A great kick-off to this year’s Rural History Roundtable series @uguelphhist.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social. A fascinating discussion about the Webb farmhouse & #GreenGables #PEI with @alanmaceachern.bsky.social. Next RHRT coming up October 29 on the history of Ontario’s wine industry.

Thrilled to be coordinating the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Rural History Roundtable series with @benbradleyca.bsky.social this year. We’ve got an exciting lineup of speakers who will be touching on some new and exciting areas of rural history research!

Information about the Fall 2025 Rural History Roundtable speaker series will be available soon. In the meantime, Archival and Special Collections items displayed on the main floor of @uofglibrary.bsky.social hint at the topic of the first presentation, which will be on Sept 23rd. #cdnhist #aghist

Such a fun morning with @arrellfoodinst.bsky.social talking about #FoodDayCanada & how we’re preserving Canadian food history at @uofguelph.bsky.social @uguelphhist.bsky.social. Thanks to the attendees for coming out & touring our new Cold War food cultures exhibit in @uofglibrary.bsky.social.

Every student in a Canadian history course who wants to write about Vimy should be forced to read @mike-bechthold.bsky.social thread on myths and realities first! After doing so, I wonder how many would abandon the topic #cdnhist #vimy

The book launch for the new edition of Ontario since Confederation: A Reader is happening tomorrow at Traill College at Trent University, 5:30. Was an honour to have a chapter included in this great collection. Wish I could attend! #cdnhist

#HomanEmpire 🥌🏛️🥇 @teamhoman.bsky.social making a place for themselves in Canadian curling history

Thanks for the shoutout, @nichecanada.bsky.social! #womenshistorymonth

Had a great time chatting with Dr. Sarah Duignan @anthrodish.bsky.social about why historical cookbooks matter when studying Canadian history. Episode on her fantastic #AnthroDish podcast is now available! #cdnhist #foodhist www.anthrodish.com/episodes/

For International Women's Day, we are highlighting the women authors and editors from our past fall and upcoming spring catalogue! ⁠ ⁠ UMP is so proud to publish work by, for, and about women. ⁠ ⁠ #IWD #InternationalWomensDay

I’m going to be at the Bloomingdale library tomorrow night from 6-7pm talking about my book and women’s leisure in late 19th/early 20th C rural/small-town Ontario. Register here: rwlibrary.libnet.info/event/12938705 @umanitobapress.bsky.social

Great @theglobeandmail.com piece about why we need to preserve the community hall in small towns. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

@teamhoman.bsky.social absolutely dominated. Amazing group of athletes. #HomanEmpire 🏛️🥌 #stoh25

Students in my @uguelphhist.bsky.social Food History course had the opportunity to learn from author Jan Feduck about foodways in Atlantic Canada’s history. We even got to nibble on some Scottish oat cakes! #foodhist #cdnhist

It’s always fun to do book talks in the towns I wrote about! I’ll be at the Elora Public Library tonight talking about my book, Pursuing Play, with @umanitobapress.bsky.social wellington.libnet.info/event/12412169 #cdnhist #ruralhist #womenshist

Tonight at 7pm ET, join @rebeccabeau.bsky.social on Zoom for a discussion of PURSUING PLAY, as part of the Huron County Historical Society's speaker series! Non-members are welcome. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Thrilled to finally see my chapter in print! A great collection recently published by University of Toronto Press. #cdnhist #onthist #ruralhist

The little gems you find while doing other research… #cdnhist

Spotted in the wild 👀 #cdnhist

In her review for Ontario Farmer, Marie Carter writes that PURSUING PLAY by @rebeccabeau.bsky.social offers a "fascinating" and "richly illustrated" look into women's lives in "what was once almost exclusively a 'man's world.'" 7c1e077b.flowpaper.c...

@canadashistory.bsky.social has released their 2024 Book & Gift Guide. Thank you for including my new book, Pursuing Play! www.canadashistory.ca/explore/book... #cdnhist

Thank you CBC Radio & Fresh Air for having me on Saturday morning to talk about my new book, Pursuing Play: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #womenshist #ruralhist

One month from today my first book, Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914, will be published by University of Manitoba Press. Beyond excited to see it in print! Available for pre-order now. A short excerpt is on the UMP website: uofmpress.ca/blog/pursuin...

On Tues Apr 2 from 3-5pm my @uguelphhist.bsky.social #foodhist students will launch their new exhibit in honour of Culinary Historians of Canada's 30th anniversary & Taste Canada Hall of Fame awards. Livestream option available. Registration is open: cal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3792914

Really enjoyed writing this piece for the @nichecanada.bsky.social “Winter in Canada” series, organized by @benbradleyca.bsky.social & Blake Butler.