Many great speakers on energy history, including William Gillies talking about his work on DEVCO and federal energy policy. Not to be missed!

Curious about the history of the region where you live, study, and work? Register now for HIST 4342: History of the Atlantic Provinces Since Confederation, taught by @fburrill.bsky.social, Director of UNB's @acsc-unb.bsky.social.

Congratulations to our awesome undergraduate student Sabina Leduc, who has won the Miramichi Historians' Prize in New Brunswick History for her work on the impacts of mill closure on Doaktown, Nackawic, and Juniper, NB. Way to go, Sabina!

Excellent local media coverage of our recent speaker event featuring the Canada Research Chair in Postindustrial Communities, Lachlan MacKinnon.

Nous vous rappelons que la réunion annuelle de la SHC coïncidera avec une journée du Colloque de l’Association d’études du Canada atlantique! La date limite pour soumettre des propositions à ce colloque est le 19 décembre 2025. #CHASHC2026 #histoire #cdnhist #UPEI @acsc-unb.bsky.social

A reminder that the CHA’s annual meeting will overlap with one day of the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference! The deadline to submit proposals to ACS is December 19, 2025. #CHASHC2026 #cdnhist #UPEI @acsc-unb.bsky.social

We spent an excellent weekend with Elders, community members, and scholars thinking about what it means to do engaged research in "Atlantic Canada" from the margins created by settler colonialism and white supremacy. It was grounding, challenging, exciting, and we can't wait for what comes next.

CFP: Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution, July 9-July 12, 2026, UMass-Amherst Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, December 19, 2025

Don't forget about our upcoming lecture next week!

The CFP for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, hosted by UPEI, has been issued. For more information:

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Congratulations to Dr. Gabe Hrynick, a member of our Advisory Board, for being accorded one of UNB's two, prestigious University Research Awards. blogs.unb.ca/research/202...

Join us on Monday Nov 3rd for Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon's talk on industrial crisis in Cape Breton-- a theme highlighted in the film My Bloody Valentine. All are warmly welcome!!

Happy to announce the latest edition of Acadiensis is available: acadiensis.wordpress.com/.../acadiens... If you are working on topics of interest, shoot me an email.

If you're inFredericton on November 3, join us for a spooky public lecture by @deindustrialpol.bsky.social co-investigator Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon, CRC in Post-Industrial Communities at Cape Breton University. "Cinematic Ruin: My Bloody Valentine and Industrial Crisis in Cape Breton, 1979-1990."

Our thoughts and hearts are with the children, but also, here on unsurrendered Wəlastəkwey territory, we re-commit to a community-oriented, anti-colonial intellectual and political project that prioritizes understanding "Atlantic Canada" from the margins and recognizes Indigenous sovereignty.

Acadiensis is proud to announce a special forum on The Marshall Decision @ 25: Honouring the Future of Peace and Friendship Treaties. For more information click: acadiensis.wordpress...

Great @nbmediacoop.bsky.social coverage of our recent event featuring Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey. nbmediacoop.org/2025/09/18/c...

Join us tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Tilley Hall 102 for this important lecture! All welcome!

If you're in Fredericton or environs tomorrow, please come out to hear the brilliant Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey.

Come study the history of deindustrialization at @histstudiesunb.bsky.social with @fburrill.bsky.social and Dr. Peter Thompson, two scholars of Atlantic Canada deeply concerned with the long-term impacts of deindustrialization on the region.

We are extremely excited to be co-hosting Dr. Adjetey with @acsc-unb.bsky.social. If you are planning to attend, please register here (for catering!): www.eventbrite.com/e/counterins...

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Join the UNB Department of Historical Studies and the Atlantic Canada Studies Centre for a lecture with Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey titled “Counterinsurgency and Counter-revolution: Black Power in Postwar North America” Tilley Hall Room 102- UNB Fredericton September 16, 2025 4 p.m.

If you time it right during a Partridge Island Beach tour you can see the bubbling tide and learn the Mi’Kmaq legend of Glooscap Grandmother's cooking pot. This is Fundy Geological Museum’s Regan Maloney.

If you're in Fredericton on Saturday the 14th, join us from 2-4pm at the Fredericton Public Library for "Debt, Development, and Destruction" a conversation between @agentlazero.bsky.social and Heather Millar about their books The Debt of a Nation and Fracking Uncertainty. All are welcome!

Today’s post is a continuation of our Queering Atlantic Canada Series. Jess Wilton explores the life of Erica Rutherford in Prince Edward Island. Read it here: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...

Here is the cover for our forthcoming U of Toronto Press volume, produced by the Industrial Closure working-group of @deindustrialpol.bsky.social . The cover is based on the visual art of Francesca Marconi from Italy. Eleven cross-border chapters, all multi-authored. @deindustrialpol.bsky.social

Today’s #MuseumWeek theme is #AccessibilityMW. The Nova Scotia Museum developed an overarching accessibility plan that will guide us to become more accessible. Each of our 28 sites will use this plan to develop their own plans based on accessibility needs. museum.novascotia.ca/about-nsm/ac...

The ACSC Interim Director @agentlazero.bsky.social under the @ubcpress.bsky.social floral archway at #congressh 2025 with her just released book The Debt of A Nation— in it you'll find a chapter about Epekwitk (PEI) and land theft via globalizing financial markets

Please join us on Sat. June 14th, 2-4pm (Fredericton Public Library) for the launch of two books that feature historical and political analysis of the Atlantic Canada. Dr. Heather Millar and Dr. Angela Tozer @agentlazero.bsky.social will discuss Debt, Development, and Destruction. All are welcome!