Canada's archives are in trouble and so is its history - there have just been too many cuts by both Conservative and Liberal governments. thewalrus.ca/canada-archi...

Cuts to Library and Archives Canada because of the Liberal government are revealed in Library and Archives Canada 2024-25 Departmental Plan. This affects access for everyone, and support for community archives across Canada. www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

Immensely upsetting to hear that Langara is shuttering its journalism program, not just because I went there and credit everything I am to day to what I learned there but also because losing journalism programs through lack of interest is chilling in a broad sense theprovince.com/news/sad-day...

"A history professor course could not allocate instructional time to the Stonewall riots or the gay rights movement. If a U.S. history textbook includes a chapter on the AIDS crisis, the professor must skip it." www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech...

"Under the memo, graduate students will be permanently barred from writing theses or dissertations centered on LGBTQ+ topics"

It's the most wonderful time of the year.... (credit: City of Vancouver Archives AM1667-: CVA 134-092)

The @cndhistassoc.bsky.social has written to Minister @JulieDabrusin to take issue with this attack on knowledge. You should too! cha-shc.ca/advocacy/cha... #cdnhist #envhist

More on the closure of the Parks Canada Library @juliedabrusin.bsky.social #cdnhist #envhist www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/04/18/l...

This interview with the makers of Wildflowers for @nichecanada.bsky.social was fun! The film is about Mary Schäffer Warren, who surveyed Maligne Lake in Jasper Nat'l Park in the early 1900s for the Geological Survey of Can. (an extraordinary feat for a woman then!) niche-canada.org/2026/04/14/r...

This second edition is essential reading - for everyone. If there’s one book I’d recommend in environmental history, it might be this. With an introduction by @brdemuth.bsky.social! #EnvHist

Powerful essay here. “For years, conservationists have promoted tourism as a ‘sustainable’ alternative to mining or logging. But tourism can be just as extractive and harmful… “There’s no citable evidence it benefits the ecology or anything else beyond non-profit coffers and the outdoor industry.”

I know, I know. More anti-social media, anti-AI commentary. But there's some interesting research cited in this piece. It's worth a read (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...

By rights, the footnote vs endnote debate was ended by this episode of merciless hilarity in a mid-80s Hebrew Studies journal. #FootnotesForever targuman.org/2012/01/04/n...

If you are upset about the federal budget and the funding cuts to cultural heritage, please send a letter (no postage required) or email your MP, Minister of Canadian Heritage Marc Miller, and Prime Minister Carney. Find addresses here: www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/s...

The federal government’s Access to Information and Privacy program, administered by LAC, is being cut by $13.6 million. LAC has already eliminated 53 positions from this program.

Library and Archives Canada will eliminate 152 employee positions and 9 executive positions. 70 indeterminate positions were eliminated in 2025 prior to the announcement of the most recent budget cuts.

I'm looking for someone in Vancouver to do a very simple freelance radio/podcast assignment for The Sprawl this week. It involves going to a certain site and recording ambient sound with a Zoom (or something similar). Paid gig obvs. Any ideas? @jmcelroy.bsky.social

Tenure-track position in Canadian history at Lakehead!

Dr Loo gave excellent content, starting at 4:40 minutes in. The significance of the 1970s pipeline story! For historians who want to be irritated, the setup in the first 4 minutes will definitely provide: it's about how some people think history is "boring" and "irrelevant" but -gasp! - it's not!

Apparently I was on this today. Listen anyway. #envhist www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Wikipedia went from a questionable source to the only reliable source on the internet in just a few years. This is excellent news.

“The files comprise hundreds of surveillance reports contained in more than two dozen manila file folders marked "racial intelligence." #cdnhist www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Reposting this about the closure of the #ParksCanada library. Alan is right: the closure erodes the Agency's ability to fulfill its mandate to protect cultural+ecological heritage. Its own researchers can't speak out so let's help them by expressing our concern! #envhist #cdnhist #cdnpoli

Pleased to see @ledevoir.com picking up this story on the closure of #ParksCanada library - part of larger pattern of shutting down govt libraries+devaluing govt researchers' work. Write @juliedabrusin.bsky.social to express your concern! #envhist #cdnpoli #cdhist www.ledevoir.com/culture/9660...

This is me talking about early findings from my project on post-1945 publicly-funded irrigation on the Canadian prairies. Big thanks to @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social @adeleperry.bsky.social and others for welcoming me and engaging with my work.

We are teaming up with @activehist.bsky.social to highlight the environmental dimensions of the the Indian Act at 150. You have until March 30th to get your proposals in to @drheathergreen.bsky.social! niche-canada.org/2026/03/11/i... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory

More dismal news about Canada's ATIP regime. #cdnhist #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Both these books sound terrific and of interest to #cdnhist (and the one on treaty finances will be of special interest to @stillots1.bsky.social!) Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/a...

On the blog ... Another open letter about NS's cuts to its museum program, this one by John Reid (Prof. Emeritus SMU) and M. Brook Taylor (Prof. Emeritus MSVU): acadiensis.wordpress...

On the blog ... Claire Campbell discusses the recently shuttered Prescott House museum site, along with the cultivation of things not apple! acadiensis.wordpress...

Even if you don't care about Parks Canada library services or its collection, you should care about what appears to be a lack of transparency and/or poor decision-making. Write to Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social and express your views! 4/fin

I asked - and got a 35-page PDF from ATIP that provided no information on the rationale for the decision, who was consulted, and what would happen to the collection. There was no record of decision included either. 3/

I know there are lots of things to be concerned about these days but I'm reposting this for #envhist and #cdnhist. It's an ATIP story as much as it is a story about the loss of a service and the devaluing of knowledge - and the work that Parks Canada researchers did and do. 1/

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...

The Department of History at Queen’s University is hiring for the Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian History. Please help us circulate this advertisement widely in your networks. www.queensu.ca/history/abou...

End of an era @seantucker.bsky.social www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obitua...

Rooting out Antifa in the Canadian Forces, you say? Good luck with that: there's something of an Antifa tradition there... #cdnpoli #cdnhist Photo: Soldiers of the Lake Superior Regiment with captured Hitler Youth flag, Friesoythe, Germany, 1945. @library-archives.canada.ca PA-167250.

Looking forward to "What kind of university do we want?" an upcoming event cosponsored by the UBC Public Humanities Hub, @scasfu.bsky.social & @sfuinstitutehum.bsky.social. March 13-14 at Robson Square. Join us! publichumanities.ubc.ca/events/event...

Fredericton's St. Thomas University could cease to exist and Sackville's Mount Allison University could be privatized under scenarios the Holt government is considering for cuts to post-secondary education. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

These are wonderful photos Sean - and great memories of Angelo. Thanks for sharing. The end of an era....

Premier Danielle Smith said she doesn't know how much newcomers cost Alberta’s health care and education systems, despite scheduling a referendum to ask whether social services to those residents shd be limited b/c of cost www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and friend

Patricia Roussel and David Dean write the first post of the new Canada Post and Canadian Culture series. Make sure to keep an eye out for the next posts!

"A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E.I. policies and practices, which include land acknowledgments, violate a law that requires universities to be 'nonpolitical." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

NEW: One of the most progressive institutions in the U.S., The New School, has begun destroying its humanities departments. They have cancelled one of their most popular classes, "Global Soccer and World Politics." We are going to teach it anyway. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...

The CHA invites you to a webinar exploring tools and tips for using generative artificial intelligence in the historical profession. All are welcome! #cdnhist

We just republished Sverker Sörlin's new essay from Global Environment, "Staying open – shaping environmental history in Sweden." Download it on our Environment & Society Portal. This was published in collaboration with ICEHO (@iceho.bsky.social) @whitehorsepress.bsky.social #EnvHist

Hanging on the outside, looking in at Canadian progressive media and politics or in the middle of...nowhere?

What can you do with a history degree?

Me too! My students who didn’t learn it suffer at exam time with cramped hands from printing.