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Had a great time chatting with @saskculture.bsky.social about @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social’s communication strategy today!

Not pictured, our SHFS executive director, communications extraordinaire, and co-interviewee, Kristin Enns-Kavanagh.

Podcast episode out soon!

#skhistory #saskatchewan

Copy of Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women's Food Labour in a Qu'Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community laying on some yellow pillows

2026 Reading Challenge: 5/20
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Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community by Cheryl Troupe
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Review on StoryGraph
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@umanitobapress.bsky.social 2025.
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#envhist #metis #skhistory #canadianhistory #womenshistory

Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss Volunteering revealed urban conservation’s failures as Saskatoon Grasslands lost biodiversity, accountability, and fescue prairie, prompting calls for memorialization and justice.

"Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss" by Carmen Gilmore is the fourth post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social

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#envhist #urbanhistory #yxe #skhistory #sask

Seeds, Roots, and Local Knowledge on the Prairies Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles on the 2018 Canadian History and Environment Summer Symposium. The symposium was held in Saskatchewan in early June and focused on the theme of...

"Farmers imported seeds to make the landscape feel more familiar, revealing transnational environmental links." - Cristina Wood

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#envhist #aghist #skhistory #cdnhist

“Bright Leaves of Cottonwoods Whirling Away”: Plants, Place-Making, and Nostalgia in Folklore Magazine’s First Five Years Folklore magazine’s early archives preserve rich plant-centered memories, evoking prairie life, seasonal change, settler survival, and complex cultural histories.

4) "'Bright Leaves of Cottonwoods Whirling Away': Plants, Place-Making, and Nostalgia in Folklore Magazine’s First Five Years" by Taryn Goff - niche-canada.org/2025/06/19/b...

#envhist #skhistory #cdnhist #planthistory @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social

I joined some of my fellow @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social colleagues this past weekend at Wood Mountain to mark the 10th anniversary of our historic trail walks and retrace the first leg of the original walk from Wood Mountain to Fort Walsh.

#skhistory #saskatchewan #exploresask

New Book - Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community Putting Down Roots explores Métis women’s land-based labour and resilience in Qu’Appelle road allowance communities amid colonial displacement.

Today on our site Cheryl Troupe introduces us to her new book, Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community ( @umanitobapress.bsky.social 2025)

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Many don't know that Saskatchewan was a hub of alternative energy research and development in the 1970s.

Read "A Family Affair: Alternative Energy Research in 1970s Saskatchewan" by Justin Fisher

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#energyhistory #alternativeenergy #skhistory #cdnhist #envhist

Copy of The Education of Augie Merasty laying amidst some yellow lilies

2025 Reading Challenge: 30/50
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The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir by Joseph Auguste Merasty, with David Carpenter
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#amreading #book #booksky #memoir #residentialschools #skhistory #indigenoushistory #cdnhist

"People have been telling stories about renewable energy since the nineteen-seventies..."

Yes! Read Justin Fisher on Saskatchewan's role in this history, "A Family Affair: Alternative Energy Research in 1970s Saskatchewan" - niche-canada.org/2023/11/09/a...

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"Unjust and disastrous": The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry Viewed from Saskatchewan Saskatchewan activists opposed northern energy projects, supported Dene land rights, and saw the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry as a hopeful model for resistance.

Today we have the latest in our series marking the 50th anniversary of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, "'Unjust and disastrous': The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry Viewed from Saskatchewan" by Justin Fisher

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#envhist #cdnhist #skhistory #energyhistory

Putting Down Roots Looking through the lens of women's work, Putting Down Roots reframes Métis road allowance communities as sites of profound resistance and resilience, restoring Métis life in places, times, and schola...

If you would like a copy of Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community, you can order it from @umanitobapress.bsky.social here: uofmpress.ca/books/puttin...

#envhist #skhistory #metis #cdnhist

Our shared heritage: a cornerstone of identity and resilience | Heritage Sask In this election, we have heard many discussions about Canadian identity, which is a subject we are well-acquainted with at Heritage Saskatchewan.…

"What makes places in Saskatchewan interesting and desirable to live in and visit is that they have their own unique, diverse, and living heritage ... So fund it!" - @heritagesask.bsky.social

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Women and the Prairies Landscape Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles on the 2018 Canadian History and Environment Summer Symposium. The symposium was held in Saskatchewan in early June and focused on the theme of...

#WomensHistoryMonth Reading

In "Women and the Prairies Landscape," @erinspinney.bsky.social takes us back to our CHESS 2018 adventures.

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For What Use? Using and Re-using Wooden Crib Grain Elevators One of the few tools for "saving" historic places is by designating a property as a heritage site.

New comments:

"I used to crib grain elevators in younger years in Sask, … Simpson, Melfort ,Redvers and Birch Hills , crib axe and nails , away you go 🙂"

"No one could beat me in an arm wrestle 🙂" - both comments by Todd Jorgenson

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If you are looking for a place to dive into provincal sports history, the SK Sports HOF is it! Take a look at their AAGPBL exhibit 👀 They have a huge collection of Bonnie Baker and Arleene Noga artifacts!

#SK #skshof #yqr #regina #AAGPBL #bonnieBaker #ArleeneNoga #skhistory #womenshistorymonth

Cover of Unapologetically Queer special issue of Folklore magazine featuring a just-married white lesbian couple who are kissing, while three people on stairs above pretend to be scandalized.

The Unapologetically Queer! special issue is a critical addition to our understanding of our province's queer history.

Can't make the launch?! You can access the full issue for free here: skhistory.squarespace.com/unapologetic...

#yxe #saskatoon #skhistory #saskatchewan #queerhistory #cdnhist

TONIGHT in Saskatoon at McNally Robinson at 7pm!

Launch of the special issue of @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social Folklore Magazine, published in collaboration with Spark Your Pride!

This issue features the stories of queer seniors living in Saskatchewan.

#yxe #skhistory #saskatchewan #cdnhist

Want proof that women have always belonged in the game?

Check out "Rule Breakers – Farm Girls in Baseball & The Saskatoon Pats."

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#WomensHistoryMonth #SKBaseball #FarmGirls #WomenInBaseball #SkHistory #Saskatoon #Saskatchewan #HomeRunsDirtRoads

Excited to share that @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social is now on BlueSky!

Proud to be president of this organization!

#yxe #saskatchewan #skhistory #cdnhist

The Unpaid Labour That Benefits Us All | Heritage Sask Volunteers have long been seen as the backbone of Saskatchewan. And they do incredible amounts of work to keep the province's heritage alive. The…

I had the privilege of chatting with Cat Woloschuk about my work with Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society this past summer. Read their summary of what they found in their research in "The Unpaid Labour That Benefits Us All."

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Review of Olive, Protecting the Prairies While much has been written about the political history and the history of natural resource development in the province, this book fills in a gap about Saskatchewan’s history of conservation politics.

In our latest review, @emilyeaton.bsky.social reviews Andrea Olive's Protecting the Prairies: Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation (University of Regina Press, 2023)

niche-canada.org/2024/11/06/r...

#envhist #skhistory #cdnhist #bookreview

Call for Submissions – From Coulees to Muskeg: A Saskatchewan Environmental History Series We will consider any environmental history topic that relates to Saskatchewan, including trans-regional and comparative topics.

We are excited to announce the 6th year of our partnership with Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society and Folklore Magazine!

Submit to our From Coulees to Muskeg: A Saskatchewan Environmental History Series!

niche-canada.org/2024/10/15/c...

#envhist #skhistory #cdnhist #saskatchewan

Happy to share that I am now President of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society!

#yxe #saskatchewan #skhistory

Saskatoon Slideshows: The Leonard Hillyard Collection

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Call for Submissions – From Coulees to Muskeg: A Saskatchewan Environmental History Series We will consider any environmental history topic that relates to Saskatchewan, including trans-regional and comparative topics.

For #SaskatchewanDay, why not check out our Saskatchewan #EnvHist series, From Coulees to Muskeg, and brainstorm a proposal??

All articles in this series are also published in Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society's Folklore magazine.

niche-canada.org/2023/10/26/c...

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Call for Submissions – From Coulees to Muskeg: A Saskatchewan Environmental History Series We will consider any environmental history topic that relates to Saskatchewan, including trans-regional and comparative topics.

If you have another tidbit of Saskatchewan Environmental History you'd like to write about, consider submitting to our From Coulees to Muskeg series with the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society

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Some great Saskatchewan #EnvHist!

Why Regina is the only capital city in Canada on a man-made lake youtu.be/hmj7-XxORsE?...

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Event - Energy Crisis from the 1970s to Today 26 March 2024 - Saskatoon - Justin Fisher from the University of Saskatchewan History Department will explore the 1970s energy crisis in Saskatchewan, how it relates to our current crisis, and some le...

Event - Energy Crisis from the 1970s to Today
with Justin Fisher
26 March 2024 – 7:00pm CST - Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Environmental Society Sustainability Speakers Series

niche-canada.org/2024/03/18/e...

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A Family Affair: Alternative Energy Research in 1970s Saskatchewan The Stewart Home was designed to test alternative energy strategies in Saskatchewan in the 1970s.

New Comment:

"Terrific post, Justin. These case studies of energy conservation and alternative energy projects during the 1970s oil crises are fascinating." - @seankheraj.bsky.social

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