Research done over the holidays - a timeline for the Montreal Caledonian and Highland Games. Enjoy! gilliandr.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/m...

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

As Canadians, I think it is our civic and collective duty for our 2026 New Year's resolution to simply be striking far more fear into the hearts of the politicians we elected than we currently do when they do stupid shit

Three ghosts take Pierre Poilievre on spiritual journey through time to no effect

If your town isn't on my appearance schedule, that is not me snubbing your town — that's your local comic con not inviting me to appear. As a ticket-buying local, you have so much more influence than I do over your local show's guest list — tell the show that you'll buy a ticket if I'm a guest.

Have a great boxing day!

May everyone have the Christmas they need. Have a great day.

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

Just thinking about if Harper tried to do this….

I would like someone to do a new edition of the emperor's new clothes, with appropriately recognizable illustrations.

This judge's chair is just 1/18,500 objects possibly auctioned off due to #haltonregion's closure of #Heritage Services. Advocates will speak out at the council meeting Dec 10 @930am. No public input has been sought. So much for government transparency. Watch live tinyurl.com/yeyux75x

Now that the hard part’s done, it’s time to lock in that early-bird conference registration price before December 31st and make your reservation at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis! Conference Registration: sites.google.com/view/2026pca... Book Hotel: sites.google.com/view/2026pca...

The PCA Endowment offers travel grants to graduate students, faculty at all levels, international scholars, and independent researchers. Don’t miss your chance—check the requirements and apply today! pcaaca.org/page/travelg... #PCA2026

Today is the deadline for submissions for PCA 2026 - which I call deluge day. CFP for Science Fiction Fantasy is here: pcasff.wordpress.com/national-con... CFP for joint session SFF and Vampires is here: pcasff.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/c... @pcaaca.bsky.social

From the vaults: Franklin publisher Kids Can Press was once owned by the Nelvana animation studio, who I wrote about earlier this fall for Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca (For a seasonal tie-in, this piece also talks about the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special) www.torontotoday.ca/local/histor...

The CFP is available in both French and English right here on our website : startrekparis2026.wordpress.com/appel-a-comm...

Societies that thrive keep, maintain, & draw upon vibrant libraries and archives.

Happy St Andrew's Day!

-> @nichecanada.bsky.social has published 257 posts in 2025 alone. A the vast majority of those posts are full-length blog posts, articles really. Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate? We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re... #envhist #envhum

My book Where We Stand, Where We fall is now up for pre-order. It's about the politics of Doctor Who, the themes the show keeps returning to over sixty years. I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...

The deadline for submissions for the 2026 PCA national conference has been extended to December 5th!

Thank you to @erinbartram.bsky.social for the idea as a public scholarly companion to Contingent's end of year list of publications from non-tenure track historians. Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!

“This prize … will be awarded to the book that offers the best exploration of Canadian history that, in the view of the Wilson Institute, succeeds in making Canadian historical scholarship accessible to a wide and transnational audience.” Deadline: January 15, 2026. #cdnhist #prize

Heartily sick of all this advertising for Black Friday - which is not just Friday, but the whole GD month of November. Why don't you call this pre-Christmas sale period something else, which doesn't reference an American holiday, and reflects the actual period of time the sale takes place?

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...