Issue 54, 2 of the journal has been launched. For more details, click here:

Our newest digital venture has now gone live, just in time for day 1 of the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference. Please check out episode one of the Acadiensis Podcast, featuring Mt. A.'s Andrew Nurse. acadiensis.wordpress...

Sophie Lavoie, @nbmediacoop.bsky.social has done some fantastic coverage of our events: See her article on Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters' talk, "'She Didn't Leave Anybody Out': Rita Smith, Mi'kmaw Family, and the Coming Together of Glooscap First Nation." nbmediacoop.org/2026/04/30/m...

We're extremely grateful to have hosted the brilliant Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters last Friday. It was a full house at the NB Sports Hall of Fame, where - in a lovely coincidence - Mercedes' dad Jason Peters is honoured for his contributions to Indigenous sports!

This is tonight! We really hope you can make it!

All are warmly invited to a public lecture by Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters. Friday, April 10th, 5-7pm. NB Sports Hall of Fame, Fredericton. There will be talk about the history of Glooscap First Nation, treaties, Mi'kmaw governance, and more!

We would like to extend very warm congratulations to our Board member Joanne Owuor, who has been awarded the prestigious New Brunswick VIVE Award in the category of "Community Champion." www.gnb.ca/en/news/n-b....

If you're in Fredericton next Monday, March 16th, don't miss the screening of Julien Cadieux's important new documentary, "Les mains du monde," looking at the lives, aspirations, and struggles of migrant workers in Acadian New Brunswick.

"Debt of a Nation," the remarkable first book of our affiliate @agentlazero.bsky.social, has been nominated for the prestigious Wilson Book Prize. A fantastic accomplishment! wilson.humanities.mcmaster.ca/news/2025-wi...

Excellent @nbmediacoop.bsky.social coverage of our recent event with Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, co-organized with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. nbmediacoop.org/2026/02/23/o...

We are still buzzing from yesterday's visit of Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski from Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, who gave a brilliant workshop on deep listening in oral history & a fascinating talk on her research on children's experience of wartime Atlantic Canada.

Our Advisory Board member @agentlazero.bsky.social reminds CBC NB that anti-colonial politics isn't just about reorganizing the deck chairs on the Titanic: it's the whole, continuing structure that has to be changed. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The University of Prince Edward Island is hiring a historian in Atlantic Canadian history! Details below… www.upei.ca/hr/competiti...

Talk Feb 19 Bitter Tales: Remembering Wartime Childhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1939 www.eventbrite.com/e/bitter-tal... @acsc-unb.bsky.social

2025-2026 has been a very active year for us. Take a look, and consider applying to become an affiliate of our centre!

The call for the New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award, administered by the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick (JNBS/RÉNB), has been issued. Please check the link for more info: acadiensis.wordpress....

Join us on Thursday, February 19th for a public talk by Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, of Concordia University. Dr. Lorenzkowski will be lecturing on her oral history research about children's experiences of wartime in Atlantic Canada, focusing on two Hfx case studies. www.eventbrite.ca/e/bitter-tal...

Learn more with a visit to the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. Explore the story of the world’s largest free African population outside of Africa, in the late 18th century in Nova Scotia. blackloyalist.novascotia.ca

While this was a landmark event, the presence of the large American slave ship you see in the painting’s foreground is a potent reminder that the campaign against the slave trade was far from over.

On January 15, 1792, 1196 Black Loyalists, including the notable leaders David George, Boston King, and Moses Wilkinson, left Halifax in 15 ships, for Sierra Leone.

It's going to be a great lecture, all are warmly welcome!!

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...

Save the date!!

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...