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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

Turns out I’ve never needed a news feed cleanse more than I did this winter. Heck, I needed a reason to hope again. And I’m an optimist. Best images and best 30 minutes of internet film I’ve seen in years. And I’ve been following NASA’s APOD photos for 1.5 decades. This set just caught me!

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Not to mention the photography notes and the historical Easter eggs. All that slow panning and ambient music should be called the Zen Burns effect.

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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

YouTube video by Hank Green

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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

YYG airport grew and roads and parking lots paved almost everywhere (especially Capital Drive and Royalty Crossing areas in Charlottetown). Tourism infrastructure shifted (Winsloe, Marshfield, Cavendish, Stanhope). And suburban growth exploded (eg. Sherwood, Cornwall).

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In some ways the Island hasn't changed, but in many other ways these sites are radically different today. Trains at full steam (see Summerside) and even some ships at full sail (Murray Harbour) are now long gone. So are the fox farms (Emerald, Victoria, Keppoch/Stratford).

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This new layer adds a unique resource for historians studying Atlantic Canada's society and environment in the mid-20th century. The photos were taken by Paul's Flying Service circa-1950 captured a province at the beginning of the so-called Great Acceleration period in modern environmental history.

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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

And here's the and the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) event on "Climate & History" via NiCHE (apply by 30 November!) niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...

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CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants

We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Yes, the ACS falls right after the Canadian Historical Association (CHA~SHC), the Canadian Catholic History Association, and the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) events, all held at UPEI the week prior. Look them up and join us for all 4, if possible! cha-shc.ca/announcement...

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Announcement: CHA Annual Meeting 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada

You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. The event will be host...

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The call is hosted (and translated) thanks to Acadiensis, and the lovely poster is courtesy of ActiveHistory (the photo courtesy of PEI Govt -- it's sunrise on Opening Day of the PEI lobster fishery). Abstracts are due by 19 December.

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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

Later sessions are open and some may be joined virtually so feel free to reach out by email if you’d like to join. Our hybrid sessions will begin tomorrow with our first keynote by Natasha Simon and Lyle Vicare “Where Tides Meet: The Signitog Isthmus as a Nokumi zone and Mi’kmaq place of belonging.”

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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

For more on the Charlottetown site’s significance see historicplaces.ca and for this station’s role in the history of mobility see my Story Map with Barbara Rousseau, “By Muscle, Mast, and Motor: A Transportation History of Charlottetown, PEI.” projects.upei.ca/geolab/proje...

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By Muscle, Mast, and Motor: A Transportation History of Charlottetown, PEI - The GeoREACH Lab at UPEI

The GeoREACH Lab is excited to share a digital mapping project created by the Director, Dr. Joshua MacFadyen and students in Applied Communications, Leadership & Culture 2090 a project-based course on...

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The Sackville station was moved to Acadian Heritage Village in Caraquet where it has been beautifully restored. tantramarheritage.ca/archive/hist...

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Gone But Not Forgotten: Irving Service Station

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

These chateauesque stations were designed for Irving in the early 1930s by Acadian architect (and another son of Bouctouche) Samuel Roy. Here's the Souris station in 1942. (Source: Earle's PEI History, Facebook)

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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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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

But with DQ and Starbucks waiting for him it would have been worth the trek, amirite? Explains the bowel pain anyway. Also, the train was to Pictou, yes?

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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 · 14/05/2025

Interesting. As I’m sure you’ve noticed there aren’t many potatoes in yet, here in 2025 times.

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Lands and Fields was the greatest book. This workshop would be amazing.

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Potatoes are in! Any idea why he had JM plant them? As opposed to “the boy” or himself?

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

That rises to nearly a third if you include Quebec City and the Saguenay Fjord, and nearly half if you include the rest of Atlantic Canada (Bonavista NL and the Bay of Fundy). Nine out of 20 is a pretty good showing, considering less than 10% of Canadians live in or east of Quebec City.

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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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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

lol. Thanks! And that’s a great census entry!

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Every now and then April produces a nice one around here… I’ve missed the last month or ten, so maybe you’ve explained, but any idea who the “Boy sawing” is?

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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 newly dredged shipyard and the slightly older trawler feet are visible at each end of Water Street in the 1968 images (see the red arrows), but the 1974 photo helps complete the story of development that occurred to house the new workers and their families.

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I hope to add more years of imagery from the Province's collection. For instance, the 1974 air photos. Our postdoctoral fellow John Matchim was telling me about this new housing development at the north edge of Georgetown, built shortly after the Bathurst Marine Shipyard moved to town in 1965.

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Josh MacFadyen @joshmacfadyen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I estimate that about 10 percent of the views are in-house, as they spiked in weeks when we were building those. The rest of the views work out to around 24 per day, or one visitor every hour. I love hearing from these folks who are using GeoPEI for their work and for personal interest!

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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

Thanks @acadiensis.bsky.social for sharing the article, my first ever Acadiensis original!

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