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Guest Post: “They do not understand the democratic process”: The Abortion...
Courtesy of York University Libraries, Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, Toronto Telegram fonds, ASC04612. Note From Andrea: Thank you all so much for your patience with me while I...
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At the Kitchen Table: 1960s
Two historians of 20th century domesticity in Canada give you the dish on CBC’s Back in Time for Dinner! 1967: annee du centenaire visitons notre pays! 1967. Crédit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc....
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At the Kitchen Table: 1970s
Two historians of 20th century domesticity in Canada give you the dish on CBC’s Back in Time for Dinner! Photos courtesy of Susan Eidinger. Please do not reproduce.* Welcome back to part three of our...
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Project Preview: Excavating Canadian Soil Science History
Everyone once in a while here on Unwritten Histories, we like to show you how historians develop and design historical research projects. Today we have a special guest post by Peter Anderson...
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Halloween Special II – Charles Havard and the Blasphemed Crucifix
Source: Flick Special thanks to Andrea Eidinger and Michelle Desveaux for their help with this post. Happy Halloween! As a historian of witchcraft and blasphemy, this is really my time of year. Last...
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My latest blog post for Active History, co-written with Laura Madokoro, has just gone live! In it, we talk about the difference between words and actions, specifically in relation to the MS St. Louis...
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Celebrating Women and Non-Binary Historians
Co authored with Krista McCracken In 2017, archaeologist Steph Halmhofer (@bones_canada) issued a call for submission for the first “Celebration of Women and Non-Binary Archaeologists.” The call was...
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Heritage Gardening – Grow like it’s the Eighteenth Century
By Stephanie Pettigrew From top left, counterclockwise: Calendula, pansies, feverfew, morning glory, morning glory, pea flower, and another variety of calendula. One of my favourite things about summer...
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Why on this night, only matzah? Matzohgate 1996
“Descent into Matzah Canyon,” by Avital Pinnick. via flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, then you’ve probably heard me say that I’m Jewish girl from...
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Guest Post: Family History and Immigrant Identity: The Perks and Pitfalls of...
Note from Andrea: Today we have a very special guest post from Kassandra Luciuk! This post originated as remarks that she delivered at the Coptic Canadian History Project’s Third Annual Conference,...
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