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Find out what I’ve been up to for the last few months!!

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The cat 🐱 is out of the bag … our new website is now LIVE! 🥳 This is a huge milestone in our efforts to re-centre our online presence on the needs and expectations of users. Curious? Head to our website and check it out now! library-archives.canada.ca/eng

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#ICYMI: big changes and a new look for our website! library-archives.canada.ca/eng

Something I dislike about academia is how often we receive anonymous feedback from people who don't care about how it makes us feel. Students, peer reviewers, grant funding bodies... Difficult to stay focused on your own work when others determine the trajectory of your career.

Here’s a hill I’m willing to die on: Stop using family tree projects in WL. I’ve taken a lot of grief over the years from teachers in workshops not willing to let go of this. Here’s what happened with my 9th and 10th graders yesterday: 1/4

Another potent read is this 2021 piece by Andrea Eidinger, Ph.D. universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/…

Food for thought: unwrittenhistories.com/poppies-the-po… #canhist #cdnhist #RemembranceDay

Hey folks! So it’s been over two years since I stopped regularly posting on UH. The site costs me $200 a year, and still gets a fair amount of traffic. But I’m not sure it’s worth my paying to continue. Any thoughts or suggestions?

New Ep - DEAD MALLS From their heyday in the 80s to their decline in the 00s we look into the rise and fall of the shopping centre. So put on your acid wash jeans and turn up the muzak as we explore what happens when a mall 'dies'. 👂🏾link.chtbl.com/sloctwitter

New Ep - 'RAT-BERTA' Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free province? Is there really a Rat Patrol? We find out the truth behind the province’s rat hating reputation. 👂🏾link.chtbl.com/sloctwitter 📸1948 Alberta Dept. of Public Health Poster (Provincial Archives of Alberta)

NEW Ep 'the one who almost got away' It took Newfoundland 82 yrs to join Canada. We look into what it all meant for Indigenous people there and then learn why margarine ended up playing an important role. w/ guest Caitlin Maura Hanrahan. 👂🏾link.chtbl.com/sloctwitter

NEW EP- What's the story behind Montreal Smoked Meat & what was Matzohgate? We chat with Andrea Eidinger, Ph.D. to learn about Montreal’s Jewish community through the dishes, cookbooks & restaurants that have now become iconic. 👂🏾link.chtbl.com/sloctwitter 📸Schwartz's deli (G. Hughes)

This month is #JewishHeritageMonth! Samantha Cutrara had a 2020 #SourceSaturday convo w/ Andrea Eidinger, Ph.D. about JewishCanadian identity crafted through food. Check it out here: youtu.be/STQbIxFaZ38

Interested in learning more about the history of celebrating Victoria Day? Check out this blog post by Andrea Eidinger, Ph.D.  unwrittenhistories.com/why-do-we-cele…

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After 92 years, the 1931 Census is here! 🎉 All 234,687 pages of the 1931 Census of Canada have been digitized and are available to the public: ow.ly/u9A050OBKM7