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

It's time to look into what's happening with the Rural History Roundtable at @uofguelph.bsky.social.

Fall '25 has three hybrid sessions, including a November double billing. All are welcome to attend!

More info on @alanmaceachern.bsky.social's Sept 23 talk coming soon.

#aghist #cdnhist #ruralhist

A picture of the book, Pursuing Play, propped against a pillow in a library.

It’s always fun to do book talks in the towns I wrote about! I’ll be at the Elora Public Library tonight talking about my book, Pursuing Play, with @umanitobapress.bsky.social wellington.libnet.info/event/12412169 #cdnhist #ruralhist #womenshist

The Winter 2025 semester brings new Rural History Roundtable speakers, with upcoming virtual presentations by Letitia Johnson, @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social, and Kimberley Moore & @janisthiessen.bsky.social
Watch here for more info, and here too: uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist #ruralhist

A screenshot of the first page of a chapter in an edited collection.

The cover of the book titled Ontario Since Confederation: A Reader 2nd edition.

Thrilled to finally see my chapter in print! A great collection recently published by University of Toronto Press. #cdnhist #onthist #ruralhist

Staycations, skating and cycling: A new book uncovers what women did for fun in this province from 1870 to 1914. | Fresh Air with Ismaila Alfa | Live Radio | CBC Listen Rebecca Beausaert is an adjunct professor in history at the University of Guelph. She just published a book called Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario. She shared more about her research into the kinds of things women did for fun in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Thank you CBC Radio & Fresh Air for having me on Saturday morning to talk about my new book, Pursuing Play: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnhist #womenshist #ruralhist

The new academic year brings a new round of the Rural History Roundtable, with presentations in Fall '24 by @rebeccabeau.bsky.social, Ed Dunsworth, and @rossfair.bsky.social. Watch here for more info: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist #ruralhist

Nice to be back at the NS Archives today, and more pumpkin drama at an agricultural exhibition 🎃
From 1937 "the party who owned the two pumpkins which disappeared is demanding Twenty-Five Dollars or the return of the pumpkins. ... Either produce the two pumpkins or ... pay the $" #envhist #ruralhist