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January 2023 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Blogroll
- Active History
- Adam Crymble, Thoughts on Public and Digital History
- Adam Mandelman, Porous Places
- Colin Tyner, the Labour of Nature, and Island Life
- Crystal Fraser, Canadian and Aboriginal History
- Daniel Macfarlane, Environmental/Transnational Historian
- Highline Online
- Historiography (Mostly) Matters – John Walsh
- Jeff Slack, Mountain Nerd
- Jim Clifford, West Ham and the Lower Lea River
- Jim Opp, Lug The Camera
- Mark Wilson, Environmental Activism (UK)
- Merle Massie A Place in History
- Michael Egan, History for a Sustainable Future
- NiCHE
- Pacific Dreams, New York Life
- Peeling Back the Bark, Forest History
- Place/Placelessness Un-Workshop
- Podcast from WCSC 2008
- Ryan O'Connor, Great Green North
- Rylan Kafara, The Past is Unwritten?
- Sean Atkins, Canadian Historical Geography
- Sean Kheraj, Canadian History & Environment
- Sound and Noise, Online Music Magazine from the UofA
- Stillwaters Historians, Katherine O"Flarherty and Rob Gee
- Sustainability History Project
- Will Knight | History, Nature, Fish
Tag Archives: Opinion
Random thoughts from following #chashc2018
This week is the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA). It is happening at the University of Regina and has the handy hashtag #chashc2018 so that those unable to attend can follow some of the conversations and sessions … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Public History
Tagged Activism, blog, CHA, Opinion, pipeline, public history, Reflection, social media
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5 Stages of Recovering from Academia
Hi. My name is Lauren and I am a Recovering Academic. It has been 2 years and 6 months since I was in graduate studies and I have a good full-time job in my field. Yet, there are times, usually … Continue reading
Posted in Grad School, Opinion
Tagged academia, Activism, Graduate Students, Opinion, Reflection, University
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Good-Bye STEP
Today the Alberta Budget dropped and the news is not good for local heritage and history institutions or the students who keeps them going in the summer months. The Student Temporary Employment Program, or STEP, was suspended. This is not … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Public History
Tagged budget cuts, Opinion, public history, Reflection, STEP
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Stop the Great Canmore Rabbit Invasion
Canmore need to take drastic action about the bunnies. Action that should have been taken twenty years ago when the rabbits were only in South Canmore Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Opinion
Tagged bunnies, Canmore, Ecology, Environmentalism, invasive species, mountains, Opinion, rabbits, wilderness
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Lessons from Environmental History: Success Through Past Failures
Pivotal moments in Canadian environmentalism are not restricted to successes; failures to produce change and instances where institutions created to promote a more sustainable way of living are also important. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Environmentalism, Public History, Research
Tagged Activism, Canada, conservation, dissertation, Environmentalism, Opinion, Researching
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“The End is Nigh!”
This blog began as a place to reflect on the plethora of books and articles history doctoral students must read for comprehensive examinations. Somewhere in the middle of comps this blog became more about dissertation research and ideas that don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged comps, dissertation, Graduate Students, Opinion, Reading, Reflection
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We are here.
Thirty-eight years ago today the crew of Apollo 17 took a photograph from space that would become known as “The Blue Marble.” Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Opinion, Research
Tagged dissertation, earth, Environment, Opinion, photography, Reflection, sublime, World
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In Defence of the Unhyphenated Canadian
At the beginning of October the Globe and Mail ran a special on the state of multiculturalism in Canada. Being a Toronto based newspaper, the stories had an urban bias and spoke more to the anxieties of the city which … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Opinion, Procrastination
Tagged Canada, ethnicity, Historiography, language, multiculturalism, Nationalism, Opinion, Politics, Reflection
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A Mountain Research Interlude
My name is Lauren and I am addicted to the pursuit and dissemination of information. To be more specific, historical information. This is definitely one of the healthier addictions available, but like all addictions it is expensive – especially as … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Research
Tagged Archives, Banff, Graduate Students, mountains, Opinion, Reflection, Research, Whyte Museum
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Is it really all about the Great Men?
Question of the Month: Does it truly come down to great men/women when getting the public – or an undergraduate class – interested in history? Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Opinion, Public History
Tagged Canada, Debate, Historiography, Nationalism, Opinion, Politics, Prime Ministers, public history, Quebec, Reflection
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