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Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 6h

Professeur.e – Histoire (Canada-Québec). Date limite : le 8 décembre 2025. #cdnhist #histoire #québec #laval #skystorians cha-shc.ca/fr/carrieres...

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 5h

Worth reading! #envhist

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 6h

Who should decide how B.C.’s forests are managed? As old growth dwindles, more First Nations are taking the lead — and reshaping forestry in the process. thenarwhal.ca/bc-forestry-... #bcpoli

What does First Nations ownership mean for B.C. forestry? | The Narwhal

More First Nations are buying B.C. forestry tenures. With old growth dwindling, can they nudge the industry to a more sustainable future?

thenarwhal.ca

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 19h

That was my hope in taking the shot!

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 20h

Reflective #photography #streetphotography #caffeinecontemplation

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 1d

Night lights #multipleexposure #photography

Black and white multiple exposure shot of Water Street in Vancouver’s Gastown. Numerous light standards and a moving car on the wet street are visible.

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 2d

Simply red #streetphotography

Woman sitting at a bus stop with red pumps, red top, floral red and white skirt, white Santa hat, and red trolley

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 3d

And I was only focused on people using #ChatGPT to write university essays....
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 3d

Spanish Banks #fogtography

Barren tree in the foreground with container ships in the background, barely visible in the fog.

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 3d

Mutsu are wonderful!

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 7d

Potato History Reclaimed.

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 12d

So there's an EU-funded campaign to get millenials to eat potatoes and - I swear to Jesus I'm not making this up - it's slogan is: "Europe's favourite since 1536."

A screenshot of a website that says "DISCOVER THE TASTY VERSATILITY OF POTATOES! Europe's favourite since 1536." banner ads say "funded by the european union" and "enjoy - it's from europe."

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations Thom - a great recognition of your contribution to #EnvironmentalHumanities and #ExtinctionStudies @aehhub.bsky.social @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social

Thom van Dooren @thomvandooren.bsky.social · 14d

I’m honoured to be the recipient of the BBVA Foundation’s 7th Biophilia Award in Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences www.biophilia-fbbva.es/en/noticias/... @seisydney.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @usyd-humanities.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social

Thom van Dooren | Biophilia Award in Environmental Humanities

Philosopher Thom van Dooren receives the BBVA Foundation’s 7th Biophilia Award for what the committee describes as his “central role” in “understanding and addressing species extinction.”

www.biophilia-fbbva.es

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations!!! Look forward to reading it!

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Dagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 16d

It's finally in my hands! @harvardpress.bsky.social did such a wonderful job with the jacket. It's available for preorder, and will ship (to anyone in the US or Canada) on October 28th. #EnvHist #Astronomy #Space

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 15d

Or a murder mystery!

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 17d

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History
- @envirohistory.bsky.social

@aseh.bsky.social & @foresthistory.bsky.social seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a 5-year term.

niche-canada.org/2025/09/27/a...

#envhist

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History

The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a five-year t...

niche-canada.org

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Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · 20d

Very happy to see colleague Ray Blake has won the big book prize for political writing this year, the Shaughnessy Cohen.

Congrats to the whole shortlist!

www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · May 24

Ray Blake's book on how prime ministerial speechifying has shaped 🇨🇦 national identity since 1945.

He's right that PMs have a job of nation-building to do and their nationalist talking points matter in that job

Not just a repetitive list of platitudes. Continuity and change. Tracks Overton window

Book cover of Canada's Prime ministers and the shaping of national identity, by Raymond B. Blake

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Ian Milligan @ianmilligan1.bsky.social · 21d

A nice article - en français - about the critical and important @internetarchiveca.bsky.social. A few words from me too on how important web archiving is for us all.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

Préserver la mémoire du pays avec Internet archive Canada

L’organisme américain Internet archive a un siège social à Vancouver et sert d'outil pour garder des traces de l’histoire numérique du Canada.

ici.radio-canada.ca

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 22d

What's the rationale for this? Cost savings via amalgamation of departments and reduction of staff comes to mind.... And how will it change the individual work lives/work loads of faculty?

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 22d

Great - was a gift link, so it should work for everyone!

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Matthew Hayday @mhayday.bsky.social · 22d

Saddened to learn that J.R (Jim) Miller passed away a little over a week ago. His scholarship on Indigenous history, I think it is fair to say, was extremely influential for many of us - and his survey textbooks provided an accessible entry point. www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...

James Miller Obituary September 11, 2025 - Saskatoon Funeral Home

View James Miller's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 22d

Oh no! So sorry to hear this Jim was editor of the CHR when I submitted my first article there. He was a generous scholar and I learned a lot from him.

Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 22d

Not sure what you mean. You should have access to the article, no?

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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social · 23d

The latest in bringing agriculture to the Canadian Arctic (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

Where No Trees Grow, Fresh Strawberries All Year Round

www.nytimes.com

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 23d

Tom Peace has a nice "salvaging" piece here:

tpcanoe.ca/adventurers-...

And for our Mi'kma'ki e-text, we wrote a snapshot take here that we'd hoped would be developed in class discussions.

ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/digitaldisru...

Introduction: Disruptions Past & Present – Settler Colonialism in Acadie/Mi'kma'ki

Historical methods taught through the 18th-century history of Mi'kam'ki & Acadie

ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub

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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 23d

emplois/employment

Histoire - Professeure adjointe ou professeur adjoint et Bourse professorale Ruby Heap en histoire des femmes

Université d'Ottawa

History - Assistant Professor and Ruby Heap Professorship in Women’s History

csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

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