SMU History Department

Department of History at @smuhalifax. Offering BA & MA degrees, and minors in Applied History and British Studies. For info: [email protected]

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Please join us for our AGM tomorrow on Zoom at 7pm: https://t.co/alPjau0Ocm. Our AGM package can be found here: https://t.co/o5QKeBSyrh and on our website. See you there!

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@SMArts_SMU Are you still using Bluesky and Facebook?

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Student summer job opportunity! The Dartmouth Heritage Museum is hiring a Heritage Interpreter. Term: 19 May 2026 – 28 August 2026 (15 weeks). Wednesday to Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm; 40 hours/week at $18.00/hour; evenings as required. For details see: https://t.co/N5aaaPbgLP

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New article in the Canadian Historical Review by Dr. @heathergreen21 of @smuhalifax and Dr. Liza Piper of @UAlberta: "Wishful Thinking: Extractive Ideology and Reclamation in Alberta, 1947–73"!

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The @nationaltrustca #NextGreatSave is a competition to protect Canada’s historic places. This year, Sainte-Marie (NS) is in the running—and one of Canada’s most endangered heritage landmarks. Vote daily until April 24, 2026 to help save it.
👉 https://t.co/LiN2UcIGSh

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Wonderful to welcome back to campus Department of History, Saint Mary's University alum @historykirby (BA’17, MA’20), who participated in the “Where Can an Arts Degree Take Me?” session at the 2026 Faculty of Arts Student Conference

[Acadiensis @Acadiensis]

The program for the upcoming Atlantic Canada Studies Conference has been posted. Looking forward to seeing some folks in Charlottetown this summer!

https://t.co/G488useZLX

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Check out this session: "International Careers: Global Affairs Canada & Canadian University Services Overseas" at SMU. Details: Thursday, March 12, 10:00am in LI 135 (in Patrick Power Library)

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New Op-ed in the Globe & Mail by Dr. @RBlakeBrown of @HistorySmu: "Canadians deserve to know what guns were used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.
https://t.co/TITkUO4KGh

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Looking for a great course this summer? Sign up for IPHH 3000: Heritage Field Placement. In IPHH 3000 students do placements in museums, archives and other cultural and heritage sites. While building new skills and networks, students also gain 3 credit hours toward their degree.

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Professor Emeritus John Reid of @HistorySmu and Professor Emeritus M. Brook Taylor of @MSVU_Halifax have published their open letter to Minister David Ritcey and Premier Tim Houston re. Drastic Cuts to Nova Scotia Museum System on @Acadiensis https://t.co/yia3Z6H84c

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Love History? Interested in graduate studies? Consider applying to Master of Arts program @HistorySmu in Halifax. Scholarships available! Deadline extended until March 15th! For more info see: https://t.co/bG30pfrgyG

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National Trust for Canada scholarships! See the Herb Stovel Scholarship, which provides 2 types of bursaries. Link: https://t.co/L0IUDja4p2

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Love History? Interested in graduate studies? Consider applying to Master of Arts program @HistorySmu in Halifax. Scholarships available! Deadline extended until March 15th! For more info see: https://t.co/bG30pfrgyG

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And see: "Down Below Ground: Research, Memory, and Place at Springhill Mine." https://t.co/X56uZseeoE

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Recent BA graduate Kaley MacMullin and Dr. Heather Green of @HistorySmu have co-authored 2 posts on the Network in Canadian History & Environment’s The Otter. For the first see: "Finding Black Lung in he Archives." https://t.co/rRA4awGgkN

[RNSHS @RNSHS]

We are pleased to announce that our new double issue of the Journal is now available online. Volumes 26–27 can be accessed through Érudit here:
https://t.co/Nab4VE3kXV

Thank you for your continued interest in and support of the Society’s work.

[Blake Brown @RBlakeBrown]

New article: "Closing the Knowledge Gap: Identifying Research Priorities for Firearm-Related Injury and Mortality in Canada" in the latest issue of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. https://t.co/eJ2imfCCoI

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Congrats @smuhalifax student Elora Copeland for publishing "The Earl of Dalhousie & the Context of John Elliott Woolford's Famous Paintings" in Release Peace: The Magazine! This article began as an essay in HIST 2341 Atlantic Canada to Confederation. Link: https://t.co/HbbYosx6J1

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Dr. Kirrily Freeman of @HistorySmu quoted in @nytimes article "The Nazi Plunder of Church Bells Changed the Sound of Europe." #ArtsWithImpact https://t.co/AGb9flb3wH