Doing some prep for this week’s #HiddenHistory of #swont. Here’s a great line about #LakeErie: “Erie is a dull lake, like a person one meets in life, neither beautiful nor ugly, neither strong nor weak, neither good nor bad.” (Harper’s Magazine, June 1873) #onhist #cdnhist

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With #AlCapone ‘s birthday coming up on Saturday, we talked #Bootlegging on #LakeErie for this week’s #HiddenHistory of #swont. You can listen the Matt & my conversation here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #Alcohol #cdnhist #onhist

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Sorry #DryJanuary folks, but we are talking #Alcohol for this month’s #HiddenHistory of #swont. Lots to unpack from #Labatt & #HiramWalker to #Bootlegging & #Prohibition. Hear today’s conversation here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #onhist

UNION OF ONTARIO INDIANS – Anishinabek Nation releases new treaty resources for young learners

It is #TreatyRecognitionWeek. What is your treaty history? Here’s a link to what looks like a wonderful initiative: anishinabek.ca/2025/11/03/a... #onpoli #cdnpoli #cdnhist #onhist

I'm pleased to learn that The Champlain Society has awarded me its 2025 Floyd S. Chalmers Award for my book, Improving Upper Canada. #cdnhist #envhist #onhist #aghist

Museum London Museum London portal to register for programs, events and clubs

If you are in #ldnont tonight, please join us at Museum London, as we launch Behind the Bricks: the Life and Times of the Mohawk Institute. You can find more details here: museumlondon.uplifterinc.com/registration... #cdnhist #onhist

‘He had no mercy on anybody’: A new book collects Indigenous former residential students’ grim memories of the Mohawk Institute “Our only crime was being poor,” one former student recalls, “our parents couldn’t feed us the way the Indian agent thought we should be fed.”

Really proud to be part of the team working with Rick to publish this new book on the history of the #MohawkInstitute. www.thestar.com/news/insight... #ResidentialSchools #onpoli #onhist #cdnpoli #cdnhist

Postcard of "The Bore, Moncton, NB", flanked by a banner depicting the coat of arms of Ontario and a Union Jack, and a crown on top.

Happy 60th b-day to the provincial flag of Ontario, ne'er to be confused with any national flag, past or present. Not like this gonfanon of the Arms of Ontario posing as a Canadian flag on a postcard of a New Brunswick scene, about 1910 #cdnhist #onhist #vexillology

Holiday edition of #HiddenHistory of #swont. This week Matt Allen & I explore the history of Crokinole, a game that roots back to Perth Co: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #onhist

Hidden Histories of Southwestern Ontario – Huron Community History Centre

With a bit of time today, I updated the #HiddenHistory of #swont website. We just passed the 1 year mark. That’s 53 interviews for a total of about 6h 11 min talking #onhist. Check them out here: www.huronresearch.ca/communityhis... #cdnhist

With all the snow last week, we featured the #HiddenHistory of #LdnOnt Doidge Park, one of our city’s treasured toboggan hills. We also discussed the important history of parks (shout out to @drgeoffread.bsky.social who got me thinking about this) - www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #swont #onhist

For #GivingTuesday we featured Warwick Township’s “Uncle Joe” for this week’s #HiddenHistory of #swont. You can listen to my conversation with CBC #ldnont host Matt Allen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #onhist #cdnhist

This week’s #HiddenHistory of #SWOnt: The history of salt mining (& it’s not just about #Goderich!) #onhist #cdnhist -
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I will be curious to tune in. My gut says “no” but only in favour of several rich & dynamic more regional identities, a few of which cut across borders. #SWOnt #onpoli #onhist #cdnhist #cdnidentity.

I loved Ontario Place when I was a kid and have always been baffled by what happened to it. #onpoli #onhist

University of Toronto Press - Improving Upper Canada Agricultural societies founded in the colony of Upper Canada were the institutional embodiment of the ideology of improvement, modelled on contemporary socie...

For once the Fair organizes the agricultural societies.
Forthcoming from UTP (March 2024).
#aghist #onhist #cdnhist
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