Chad Gaffield @chadgaffield.bsky.social · 05/08/2025"a poster of him appeared in Steve McQueen’s Amazon series... he also appeared in a painting in a Beats by Dre commercial...so I think he’s getting a little more attention....I think the Haitian Revolution shows what was possible at the time, that slavery could have been abolished much sooner." 010
Reposted by Chad GaffieldMarcin Gabrys @marcingabrys.bsky.social · 27/02/2025During a 2022 visit to Newfoundland to sign a deal to import Canadian hydrogen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Canada would take centre stage at this year’s event. 011
Chad Gaffield @chadgaffield.bsky.social · 26/02/2025"We have to double-down on the strategy of creating a coast-to-coast research enterprise." U.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchers www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comU.S. research funding cuts change landscape for Canadian universities, researchersCanadian university researchers receive a relatively small amount of direct and indirect funding from U.S. agencies, but the cross-border research relationship is closely intertwined 000
Chad Gaffield @chadgaffield.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Wise words and compelling policy advice, illustrated vividly www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Lessons from Canada’s Nobel Prize win, and why capping graduate students will harm our economyThe University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Hinton’s 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics holds important implications for Canada’s prosperity 010
Chad Gaffield @chadgaffield.bsky.social · 23/01/2025@malindasmith.bsky.social Explaining why and how research universities can and must double-down on supporting democratic flourishing in a world of deep and multiple diversities @germanu15.bsky.social @u15.ca 041
Chad Gaffield @chadgaffield.bsky.social · 22/01/2025@usask.bsky.social packed house for President Peter Stoicheff’s plenary address! @germanu15.bsky.social @u15ca.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Chad GaffieldAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 31/12/2024Check out our guide highlighting sessions at #AHA25 on #DigitalHistory projects and practice, including innovative new tools, how historians are bringing their specialties into the digital age, and challenges and opportunities sparked by digital innovation. 🗃️historians.orgAHA25 Digital History Sessions - AHAThis guide highlights sessions at the AHA25 annual meeting in New York focused on digital history projects and practice. 1169
Reposted by Chad GaffieldMarcin Gabrys @marcingabrys.bsky.social · 12/12/2024The nation of Canada was forged in part as a response to the harmful trade policy changes of foreign governments. Canada must once again look within for economic resilience and prosperity. Specifically, it must renew focus on obstacles to trade within our own borders.theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Why the answer to Trump’s tariff lies in the 19th centuryThe nation of Canada was forged in part as a response to the harmful trade policy changes of foreign governments. Canada must once again look within for economic resilience and prosperity 031
Chad Gaffield @chadgaffield.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Fascinating experience to arrive here - mix of vibes from class reunion excitement to initial post-pandemic in-person conferences - great to see everyone re-assembling! 070
Chad Gaffield @chadgaffield.bsky.social · 28/11/2024As a historian engaged in digital scholarship and with 8 grandkids, I love this new policy! 120
Reposted by Chad GaffieldAnita Anand @anitaanand.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Oh - and if it’s not too much trouble, if you don’t mind Rt this so people can find me here, I’d be very grateful. Thank you 11194278