Our most read articles published in July 2026!!
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September 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Our most read articles published in July 2026!!
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The Carney government is also cutting prison librarians to save…$2.5m. This is now a theme with the federal budget - it’s not about cost savings, it’s about destroying access to knowledge and information. #Cdnhist
The Carney government has cut the only funding program for community archives, cut funding for access to information, and cutting 56 jobs. Harper made very similar cuts in 2012: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012... @thetyee.ca
March 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The Carney government is also cutting prison librarians to save…$2.5m. This is now a theme with the federal budget - it’s not about cost savings, it’s about destroying access to knowledge and information. #Cdnhist
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in these busy times, @jmcelroy.bsky.social, consider the hidden gems of the (arrow) lakes district!
#bchist #cdnhist
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September 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
in these busy times, @jmcelroy.bsky.social, consider the hidden gems of the (arrow) lakes district!
#bchist #cdnhist
#bchist #cdnhist
Essential #cdnhist reading
I am doing a short history of Quebec universities this week: part 1, which takes us up to 1960, is here: higheredstrategy.com/les-quinze-g...
Les Quinze Glorieuses: Understanding the History of Québec Universities (Part 1) | HESA
Over the past few months I have been reading quite a lot of history about Québec universities. And I am pretty … Continued
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January 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Essential #cdnhist reading
“As a new outpost of the British Empire took shape, the giant ball of ice and dust streaked the sky.”
Part One: A Luminous Streak buttondown.com/leftcoastdis... #bcHist #CdnHist
Part One: A Luminous Streak buttondown.com/leftcoastdis... #bcHist #CdnHist
Part One: A Luminous Streak
This is part one of a three part series on celestial events. Looking to the night sky – with questions, for answers, in wonder – is something all humans do....
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July 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Super cool if you study Canadian history: an interactive digital map of Hudson's Bay Company posts! Thanks, @trailmark.bsky.social! #cdnhist #cdnhistory
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July 27, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Super cool if you study Canadian history: an interactive digital map of Hudson's Bay Company posts! Thanks, @trailmark.bsky.social! #cdnhist #cdnhistory
trailmark.cloud/trailmark/pu...
trailmark.cloud/trailmark/pu...
January 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My employer is now on Bluesky! #cdnhist
Library and Archives Canada has entered the chat! 🍁
As the continuing memory of the federal government, we safeguard Canada’s distant past and recent history for generations to come.
Immerse yourself in a journey of discovery!
#Libraries #Archives #History #CanadaSky
As the continuing memory of the federal government, we safeguard Canada’s distant past and recent history for generations to come.
Immerse yourself in a journey of discovery!
#Libraries #Archives #History #CanadaSky
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My employer is now on Bluesky! #cdnhist
This fantastic map by Francis Galton shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881.
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"While it may not be possible for a national archive in a settler colonial state to truly decolonize; an archive can look to Indigenous communities to lead the way in creating new ways to engage with the effects of colonization."
Read about Project Naming's approach to reclaiming Inuit history.
Read about Project Naming's approach to reclaiming Inuit history.
Project Naming
Explore the significance of Project Naming to decolonize archives and connect Inuit communities with their ancestral photographs.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
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The new Yukon Archives database is live! From historic photos to maps, films and documents, your window into the Yukon’s past just got a whole lot clearer. Read more: yukon.ca/en/news/yuko...
June 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Look at this absolute unit (h/t: tinyurl.com/97xd4j63) standing on guard. Castor du Canada tinyurl.com/385vc3h9 #cdnhist #envhist
January 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Look at this absolute unit (h/t: tinyurl.com/97xd4j63) standing on guard. Castor du Canada tinyurl.com/385vc3h9 #cdnhist #envhist