The Spanish Flu hit Canada in the fall of 1918 and, after an initial scare, persisted for nearly two years.
Talking History Podcasts, Vol. 2; or, The Podcast Lover’s Survival Kit
What better way than by listening to historical podcasts?!
What better way than by listening to historical podcasts?!
History’s Reputation Problem: The Sequel, History Isn’t Humourless, is it?!?
Good news for historians: 2020 is proving itself to be quite a serious year. Perhaps it will turn out to be the year of the historian (Everything is coming up Milhouse!).
Good news for historians: 2020 is proving itself to be quite a serious year. Perhaps it will turn out to be the year of the historian (Everything is coming up Milhouse!).
Teaching History Emergency Remote Teaching: A Post Secondary Reality Check
What we are instead seeing is a move towards emergency remote teaching. These are not online courses in the sense that we are used to seeing, but they are better than nothing.
What we are instead seeing is a move towards emergency remote teaching. These are not online courses in the sense that we are used to seeing, but they are better than nothing.
Teaching Canadian History After the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Perhaps it might seem odd to begin a blog about teaching Canadian history with this story.
Perhaps it might seem odd to begin a blog about teaching Canadian history with this story.
History Slam Episode Eighty: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter
These inequalities are often the result of discrimination based on race, gender, and poverty – issues that are beyond the control of those that don’t have access to health. Many of Yamin’s examples are related to maternal health and mortality.
These inequalities are often the result of discrimination based on race, gender, and poverty – issues that are beyond the control of those that don’t have access to health. Many of Yamin’s examples are related to maternal health and mortality.
Transformations in the Canadian History Classroom
This is part of an ongoing series of reflections from the Manitoulin Island Summer Historical Institute (MISHI)
This is part of an ongoing series of reflections from the Manitoulin Island Summer Historical Institute (MISHI)
History Slam Episode Seventy-Nine: Open Access
There are certain universal experiences that go along with being involved in academics, one of which is explaining the publishing model of academic journals.
There are certain universal experiences that go along with being involved in academics, one of which is explaining the publishing model of academic journals.
History Slam Episode Seventy-Eight: Disaster Drawn
As anyone who has ever done archival research knows, there are moments where things can get incredibly dull.
As anyone who has ever done archival research knows, there are moments where things can get incredibly dull.
Podcast and Reflection – Black Power with a Northern Touch: Black Radicalism in Toronto, 1950s-1970s
As a young woman attending university in Canada, I knew very little about African Canadian history outside of the mainstream discourses about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman’s perilous journey to Canada, better known as ‘Canaan Land’.
As a young woman attending university in Canada, I knew very little about African Canadian history outside of the mainstream discourses about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman’s perilous journey to Canada, better known as ‘Canaan Land’.
History Slam Episode Fifty-Eight: African Canadians in the U.S. Civil War
Since slavery was abolished in the British Empire in the 1830s, it doesn’t directly address the way in which Canada and Canadians were involved in the war.
Since slavery was abolished in the British Empire in the 1830s, it doesn’t directly address the way in which Canada and Canadians were involved in the war.
History Slam Episode Forty-One: Race, Identity, and Newfoundland Culture in Robert Chafe’s Oil and Water
On February 18, 1942 off the coast of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, the USS Truxton and the USS Pollux ran aground in the midst of a harsh winter storm.
On February 18, 1942 off the coast of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, the USS Truxton and the USS Pollux ran aground in the midst of a harsh winter storm.
History Slam Episode Seventy-Seven: Prime Minister’s Row
When I first got to Ottawa in 2009, I lived inside that radius and rarely left – mostly because every time I ventured further afield, I was reminded that the radius was a pretty accurate description.
When I first got to Ottawa in 2009, I lived inside that radius and rarely left – mostly because every time I ventured further afield, I was reminded that the radius was a pretty accurate description.
History Slam Episode Seventy-Six: Continental Cup of Curling
This past weekend at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, curlers from around the world competed in the Continental Cup.
This past weekend at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, curlers from around the world competed in the Continental Cup.
Alternative Histories of Work and Labour: The Workers History Museum
David Dean, a Professor of History at Carleton University, as he discusses alternative histories of work and labour in the national capital region.
David Dean, a Professor of History at Carleton University, as he discusses alternative histories of work and labour in the national capital region.
Marjorie Stinson, the Flying Schoolmarm
Building on her initial success with Gorman, Marjorie Stinson worked flat out, sometimes spending more than six hours a day aloft (landing after short hops to load up the next keen pupil).
Building on her initial success with Gorman, Marjorie Stinson worked flat out, sometimes spending more than six hours a day aloft (landing after short hops to load up the next keen pupil).