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

#NEW: Former Alberta UCP infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie has accused the husband of Premier Danielle Smith of working as an unregistered lobbyist, which allegedly included an attempt to meet with Guthrie about a major rail link between Calgary and Banff. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports.

There is an ethics crisis in the Alberta government.

‘We want to see our young people rise’: At 25 years old, Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation Chief Tréchelle Bunn is the youngest chief and first female chief in her community. She tells Face to Face that no matter the dream, there are Indigenous role models: youtu.be/ObckgIhMvQE

Mikisew Cree First Nation wins court case against Jeffrey Rath at the Alberta Court of Appeal. #ableg @thebreakdownab.bsky.social

A heartbreaking letter from Metis Community Development officer George Sanderson in Fort McMurray asking what would happen to 75 "apprehended children" from Fort McMurray and area (including Fort Chipewyan, Fort McKay, Anzac, Janvier). #60scoop #ymm #oilsands

The Fairer Deal Panel. #ableg

Huge gratitude to Keyano Theatre Fort McMurray for presenting our On The River Video Ballad, the audience, our guest panelists, family members of Chief McDonald-Hyde. So honoured to perform this show inspired by life/legacy of Chief McDonald-Hyde (Fort McKay FN)!

There can be no reconciliation without truth. We know that Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people face extraordinary violence, and we must do everything in our power to address that. On Red Dress Day, Alberta's New Democrats honour that commitment and continue the work.

A little op-ed I wrote to honour Janice 'Jazzy' Desjarlais. One of the many missing Indigenous women who never had their prayers answered. #mmiw #ymm #oilsands #redskirtday www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/news/fortna-...

New Publication - The Canadian State edited by Heather Whiteside and Stephen McBride csn-rec.ca/news/77830-n... @fernpub.bsky.social

We have a fun summer of #houseconcerts planned for the summer in #CochraneAB starting on Sunday with the Janzen Boys! Feel free to send me a message if you're interested in learning more!

The same minister just tabled a bill to push more dark money into Alberta elections. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

#Photography essay - "the Badlands" These lands are not for sale. Explore these sacred places thru the lens of #indigenous #artist #MDjaouhar #MDjaouharphotography at: mdjaouhar.smugmug.com/The-Badlands #art #landback

I wonder how many elected PQ, NDP, Green & even Conservative members are considering their career options for the next 4 years. 3 seats short of a majority is not very many. #cdnpoli #cdnelxn

New Publication Remembering Our Relations: Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation with Sabina Trimble and Peter Fortna csn-rec.ca/news/77708-n... @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @peterfortna.bsky.social

Any music lovers out there in and around #yyc? The Jenzen Boys are playing a house show in #CochraneAB next Sunday. Details are at www.facebook.com/CochraneHouseConcerts (or DM me if you're not a Facebooker). #livemusic #houseconcert #yycmusic

A tremendously important column from Alberta’s now-former Chief Medical Officer. This is exactly the kind of clear, authoritative public health information Albertans need and deserve. #measles #vaccine #abhealth #abpoli #ableg #Alberta

The #UCP are planning to wipe out caribou habitat in the province. #ableg #abpoli #FiretheUCP