And that's why you can't have ink in the reading room! Historic damage to a 1647 pamphlet on infant baptism by John Cotton #readers

The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies hosts a public lecture Nov. 21, 12-2 pm. Dr. Don Nerbas, McGill's @csschair.bsky.social, will present "Networks of Power: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Coal in 19th-Century Cape Breton". Join in person at MN 219 or by Zoom: loom.ly/uG1ENho

Only 13 days left! The deadline for the 2026 PCA National Conference is November 30th. Submit your proposals today and plan for a fun and exciting conference in Atlanta the 8-11th of April, 2026. The Science Fiction Fantasy Area call for papers is here: pcasff.wordpress.com/national-con...

Stunning. Archives are everything.

pcaaca.org/members/grou... #PCA2026 #popularculture #academia

Got plans this Saturday? Ho ho hold up, you should check out 'Tis the Season: Christmas in Pop Culture, 1900-2000, a virtual conference feat a keynote from @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social, a closing panel moderated by @lizwfab.bsky.social, & much more! 🗃️ scmainweb.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/resour...

Made an ATIP request for military records in 2022, just heard back - they said the file was already open. My Michael Joseph O'Sullivan was 1892-1952, the open file was for a man with the same name 1918-1942. Now it looks like I have to start over again.

WAC wrong-headedness (that's the BBC Written Archives Centre) I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...

The Science Fiction Fantasy Area of the PCA offer Best Paper Awards to students, and to faculty/independent scholars. The Student award includes a cash prize. More information can be found here: pcasff.wordpress.com/paper-awards/

The Science Fiction Fantasy area of PCA offers "Early Faculty/Independent Scholar" awards to assist with travel costs to the annual PCA conference: pcasff.wordpress.com/early-facult...

In today’s post, Matthew Hurst explores Hong Kong’s colonial history and ongoing challenges accessing archives. This post is written in conversation with two previous posts by June Chow.

Got this intriguing offer in my email today. Translate my books into Urdu to help spread the gospel.... And really it would be great to see my books on Doctor Who distributed - the gospel of Who - wait another book idea!

Asking the interesting questions - who presented Aunt Madge to the Governor General? gilliandr.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/t...

Seen at a local thrift store - Don Mazankowski souvenir plate...

The committee clerk email is [email protected] Messages there will be translated and circulated to the full committee.

Don't make me tap the sign.

Montreal in 1884 - intriguing....

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Tim Cook. One of Canada's best historians, his books were fantastic. He was nice enough to give me a tour of the Canadian War Museum where he was the chief historian. A truly great Canadian.

The fact that a historical and important part of the White House is being destroyed to created a golden payola ballroom for the ego needs of the President to entertain his millionaire and billionaire friends is the cherry on top of the disaster in the US. 2/

The destruction of the White House's East Wing is a perfect metaphor for the transformation of the US government since January this year. 1/

A reminder that we're collecting books, chapters, and journal articles by non-TT historians for publication in our year-end lists. Anything with a 2025 pub date is eligible and you can submit for your friends/colleagues! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

From a history of Richmond ON I got at a thrift store, a bio of a prominent resident - prominent because he was on the 6th season of Canada's worst driver. Face-palm.

A webinar on archival description using the Canadian content standard RAD is now available on YouTube. I presented this webinar along with my colleague, Jannah Toms. #archives #library 📚 youtu.be/uYmSCQ67-Pk?...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

When undead worlds collide!

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Group Sues to Stop Closure of the Iowa State Historical Society Library and Archives Facility in Iowa City (via Radio Iowa) www.radioiowa.com/2025/10/06/g... More Here (via @iowacapitaldispatch.com) iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/10/02/l... #libraries #archives

Cara Tremain discusses the future of Canadian museums and the need for continued support and policy change.

Running our first quarterly workshop in the History Explorers Club today. As members in our first cohort are working on independent research projects, Nadine Zimmerli has joined us and is taking us through the world of History publishing. www.historyexplorers.club

There are so many talented actors out in this world, some famous, some waiting for that break. I don't understand the need to create an "AI" actor when there are so many waiting for that chance. I don't want to see a computer talk, I want to see an actor perform.

They need names - both are in the Montreal Tartan, the bear with a QC tartan bow and Cdn tartan heart; the bunny with a Cdn tartan bow and QC tartan heart. All polite suggestions entertained. Will be up for sale at the St Andrew's Ball charity silent auction in November

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Roger believes there are many more ceramic pieces like these in antique shops or personal collections. We welcome anyone with similar pieces to contact us. Work like this is helping to fill in a huge blank spot in the history of Residential Schools. museum.novascotia.ca/blog/residen...

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Today @nulybranch.bsky.social introduce a new series in "Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories." niche-canada.org/2025/09/26/a... #envhist #archives

We need new professional models that don’t assume stable salaries, institutional subsidies, or invisible labor. If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/

The Students and Early Career Special Interest Section is excited to be hosting their first event, "KASAYSAYAN, KARAPATAN, AT KALAYAAN: RECORDKEEPING & HUMAN RIGHTS," in partnership with the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP). archivists.ca/event-6337215.

Just deleted my academia dot edu account. Why should this kind of thing belong to a private company, why should they be able to monetize my information, likeness, etc? How do they get away with using .edu? The academics in the academic market should be making the money, not the spongers.

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Reading the obituaries for Robert Redford, and how so many are calling him a decent human being. Which is great, but so sad that it has to be made a point. Wouldn't it be wonderful if more could be called decent human beings?

Victorianists - a little bit of silly joy in all the gloom: take a moment today to vote for this gorgeous Lego set idea of the Great Exhibition so we can all get it for Christmas! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Sunflowers finally in bloom!

Sunday research fun - gilliandr.wordpress.com/2025/09/14/s... if anyone has more information I can add to my list, please contact me :) #canadianhistory #scottishidentity #standrewssociety

Perfect

A small painting I made last night.