Thomas Peace
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Associate prof @historyhuron, co-editor @ActiveHist, & author of The Slow Rush of Colonization: https://t.co/5PY3ZZkY0Y…
Joined December 2009
"Humans, privileging the works of social historians, challenges many long-accepted conclusions about various historical eras that traditional global histories have kept alive." Alvin Finkel provides a peek at his new book in today's post. https://t.co/QbOzs2ThUh
activehistory.ca
Alvin Finkel Since the 1970s the proliferation of social histories has challenged once-dominant historical paradigms focused narrowly on elites and ignoring or diminishing women, colonized peoples,…
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This shameful op-ed should never have been published @nationalpost. Not only is it misleading (public perception towards these issues was shifting well before 2015) but it ignores #MurraySinclair’s important work before the TRC. https://t.co/8XO5o92ZM3
#cdnpoli #racism #cdnmedia
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Witness a prime example of an agitator and activist mimicking the very behaviour he claims to condemn. This tweet is deeply shameful. #cdnpoli
What an absolute disgrace that so many woke activists & authorities used Remembrance Day to push their divisive and radical causes, denigrating our history and the brave military members who sacrificed for it. We are a proud country with a proud history, and everyone who lives
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Laura Madokoro's class on History in the News has been particularly challenging this year. Read on for Laura's reflections. https://t.co/B3rLejNkyJ
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Newspapers from publishers ready for mailing. Credit: Post Office / Library and Archives Canada / PA-059949. Laura Madokoro For the past two years, I have had the great pleasure of teaching a cours…
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This is a critical campaign in #ldnont pushing back on significant cutbacks to @cityofldnont support for our non-profit sector. The organization that I am most familiar with operates with 35% of the city funding they had a decade ago. @PillarNN
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"Since the release of the TRC’s Final Report, denialists feel that they have lost control of the narrative and [...] seek to distort, downplay, and discredit established historical truths to try and regain control." @SeanCarleton's post is live today. https://t.co/YvOmRnXnNm
activehistory.ca
One problem is that those engaging in Indian Residential School denialism understand the important role that truth-telling about the past has on social change. If establishing the truth is, as the …
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"The contradiction at the centre of the American experiment is the contradiction between the promise of freedom and equality and the reality of racism and nativism." Donald Wright's essay is live. https://t.co/PKzPyiAlDE
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Donald Wright Nov 8, 1962; Nashville, TN, USA; Picketers, calling for an end to segregation in places of public accommodation, demonstrated during Nashville City Council meeting Nov. 8, 1962. One o…
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Call for Applications: Indigenous Artist-in-Residence 2025, Western University #LdnOnt #publichistory
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Leith Mahkewa, Supporting Each Other and Creation, beaded vase. Call for Applications: Indigenous Artist-in-Residence Department of Visual Arts, Western University Application Deadline: January 15,...
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On the blog, Colby Gaudet examines Acadian social networks of the revolutionary Atlantic:
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By Colby Gaudet Studying the foundational history of the Acadian community at St. Mary’s Bay in southwestern Nova Scotia presents some challenges due to a lack of surviving archival sources – …
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We have a new episode today over @ActiveHist as @theseangraham talks with Molly Miowak Guise, author of Alaska Native Resilience, about the book and local communities' response to the Aleutian campaigns during the Second World War #podcast
https://t.co/FGSOpN0rM2
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By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Holly Miowak Guise, author of Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II. We talk about the lived memory of the Second World War in Alaska, the America…
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So far my @CityofLdnOnt council has banned encampments from residential neighbourhoods, & now they have banned shelters from business improvement districts. It is hard to understand how this doesn’t lead to ghettoization of poverty in #ldnont
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Yesterday was such a heavy day for a lot of us in the @westernu system.
It is with great sadness we acknowledge the profound loss of three remarkable members of the Indigenous community: Senator Murray Sinclair, Dan Smoke, and Amanda Kennedy (Kuwahs^nahawi).
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Brian Lilley ran a column today about how we will likely end up with a “balanced” budget in #onpoli. It is worth observing that #cdnpse is at a breaking point because so-called #RespectForTaxpayers policies have left our institutions w/o resources to support the public.
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No more red tape… errr… only for alcohol sales and other inane projects, otherwise lots of red tape for people who threaten the status quo &, of course, bike lanes.
OHIP is demanding that Kingston doctor @DrElaineMa pay back $600,000 for taking operating #COVID19 #vaccination clinics at the height of the pandemic -- because shots were not administered in her office, by @DoreyForestell
https://t.co/jkUplM16N6 via @kingstonist @DocMCohen
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This is my take too. The Colborne bike lane in #ldnont is a critical piece of infrastructure for biking with my family. It will also be important for my kids once they start high school. The politicization of #bikelanes demonstrates all that is wrong with #cdnpoli.
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We lost two amazing men yesterday who worked hard to ensure that Canadians understood the importance of Indigenous cultures & histories to the constitutional fabric of Canada. I never met Murray Sinclair, but I knew Dan Smoke well. May they both rest in peace. #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
Broadcaster and co-host of 'Smoke Signals' Dan Smoke has passed away
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"After recording the first of many oral histories with Joey Hollingworth in February 2022 [...] I felt an urgency to preserve his story. He spoke with humor and details as smooth and precise as his tap." Zahra McDoom's essay is live today. https://t.co/tUyHJvRIaq
activehistory.ca
Photos are from Joey Hollingsworth’s personal collection. Photo with drum by Roy Kumano. Photo with sunglasses by Zahra McDoom. Joey Hollingsworth (b. 1936) is a tap dancer, creative force and one …
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This messaging is profoundly disappointing & represents all that is wrong in #cdnpoli. It is hard to believe that so many Canadians seeming willing to endorse a politician so willing to go low.
At every chance he gets, Trudeau will pickpocket Canadians with new & higher taxes. Gas, groceries, paycheques, and even beer, Trudeau wants to tax it all. Sign to axe the tax hikes: https://t.co/Xv79J7dDEF
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This applies to me too in #ldnont. I can bike most places as quickly as driving. When I lived in #Halifax in the mid-2000s, I could ride from the HFX shopping centre to @HistorySmu just as quickly as driving. The main impediment to biking for rational actors is safety.
This is one major reason that I continue to bike to work. Biking takes 13-15 minutes no matter what. Driving takes as little as 12 minutes with no traffic (i.e. after 9 pm) or up to 30 minutes in heavy traffic (i.e. when I actually go to work).
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This is exactly right. Most people opposed to #bikelanes don’t understand what it is like to bike & how our infrastructure actively prevents people from choosing this option. #onpoli
My father-in-law, a lifelong suburban car owner with no real interest in cycling, became pro-bike lane when his daughter-in-law started cycling to work every day. He shifted on a dime. He cared deeply about making sure she’d be safe out there (that’s me btw). What happened to
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