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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 00:42 UTC

"Members of the collective variously define the memorial stones as a “slices of forgotten histories” and relics commemorating the “sacrifices of youths for the cause of revolution.”"
Madhulagna Halder's essay is live.
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

"The Italian experience testifies that history is more complicated, non-linear, and powerful than historical consciousness, which is often straightforward." Alessandro Tarsia's essay is live today.

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 11:54 UTC

"The audience were described as “long-haired intellectual” types, pre-adults, enamoured with the countercultural messenger."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 12:43 UTC

The first post in David M. K. Sheinin's series, "The Late 1980s Crisis in Toronto Public Housing," is live today. Read about Gertrude Wright's story in "Part I – Disability and Danger."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 23:03 UTC

"Now more than ever, we need reproductive justice as a framework to be incorporated into the education system."
Mallory Davies continues our series on Thinking Historically.
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 14:07 UTC

"[History] shapes in subtle and unconscious ways how provinces and communities are perceived in the past and present, and how they confront the future."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 02:41 UTC

"[T]here is a tendency when examining political figures to portray them as either good or evil, with little room for nuance or depth."
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 01:28 UTC

Don't forget! Active History is accepting proposals for Active History: Indigenous Voices until July 1. Know History Inc. is providing honoraria for the editor and authors.
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 12:18 UTC

"This focus on parental rights ignores the fact that safety is not always guaranteed at home." #SexEd #SexualHealth #ABLeg #ABPoli
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] May 17, 2024 at 14:06 UTC

"If museums have shaped you [...], you might ask your elected representatives how their government supports community museums in your area".
#IMD2024 #Museums4Education #Museums4Research #InternationalMuseumsDay

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] May 16, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

"As Haiti’s future is as uncertain as ever, the Action Patriotique movement of the 1970s serves as a reminder of the activism that has long characterized Haitian communities."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 13:17 UTC

"Smith is concerned that federal research funding is biased toward certain kinds of scholarship and opinion because she has been talking to “some of our academics.” This raises the question of with whom, exactly, Smith has been conversing."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] May 02, 2024 at 12:54 UTC

"If we are what we eat, what then are those who feed us?"

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 12:51 UTC

"Our “otherness” being the norm, More Than A Face allows us to explore and share our stories with no scrum over cultural “authenticity”."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 14:16 UTC

Visit Active History on Display to peruse two new digital exhibits, The Human Cost of Food and More Than A Face.

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 11:00 UTC

"With unyielding and sustained cuts as a backdrop, it’s not hard to guess why LAC has leaned so fully into online offerings that leave researchers to fend for themselves."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 18, 2024 at 11:35 UTC

"I wonder whether we may consider contact with despair an occupational hazard and what it would mean to proceed accordingly." Krenare Recaj's post is live today.

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 15, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

Calling all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis editors and authors! Active History is accepting proposals for a blog series, and Know History is generously providing honoraria to the successful team!

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 19:25 UTC

"Can we borrow a page from science educators and develop a unique history teaching method? Will the 5E Method work for history instruction?"

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 13:08 UTC

"Vision 2030 expresses eagerness to attract more uninitiated users, but it has little to say about how they will “connect with their history and culture.”"

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 05, 2024 at 11:09 UTC

"University students are painfully aware that their colleagues and professors may not be trustworthy and must carefully pick their way through personal and professional minefields."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 04, 2024 at 10:52 UTC

"[S]ome community members, at least, see heritage and historical commemoration as public spaces into which one can enter happily."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 11:11 UTC

"The problem is with the way LAC has been reorganized over the years with so little thought to the needs of professional and amateur historians."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 12, 2024 at 13:34 UTC

Daniel R. Meister's essay, "Who Killed the History of Canadian Multiculturalism?," is live today.

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 08, 2024 at 15:15 UTC

"[T]he names of the young women who lived in [Alexander Rutherford's] home, cooked his meals, and changed his sheets? They were disregarded and lost." Julia Stanski explains how she tried to put a name to "the Rutherford maid."

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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 07, 2024 at 15:10 UTC

"[W]omen who are racialized, Indigenous, disabled, working class, 2SLGBTQ+, or are at the intersections of these identities, are often absent from history curricula and educational materials." Tifanie Valade continues our series on Thinking Historically.

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