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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The new semester begins today! First up, our webinar next week with Dr. Max Liboiron. "Against Mutuality, for Infrastructure: A Theory of Change for Research Across Significant Difference."

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Against Mutuality, for Infrastructure: A Theory of Change for Research Across Significant Difference

Presented by the UNB Atlantic Canada Studies Centre and STU Sustainability and Environmental Studies program.

A webinar with Dr. Max Liboiron (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 16
Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Location: Teams (go to following link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fc8bfbd5-a01f-4b87-af7d-be290159e410@244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7)

About the webinar

When two fundamentally different cultural groups decide to collaborate, how do we deal with the combination of power imbalances and separate knowledge paradigms?

This talk starts from the premise that even with the best skills, ethics, and training, most methods of collaboration assume mutuality, and thus function as a redemptive fantasy of unity rather than addressing structural power imbalances. Drawing on a nine-year collaboration monitoring plastics in Inuit homelands, the talk describes how even with Indigenous co-leadership, Western epistemologies continued to dominate.

Rather than pursuing impossible integration or relying on mutuality, we found uneven success by shifting toward infrastructure: the material supports such as contracts, funding flows, and data ownership, that orient action regardless of intention or even understanding. Rather than hearts and minds (mutuality), this talk argues for a theory of change based in infrastructure.

About Dr. Max Liboiron

Dr. Max Liboiron is a Professor in Geography at Memorial University, where they direct the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR). CLEAR develops feminist and anti-colonial methodologies to study marine plastic pollution.

Liboiron is author of Pollution is Colonialism (Duke University Press, 2021) and co-author of Discard Studies: Systems, Wasting, and Power (MIT Press, 2022).

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We're so excited to share that we'll be hosting a webinar discussion with the brilliant Dr. Max Liboiron on Wednesday, September 16, 4-6PM AST. "Against Mutuality, for Infrastructure: A Theory of Change for Research Across Significant Difference" To register, write to acsc@unb.ca

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The UNB Atlantic Canada Studies Centre and STU Sustainability and Environmental Studies program present:

Against Mutuality, for Infrastructure: A Theory of Change for Research Across Significant Difference

A webinar with Dr. Max Liboiron (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Wednesday, September 16, 4-6 PM (via Zoom)

To register, please send an email to acsc@unb.ca

When two fundamentally different cultural groups decide to collaborate, how do we deal with the combination of power imbalances and separate knowledge paradigms? This talk starts from the premise that even with the best skills, ethics, and training, most methods of collaboration assume mutuality, and thus function as a redemptive fantasy of unity rather than addressing structural power imbalances. Drawing on a nine-year collaboration monitoring plastics in Inuit homelands, the talk describes how even with Indigenous co-leadership, Western epistemologies continued to dominate. Rather than pursuing impossible integration or relying on mutuality, we found uneven success by shifting toward infrastructure: the material supports such as contracts, funding flows, and data ownership, that orient action regardless of intention or even understanding. Rather than hearts and minds (mutuality), this talk argues for a theory of change based in infrastructure.

About Dr. Liboiron

Dr. Max Liboiron is a Professor in Geography at Memorial University, where they direct the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR). CLEAR develops feminist and anti-colonial methodologies to study marine plastic pollution. Liboiron is author of Pollution is Colonialism (Duke University Press, 2021) and co-author of Discard Studies: Systems, Wasting, and Power (MIT Press, 2022).

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System" Supervisor - @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social , Director of the UPEI GeoREACH Lab niche-canada.org/2026/07/24/f... #envhist #aghist #PEI

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Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position University of Prince Edward Island

Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position studying “Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System.”

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In just a few short days, community and university-based historians will be coming to Fredericton for BLACK 2026: Beyond the Archives. Check out the program here: www.canva.com/design/DAHNl...

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We hope you're planning to join us in Fredericton from July 1-August 3 for the upcoming Black Loyalist Academic and Community Knowledge Conference, part of the Still Here Emancipation Celebration. You can register and check out the schedule @ the link below: site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2...

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PheedLoop: Hybrid, In-Person & Virtual Event Software

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CCPA Nova Scotia @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

As shown in our new report, Atlantic Canada is home to some of the largest and smallest gender wage gaps in the country. To learn why this is and what needs to be done about it, read the full report, Closing the Gaps: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #nspoli #nlpoli #peipoli #nbpoli

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Registration is now open for the BLACK: Beyond the Archives conference, an academic and community gathering exploring Black loyalist history in New Brunswick. We're happy to be supporting this event, and thrilled it's happening in Fredericton! Register below: site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2...

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We join many others across the homelands of the Wabanaki Confederacy today to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1726. lnuey.ca/c/300years/?...

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300 Years - L'nuey

An L’nuey Campaign 300 years peace & friendship treaties june 4 1726 – june 4 2026 Scroll to explore · ... Read more

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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Our newest digital venture has now gone live, just in time for day 1 of the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference. Please check out episode one of the Acadiensis Podcast, featuring Mt. A.'s Andrew Nurse. acadiensis.wordpress...

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sophie Lavoie, @nbmediacoop.bsky.social has done some fantastic coverage of our events: See her article on Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters' talk, "'She Didn't Leave Anybody Out': Rita Smith, Mi'kmaw Family, and the Coming Together of Glooscap First Nation." nbmediacoop.org/2026/04/30/m...

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Mi’kmaw leader Rita Smith ‘saw something that needed to get done and she did it’ [video]

Innovative historical research on Mi’kmaw communities, done with Indigenous protocols in mind, sheds light on women’s roles in founding Mi’kmaw

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We're extremely grateful to have hosted the brilliant Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters last Friday. It was a full house at the NB Sports Hall of Fame, where - in a lovely coincidence - Mercedes' dad Jason Peters is honoured for his contributions to Indigenous sports!

Mercedes Peters, wearing a jean jacket and long dress, speaks to a full room in the Alden R. Clark Theatre. Her presentation can be seen on the screen at the front of the room: "'She didn't leave anybody out': Rita Smith, Mi'kmaw Family, and the Coming Together of Glooscap First Nation."

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

All are warmly invited to a public lecture by Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters. Friday, April 10th, 5-7pm. NB Sports Hall of Fame, Fredericton. There will be talk about the history of Glooscap First Nation, treaties, Mi'kmaw governance, and more!

A text poster that invites the public to attend a talk by Mercedes Peters, titled "'She didn't leave anybody out:' Rite Smith, Mi'kmaw Family, and the coming together of Glooscap First Nation." The talk will be held at the NB Sports Hall of Fame in Fredericton. From 5-7pm on Friday April 10th.

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We would like to extend very warm congratulations to our Board member Joanne Owuor, who has been awarded the prestigious New Brunswick VIVE Award in the category of "Community Champion." www.gnb.ca/en/news/n-b....

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Recipients of the VIVE Awards announced

The awards celebrate efforts to advance gender equality in the province

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If you're in Fredericton next Monday, March 16th, don't miss the screening of Julien Cadieux's important new documentary, "Les mains du monde," looking at the lives, aspirations, and struggles of migrant workers in Acadian New Brunswick.

An image of a man playing trumpet surrounded by lobster cages, with a photo of director Julien Cadieux next to it, wearing a light blue shirt. The rest of the poster is text about the event details: "Les mains du monde: Screening and Q&A with Julien Cadieux," Film in French with English subtitles. Tout le monde est bienvenu! All are welcome!

6:30-8:30PM, Monday, March 16th, Singer Hall 156. For questions: chiara.falangola@unb.ca

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

"Debt of a Nation," the remarkable first book of our affiliate @agentlazero.bsky.social, has been nominated for the prestigious Wilson Book Prize. A fantastic accomplishment! wilson.humanities.mcmaster.ca/news/2025-wi...

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2025 Wilson Book Prize Finalists – Wilson Institute for Canadian History

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

We are still buzzing from yesterday's visit of Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski from Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, who gave a brilliant workshop on deep listening in oral history & a fascinating talk on her research on children's experience of wartime Atlantic Canada.

Dr. Lorenzkowski in an auditorium full of people, speaking to her research.

Dr. Lorenzkowski at the front of a lecture hall, fielding questions from participants.

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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Talk Feb 19 Bitter Tales: Remembering Wartime Childhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1939 www.eventbrite.com/e/bitter-tal... @acsc-unb.bsky.social

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Bitter Tales: Remembering Wartime Childhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1939

A public talk on childhood and war in Atlantic Canada, by leading oral historian Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

2025-2026 has been a very active year for us. Take a look, and consider applying to become an affiliate of our centre!

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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The call for the New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award, administered by the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick (JNBS/RÉNB), has been issued. Please check the link for more info: acadiensis.wordpress....

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The New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award/Le prix du livre académique du Nouveau-Brunswick, 2026

The New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award, 2026The Award & EligibilityDescription: The New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award recognizes exceptional scholarship in the humanities and social sciences t…

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Join us on Thursday, February 19th for a public talk by Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, of Concordia University. Dr. Lorenzkowski will be lecturing on her oral history research about children's experiences of wartime in Atlantic Canada, focusing on two Hfx case studies. www.eventbrite.ca/e/bitter-tal...

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Bitter Tales: Remembering Wartime Childhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1939

A public talk on childhood and war in Atlantic Canada, by leading oral historian Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Learn more with a visit to the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. Explore the story of the world’s largest free African population outside of Africa, in the late 18th century in Nova Scotia. blackloyalist.novascotia.ca

Interior wall at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre with the text " For a chance at Freedom, Loyal we will be. LIBERTY TO SLAVES! Is our call."

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

While this was a landmark event, the presence of the large American slave ship you see in the painting’s foreground is a potent reminder that the campaign against the slave trade was far from over.

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

On January 15, 1792, 1196 Black Loyalists, including the notable leaders David George, Boston King, and Moses Wilkinson, left Halifax in 15 ships, for Sierra Leone.

watercolour painting by George James Rowe is the only known view of the arrival of the fleet of Nova Scotian ships carrying those who founded the city of Freetown in Sierra Leone

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Many great speakers on energy history, including William Gillies talking about his work on DEVCO and federal energy policy. Not to be missed!

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Department of Historical Studies at University of New Brunswick @histstudiesunb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Curious about the history of the region where you live, study, and work? Register now for HIST 4342: History of the Atlantic Provinces Since Confederation, taught by @fburrill.bsky.social, Director of UNB's @acsc-unb.bsky.social.

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Department of Historical Studies at University of New Brunswick @histstudiesunb.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Congratulations to our awesome undergraduate student Sabina Leduc, who has won the Miramichi Historians' Prize in New Brunswick History for her work on the impacts of mill closure on Doaktown, Nackawic, and Juniper, NB. Way to go, Sabina!

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Excellent local media coverage of our recent speaker event featuring the Canada Research Chair in Postindustrial Communities, Lachlan MacKinnon.

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We spent an excellent weekend with Elders, community members, and scholars thinking about what it means to do engaged research in "Atlantic Canada" from the margins created by settler colonialism and white supremacy. It was grounding, challenging, exciting, and we can't wait for what comes next.

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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

CFP: Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution, July 9-July 12, 2026, UMass-Amherst Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, December 19, 2025

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Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference - Black Maple

Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference Dates: Thursday, July 9 to Sunday, July 12, 2026 Location: University of Massachusetts, Amherst,...

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Join us on Monday Nov 3rd for Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon's talk on industrial crisis in Cape Breton-- a theme highlighted in the film My Bloody Valentine. All are warmly welcome!!

Media poster advertising talk by Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon titled "Cinematic Ruin: My Bloody Valentine and Industrial Crisis in Cape Breton, 1979-1990." 318 Harriet Irving Library, 4-6pm, Monday November 3rd. All are Welcome!

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Peter L. Twohig @ptwohig.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Happy to announce the latest edition of Acadiensis is available: acadiensis.wordpress.com/.../acadiens... If you are working on topics of interest, shoot me an email.

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

If you're inFredericton on November 3, join us for a spooky public lecture by @deindustrialpol.bsky.social co-investigator Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon, CRC in Post-Industrial Communities at Cape Breton University. "Cinematic Ruin: My Bloody Valentine and Industrial Crisis in Cape Breton, 1979-1990."

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Our thoughts and hearts are with the children, but also, here on unsurrendered Wəlastəkwey territory, we re-commit to a community-oriented, anti-colonial intellectual and political project that prioritizes understanding "Atlantic Canada" from the margins and recognizes Indigenous sovereignty.

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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Acadiensis is proud to announce a special forum on The Marshall Decision @ 25: Honouring the Future of Peace and Friendship Treaties. For more information click: acadiensis.wordpress...

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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Join us tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Tilley Hall 102 for this important lecture! All welcome!

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Department of Historical Studies at University of New Brunswick @histstudiesunb.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

If you're in Fredericton or environs tomorrow, please come out to hear the brilliant Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey.

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