For those interested in photo history, attached is a CFP for a study day on the history photomechanical images in Italy. Proposals are due by the May 22 to [email protected] & [email protected] The study day will be held at the University of Urbino on October 1st.

Today on our blog we look at all the great new books coming from DUP this month, including "Inventing Nadar" by @emilygdoucet.bsky.social. See them all: buff.ly/cb6xrFO

From Marginalization to Visibility: 2SLGBTQ+ Archives and Public Memory is a queer and trans history and archives hybrid conference takes place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 15-17, 2026. Presentations are in both English and French. https://arquives.ca/fmv2026/

Because why bother to leave something as important as making an immigration decision for someone to human beings when you can ask an AI to summarise it wrongly for you? its not as if it would negatively impact people already privileged by their citizenship, race, class status, amirite. Bravo, Canada

Deadline: April 10, 2026. #cdnhist

Photography Ethics Symposium, Queens University Belfast, June 3-4 2026 Program and registration here; docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On the impact of federal government cuts to institutions linked to heritage research and preservation for Indigenous scholars and communities, please read the excellent Mary Jane Logan McCallum: shekonneechie.ca.

@nichecanada.bsky.social has just published my "5 minute read" about the reduction/closure of #ParksCanada library services. Take a look. #envhist #cdnhist niche-canada.org/2026/03/16/i...

In honor of Habermas, a meme I made

“This project is about this moment that we're in when we can't know if we're looking at an image, if it originated in three dimensional space or was synthetically created, and what is the effect of that on our relationship to information, to reality, to truth, to the world at large.”

Hey #envhist! Parks Canada is ending its library services+ “decommissioning” its collection. We stand to lose a valuable set of materials that reveal if and how the Agency fulfilled its mandate (or didn’t). Read more here+write the Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/10/c...

Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Canadian History Department of History at Queen's University Applications should be received by 1 May 2026. csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

Job posting for a Development Officer at @arquives.ca, one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. Hours: 37.5h/week Salary: $60 000/year + health benefits Deadline: 29 March Start date: 27 April More info: arquives.ca/job-posting-... 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈🗃️ (please reshare!)

Upcoming conference: “Sensation: The Sounds, Visions, and Words of David Bowie. Bowie is one of the most influential and visible artists in the history of popular culture. Ten years after his death, interest in his work is stronger than ever. Sept 29-30, 2026, Univ of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.”

Please share widely! Open to grad students working in any area of Cdn history (with a preference for projects about southern ON). The award includes $5K research funds, a residency at the Wilson Institute for Canadian History, and the opportunity to give a public lecture.

I’ve made a short film about the impact and legacy of the phenomenal #CdnHist #histSTM #EnvHist historian, Joy Parr featuring new and established scholars. Check out The Extraordinary Meaning of Everyday Life via this link! www.joyparr.com/tributes/

ICYMI: The 2026 David Neufeld Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social on March 27th. Register to attend! niche-canada.org/2026/02/19/2... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory

"If we think of the canal as more than a military project ...as a piece of colonial infrastructure built by settlers on unceded & stolen Algonquin land, it becomes clear that this canal was also an especially effective settler colonial project." - @gabtm.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2021/06/15/h...

Hey it’s me, a racialized person born in Alberta to an immigrant parent, with trans and queer friends, saying that the UCP does not get to determine who belongs here. All of us, and the Albertans yet to come, deserve to be here. And we must stand with Indigenous people to honour treaty promises.

For many Canadians this may draw a 'meh,' so what, but archives, especially community archives, are a tangible link to collective memory and the past, in the past few years I've witnessed many reserves starting their own archives, photographs and stories, here the cuts will hurt, community...

The CHA's annual meeting program is now online! We are so excited, and hope to see you in Charlottetown in June. Stay tuned - registration opens next week. #cdnhist

LAC was already limping along on life support for years and now this.

40 years old. What an incredible album. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

#ottawa Book talk, wednesday feb 18 @ 7 pm, Tonya K. Davidson 'Ottawology' - What is Canada's capital like for those that live there? Perfect Books 258A Elgin St

PHRC’s Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage | Join us this Thurs, 19 Feb 2026, 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for a talk by Donna West Brett, who will look at the rise of the photobook and its cultural and political uses. Attendance free but registration required: shorturl.at/YvVTs. All welcome!

CFP: "Critical Feminist Histories in Canada/Approches critiques en histoire féministe au Canada" conference at Queen's University, 2-4 October 2026. Please share widely! @cndhistassoc.bsky.social

We're pleased to welcome Dorothy Wright-Wallace, a respected historian and community leader in Chatham-Kent known for her decades of work preserving local Black history, as the inaugural Visiting Elder in the Black Canadian Studies program at the University of Guelph! Learn more: uoguel.ph/aaqq0

Out today: "A Grammar of Modern Exploration," a short piece in the latest issue of Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. I share how I developed new language in my book to highlight modern exploration's epistemic and colonial activities. Gift link: track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

Our NiCHE Conversation with Patricia Roussel is now on YouTube! Roussel joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss the centrality and evolution of Dawson City, Yukon’s heritage industry and how collaborative heritage is being employed there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr0b... #envhist #cdnhist

yes to all this

I just got a copy of my cover for my forthcoming book! It features a postcard from Fez by the Moroccan Jewish photographer Joseph Bouhsira. Bouhsira was the first Moroccan to establish his own commercial photography studio, and many of his images featured the Jewish community in Fez.

The Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) has issued a Call to Action in response to the discontinuation of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP). Please read here: archivists.ca/Latest-News-...

For those in and around Ottawa, tomorrow!

Asked a friend who is a top ag researcher if these historic research stations still have value: he says the ROI at these sites is estimated at 35:1 and they’re highly responsive to farmer needs. This seems like a mistake www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/n...

Leaked consultant's report at Queen's University points to a push to massively downsize the humanities and social sciences as well as the eradication of disciplinary based departments. I wouldn't be surprised if my university has the same consultants. www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...

Currently peer reviewing an article that uses the term 'archive(s)' in the title, the key words, several times in the abstract, and c.50 times in the main text, yet fails to cite a single recognised archivist, archival theorist, or archives journal. This keeps happening. #archives

Elbows up but kneecapping the heritage sector

TOLD YA. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Why I wrote this. techpolicy.press/grok-is-an-e...

Registration is open for the 2026 Women of Photography conference-athon on 8th March. Join 72 speakers over 24 hours celebrating International Women’s Day - starting with photography of Antarctica & travelling across the world. womenofphoto.com

My editor copy is finally here from @berghahnbooks.bsky.social ! I'm so happy to see it irl, & I'm so proud of everyone's hard work! 🎉 www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...

Very much looking forward to hosting João Florêncio in a few weeks here @carleton.ca. Free and open to the public. cuag.ca/event/imagin...

Sometimes I forget that the greatest gift we give our students is the example of passionately loving our own curiosity

Reminder to folks in the Ottawa area that my union is organizing this rally to demand that Carleton agree not to use AI to replace human teachers or violate our rights. We would love to see you there! Thursday at noon. Please dress warmly!

ICYMI check out this fascinating APTN interview with historian Cody Groat. Topics include the repatriation of cultural ancestors, the 10th anniversary of the TRC, and pipelines... and of course, his new book, Always a Part of the Land. Watch here: buff.ly/ZANKioZ Pre-order the book: buff.ly/lzWm6U3

Alberta’s book ban treats reading as a danger rather than a discipline. In an age of endless screens, the government is censoring the one medium that asks children to slow down, think, and engage with difficult ideas—importing US culture-war panic while mistaking imagination for harm.

They’ve arrived! It’s out!

If you're in the Ottawa area, please come out to our rally at Carleton University on Jan. 22 at noon, in support of AI protections for education workers. You absolutely don't have to RSVP to come, but if you feel comfortable, it helps us plan. Dress warm, bring a sign, bring a friend: