New $2.5 million donation will provide bursaries for rural U of G students The University of Guelph says a $2.5-million gift from The Joyce Family Foundation will fund up to four bursaries worth $22,000 each over four years for eligible rural students with demonstrated finan...

An important and welcome initiative that recognizes the financial obstacles and limited resources students from rural areas face: www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/d...

Exciting to see so much rural, food, and ag history in the program for the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social annual meeting! 🌾🐄🚜

Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday Feb 12 from 330-5pm EST, as PhD candidate Emily Kaliel presents on "Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971."

For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed

A poster advertising the Winter 2026 talks for the Rural History Roundtable series. The poster contains an image of a goat looking up at a carrot. The details for each talk are provided, as well as information for registering for the virtual presentations.

Excited to announce our Winter 2026 line-up of talks for the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Rural History Roundtable series. All will be available on Zoom and January's talk is hybrid (weather permitting). #ruralhist #animalhist #aghist @pdxia.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social

Thanks Matthew!

Press release from the Ontario Historical Society for the Alison Prentice award containing a description and photograph.

Last weekend, I attended the @ontariohistory.bsky.social awards ceremony where I beyond honoured to receive the Alison Prentice Award for Canadian Women's History for my book, Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario 1870-1914, published by @umanitobapress.bsky.social in 2024

The divisive US autumnal drink with a shady past The aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg smells like sweet autumn nostalgia in the US, but the real story behind pumpkin spice is far spicier.

I offered my thoughts on American Thanksgiving, pumpkins, and settler colonialism in this examination of the problematic PSL phenomenon from BBC Travel: www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #foodhist

Canada’s Food University at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair The University of Guelph will attend 103rd Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, showcasing full continuum of agri-food activities invigorating Canadian food.

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is almost here! An exhibit of cookbooks from the @uofguelph.bsky.social collection will be on display w/ info about the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Food History course & I’ll be speaking about Cdn food history on the Growth Hub Stage! news.uoguelph.ca/2025/11/cana...

Thanks for the shoutout, @uofglibrary.bsky.social! Had so much fun curating this exhibit #foodhist

A great kick-off to this year’s Rural History Roundtable series @uguelphhist.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social. A fascinating discussion about the Webb farmhouse & #GreenGables #PEI with @alanmaceachern.bsky.social. Next RHRT coming up October 29 on the history of Ontario’s wine industry.

Thrilled to be coordinating the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Rural History Roundtable series with @benbradleyca.bsky.social this year. We’ve got an exciting lineup of speakers who will be touching on some new and exciting areas of rural history research!

Information about the Fall 2025 Rural History Roundtable speaker series will be available soon.

In the meantime, Archival and Special Collections items displayed on the main floor of @uofglibrary.bsky.social hint at the topic of the first presentation, which will be on Sept 23rd.

#cdnhist #aghist

Photograph of several people looking at exhibit cases.

Photograph of Jeff Stewart talking to viewers of the Cold War food cultures exhibit.

Photograph of people in a room and a screen showing the first slide of a presentation about the University of Guelph Culinary Collections.

A photograph of a display case containing artifacts and cookbooks accompanied by a large panel with descriptive text.

Such a fun morning with @arrellfoodinst.bsky.social talking about #FoodDayCanada & how we’re preserving Canadian food history at @uofguelph.bsky.social @uguelphhist.bsky.social. Thanks to the attendees for coming out & touring our new Cold War food cultures exhibit in @uofglibrary.bsky.social.

Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely!

100%. They have a specific narrative in their heads that can’t be shaken. When I suggest they approach the topic from another angle, they get defensive or lose interest.

And the Summit Series!

Great advice!

Every student in a Canadian history course who wants to write about Vimy should be forced to read @mike-bechthold.bsky.social thread on myths and realities first! After doing so, I wonder how many would abandon the topic #cdnhist #vimy

Advertisement with details about the book launch for Ontario since Confederation: A Reader with an image of the book’s cover.

The book launch for the new edition of Ontario since Confederation: A Reader is happening tomorrow at Traill College at Trent University, 5:30. Was an honour to have a chapter included in this great collection. Wish I could attend! #cdnhist

#HomanEmpire 🥌🏛️🥇 @teamhoman.bsky.social making a place for themselves in Canadian curling history

Thanks for the shoutout, @nichecanada.bsky.social! #womenshistorymonth

Episodes — AnthroDish Check out current and past episodes here

Had a great time chatting with Dr. Sarah Duignan @anthrodish.bsky.social about why historical cookbooks matter when studying Canadian history. Episode on her fantastic #AnthroDish podcast is now available! #cdnhist #foodhist www.anthrodish.com/episodes/

For International Women's Day, we are highlighting the women authors and editors from our past fall and upcoming spring catalogue! ⁠
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UMP is so proud to publish work by, for, and about women. ⁠
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#IWD #InternationalWomensDay

And publishers such as “History Books Inc.”

Love this!

Advertisement for an author talk with the cover of the book, Pursuing Play.

I’m going to be at the Bloomingdale library tomorrow night from 6-7pm talking about my book and women’s leisure in late 19th/early 20th C rural/small-town Ontario. Register here: rwlibrary.libnet.info/event/12938705 @umanitobapress.bsky.social

In praise of the small halls that keep communities together May many such halls throughout the country remain the spaces in which we make memories

Great @theglobeandmail.com piece about why we need to preserve the community hall in small towns. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

@teamhoman.bsky.social absolutely dominated. Amazing group of athletes. #HomanEmpire 🏛️🥌 #stoh25

Author Jan Feduck lecturing about food at a living history site. She is standing in front of a screen showing an image of buildings.

An image of a dish of Scottish oat cakes.

Students in my @uguelphhist.bsky.social Food History course had the opportunity to learn from author Jan Feduck about foodways in Atlantic Canada’s history. We even got to nibble on some Scottish oat cakes! #foodhist #cdnhist