Next break up line: It's not you, it's the nation state

These are the commercial fishing boats currently out exploiting the fisheries of Mi’kma’ki. Never trust people who cite "conservation" as a tool to destroy Indigenous lifeways. Map: @junnygirldecolonized / Instagram #HonourTheTreaties #HandsOffMikmaki #ShutDownCanada

Cassy and Briar. A compilation.

Let’s say it again... Studying history will sometimes disturb you. Studying history will sometimes upset you. Studying history will sometimes make you furious. If studying history always makes you feel proud and happy, you probably aren’t studying history.

Studying history has resulted in me understanding way more about early modern tax systems than I understand about modern taxes.

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"One of the calls for action in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is that Canadians learn their history. Indian hospitals are a part of that history." #BrockU professor Maureen Lux shares a brief history of 'Indian hospitals' in Canada? ⬇️ #UnivResearch @historybrocku

CRISIS LINE | The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line - 1-866-925-4419 - is available 24 hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience.

Sometimes I wonder if I use my history degree enough. But then I'm asked why the UK likes toast sandwiches and can go into a 20 minute explanation of the history of toast in the UK with citations... Worth it.

My home office is essentially a game of guess the number of maps.

Happy to say I've joined the team Defining Moments / Moments Déterminants Canada as a storymapping consultant. So happy to see more organizations begining to use historical GIS as an educational tool!

Immerse yourselves in the history of #labour #activism in Canada with this Esri Canada StoryMap of The Nine Hour Movement, as part of our All for 9 project showcasing the changing nature of work in the late 19th century. definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/stor… Rebecca Nickerson

Please just say disabilities. Not different abilities, not challenges, not differences, just disabilities.

Next week I'll be giving a presentation on my research! Register at gisdays-westernu.hub.arcgis.com

Happening tomorrow (Thursday) at 11am!

Happy to share that a map I made was published in Adam Shoalts' (a fellow Brock history alumni) book Where the Falcon Flies!

Today! Join us in GLA 201 at 1pm to hear Eric Story present "The White Plague's Dark Secret: A History of Tuberculous Veterans in the Twentieth Century." Brock Humanities Brock Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs