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Josh MacFadyen

@joshmacfadyen.bsky.social
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Historian, digital humanities professor, and Canada Research Chair at the University of Prince Edward Island. Director of the UPEI GeoREACH Lab upei.ca/GeoLab

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It was a great trip and excellent talk by @dagomardegroot.bsky.social thank-you all who joined and contributed!
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
OK, I’m no space nerd, and I’m not convinced we should go to the moon much less Mars, but Artemis II surprised me with several images. Earthrise. The eclipse. The thin atmosphere. CK and her braids looking at Earth. This zen commentary by Hank Green hit all the feels. youtu.be/oaXRREHVkHo?...
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Explaining the Most Important Artemis II Photos
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Dagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The combination of a very strong #ElNiño - which should reduce harvests across Asia, Australia, Africa, and parts of the Americas - with soaring fertilizer and fuel prices, owing to the ongoing closure of the Strait of #Hormuz, could make for a devastating year of food shortages and social unrest.
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Please share. I'm recruiting a Funded Masters of Arts (Island Studies) position studying "Island Metabolisms and the Genesis of the Canadian Agri‑Food System." This position offers up to 2-yrs of funding ($20,000/year) for a UPEI MA based in the GeoREACH Lab. Details at: www.upei.ca/programs/isl...
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thanks to the Acadiensis blog @acadiensis.bsky.social for sharing this reflection about an exciting new resource that my lab recently added to GeoPEI: the Prince Edward Island Historical Map Viewer. And thx to the Sharpe fam for sharing these with PEI! acadiensis.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/m...
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Motor Lodges, Mourners, and Upward Mobility: An Introduction to the Paul Sharpe Aerial Photograph Collection, 1947-1952
Joshua MacFadyen, Abigail Fenton, and Fabian Wegner Introduction The UPEI lab for Geospatial Research in Atlantic Canadian History (the GeoREACH Lab) recently added a new layer of aerial photograph…
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Am actually so pumped about this lil project!
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Along with UPEI's Faculty of Arts and Robertson Library and colleagues from across the region, I am excited to share the call for papers for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference which will meet in Charlottetown, PEI from 3-5 June. journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Ac...
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Jess Dunkin @jdunkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Crystal Fraser and I are co-editing a series on environmental histories of Indian residential and day schools for @nichecanada.bsky.social. We chose to launch the series on Orange Shirt Day, in part, to remind historians of their responsibilities to Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.
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Environmental History and the Work of Truth and Reconciliation
This series links residential and day school histories with environment, amplifying Survivors’ voices, countering denialism, and fostering reconciliation.
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Consider submitting a piece to The Oar, an exciting new popular history magazine by some really excellent New Brunswick scholars!
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
What’s at the other end of this bridge? Cape Jourimain, NB, the Chignecto Isthmus, and the second Gulf Ecologies conference: “Knowledge Beyond the Text,” to be held at Mount Allison University in Sackville.
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New article from UPEI MA (Island Studies) candidate and member of the GeoREACH Lab, Barbara Rousseau, using #hGIS #envhist and other methods to examine how Prince Edward Island’s coastal dunes – and people’s perceptions of them – have changed over time. #cdnhist journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Funded Master’s Position in the History of Food Systems in Canada @jamiemurton.bsky.social is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University Start Dates: September 2025/September 2026 niche-canada.org/2025/06/23/f... #cdnhist
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Funded Master’s Position in the History of Food Systems in Canada
Dr. Jamie Murton is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario. This is a funded position.
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
It does this Islander/historian’s heart good to see the Euston St gas station en route to preservation and repurposing for the community in Charlottetown. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
I'm giving a series of talks this summer/fall in the Maritimes on the burncentennial of the 1825 Miramichi Fire. Thx, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, for the swag (are bookmarks swag?) & for the MQ25 25% discount code. www.mqup.ca/miramichi-fi... #envhist #cdnhist #wildfire #forestfire #fire
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Formation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies. niche-canada.org/2025/05/13/f... #cdnhist
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Formation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada
April 2025 marked the creation of the Canada History Collective | Collectif Histoire Canada, a pan-Canadian grouping of national, provincial and territorial historical societies.
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New from the Ecologies, Knowledge, & Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region project, a film on our first meeting and launch in 2024. Enjoy some aerial views of the Climate School in St Peters, the Morell River field trip, and the Basin Head beach and fisheries museum. youtu.be/1K9EyttdDK4?...
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Ecologies, Knowledge, and Power in the Gulf of St Lawrence Region: Project Launch and 2024 Meeting
YouTube video by UPEI GeoREACH Lab
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I know Canadians love their coasts, but the Gulf of St. Lawrence really dominated this CBC list of Canada's favourite destinations. At least a fifth of the top-20 are in the Gulf (Basin Head PEI, Cape Breton NS, Gros Morne NL, and Kouchibouguac NB)... www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
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Oh Canada! The Current's Travel Bucket List
The Current is building a Canadian travel bucket list. Help us pick from these 20 locations.
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Mayor Mews on place in NL: “you know down through the centuries fishermen have lived in these little houses perched upon the cliffs and they don't want to leave them. It was suggested that they [move to] the city but they want to be by the sea, and we all understand that.” youtu.be/pAiI_qT-5Kc?...
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Retro St. John's - The Newfoundland capital in 1967
YouTube video by CBC News NL - Newfoundland and Labrador
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
If you are a historian or other scholar who would like to write about the history of Toronto's waterfront in relation to current developments at Ontario Place, check out our Guidelines for Contributors and get in touch! niche-canada.org/guidelines-f... #envhist #toronto #cdnhist
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Guidelines for Contributors
Learn how to submit blog pieces, announcements, and other material to be published on the NiCHE website.
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Sasha Mullally @sashamlly.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The University of Alberta is a great place to work. Looking for a teaching professor in Canadian and Indigenous history. apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...
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Teaching Professor (Assistant or Associate), Canadian and Indigenous History - Careers@UAlberta.ca
University of Alberta: Careers@UAlberta.ca
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The webmap I designed to run behind GeoPEI: PEI Historical Map Viewer and the Time Flies, Online Edition e-book (both free, by the way at upei.ca/timeflies) has just passed 20,000 views! Not the biggest number in DH project history, but pretty neat for a small place like PEI.
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Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air - The GeoREACH Lab at UPEI
Thanks to an unparalleled access to historical aerial photographs, Time Flies offers a new history of Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada from an aerial perspective. The book presents images of iconic l...
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Wonderful to have my book Time Flies featured on the Witness to Yesterday podcast, with @nobyrne.bsky.social Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air, Witness to Yesterday, Episode 312 (7 March 2025) The Champlain Society champlainsociety.utppublishing.com/digital-cont...
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
An article where students (Bailey Clark and Nolan Kressin) and I introduce GeoPEI: the GeoREACH Lab's map viewer. And a brief reflection on 4 of our favourites. Our gift to PEI and map nerds everywhere:
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a young boy in a cowboy outfit is walking towards a man who says you 're welcome .
ALT: a young boy in a cowboy outfit is walking towards a man who says you 're welcome .
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"Time Flies" flew again, this week with this new Story Map companion to the book. I was happy to have Bailey Clark on board for both. We hope you enjoy and please share the links! Here's the StoryMap: "Time Flies, Online Edition" storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d0db...
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Time Flies, Online Edition
A Story Map Companion to Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air
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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Here’s a great job opportunity at my alma mater, with a focus on pre-20th century history and a commitment to recognizing digital/public facing projects. Someone go help this amazing department continue building the best rural history program in North America! niche-canada.org/2025/01/27/j...
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Job - Assistant Professor in Rural North American History - University of Guelph
The History Department at the University of Guelph invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Rural North American History. The appointment will commence on J...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Today we are highlighting @dagomardegroot.bsky.social's new podcast, The Climate Chronicles! Every episode is a stand-alone story, and every season its own distinct chapter in climate’s history. niche-canada.org/2025/01/22/n... #envhist #climhist #climatechange
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New Podcast - The Climate Chronicles with Dr. Dagomar Degroot
In 42 episodes spread across eight seasons, The Climate Chronicles draws on the latest scholarship in such fields as archaeology, history, climatology, and geology to present a comprehensive picture o...
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