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Matthieu Caron

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Professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University | Sur les ondes de CISM les samedis soirs (89.3 FM Montréal) Montreal After Dark: www.mqup.ca/Books/M/Montreal-After-…

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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Call For Papers! My colleague @affholder.bsky.social and I are organizing a conference on Montreal and the idea of Montrealisme. We welcome submissions from scholars across disciplines interested in Montreal, urban studies, culture, politics, history, and beyond. sites.google.com/view/montrea...
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Montréalisme - ENG
Decentring Montreal Through Urban Analysis
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On October 27, we're hosting an online screening of təm kʷaθ nan (Namesake). The film explores conversations about the city’s name, which honours Israel Wood Powell, whose policies harmed Tla’amin people and culture. Learn More: www.athabascau.ca/news/events/...
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Film screening: təm kʷaθ nan (Namesake)
Online screening of təm kʷaθ nan (Namesake) explores the history, identity and ongoing renaming conversation between Tla’amin Nation and Powell River, B.C.
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm incredibly honoured that Montreal After Dark has received the Urban History Association's Lizabeth Cohen Prize for the Best Book on Cities and Political Power. Congratulations to all the 2026 award recipients! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social www.urbanhistory.org/awards
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Urban History Association
Distinguished service and scholarship in urban history.
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Call For Papers! My colleague @affholder.bsky.social and I are organizing a conference on Montreal and the idea of Montrealisme. We welcome submissions from scholars across disciplines interested in Montreal, urban studies, culture, politics, history, and beyond. sites.google.com/view/montrea...
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Montréalisme - ENG
Decentring Montreal Through Urban Analysis
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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📣 We're recruiting new members for our International Advisory Board! 🌏 We are particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe. 👇 Details
Call for new members of Urban History’s International Advisory Board.

Urban History seeks to appoint new members to its international advisory board.
This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with a world-leading journal for urban historical research.  Urban History is published by Cambridge University Press and occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities and supplementary material including periodical reviews, thesis reviews and book reviews.  Our growing submissions are becoming increasingly global and chronologically diverse and we seek to appoint an additional members of the international advisory board to reflect these developments and to further broaden our geographical range in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.  
About the role
Members of the International Advisory Board are expected to promote the journal through their networks and to encourage high quality submissions in the field of urban history. Board members support the Editorial Team (Shane Ewen, Prashant Kidambi, Domenic Vitiello, Roey Sweet and Rosemary Wakeman) as requested on submissions that fall within their field, undertaking peer review where appropriate or providing suggestions for specialist reviewers within their field.  All board members are expected to attend the annual meeting of the International Advisory Board (held online) where there are opportunities to provide advice and suggestions for the future direction of the journal.  

We are particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe.Essential qualities (to be used in shortlisting)
•	Expertise in urban history or a cognate discipline (candidates with expertise in the areas listed above may be preferred)
•	Evidence of active participation in urban history networks 
We are happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages and we welcome applications from historians and colleagues from cognate disciplines – working in any context – from under-represented groups, including those from minoritized ethnic groups, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are ‘first generation’ in Higher Education. 
How to apply
Those interested in making an application to join the international advisory board should send to Roey Sweet (rhs4@le.ac.uk) 
•	a CV (no more than 3 pages)
•	a summary of up to 500 words outlining your interest in the role and what you would bring to it. 
Enquiries
Informal enquiries about the role can be made to: Professor Roey Sweet rhs4@le.ac.uk
Deadline
Deadline for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 11 September 2026 
We expect interviews to take place in October 2026 and that the new board members will start their term of office from January 2027.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Environmental History Companion Read from David Brownstein What is the History of Logging Protests in British Columbia? - niche-canada.org/2022/01/14/w... Part Two - niche-canada.org/2021/12/22/w... #envhist #cdnhist #bchist #britishcolumbia
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What is the History of Logging Protests in British Columbia? Part Two
I am optimistic that the present old-growth controversy can be resolved and replaced by a new constellation of relationships.
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 28/07/2026
9 yrs after Drapeau committed #Canada’s largest act of arts censorship, he wound up inadvertently providing the land on which Corridart architect Mel Charney would complete his magnum opus, the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s interpretive garden #Montreal www.canadashistory.ca/explore/arts...
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Canada's biggest case of art censorship - Canada's History
The story behind the Corridart affair during the summer of the Montreal Olympic Games.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 17/06/2026
L’Italien Carlo Ginzburg, figure fondatrice de la microhistoire, est mort
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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 XVᵉ et XVIᵉ siècles, il avait amorcé un bouleversement profond de la science historique. Il s’est éteint le 17 juin à l’âge de 87 ans.
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Je suis profondément honoré de recevoir le Prix Clio Québec 2026 de la @cndhistassoc.bsky.social pour Montreal After Dark. Cette reconnaissance de mes pairs me touche énormément. Merci à toutes celles et ceux qui ont contribué, de près ou de loin, à ce projet, notamment @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Sneak peak at the CHA book fair 📚 Stop by tomorrow to see all 18 publishers’ tables. À demain! #CHASHC2026
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UofA Map/GIS Librarian @wyman10.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Recent scans from the #WCWMC. Part of a reference question relating to #Expo67 archive.org/details/wcw?... #Montreal #Pavilions #WorldsFair
Nine Expo 67 related maps scanned from the William C. Wonders Collection. 
Title list:
Expo 67 : ESSO Road Map (1967)
Expo 67 : Universal and international exhibition, Montreal AAA Road Map (1967) 
The Universal and International Exhibition of 1967
Master plan / Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition
Eaton the biggest store in Canada's biggest city (1967)
Montreal - schematic, with list of special events of Expo 67 (1967)
St. Helen's Island, Montreal, Canada (1961)
Montreal Carte Touristique = Tourist Map (1966
Montreal (South) Military Town Plan Edition 1 ASE 305 [Information Current as of 1966][portion of cover of] T. Eaton Co. (1967) Eaton the biggest store in Canada's biggest city Montréal. Shows the Biosphere.Montreal Parks Dept. (1961). St. Helen's Island, Montreal, Canada.

Map showing St. Helen's Island in 1961.
Points of interest include:

Jacques-Cartier Bridge, entrance to the island
Lighthouse
The Barracks
Parking Lots
Picnic Areas
Playground
Wading Pools
Swimming Pools
Hélène-de-Champlain
Restaurant
Old Military Cemetery
Blockhouse
Water Tower
Powder MagazineBack of the map titled - The Universal and International Exhibition of 1967. Published by the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition. Shows various "Passport" stamps from the Country Pavilions.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Today we’re publishing an important investigative story by Emily Enns. This story maps the connections between a group of mostly retired academics and think tanks to sow doubt about the historical truths of residential schools in Canada. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
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Who’s Behind the Residential School Denialism Movement? | The Tyee
A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.
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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"The original budget for Transpo 86 was $78 million; the final budget for Expo 86 was $1.5 billion." "Expo 86: A giant, classy carnival that changed Vancouver" as told by John Mackie via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/expo-86...
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Expo 86: A giant, classy carnival that changed Vancouver
The fair on False Creek, Expo 86, was wildly successful.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
B.C. marks a grim 10th anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency. Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion, by @andreawoo.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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B.C. marks tenth anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency
Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Alisha Stranges and Elspeth H. Brown use oral testimonies to explore the September 2000 police raid of the Pussy Palace. Make sure to check out the entire Pussy Palace Oral History series!
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Care Under Raid: Policing, Privacy, and Queer Resistance
Alisha Stranges and Elspeth H. Brown Leanne Powers, digital illustration by Ayo Tsalithaba for The Pussy Palace Oral History Project, LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory. 2025. “Suddenly, I he…
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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hey #envhist! Parks Canada is ending its library services+ “decommissioning” its collection. We stand to lose a valuable set of materials that reveal if and how the Agency fulfilled its mandate (or didn’t). Read more here+write the Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/10/c...
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Canada Strong, Knowledge Devalued: Decommissioning the Parks Canada Library
In November 2025, the federal government released Canada Strong , its somewhat overdue budget. Of the many items mentioned in its nearly 500-pages, one should worry historians; namely, the labelling o...
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I’ll be presenting Montreal After Dark at the @utoronto.ca on March 11, 1-3 PM (Sidney Smith 2098). Then at @mcgill.ca on March 17, as noted here. Very much looking forward to the conversations.
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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 05/03/2026
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La Vie en rose : rendre visible les luttes des femmes
Durant les années 1980, le magazine La Vie en rose, bouscule les conventions par son humour et son féminisme.
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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Congratulations to Matthieu Caron for being named a Finalist for the 2025 Wilson Book Prize! Montreal After Dark examines how control over the night remained a persistent obstacle to Montreal’s ambitions during the second half of the twentieth century. buff.ly/RmRRqOq
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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
On the blog we share an open letter from the board of the Nova Scotia Women's History Society re. the decision of the NS government to close 12 of 28 provincial museum sites:
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Open letter from the Board of the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society re. the closure of 12 of 18 provincial museum sites
Minister RitceyDepartment of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage1741 Brunswick St., 3rd FloorHalifax, NS B3J 2R5Email: MIN_CCTH@novascotia.ca Premier HoustonOffice of the PremierOne Governme…
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Dr Gillian I Leitch @gilliandoctor.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Nova Scotia is closing almost half of its museums. 12 museums - gone. This is your heritage being abandoned. Write to your MLA - and warn about the immeasurable harm this creates. Do something! www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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‘A devastating blow’: N.S. is closing 12 of its 28 provincial museum sites
The Nova Scotia government is closing 12 of its 28 provincial museum sites, stating “the system has grown complex and increasingly difficult to maintain.”
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Libération @liberation.fr · 23/02/2026
⚫ Le tromboniste, compositeur et chanteur new-yorkais d’origine portoricaine Willie Colón est mort à l’âge de 75 ans. Admiré par Bad Bunny, il a su mêler avec brio l’esprit de la fête et la critique politico-sociale.
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Mort de Willie Colón, légende engagée de la salsa
Le tromboniste, compositeur et chanteur américain d’origine portoricaine est mort samedi 21 février, à l’âge de 75 ans. Admiré par Bad Bunny, il a su mêler avec brio l’esprit de la fête et la critique politico-sociale.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb-dbc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Bio of the Day: Joseph Seraphim Fortes (1863–1922), shoeblack, bartender, porter, swimming instructor, and lifeguard. He came to #Vancouver in 1885 and was most famous for his work as a swimming instructor and lifeguard. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/forte...
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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 02/02/2026
Chronique | La ville gèle tandis que les finances brûlent.
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Prisonniers de la neige
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Armoiries et autres énormités politiques : lp.ca/dok68Q?shari...
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Armoiries et autres énormités politiques
L’auteur wendat Jocelyn Sioui réagit à de récentes nouvelles politiques, du discours de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon à celui de Mark Carney, en passant par la mise à jour des armoiries du Québec.
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Centre de recherche Cultures – Arts – Sociétés @celat.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
✨ Découvrez l’exposition 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 2 à la Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy jusqu’au 15 février. Elle met en valeur une sélection d’œuvres créées par Francine Saillant (CELAT) et Camille Courier, initialement présentées dans l’exposition 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦́𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 (Paris, 2025). ℹ️ tinyurl.com/5n7we2vj
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Concord Stalls Plan to Fill Its Hole in Vancouver's Heart via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Concord Stalls Plan to Fill Its Hole in Vancouver’s Heart | The Tyee
The global mega-developer that built up False Creek’s shores again holds back the finishing piece.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Earliest known photograph of a snowman, ca. 1854, taken by Mary Dillwyn (most likely in Wales). The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — publicdomainreview.org/collection/p…
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I wrote a short piece for The Conversation on how nighttime governance converged with the expansion of police funding and powers in Montreal.
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Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Québec exhorté à garder le cap sur l’ambition climatique. L’État québécois doit baser ses décisions sur les constats de «la science», dit le comité consultatif du gouvernement. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
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Québec exhorté à garder le cap sur l’ambition climatique
L’État québécois doit baser ses décisions sur les constats de «la science», dit le comité consultatif du gouvernement.
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Éditions du remue-ménage @remue-menage.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
« Ces maisons ont été des tremplins pour faire connaître et reconnaître qu’elles étaient des femmes articulées », des femmes de lettres, de cœur et de tête. »
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Les maisons d’édition qui ont ouvert leurs portes aux femmes
Au Québec, entre 1900 et 1959, il se publie par année entre 1 et 34 livres signés par des femmes.
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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Forgotten Toronto: How the city’s so-called morality police once waged war for ‘Toronto the Good’
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Forgotten Toronto: How the city’s so-called morality police once waged war for ‘Toronto the Good’
For decades, immorality was outlawed in Toronto — leading hundreds of young, working women to be arrested on suspicions of prostitution.
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Rappel : c’est cette semaine !
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
La nuit, tous les loups sont gris - Chronique de la Commission de toponymie du Québec toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/salle-de-...
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Chronique toponymique : La nuit, tous les loups sont gris
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Pivot @pivot.quebec · 24/10/2025
ANALYSE | La constitution proposée par la CQ vient affaiblir la capacité des groupes minoritaires et marginalisés à invoquer la Charte des droits et libertés pour se défendre contre les abus des gouvernements. Un article de Francis Hébert-Bernier. pivot.quebec/2025/10... #polqc #polcan
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Une nouvelle constitution québécoise qui menotte les droits et libertés – Pivot
Le projet de constitution proposé par la CAQ limite la capacité d’utiliser la Charte québécoise des droits et libertés pour protéger les minorités.
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Hâte de prendre part au colloque Streetstories | Histoires de rue (7–8 nov.), où j’aurai le plaisir de donner la conférence d’honneur. Un bel événement sur la ville, ses usages et ses imaginaires.
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JEAN-FRANCOIS NADEAU @jfnadeau.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Raoul Peck vient de lancer un nouveau film: «Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5». Il faut le voir. Le titre est une référence à un passage de 1984, le célèbre livre de George Orwell. Ce film témoigne d’une intelligence rare du monde qui prend appui sur les écrits d’Orwell www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Some excellent evening listening: Matthieu Caron interviewed on the Witness to Yesterday podcast about Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City.
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Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City
James Stewart (J.D.M.) speaks with Matthieu Caron about his book, Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We are thrilled to announce our new colloboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social - Urban and Environmental Dialogues Send us your proposals for this new urban #envhist series by 24 October! niche-canada.org/2025/09/29/c... #urbanhistory #urbanstudies #urban #envhum
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Call for Proposals - Urban and Environmental Dialogues
Urban and Environmental Dialogues will explore how the environment-at-large and the urban built environment have shaped one another throughout history.
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ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
interested in the history of mining, smelting, heavy industry, workplace health & safety, or company magazines in canada?the trail bc museum and bcrdh.ca have just digitized a complete run of "cominco magazine." bcrdh.ca/islandora/ob... thanks to @kellyblack.ca for the tip! #bchist #cdnhist #envhist
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Lindsay Gibson @lsgibson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Expo 86 trivia time. The U.S. pavilion focused on their space program, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than four months before Expo began The USSR's pavilion celebrated their nuclear industry, but the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred less than a week before Expo began.
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Matthieu Caron @mattcaron.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Venez me voir la semaine prochaine ! Je serai à Montréal pour parler de Montreal After Dark. 16 sept. à 15h : Leacock 738, McGill University (en anglais) 18 sept. à 17h30 : Le Port de tête (Lancement & causerie avec Frédéric Mercure Jolette) 20 sept. à 14h : Salle Kondiaronk, Pointe-à-Callière
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Ville de Montréal @villedemontreal.montreal.ca · 09/09/2025
Les femmes et les communautés seront honorées sur le futur tronçon de la ligne bleue. montreal.ca/communiques-...
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Ville de Montréal @villedemontreal.montreal.ca · 09/09/2025
Imaginez pour un instant que votre quotidien vous amène à travailler dans des chambres fortes souterraines sécurisées. C'est le cas pour l'équipe des Archives centrales de la Ville de Montréal! Consultez le catalogue des archives et les documents numérisés sur archivesdemontreal.com
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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Join Matthieu Caron for a talk on his book, Montreal after Dark at McGill University on Tuesday 16 September at 3 PM! More details: buff.ly/wFpCjY6 Learn more about the event: buff.ly/heeSoIw
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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Over 50 years has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. Not much is recognizable now. Story and photos: evelazarus.com/false-creek-...
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False Creek in the '70s | Eve Lazarus
Over 50 years has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. Not much is recognizable now
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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 27/08/2025
Connu comme l’un des principaux spécialistes de l’histoire intellectuelle du Québec francophone, Yvan Lamonde est décédé mardi à l’âge de 81 ans.
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Décès d’Yvan Lamonde, historien de la culture et des idées
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Dino Grandoni @dinograndoni.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Hear that? It’s 2 a.m. You’re in bed. The sun hasn’t risen, but the robin has. It is 🎶-ing at an unnatural hour, waking you. If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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These birds won’t stop singing, and it’s our fault
A sweeping analysis of more than 4 millions recordings has found birds tweet for nearly an extra hour a day in areas disrupted by light pollution.
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mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social @mtlreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Read the rest here: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/mont... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
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