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Dr Jo McCutcheon

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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Check out this new Conversation article by Lindsay Gibson and James Miles, contributors of Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, about how teachers can respond to denialism in the classroom: theconversation.com/5-ways-teach...
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5 ways teachers can respond to residential school denialism in the classroom
When deciding whether and how to respond to residential schools denialism, teachers should consider the type of denialism, the students involved and their school and community context.
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Association of Canadian Archivists @archivistsdotca.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Presented in a hybrid format and convened by Sali Lafrenie (LAC), RSVP to attend the fall Shannon Lectures series: carleton.ca/history/shan....
A poster resembling a cork bulletin board. It features several blurbs describing lectures in the Fall 2026 Shannon Lecture series. Photos of speakers feature Shireen Ahmed, Dany Guay-Bélanger, Emily Guerrero, and Katherine McKittrick.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ottawa company develops robotic arm to lend a hand to people with disabilities Sielo Robotics raised $1 million in seed funding this past May www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ottawa company develops robotic arm to lend a hand to people with disabilities | CBC News
Ottawa-based Sielo Robotics is developing an assistive robotic arm to help people with physical disabilities accomplish daily tasks.
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Bobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Imagine if Lin-Manuel Miranda had done a promotional blitz for Hamilton not acknowledging it was adapted from Chernow’s biography
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Le rapport final du réseau national canadien d'instruments de recherche est désormais accessible au public. Ce rapport est le fruit de deux années de travaux approfondis, comprenant notamment des enquêtes nationales et des groupes de discussion: archivescanada.ca/wp-content/u...
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Canada's national finding aid network final report is now public. The report is the result of two years of work of extensive work including national surveys and focus groups. It may be downloaded here: archivescanada.ca/wp-content/u... #archives #library 📚
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Martin Laberge @martinuqo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
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L’Italien Carlo Ginzburg, figure fondatrice de la microhistoire, est mort
Par ses recherches sur les procès de l’Inquisition dans l’Europe des XVIᵉ et XVIIᵉ siècles, il avait amorcé un bouleversement profond de la science historique. Il s’est éteint mercredi, à l’âge de 87 ...
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Gabriele Passabì @gabpassabi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Carlo Ginzburg has just passed away. There is little I can add in memory of a scholar of his stature. I'll recall only what he said during a fortunate conversation at the Betty Behrens Seminar in Cambridge: “Read everything. Your research path will find its way". And I live by that advice.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: All I can say is this is fucking so cynical I have no words. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court greenlights Alabama’s racial gerrymander, signaling free rein for states to discriminate
The new ruling, to which all six conservative justices signed on, suggests that, in practice, almost no federal protections remain for non-white voters, even in extreme cases.
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Dr Jo McCutcheon @jomac-613.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So many great sessions @cndhistassoc.bsky.social - consider session #48 with the Provincial archivist of PEI, Liam Richardson, the archivist of Nova Scotia, Patti Bannister, and the archivist of New Brunswick, Joanna Aiton Kerr - find out about collaboration, new initiatives & teaching #CHASHC2026
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Dr Jo McCutcheon @jomac-613.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
So many great sessions @cndhistassoc.bsky.social - consider session #48 with the Provincial archivist of PEI, Liam Richardson, the archivist of Nova Scotia, Patti Bannister, and the archivist of New Brunswick, Joanna Aiton Kerr - find out about collaboration, new initiatives & teaching #CHASHC2026
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Dr Jo McCutcheon @jomac-613.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Registration table and volunteers! CHASHCPEI2025 @cndhistassoc.bsky.social open until 7:00 - three groups A-G - H-O P-Z see you!
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Dr Jo McCutcheon @jomac-613.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#chapei2026 - Founders Hall - trying the lobster baked potato! Great place to buy local! Not far from Receiver coffee! foundersfoodhall.com @cndhistassoc.bsky.social
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Charlottetown Founders’ Food Hall – Eat Drink & Shop Local!
Explore Charlottetown at Founders’ Food Hall at 6 Prince St. Discover Island cuisine, local shops, a cozy café, a full bar,and more to enjoy!
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Monroe??? Nicely done!! And what a way for SE Michigan to make the news!!!
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Canadian Council of Archives - Conseil canadien des archives @cca-archives.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
CCA is inviting members of the Canadian archival community to complete a survey about the Rules of Archival Description (RAD) by Friday, June 19, 2026. Visit our website for information and link to the survey. archivescanada.ca/news-events/...
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Survey on the use of Rules of Archival Description (RAD) – Archives Canada
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Jack Rakove @jrakove.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When Rick Hasen lays it out so clearly, no alternative explanation is possible. And the opportunistic alacrity with which the white supremacists who dominate southern state legislatures moved to eliminate Black congressional districts confirms the absurdity of the opinion in Louisiana v. Callais.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Heads-up Louisiana. We need all hands on deck. The redistricting vote has apparently been moved to tomorrow, 5/12, instead of Wednesday, because they found out a protest was planned. So they want to sneak it through. Please share. And be there. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory #Louisiana #FairMaps
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: The lead plaintiff in the case that destroyed the VRA has a history of promoting false election conspiracies and anti-voting policies, and was at the Stop the Steal protest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: Bert Callais, lead plaintiff in case that gutted Voting Rights Act, is an election conspiracist who was at Jan. 6 protest
Social media posts exclusively reviewed by Democracy Docket paint a far more troubling picture of Callais — suggesting a man who harbors a deep distrust of the election system, which he has called “ri...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.
A powerful narrative portrait of Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald investigative journalist celebrated for her "Perversion of Justice" series, which exposed the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and led to her 2026 Pulitzer Prize special citation. Brown sits in the heart of a newsroom, leaning forward with her hands clasped over the back of a vibrant lime-green chair. Her expression is steady and resolute, a faint, knowing smile playing on her lips. She has shoulder-length, strawberry-blonde hair and wears a crisp, white short-sleeved linen top. Her look is punctuated by bold, artistic accessories: a long necklace featuring large, multi-colored geometric beads and matching statement earrings. The background is filled with the tools of her trade: Dell computer monitors and large wall-mounted screens displaying blurred news segments, including one featuring her own likeness. The composition is balanced and centered, capturing a mood of quiet authority and tireless determination. This image stands as a tribute to Brown’s historical significance in journalism, marking her as a champion for victims whose reporting forced a global reckoning on power and systemic failure.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This is SUCH an exciting MA!!!! Get all the cool kids you know to get their appetites whetted on Friday! #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/04/2026
NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance. You have to see this.
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Dr. Amy Nusbaum @amynusbaum.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Friends! My university is hiring an Asst Professor of Biology and an Asst Professor of History and American Indian Studies. Our students are wonderful, my colleagues are great, we do good work. Please share! Happy to answer questions :) heritage.edu/wp-content/u... heritage.edu/wp-content/u...
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Laura Millar @millarlaura.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I encourage anyone interested in the future of archives, history, research, and accountability across Canada to join this meeting and help identify strategies for advocacy/awareness raising for galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. April 17, 2026: 12 noon ET. www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: A Discussion on Federal Funding Cuts to GLAMs in Canada. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. | Laura Millar
I encourage archivists, historians, genealogists, First Nations researchers and others interested in the future of archives, history, research, and accountability across Canada to join this meeting an...
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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Our colleague, Dr Oliver Finnegan, records specialist for the Prize Papers at @nationalarchivesuk, holds a workshop on 'Practical Archival Skills Training (PAST) Workshop on English High Court of Admiralty Records', more info below & tickets can be booked here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-...
Workshop Announcement: Practical Archival Skills Training (PAST) Workshop on English High Court of Admiralty Records. 18 June 2026 at the UK National Archives. Banner with an archive image in the background.
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Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
(Online talk) Advocating for the importance of disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill lived experience within Canada’s medical archival collections histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/04/la-d... #histmed
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 31/03/2026
“When we see well-chosen elements of our past, speak with knowledgeable guides and when we see and feel the connectedness of our lives to a distant past, we can build social cohesion and a sense of self-esteem in our communities. At the same time, we can explore our past mistakes, our shortcomings…”
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Ben Klaus @looserooster.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
As a historian, you might appreciate this one somebody sent me from LA.
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RogerWagnerMDPhD @rogerwagnermdphd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
#HistorySky #AcademicSky @hcrichardson.bsky.social Interesting way to contribute
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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
June: 5M. October: 7M. This Saturday? Minneapolis leads 3,000+ protests nationwide — and that’s AFTER everything that’s happened since. The movement keeps growing. Show up and make it 12million on March 28th. #NoKings2026 #USDemocracy #MomSky ❌👑
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is utterly jaw-dropping. A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
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School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship
A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women
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Rachel Bean, still sick but less @colocharachel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Hi all. Adopt a rent was alerted to 2 needs that are back rents for February & March and we do not have donors currently. One is A who was detained by ICE from December to February and thus lost his work permit & job. He owes just over $3000 for back rent including march. Can you chip in or share?
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Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
@kristinbluemel.bsky.social
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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is the best & most important thing I've ever written. (...Of course, I always say that. What's the worst they can do - check?)
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Those videos of the gents who slashed through the NEH, wielding only a vaporous understanding of a questionable Executive Order? Thanks to @historians.org, @modernlanguage.bsky.social, and @acls1919.bsky.social for bringing the lawsuit that produced this material in discovery. Read (much) more ⬇️
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 06/03/2026
Job posting for a Development Officer at @arquives.ca, one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. Hours: 37.5h/week Salary: $60 000/year + health benefits Deadline: 29 March Start date: 27 April More info: arquives.ca/job-posting-... 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈🗃️ (please reshare!)
ArQuives Job Alert

Development Officer

The Development Officer will drive fundraising initiatives and activities for The ArQuives, including implementing the annual giving campaign, cultivating and maintaining relationships with new and existing donors and supporters, and collaborating on future plans for a Capital Campaign aligned with our Strategic Plan. 

Full-time
37.5 hours per week
$60,000/year + health benefits

Apply by 29 March 2026.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 05/03/2026
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Please write to Service Nova Scotia to express your concern and to support the restoration of PADP. Downloadable template here: www.councilofnsarchives.ca/help-save-pa...
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Call to Action: Help Save PADP - Council of Nova Scotia Archives
Nova Scotia’s archival community needs your help As many of you know, the recently tabled 2026-27 Nova Scotia Provincial Budget, Defending Nova Scotia, included significant cuts across the arts, cultu...
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 27/02/2026
This makes me incandescently angry. A refugee from genocide, a vulnerable, nearly blind man in an unfamiliar country, just treated like trash. Everyone involved in this needs to go to jail.
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🚨 @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I - along with a dream team of incredible collaborators - are excited to announce a new book challenging residential school denialism! Truth Before Reconciliation will be released in September with the University of Manitoba Press: uofmpress.ca/books/truth-...
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The SAVE Act absolutely will disenfranchise women. More than a few on the right want women to lose the vote entirely. Read my @liberalcurrents.com column on this from Thursday www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
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We Need to Talk About the Right’s New Voter Suppression Target: Women
The SAVE Act would make it harder for married women in particular to vote, and that is just one part of the MAGA right's misogynist project.
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Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick) @acsc-unb.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Excellent @nbmediacoop.bsky.social coverage of our recent event with Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, co-organized with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. nbmediacoop.org/2026/02/23/o...
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Oral historian examines emotional geographies of childhood in wartime Atlantic Canada
A historian shared painful accounts of childhoods in Halifax during the Second World War at the University of New Brunswick
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
For my World War 1 friends, what are your three favorite books on the First World War? Any region, any topic, just favorites? @vandawilcox.bsky.social, suggestions?
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Kurt Vonnegut stop being so applicable to all time periods of American life, you can’t do that Kurt Vonnegut, your insights are too evergreen Kurt Vonnegut
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.
'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom?
'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 19/02/2026
The cultural figures of the GOP want nothing less than for it to be the party of disenfranchisement, misogyny, and spousal rape www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
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We need to talk about the right’s new voter suppression target: Women
The SAVE Act would make it harder for married women in particular to vote, and that is just one part of the MAGA right's misogynist project.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I note that the White House originally said it was the White House Historical Association that preserved items from the East Wing. Now it says the General Service Administration and the National Park Service did. Did they? Did anyone?
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Jesse Jackson adapted his “I am Somebody” speech many times, never more memorably than this moving 1971 Sesame Street appearance. RIP. youtu.be/iTB1h18bHlY
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Sesame Street - I Am Somebody
YouTube video by LittleJerryFan92 *RETIRED CHANNEL*
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