"Contested Catch is a terrific book that makes an enormous contribution to our understanding of Canada’s most valuable – but under-studied – fishery, as well as the ways in which the modern state has functioned in Canada." Edward MacDonald, University of Prince Edward Island
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#Fishery
Stylised artwork featuring three white women in long patterned cloaks and dresses
Margaret Macdonald, The Three Perfumes, 1912, Glasgow School artist who was believed to have influenced Klimt #womensart
Felicitations, Isabelle!
Screen capture of a book cover. It's a white background with a picture of part of a multicolored lobster dominating the bottom 2/3 of the cover. Book title is Contested catch: lobster, localism and Canada's Atlantic coast, 1870 to 1970
It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
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Concluding thoughts at the end of a dishwashing conversation with my spouse (who has been teaching secondary school math for more than 20 years): teaching is hard.
Something we both love. But definitely hard to do well.
After conference morning swim, as you do (was looking out for you @juliegottlieb.bsky.social )am at my first panel for #nacbs2025 with a strong Irish theme ❤️ & looking forward to hearing another great paper from @elizakirk.bsky.social
Thanks, @caitbeaumont.bsky.social! So glad to have you in town!
Tomorrow
Untitled (Blue Jays)
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2025
Morning M'Orange
Billie Rae Busby
2023
Homecoming
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1979
Butterflies
Carol Young ~ Haida
2012
Eternity
Tracey Metallic ~ Mi'kmaq
n.d.
Montreal from St. Helen’s Island
Albert H. Robinson
c. 1909
Bonne St-Jean! Something of a more somber reflective song selection this year. Seems à propos youtu.be/XaUdyuOfwa4?...
The Night Shift
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
c. 2023
The Tiff
Florence Carlyle
1902
👥 Plusieurs membres du GHM participeront à la réunion annuelle de la @cndhistassoc.bsky.social, qui commencera demain à Toronto #cdnhist #congressh
➡️ Magda Fahrni offrira l'une des conférences d'honneur, intitulée « The Trouble with Families: Writing Family History in the Twenty-First Century »
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For many Quebecers who express their faith visibly, Bill 21 has meant lost jobs, stalled ambitions, and a deep sense of alienation—of being made to feel like second-class citizens in a province they call home. thewalrus.ca/bill-21-quebec/
Likewise, @caitbeaumont.bsky.social. I loved your keynote at @whaireland.bsky.social #WHAI2025 last week! Such a thoughtful and remarkable reflection on your grandmother’s history and the merging of historical approaches.
Final thanks to our #WHAI2025 speakers who engaged and contributed their expertise - the range of scholarship was outstanding - loved meeting you all 💜 Our undergrads were AWESOME 😎 as @whaireland.bsky.social president Prof Diane Urqhart said 'the future of history is in safe hands' #Skystorians
It was a GREAT conference - I learned so much. My brain is still firing away…! And such great community. Thank you so much for the warm, collegial hospitality!
🎉 Le Groupe d'histoire de Montréal a obtenu une subvention du @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social pour 2025-2029! Le projet « Montréal, ville d'empires (1800-2000) » réunira des chercheur·es, collaborateur·ices, étudiant·es et postdoctorant·es de plusieurs établissements québécois et canadiens.
🏛️ Last week, Elizabeth Kirkland and Mary Anne Poutanen presented their research at the @whaireland.bsky.social conference, held at Carlow College, St. Patrick's. #WHAI2025
Join us on 14th May at Atwater Library and Computer centre for the Annual Colloquium of the St Andrew’s Society/McEuen Scholarship Foundation Chair in Canadian Scottish Studies! We have an interesting programme and range of fascinating speakers. RSVP to register!
Great new open letter by academics in Canada & Quebec raising the alarm on fascist attacks on academic freedom, independent scholarship, and the work historians do. It's currently being translated into English but you can read it here in French. Please sign and share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
