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Peter Fortna

@peterfortna.bsky.social
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A #ymmfire survivor, #kidneydonor and member histotiwn, living and working in Treaty 7/8 Territory. He/Him

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Dorkchester Review @dorkchesterreview.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Day 2 of the annual meeting of the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social! Please consider attending today’s business meeting of the Canadian Committee on Men’s History. The committee chair, Chris Dummitt, will be forcing attendees to read his latest National Post op-ed #CHASHC2026
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Cancer Haunts Neighbors of the Canadian #oilsands. New article from the @NewYorkTimes detailing why all Canadians should be concerned about what's happening to communities in northern Alberta. #ableg #cdnpoli #tarsands #ymm #ypy #fortchip #FortMcKay www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...
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Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
UCP got 52% of the vote in Alberta. Far from a solid majority of voters. 2023 Alberta general election - Wikipedia share.google/FJDV6Ff17clc....
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2023 Alberta general election - Wikipedia
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killerwhaletank 🍁 @shaner38.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
"I hope you have your bags packed. Because when this referendum is defeated, I will gladly walk you to the border." I'll walk with you, Chief. #ABPoli #ABleg
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Excited to announce the next series of shows for #CochraneAB House Concerts. If you love live music, and you're in the #yyc region. Check it out! #yycmusic #livemusic #houseconcert www.facebook.com/CochraneHouseConcerts
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
My colleague Felice Physoic's latest concerning how Environmental Historians might consider using #oilsands Environmental Impact Assessments as a source. #cdnhist #envirohist #ymm envhistnow.com/2026/01/15/t...
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The Impact Assessment as Archive: Historical Approaches to Regulatory Documents from Alberta’s Oil Sands
Canada’s recent embrace of Indigenous rights looks transformative on paper, but in the Alberta oil sands, a different story unfolds.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
As is tradition, we begin this year with a look back at our top five most-read articles of the past year. 2025's list includes pieces by Nolan Reynolds, @glenniceton.bsky.social, @lootina.bsky.social, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & Jackson Pind niche-canada.org/2026/01/06/t... #envhist #cdnhist
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Top Five Posts of 2025
Wow! 2025 was another record year on our site for traffic. We published nearly every week day, sometimes publishing on Saturdays and more than once a day! We are so grateful to the environmental histo...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thank you to all the readers! #cdnhist #envirohist
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University of Manitoba Press @umanitobapress.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social calls PUTTING DOWN ROOTS by Cheryl Troupe "essential reading" in his review published on @hnetreviews.bsky.social! Read the review here: www.h-net.org/review...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Check out @peterfortna.bsky.social's review of Cheryl Troupe's "Putting Down Roots: Metis Agency, Land Use, Women's Food Labour in a Qu'Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community," published in 2025 by @umanitobapress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Can you help push us over $12,000? Only a few more days left in our annual fundraising campaign and we are still far from our goal. We are not institutionally funded. We rely entirely on supporters and do good work with a very small budget!! fundrazr.com/niche2025?re... #envhist #envhum #cdnhist
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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It’s my book’s half-birthday today! To celebrate, I’d like to mail one of you a free signed copy. Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd. Please reskeet! #cdnhist #envhist www.ubcpress.ca/a-cold-colon...
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A Cold Colonialism
A Cold Colonialism - Modern Exploration and the Canadian North; A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert cont...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hey #CochraneAB! We've got a #houseconcert coming up next Friday with Quote the Raven from Newfoundland! If you're interested in the details check out the link below or send me a DM. #livemusic #houseconcert #yyc #yycmusic
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A cool project I've had the pleasure of assisting with near the #Métis community of Conklin, Alberta in the heart of the #oilsands. share.google/e5zSO93rvG26... #ymm
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Researchers, hunters study how oilsands noise might impact moose hunting | CBC News
Hunters in northern Alberta are helping scientists test how industrial noise from the oilsands affects moose hunting — a food source and a connection to cultural traditions for many rural and Indigeno...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
She won by less than 200 votes last election. She must be feeling a little nervous to say the least.
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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
job Researcher – Willow Springs Strategic Solutions The Researcher will work closely with owners and staff to coordinate research on a number of projects with Indigenous clients. DL: Oct 31 csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @peterfortna.bsky.social
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 28/10/2025
Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights? An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote. I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
When is our #ableg Premier going to start talking about protecting Canadian #oilsands workers and less about pie in the sky pipelines "North, South, East and West" that will only benefit shareholders, not workers. #ymm #yyc boereport.com/2025/10/23/c...
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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
job-Researcher Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science & environmental research company that works with & for Indigenous communities in AB & elsewhere in Canada DL 10/31 csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @peterfortna.bsky.social
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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
job Researcher – Willow Springs Strategic Solutions Deadline for applications is October 31, 2025. csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
job - Researcher Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science & environmental research company that works with & for Indigenous communities in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada. csn-rec.ca/job-postings... @peterfortna.bsky.social
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Their lived experience is at the core of decolonization. If you would like to download your own copy of this research project, published by @ucalgarypress.bsky.social you can visit the link below or ask for it at your favourite independent bookstore. press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #landback #ymm
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
rivileged to be able to attend Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's Decolonizing Land and Water Summit, facilitating conversation with ACFN Knowledge Holders Alice Rigney and Jimmy Deranger about the book: Remembering Our Relations: Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park.
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Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Part 2 of my #cdnhist thread on why it's bad history (and otherwise problematic) to say "“In the 1950s, high incomes were taxed at 90%, and government had abundant revenue. Our top rates are too low now. Raise them. Problem solved.” Here's a link to part 1 bsky.app/profile/stil... #cdnhist
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I guess it's a good thing that Canada's billionaires are racing to buy the HBC Charter to share with the great unwashed. Perhaps, with their newfound love of #cdnhist, they can now donate $ to provincial and national archives to make our history available to all. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Billionaire David Thomson wants to buy Hudson's Bay charter, donate it to Manitoba Archives | CBC News
Two of Canada's richest families appear poised for a battle over one of the country's most famed documents.
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Excited to be with our friends the Fort McKay #Métis Nation at their Metis Days celebration. Sharing copies of the recently completed book. If you can't make it down, remember you can buy or download your own copy from the @ucalgarypress.bsky.social here: press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #cdnhist
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...
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Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins  - Alberta Politics
Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the...
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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
It was MINING & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE week in my Canadian #envhist seminar today. Below is a short thread about what we read and watched ⛏️⚖️🧵
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We have a roundup of the last 4 conversations of Season 5 of NiCHE Conversations w/ @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social Find convos w/ Crystal Gail Fraser, @jdunkin.bsky.social, @ramya.bsky.social, Parineeta Dandekar, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & @arnkeeling.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/08/01/n...
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NiCHE Conversations Roundup #21
Find conversations about land, water, and Indigenous knowledge in the final four convos of Season Five of NiCHE Conversations with Jessica DeWitt
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
If you require historical evidence defending your First Nation's rights, please do not hesitate to reach out for support.
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
In their decision, Justice Strickland specifically relied on our expert report to inform the Court. As noted by Witten Law, the decision helps to entrench a Nation's ability to develop and uphold their own Election codes. Witten's full analysis can be found here: share.google/79gyXBlh93lz...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Pleased to have provided evidence in the Wayne Cunningham v Sucker Creek First Nation 150A, 2025 FC 1174 which upheld the First Nation's Customary Election Regulation. decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisi...
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Cunningham v. Sucker Creek First Nation 150A - Federal Court
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 21/07/2025
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Smoke: the new reality in summertime
Canadians need to start adapting to the toxic stew coming off of wildfires
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Our NiCHE Conversation with @peterfortna.bsky.social is now available on YouTube! Fortna joined @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social to discuss the impact of the oil sand industry on the Athabasca River, forcing downstream communities to adapt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx7S... #envhist #cdnhist #oilsands
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NiCHE Conversations 5.15: Athabasca River, Indigenous Knowledge & Adapting to Danger w/ Peter Fortna
YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
But sure if the end goal is to create an asset that will provide investors secure dividends for the next 20-50 years by deferring and nationalizing environmental, social, and Indigenous debts, yes the #oilsands are clearly a winner.
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
And if that wasn't enough, #oilsands companies now expect the #cdnpoli to subsidize any industry attempts to mitigate their environmental and social footprint. How quickly they forget that it was the Liberal party that spent $30b buying their last pipeline. share.google/p74gFVNMg1Hp...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
And this does not even considers the impacts #oilsands have had (and continues to have) on local Indigenous groups that have been forced to adapt to danger, reorienting their whole way of life (contrary to treaty promises protect by the cdn Constitution) share.google/prY7Ut3deEal...
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The Athabasca River, Indigenous Knowledge, and Adapting to Danger
Downstream Indigenous communities distrust tailings management due to decades of contamination, health impacts, and government-industry dismissal of their concerns.
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Sector layoffs have been part of the ugly truth in the #oilsands for ten years +. Mergers, acquisitions & "cost efficiencies" have led to thousands of layoffs and the hollowing of the business. Human impact is real as Ft Mc homes are worth half what they were in 2024. share.google/0HGhesTQSVZP...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Isn't it funny how #oilsands corporations are rewarded by the investing class. The #ableg really needs to reconsider their benefit as they nationalize and defer billions of dollars of environmental, social, and Indigenous liabilities. share.google/KwC6gRKDYWVo...
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UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
MA student Maegan Ellis's book review of "The Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History" was published in @activehist.bsky.social today: activehistory.ca/blog/2025/07... #cdnhist
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A Review of Peter Fortna’s The Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History
Ultimately, The Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History makes a vital contribution to Métis historiography and to the growing body of scholarship that centers Indigenous voices in historical r…
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
A kind review of #FortMcKay #Metis Nation: A Community History by Maegan Ellis on @ActiveHist.
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is hosting a summit on Decolonizing Land and Water next fall. Check it out! acfn.com/decolonizing... #landback #decolonization #landback #decolonization
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Decolonizing Land and Water Summit | Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is hosting a summit on Decolonizing Land and Water next fall. Check it out! acfn.com/decolonizing... #landback #decolonization
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
You can watch with your Instagram account by following the link below. www.instagram.com/reel/DLF3iyx...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Live today over on Instagram! Hope to chat with you there!
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Question for the #cdnhist universe. I've got a manuscript that's an awkward length (25,000-30,000 words). I know the practical thing would be to either lengthen or shorten the ms, but I'm curious if anyone has experience publishing a short book? And if so where? Feel free to respond or send me a DM
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This conversation will be based on @peterfortna.bsky.social's article, "The Athabasca River, Indigenous Knowledge, and Adapting to Danger" - niche-canada.org/2025/04/17/t... #envhist #cdnhist #oilsands #indigenous
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The Athabasca River, Indigenous Knowledge, and Adapting to Danger
Downstream Indigenous communities distrust tailings management due to decades of contamination, health impacts, and government-industry dismissal of their concerns.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
If you’re looking for a comprehensive deep dive on the developing Airdrie Urgent Care scandal… This is that article! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli discoverairdrie.com/articles/air...
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Airdrie mayor pushes back on report alleging role in health proposal
Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown appeared in a Facebook Live broadcast on Friday afternoon, marking his first public remarks since an article by the Investigative Journalism Foundation was published on June ...
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The fourth and fifth chapters in my book Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History (ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/978...) also considers this history. The newspapers also recoded this history, I've included a few articles below. 3/3 #ableg #ymm #landback
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Peter Fortna @peterfortna.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
There are many places you can read more about this sad history. Tara Joly and Hereward Longley wrote an excellent account for McMurray Métis that can be downloaded for free at www.herewardlongley.com/moccasinflats. 2/3 #ableg #ymm, #landback
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Moccasin Flats Report — Hereward Longley
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