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Exceptional Policing: American perspectives on the Cypress Hills Massacre
Max Hamon Editors’ note: This week marks the final series for Borealia after a decade of online public history and conversation. You can read our thank you remarks here, and will be able to a…
https://earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/09/exceptional-policing-american-perspectives-on-the-cypress-hills-massacre/
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"Exceptional Policing: American perspectives on the Cypress Hills Massacre," by
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Exceptional Policing: American perspectives on the Cypress Hills Massacre
Max Hamon Editors’ note: This week marks the final series for Borealia after a decade of online public history and conversation. You can read our thank you remarks here, and will be able to a…
https://earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/09/exceptional-policing-american-perspectives-on-the-cypress-hills-massacre/
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Always in your writing is the intellectual provocation to recognize the value of doing Canadian history with a touch of truthful humour: "Hume’s observation and Canadian perplexities together translated into [debate and policy that]...we might meaningfully describe as “woke.”" Thanks Elsbeth.
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"Historical scholarship, pluralism, and the possibility of sharing wealth and power," by E.A. Heaman, part of
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Historical scholarship, pluralism, and the possibility of sharing wealth and power
E.A. Heaman Editors’ note: This week marks the final series for Borealia after a decade of online public history and conversation. You can read our thank you remarks here, and will be able to…
https://earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/07/historical-scholarship-pluralism-and-the-possibility-of-sharing-wealth-and-power/
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"Historical scholarship, pluralism, and the possibility of sharing wealth and power," by E.A. Heaman, part of Borealia's final series--speaking to our present political moment.
earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/07/h...
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Historical scholarship, pluralism, and the possibility of sharing wealth and power
E.A. Heaman Editors’ note: This week marks the final series for Borealia after a decade of online public history and conversation. You can read our thank you remarks here, and will be able to…
https://earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/07/historical-scholarship-pluralism-and-the-possibility-of-sharing-wealth-and-power/
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"Historical scholarship, pluralism, and the possibility of sharing wealth and power," by E.A. Heaman, part of Borealia's final series--speaking to our present political moment.
earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/07/h...
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Historical scholarship, pluralism, and the possibility of sharing wealth and power
E.A. Heaman Editors’ note: This week marks the final series for Borealia after a decade of online public history and conversation. You can read our thank you remarks here, and will be able to…
https://earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/07/historical-scholarship-pluralism-and-the-possibility-of-sharing-wealth-and-power/
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We're grateful for a decade of conversation about early Canadian history, and now we have decided to wrap up Borealia as an active project (after this week's 3-part finale, M, W, F). A few closing thoughts here:
earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/06/a...
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A Decade of Conversation
It has now been a decade since Borealia was launched, in 2015, with the intention of amplifying scholarship on northern North America before the twentieth century. We hoped it would be a forum wher…
https://earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/06/a-decade-of-conversation/
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Borealia is on Sabbatical This Year! We're taking some time to rest and reflect, but in the meantime, please keep reading and sharing the back-catalogue! Much gratitude to our community of readers and contributors. 🙏
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Borealia on Sabbatical This Year
It has now been almost a decade since Borealia was launched with the intention of amplifying scholarship on northern North America before the twentieth century. We hoped it would be a forum where h…
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"Historians are thinking about AI, that much is clear, but they are not necessarily of one mind."
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on "Flattened History" -- Part of the The Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online project, cross-posted at Borealia
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Flattened History
Mack Penner This post is the first in a series of essays derived from The Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online workshop which was held in late August 2024 at Huron College, Lo…
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