By now, it should be widely recognized that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been highly uneven.
As Long as the Rivers Flow 30 Years on: An Epic Collaboration in Documentary Filmmaking
This autumn marks a significant milestone in the history of filmmaking about Indigenous – settler relations in Canada.
This autumn marks a significant milestone in the history of filmmaking about Indigenous – settler relations in Canada.
Who Counts? The Data We Use To Prove the Points We Make
The Politics of Population: State Formation, Statistics, and the Census of Canada, 1840-1875.
The Politics of Population: State Formation, Statistics, and the Census of Canada, 1840-1875.
The Real Estate State and Housing Insecurity: An Interview With Samuel Stein
Max Mishler’s interview with with Samuel Stein, author of the book Capital City.
Max Mishler’s interview with with Samuel Stein, author of the book Capital City
Teaching the Climate Emergency in World History
World history and the climate emergency are highly compatible subjects for two core reasons.
World history and the climate emergency are highly compatible subjects for two core reasons.
Organizing for Abolition in Toronto: A Conversation With Dr. Beverly Bain
Khaleel Grant’s interview with Dr. Beverly Bain was conducted in March 2021. Bain is a professor of women and gender studies in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.
Khaleel Grant’s interview with Dr. Beverly Bain was conducted in March 2021. Bain is a professor of women and gender studies in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.
Insecurity via Exclusion: Migrant Farm Workers in the Age of COVID-19
Like so many marginalized people the world over, migrant farm workers in Canada have suffered disproportionately from COVID-19.
Like so many marginalized people the world over, migrant farm workers in Canada have suffered disproportionately from COVID-19.
Now Ain’t the Time for Your Tears
When I began my career in the 1980s, many of my journalistic colleagues were preoccupied with injustices in El Salvador, Nicaragua or South Africa.
When I began my career in the 1980s, many of my journalistic colleagues were preoccupied with injustices in El Salvador, Nicaragua or South Africa.
(In)Security in the Time of COVID-19: New Histories of Human Vulnerability, Community Resilience, and the Struggle for Social Justice
Mainstream media outlets continue to pay little attention to the racial and class cartographies of the COVID-19 catastrophe.
Mainstream media outlets continue to pay little attention to the racial and class cartographies of the COVID-19 catastrophe.
Historia Nostra Bookclub: Why I Don’t Like Guns, Germs, and Steel
2021 has been a long year.
2021 has been a long year.
Anti-Racism and Archival Description Work
I’m really grateful for the space this workshop provided to dig into archival challenges and share ongoing work around re-description.
I’m really grateful for the space this workshop provided to dig into archival challenges and share ongoing work around re-description.
In Racial Solidarity: Historicizing Anti-Asian Racism, Violence, and White Supremacy in Canada
What, or who, incited the mob with such racial hate?
What, or who, incited the mob with such racial hate?
Black Identity and the Great War: History From the Bottom Up
I began asking these sorts of new questions and found myself exampling “history from the bottom up.”
I began asking these sorts of new questions and found myself exampling “history from the bottom up.”
Accountability for the Roman Catholic Church’s Role in the Residential School System: Urgent Actions Needed Immediately
The Roman Catholic Church’s response to its role in the residential school system continues to be harmfully insufficient
The Roman Catholic Church’s response to its role in the residential school system continues to be harmfully insufficient
History Slam Podcast 181: Always Pack a Candle
Marion McKinnon Crook's book "Always Pack a Candle: A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin" traverses British Columbia.
In this episode of the History Slam, I talk with Marion McKinnon Crook about the book.
Anti-Racism and Archival Description Work
How archivists interpret materials impacts findability, access, and researcher use of those records.
How archivists interpret materials impacts findability, access, and researcher use of those records.