B.C. marks a grim 10th anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency. Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion, by @andreawoo.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Alisha Stranges and Elspeth H. Brown use oral testimonies to explore the September 2000 police raid of the Pussy Palace. Make sure to check out the entire Pussy Palace Oral History series!
Hey #envhist! Parks Canada is ending its library services+ “decommissioning” its collection. We stand to lose a valuable set of materials that reveal if and how the Agency fulfilled its mandate (or didn’t). Read more here+write the Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/10/c...
I’ll be presenting Montreal After Dark at the @utoronto.ca on March 11, 1-3 PM (Sidney Smith 2098).
Then at @mcgill.ca on March 17, as noted here.
Very much looking forward to the conversations.
Congratulations to Matthieu Caron for being named a Finalist for the 2025 Wilson Book Prize!
Montreal After Dark examines how control over the night remained a persistent obstacle to Montreal’s ambitions during the second half of the twentieth century.
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On the blog we share an open letter from the board of the Nova Scotia Women's History Society re. the decision of the NS government to close 12 of 28 provincial museum sites:
Nova Scotia is closing almost half of its museums. 12 museums - gone. This is your heritage being abandoned. Write to your MLA - and warn about the immeasurable harm this creates. Do something!
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
⚫ Le tromboniste, compositeur et chanteur new-yorkais d’origine portoricaine Willie Colón est mort à l’âge de 75 ans. Admiré par Bad Bunny, il a su mêler avec brio l’esprit de la fête et la critique politico-sociale.
Bio of the Day: Joseph Seraphim Fortes (1863–1922), shoeblack, bartender, porter, swimming instructor, and lifeguard. He came to #Vancouver in 1885 and was most famous for his work as a swimming instructor and lifeguard. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/forte...
✨ Découvrez l’exposition 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 2 à la Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy jusqu’au 15 février. Elle met en valeur une sélection d’œuvres créées par Francine Saillant (CELAT) et Camille Courier, initialement présentées dans l’exposition 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦́𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 (Paris, 2025).
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Concord Stalls Plan to Fill Its Hole in Vancouver's Heart via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Earliest known photograph of a snowman, ca. 1854, taken by Mary Dillwyn (most likely in Wales).
The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-o...
Just released - the preliminary program for @deindustrialpol.bsky.social's June 18-20 conference in Montreal on "(Un)Just Transitions? Deindustrialization and the Environment." Check it out!
deindustrialization.org/depot2025con...
I wrote a short piece for The Conversation on how nighttime governance converged with the expansion of police funding and powers in Montreal.
Québec exhorté à garder le cap sur l’ambition climatique. L’État québécois doit baser ses décisions sur les constats de «la science», dit le comité consultatif du gouvernement. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
« Ces maisons ont été des tremplins pour faire connaître et reconnaître qu’elles étaient des femmes articulées », des femmes de lettres, de cœur et de tête. »
Rappel : c’est cette semaine !
La nuit, tous les loups sont gris - Chronique de la Commission de toponymie du Québec
toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/salle-de-...
ANALYSE | La constitution proposée par la CQ vient affaiblir la capacité des groupes minoritaires et marginalisés à invoquer la Charte des droits et libertés pour se défendre contre les abus des gouvernements.
Un article de Francis Hébert-Bernier.
pivot.quebec/2025/10...
#polqc #polcan
Hâte de prendre part au colloque Streetstories | Histoires de rue (7–8 nov.), où j’aurai le plaisir de donner la conférence d’honneur. Un bel événement sur la ville, ses usages et ses imaginaires.
Don't worry, most likely AI generated.
Raoul Peck vient de lancer un nouveau film: «Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5». Il faut le voir. Le titre est une référence à un passage de 1984, le célèbre livre de George Orwell. Ce film témoigne d’une intelligence rare du monde qui prend appui sur les écrits d’Orwell
www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
Some excellent evening listening: Matthieu Caron interviewed on the Witness to Yesterday podcast about Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City.
We are thrilled to announce our new colloboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social - Urban and Environmental Dialogues
Send us your proposals for this new urban #envhist series by 24 October!
niche-canada.org/2025/09/29/c...
#urbanhistory #urbanstudies #urban #envhum
interested in the history of mining, smelting, heavy industry, workplace health & safety, or company magazines in canada?the trail bc museum and bcrdh.ca have just digitized a complete run of "cominco magazine."
bcrdh.ca/islandora/ob...
thanks to @kellyblack.ca for the tip!
#bchist #cdnhist #envhist
Expo 86 trivia time.
The U.S. pavilion focused on their space program, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than four months before Expo began
The USSR's pavilion celebrated their nuclear industry, but the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred less than a week before Expo began.
