A tentative agreement ended the labour action after eight weeks, another example of a lengthy labour dispute in a nursing home.
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When Did the Great Acceleration Start? Saskatchewan Might Hold the Answer
Will Steffen used simple data visualizations to make a compelling case the Great Acceleration started in the mid-20th century.
Will Steffen used simple data visualizations to make a compelling case the Great Acceleration started in the mid-20th century.
Canada’s Competing Definitions of Bilingualism
How is it that the even the definition of the term “bilingual” remains contested in Canada today?
How is it that the even the definition of the term “bilingual” remains contested in Canada today?
Confirmation Bias and the Indian Act: How Common Knowledge Can Fuel Anti-Indigenous Racism
This sort of nuance is fundamental to moving beyond basic understandings of the Act.
This sort of nuance is fundamental to moving beyond basic understandings of the Act.
Commercial Tattooing – What’s Old Is News
This week, I’m joined by Jamie Jelinski, author of Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tatooing in Canada.
This week, I’m joined by Jamie Jelinski, author of Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tatooing in Canada.
Child of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration and a Reconnaissance of Canadian Environmental History
Several environmental historians have written synthesis overviews to provide coherence to the field.
Several environmental historians have written synthesis overviews to provide coherence to the field.
A Modern History of Monsters
After years of teaching history, I can assert that monsters are good to think with.
After years of teaching history, I can assert that monsters are good to think with.
Global Fascism: Lessons From India
Debates over the fascism label/analogy have tended to gravitate towards discussions of Donald Trump and Trumpism.
Debates over the fascism label/analogy have tended to gravitate towards discussions of Donald Trump and Trumpism.
Piecing Together Fragments: Historians and True Crime
In recent years, true crime stories have become a ubiquitous part of the public conscience.
In recent years, true crime stories have become a ubiquitous part of the public conscience.
Poilievre’s Comments on Folklore Aren’t Quaint—They’re Dangerous
About three-quarters of the way through his speech, Poilievre waxed about the ties that continue to bind the former dominion with its imperial metropole.
About three-quarters of the way through his speech, Poilievre waxed about the ties that continue to bind the former dominion with its imperial metropole.
Care Under Raid: Policing, Privacy, and Queer Resistance
For many patrons, the violation was immediate and visceral. But to understand why the raid felt so profound, we have to understand what the police were interrupting.
For many patrons, the violation was immediate and visceral. But to understand why the raid felt so profound, we have to understand what the police were interrupting.
Listening to Youth: Historicising & Challenging Parental Rights Discourse
This type of parental rights discourse, which poses particular risks for queer and trans youth, is not limited to Alberta.
This type of parental rights discourse, which poses particular risks for queer and trans youth, is not limited to Alberta.
Interregnums, Morbid Symptoms, and Climate Denial
What will future historians – say in 2150 – call this historical moment?
What will future historians – say in 2150 – call this historical moment?
Building a Radical Space: Inclusion, Fracture, and the Limits of Utopia
The Pussy Palace was built by naming things that were not supposed to be said out loud.
The Pussy Palace was built by naming things that were not supposed to be said out loud.
Food Insecurity in the Russo-Ukrainian War and World War II: Reading the Present Through History
As of February 2025, the World Food Programme reported that 5 million Ukrainians are experiencing food insecurity, with severity increasing as the distance to the frontlines decreases.
As of February 2025, the World Food Programme reported that 5 million Ukrainians are experiencing food insecurity, with severity increasing as the distance to the frontlines decreases.
“The Time of Monsters”: History in Challenging Times
We live in difficult times, characterized by extreme economic inequality, overlapping global health pandemics, a climate crisis, and the breakdown of liberal-democratic politics, however incomplete they have been in practice.
We live in difficult times, characterized by extreme economic inequality, overlapping global health pandemics, a climate crisis, and the breakdown of liberal-democratic politics, however incomplete they have been in practice.