If you are a historian, your work is about global warming
Embodied Learning – By Way of a Bicycle
Bam! Within less than 30 seconds, Kaisy collided into my bicycle, dented and bent the fender – years later, I still haven’t been able to straighten it out entirely.
Bam! Within less than 30 seconds, Kaisy collided into my bicycle, dented and bent the fender – years later, I still haven’t been able to straighten it out entirely.
Climate at the Speed of Weather
They say that climate is what you expect but weather is what you get.
They say that climate is what you expect but weather is what you get.
Alarming! The Rhetoric of Warning
The rhetoric of warning, emergency, and alarm is everywhere in climate change coverage.
The rhetoric of warning, emergency, and alarm is everywhere in climate change coverage.
Inequality: Only for Academics? A Self-Publishing Saga
I have always believed in the mission of public history. I have given public talks, written op-eds, and published books and articles intended for non-academic readers.
I have always believed in the mission of public history. I have given public talks, written op-eds, and published books and articles intended for non-academic readers.
A Precautionary History?
The next Ice Age is behind schedule. Now for the bad news: the infernal and, for many in the northern hemisphere, eye-opening summer of 2021 has shown that global warming’s effects are reaching critical levels sooner than expected.
The next Ice Age is behind schedule. Now for the bad news: the infernal and, for many in the northern hemisphere, eye-opening summer of 2021 has shown that global warming’s effects are reaching critical levels sooner than expected.
Environmental Racism and the Climate Emergency: An Interview With Ingrid Waldron
One morning in late October of 2018, I noticed that I had a new follower by the name of Elliot Page. At the time, I did not realize that it was the actor. S
One morning in late October of 2018, I noticed that I had a new follower by the name of Elliot Page. At the time, I did not realize that it was the actor. S
Experts Confront Postwar Poverty, or How Good People Do Bad Things
We tried hard but we don’t have the answers.
We tried hard but we don’t have the answers.
The Climate Crisis and the Canadian Classroom
We’re in a climate emergency. This isn’t just rhetorical hyperbole, but a statement backed by more than 13,000 scientists.
We’re in a climate emergency. This isn’t just rhetorical hyperbole, but a statement backed by more than 13,000 scientists.
Climate History, the History of Science, and the Climate Crisis
Historians of science initially concentrated on how global warming was discovered and understood by scientists with increasing certainty.
Historians of science initially concentrated on how global warming was discovered and understood by scientists with increasing certainty.
Historians Confront the Climate Emergency
In late June, a “heat dome” stalked the Pacific regions of Canada and the United States, pushing thermometers close to the 50-degree mark and causing the sudden death of 570 people in British Columbia alone.
In late June, a “heat dome” stalked the Pacific regions of Canada and the United States, pushing thermometers close to the 50-degree mark and causing the sudden death of 570 people in British Columbia alone.
History Slam Podcast 191: #BlackInSchool
A discussion of system racism in education and the impact on racialized students.
A discussion of system racism in education and the impact on racialized students.
We’re Bringing Picnic Baskets, Not Water Beds’: The 40th Anniversary of the Gay Picnic in Moncton, New Brunswick
Moncton in the 1980s for the LGBT population was much like it was for other cities in the Maritimes: violence was rampant and “fag beatings” were frequent.
Moncton in the 1980s for the LGBT population was much like it was for other cities in the Maritimes: violence was rampant and “fag beatings” were frequent.
Climate Resilience, Past and Present: Rural Communities and Food Systems
Challenges to climate resilience seem to be around every corner. But next year’s harvest is not yet determined.
Challenges to climate resilience seem to be around every corner. But next year’s harvest is not yet determined.
Indigenous and Colonial Trackways: A New Historia Nostra Series
Roads, hiking trails, rivers, train tracks, or any manner of routes we use to travel often feel like historically benign spaces.
Roads, hiking trails, rivers, train tracks, or any manner of routes we use to travel often feel like historically benign spaces.
Postscript: (In)Security in the Time of COVID-19
By now, it should be widely recognized that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been highly uneven.
By now, it should be widely recognized that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been highly uneven.