Borealia

Early Canadian History

[Keith Grant @keithsgrant.bsky.social @keithsgrant]

Revised #CFP for the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group (AMEMG), October 24-25, 2025, in Moncton, NB. Jointly hosted by the Université de Moncton and Crandall University. Propose a paper, poster, or panel! Please help spread the word! https://t.co/eywalKENPh

[Keith Grant @keithsgrant.bsky.social @keithsgrant]

I am hoping to organize a * panel conversation on Teaching the Early Modern * at this year's AMEMG in Moncton--showcasing creative teaching ideas. Please reach out to me with questions or ideas, and pass the word along to colleagues.

[Keith Grant @keithsgrant.bsky.social @keithsgrant]

We're also excited to announce that Tom Peace
@tpcanoe will be our keynote speaker on Friday evening, October 24 on the topic, "What is a Treaty?" Plan to join us for that lecture and for the next day's panels!

[Keith Grant @keithsgrant.bsky.social @keithsgrant]

To help us finish up in style this week, we have invited E. A. Heaman (M), Max Hamon (W), and Jerry Bannister (F) to contribute essays that bring historical perspective to our current moment of nationalism redux and complex cross-border relations.

[Keith Grant @keithsgrant.bsky.social @keithsgrant]

We're grateful for a decade of conversation about early Canadian history @earlycanada, and now we have decided to wrap up Borealia as an active project (after this week's 3-part finale, M, W, F). A few closing thoughts here: https://t.co/6BZHTxMEz4

[Borealia @earlycanada]

"Historians are thinking about AI, that much is clear, but they are not necessarily of one mind." @_MackPenner on "Flattened History" -- Part of the The Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online project: https://t.co/zC9x5H9BQ3 #CdnHist #PublicHistory

[Borealia @earlycanada]

@tpcanoe @keithsgrant Thanks, Tom - you've been a support and inspiration from the very beginning!

[Thomas Peace @tpcanoe]

Hoping for a well rested return in a year. Many thanks to Denis, @keithsgrant, and Laura for all of the work they put into making Borealia such a great #cdnhist blog & online space.

[RY @richrray]

@keithsgrant A well-earned rest by all! Thank you for all that you have done in promoting the work of many, especially of grad students (including me!)

[Borealia @earlycanada]

Borealia is on Sabbatical This Year!

We're taking some time to rest and reflect, but in the meantime, please keep reading and sharing the back-catalogue! Much gratitude to our community of readers and contributors. 🙏

https://t.co/w0U8H9uKdo

[Borealia @earlycanada]

As thoughts begin to turn toward syllabi, there's a new way to connect essays at Borealia with common themes in #CdnHist: our Topics and Themes for Teaching page.

Please share with your secondary and post-secondary colleagues!

#CdnHistory #CdnHistEdu #SSChat @CndHistAssoc

[Paula Johanson @PaulaJohanson]

@earlycanada @l4smith @CndHistAssoc Resources like this benefit so many learners of all kinds! Homeschooling as well as secondary schools, alt-ac as well as university scholars.

[Borealia @earlycanada]

Huge thanks to editor Laura Smith (@l4smith) for the work to clean up site tags and putting this together so neatly! Gratitude to @CndHistAssoc for a Communication Grant to make that labour possible.

[Borealia @earlycanada]

As thoughts begin to turn toward syllabi, there's a new way to connect essays at Borealia with common themes in #CdnHist: our Topics and Themes for Teaching page.

Please share with your secondary and post-secondary colleagues!

#CdnHistory #CdnHistEdu #SSChat @CndHistAssoc

[Borealia @earlycanada]

Reflections on Space, Imagination, and Maritime Safety in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1820 – 1839, by Zachary A. Tingley https://t.co/u7PjgPpkc9
#CdnHist #CdnHistory #Lighthouses
@UNBSaintJohn @UPEIGeoREACH

[Borealia @earlycanada]

@OIEAHC @alannaloucks Thanks for sharing, friends!

[OIEAHC @OIEAHC]

@earlycanada, @alannaloucks reflects on the ever evolving process of (re)evaluating sources, arguments, and methodologies. Read more about her work on the Grey Nuns, community networks, and colonial Montréal. Now linked on the Octo. https://t.co/GOfy8dm0vP #VastEarlyAmerica

[Borealia @earlycanada]

Re-Thinking Where the Sources Lead: Reflecting on the Research and Writing Process, by @alannaloucks. #CdnHist #Montreal #HistoricalThinking
https://t.co/yGUkAtKL7q

[Thomas Peace @tpcanoe]

Hey, #cdnhist #cdnpoli #cdnmedia. Let’s start 2024 off on the right foot: No One Killed Canadian History. It is time to move on from a tired debate that serves only to distract from the wonderful work being produced by historians in Canada. https://t.co/oonrEmsfHl

[Tim Fedak, PhD FRCGS @tim_fedak]

Go on - get lost! Explore a #geoheritage map of #Halifax Harbour from the 1870s. Dive deep and zoom into the historic maps that were used by David Honeyman to describe the #glacial #geology of #NovaScotia in 1876 and 1884. https://t.co/l1MJfeCpBF