What is clear to me in debates around such policies is a desire for control. Indeed, the phrase “Leave our kids alone” became a rallying cry for a growing number of people who, to different degrees, want to regulate what information is taught in the classroom and, in turn, what relationships and bodies are deemed appropriate and safe.
Voices From the Rental Crisis
We bring our world with us into the archives. I’ve been reminded of this over the last week, as I commute across Vancouver to spend my days reading letters from tenants like Victor.
We bring our world with us into the archives. I’ve been reminded of this over the last week, as I commute across Vancouver to spend my days reading letters from tenants like Victor.
Entering the Jagged Landscape of History: Can We Teach Our Students to Apply Historical Thinking Skills?
Researchers continue to write about the value and importance of teaching Historical Thinking Concepts (HTC).
Researchers continue to write about the value and importance of teaching Historical Thinking Concepts (HTC).
Who Cares About Thinking Historically?
Developing the ability to think historically fosters a questioning disposition that enables young people to navigate today’s political, social, and cultural complexities.
Developing the ability to think historically fosters a questioning disposition that enables young people to navigate today’s political, social, and cultural complexities.
Did ChatGPT-4 Attend My Lecture?
In the lead-up to my take-home exam last April, I was trying to think of questions ChatGPT could not answer.
In the lead-up to my take-home exam last April, I was trying to think of questions ChatGPT could not answer.
ChatGPT and the History of Government Refugee Policies
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Chat GPT when it first started making news headlines earlier this year.
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Chat GPT when it first started making news headlines earlier this year.
Bored Stiff: A Cranky Historian on ChatGPT
These possibilities, all of which have been extensively gushed or fretted over, depending on one’s standpoint, are frankly preposterous.
These possibilities, all of which have been extensively gushed or fretted over, depending on one’s standpoint, are frankly preposterous.
“Out of the Frying Pan”: The Economist on Peasants and Climate Change”
The July 1st, 2023 edition had a briefing entitled “Out of the Frying Pan” filed from Cairo, Chattogram (Bangladesh), and Niamey (Niger).
The July 1st, 2023 edition had a briefing entitled “Out of the Frying Pan” filed from Cairo, Chattogram (Bangladesh), and Niamey (Niger).
Okay, ChatGPT: You’re Right. Now What?
“Do museum workers do human rights work?” I ask ChatGPT.
“Do museum workers do human rights work?” I ask ChatGPT.
What’s the Point in Talking About It: Community Responses to Enslavement in Shelburne, Ns
The thoughts and sentiments shared in this essay are my own and do not represent the Nova Scotia Museum or Shelburne Historical Society.
The thoughts and sentiments shared in this essay are my own and do not represent the Nova Scotia Museum or Shelburne Historical Society.
Alberta and Abyssinia
Those who look at Canadian foreign relations through the lens of people rather than government know that Canadians were highly engaged overseas.
Those who look at Canadian foreign relations through the lens of people rather than government know that Canadians were highly engaged overseas.
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923: Settler Colonialism and the Structure of Racism in Canada
Until its 1947 repeal, the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, effectively barred Chinese people from immigrating to Canada and required all Chinese, including the Canadian-born, to register with the government. Failure to register made them liable to fines, imprisonment and deportation.
Until its 1947 repeal, the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, effectively barred Chinese people from immigrating to Canada and required all Chinese, including the Canadian-born, to register with the government. Failure to register made them liable to fines, imprisonment and deportation.
‘We Feel Left Behind:’ Ethnographic Perspectives on Just Transition, Re-Training, and Future of Energy Among Oil & Gas Communities in Alberta, Canada
Continuing support of retraining opportunities through government initiatives is needed while making sure that there aren’t substantial wage disparities between the fossil fuel and renewable energy industries.
Continuing support of retraining opportunities through government initiatives is needed while making sure that there aren’t substantial wage disparities between the fossil fuel and renewable energy industries.
Where’s the Beef (Coming From)?
Canadians had a brief glimpse into the world of the meat packing industry during the first spring of the pandemic when nearly half of the 2000 workers at the Cargill plant in High River, Alberta fell ill with COVID-19.
Canadians had a brief glimpse into the world of the meat packing industry during the first spring of the pandemic when nearly half of the 2000 workers at the Cargill plant in High River, Alberta fell ill with COVID-19.
Is the Gay Steel Mill Closed? Reflections on Queer Histories of Deindustrializing Cape Breton
In 1991, the AIDS Coalition of Cape Breton was founded. Cape Breton Island, a small industrial region, was a far cry from the perceived metropolitan hotspots of the AIDS epidemic.
In 1991, the AIDS Coalition of Cape Breton was founded. Cape Breton Island, a small industrial region, was a far cry from the perceived metropolitan hotspots of the AIDS epidemic.
Emigration and the (Un)Making of a Nation
“We who live on the borders do not require any statistics to tell us of the exodus of citizens of Canada to the United States,” declared Sydney A. Fisher, “because we have the lamentable fact before our eyes every day.
“We who live on the borders do not require any statistics to tell us of the exodus of citizens of Canada to the United States,” declared Sydney A. Fisher, “because we have the lamentable fact before our eyes every day.