New Comment: "So many scholars have drawn from the Berger Inquiry, many of them northern people like Dr. Cynthia Chambers and Patrick Scott. Then there is the wonderful graphic novel Paying the Land by Joe Sacco. And of course, the Inquiry spawned..." - LM Little niche-canada.org/2025/07/01/w...

I’m honored to receive this recognition from the Network in Canadian History and Environment 📚 My article on the Natural History Society of BC’s 1913 attempt to establish a seabird sanctuary on WSANEC territory can be read in Canadian Historical Review. (Spoiler: They failed.)

Red River cart (Batoche, SK)

Thank you to Yellowhead Institute for hosting this important discussion about what's at stake in the upcoming election 🔥 April 15!

When in doubt, get crafty.

"Slobodian describes the Conservative position this way: 'We’re going to have to break some laws, hurt some people, violate some rights.' And she describes the Liberal position: 'Why can’t we do this in a way that we uphold law? How much can we get and feel morally OK with what we’ve done'?"

Meanwhile in Canada: Watching this once massive co-enterprise of empire & commerce go out with a whimper… HBC (1670-2025)

Hey we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe

My latest upcycled Métis bead/painting project: A gift for my uncle Chris Cook, ‘Namgis hereditary chief and lifelong fisherman.

Stumps of Salt Spring Island (Hul'qumi'num & SENĆOŦEN Territory).

February 14 is also Captain Cook FAFO Day 🌹

It is so gratifying to see my research liberated from the paywalled world of academic journals. Thank you @thetyee.ca

There’s something unimaginably bleak about the world’s richest man unilaterally deciding to stop food aid and medicine going to the world’s poor ‘to save money’

I remember hearing about this police raid on a tiny Kansas newspaper. Man, the details are far more alarming than I realized! Most shocking: All the authorities involved are still in their positions. thisiscriminal.com/episode-302-...

In which Ralph Fiennes acts out the verified transcript of an MI6 agent admitting that he coordinated the overthrow of Iran’s last democratically elected government. In 1953.

Historic canned fish brands with surprisingly lively graphic design.

Canal City Hakata in Fukuoka, Japan. Designed by Jon Jerde (Opened 1996).

An utterly damning and horrific image.

I published two papers this year. One in BC Studies; the other in Canadian Historical Review. One is about the illegal sale of Senak’w in Vancouver; the other is about birds, conservation, and Indigenous consent. Find them here:

Introducing… Dr. Mayana Slobodian. With my supervisor, Dr. Mariana Valverde. #sociolegalstudies

Read here: ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bc...