Cancer Haunts Neighbors of the Canadian #oilsands. New article from the @NewYorkTimes detailing why all Canadians should be concerned about what's happening to communities in northern Alberta. #ableg #cdnpoli #tarsands #ymm #ypy #fortchip #FortMcKay www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...

"I hope you have your bags packed. Because when this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border." I'll walk with you, Chief. #ABPoli #ABleg

Excited to announce the next series of shows for #CochraneAB House Concerts. If you love live music, and you're in the #yyc region. Check it out! #yycmusic #livemusic #houseconcert www.facebook.com/CochraneHouseConcerts

My colleague Felice Physoic's latest concerning how Environmental Historians might consider using #oilsands Environmental Impact Assessments as a source. #cdnhist #envirohist #ymm envhistnow.com/2026/01/15/t...

As is tradition, we begin this year with a look back at our top five most-read articles of the past year. 2025's list includes pieces by Nolan Reynolds, @glenniceton.bsky.social, @lootina.bsky.social, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & Jackson Pind niche-canada.org/2026/01/06/t... #envhist #cdnhist

Thank you to all the readers! #cdnhist #envirohist

Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social calls PUTTING DOWN ROOTS by Cheryl Troupe "essential reading" in his review published on @hnetreviews.bsky.social! Read the review here: www.h-net.org/review...

Check out @peterfortna.bsky.social's review of Cheryl Troupe's "Putting Down Roots: Metis Agency, Land Use, Women's Food Labour in a Qu'Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community," published in 2025 by @umanitobapress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

Can you help push us over $12,000? Only a few more days left in our annual fundraising campaign and we are still far from our goal. We are not institutionally funded. We rely entirely on supporters and do good work with a very small budget!! fundrazr.com/niche2025?re... #envhist #envhum #cdnhist

It’s my book’s half-birthday today! To celebrate, I’d like to mail one of you a free signed copy. Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd. Please reskeet! #cdnhist #envhist www.ubcpress.ca/a-cold-colon...

Hey #CochraneAB! We've got a #houseconcert coming up next Friday with Quote the Raven from Newfoundland! If you're interested in the details check out the link below or send me a DM. #livemusic #houseconcert #yyc #yycmusic

A cool project I've had the pleasure of assisting with near the #Métis community of Conklin, Alberta in the heart of the #oilsands. share.google/e5zSO93rvG26... #ymm

job Researcher – Willow Springs Strategic Solutions The Researcher will work closely with owners and staff to coordinate research on a number of projects with Indigenous clients. DL: Oct 31 csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @peterfortna.bsky.social

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights? An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote. I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

When is our #ableg Premier going to start talking about protecting Canadian #oilsands workers and less about pie in the sky pipelines "North, South, East and West" that will only benefit shareholders, not workers. #ymm #yyc boereport.com/2025/10/23/c...

job-Researcher Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science & environmental research company that works with & for Indigenous communities in AB & elsewhere in Canada DL 10/31 csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @peterfortna.bsky.social

job Researcher – Willow Springs Strategic Solutions Deadline for applications is October 31, 2025. csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

job - Researcher Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science & environmental research company that works with & for Indigenous communities in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada. csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @peterfortna.bsky.social

rivileged to be able to attend Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's Decolonizing Land and Water Summit, facilitating conversation with ACFN Knowledge Holders Alice Rigney and Jimmy Deranger about the book: Remembering Our Relations: Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park.

Part 2 of my #cdnhist thread on why it's bad history (and otherwise problematic) to say "“In the 1950s, high incomes were taxed at 90%, and government had abundant revenue. Our top rates are too low now. Raise them. Problem solved.” Here's a link to part 1 bsky.app/profile/stil... #cdnhist

I guess it's a good thing that Canada's billionaires are racing to buy the HBC Charter to share with the great unwashed. Perhaps, with their newfound love of #cdnhist, they can now donate $ to provincial and national archives to make our history available to all. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Excited to be with our friends the Fort McKay #Métis Nation at their Metis Days celebration. Sharing copies of the recently completed book. If you can't make it down, remember you can buy or download your own copy from the @ucalgarypress.bsky.social here: press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #cdnhist

Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...

It was MINING & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE week in my Canadian #envhist seminar today. Below is a short thread about what we read and watched ⛏️⚖️🧵

We have a roundup of the last 4 conversations of Season 5 of NiCHE Conversations w/ @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social Find convos w/ Crystal Gail Fraser, @jdunkin.bsky.social, @ramya.bsky.social, Parineeta Dandekar, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & @arnkeeling.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/01/n...

Pleased to have provided evidence in the Wayne Cunningham v Sucker Creek First Nation 150A, 2025 FC 1174 which upheld the First Nation's Customary Election Regulation. decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisi...

Our NiCHE Conversation with @peterfortna.bsky.social is now available on YouTube! Fortna joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss the impact of the oil sand industry on the Athabasca River, forcing downstream communities to adapt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx7S... #envhist #cdnhist #oilsands

Isn't it funny how #oilsands corporations are rewarded by the investing class. The #ableg really needs to reconsider their benefit as they nationalize and defer billions of dollars of environmental, social, and Indigenous liabilities. share.google/KwC6gRKDYWVo...

MA student Maegan Ellis's book review of "The Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History" was published in @activehist.bsky.social today: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/07... #cdnhist

A kind review of #FortMcKay #Metis Nation: A Community History by Maegan Ellis on @ActiveHist.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is hosting a summit on Decolonizing Land and Water next fall. Check it out! acfn.com/decolonizing... #landback #decolonization #landback #decolonization

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is hosting a summit on Decolonizing Land and Water next fall. Check it out! acfn.com/decolonizing... #landback #decolonization

Live today over on Instagram! Hope to chat with you there!

Question for the #cdnhist universe. I've got a manuscript that's an awkward length (25,000-30,000 words). I know the practical thing would be to either lengthen or shorten the ms, but I'm curious if anyone has experience publishing a short book? And if so where? Feel free to respond or send me a DM

This conversation will be based on @peterfortna.bsky.social's article, "The Athabasca River, Indigenous Knowledge, and Adapting to Danger" - niche-canada.org/2025/04/17/t... #envhist #cdnhist #oilsands #indigenous

If you’re looking for a comprehensive deep dive on the developing Airdrie Urgent Care scandal… This is that article! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli discoverairdrie.com/articles/air...

Seeing Brian Jean post on X today reminded me how Fort McMurray's growth literally took place on Indigenous land that displaced local Indigenous people like Eva Cree and her four children. 1/3 #ableg #ymm #landback

Thanks for reading!

Thanks for reading! #cdnhist #envirohist #ymm

Good overview of the ways in which Indigenous people downstream of oilsand tailings ponds that spill into the Athabasca River have been overlooked and badly treated.

Ford government has underestimated resolve of First Nations with Bill 5: NDP MPP | Fraser Needham

And if Poilievre had won, this would probably be flipped. The Canadian electorate seeks balance, and when a Liberal is in power federally, the likelihood of a Conservative being in power provincially goes up exponentially.

Here is the @activehist.bsky.social link to @theseangraham.bsky.social's "What is Old is News" pod where I'm interviewed about Fort McKay #Métis Nation: A Community History. Purchase or download (#openaccess) the book from @ucalgarypress.bsky.social to learn more about #oilsands #tarsands #ymm

The episode is available @activehist.bsky.social and wherever you get your pods activehistory.ca/blog/2025/05...

Thank you to @theseangraham.bsky.social from @activehist.bsky.social's podcast What's Old is News for featuring the Fort McKay #Métis Nation book. You can download the podcast from the link below! rss.com/podcasts/wha... #oilsands #ymm

SCOOP: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's fmr chief of staff lived in a home owned by a sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings w Alberta Health Services are subject to multiple investigations. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

Kinda telling that #Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt still doesn't have a cabinet post, despite being one of the longest-serving MLAs in the UCP caucus. She was recently passed over for the post of Speaker, too, despite serving as Deputy Speaker for years. Ouch. #ableg

In January 1992, the Coca-Cola plant in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador closed its doors. The residents of the province never forgot this. They boycotted Coke and supported a local plant that produced Pepsi. This is how Newfoundland became "Pepsi Country". 🧵1/8

“...what I see from this book is it's not just telling the story, but it can also be a how-to for other communities who are choosing to go down their own path, because it's not an easy road to go down. But once you begin down that path, you can find success.” #Indigenous #Métis #book