Tina Loo
@lootina.bsky.social
Mountain itinerant and photog who teaches and writes Canadian and environmental history at the University of British Columbia. [I chose the photo of Sycamore Gap not knowing what would soon happen...]
Well deserved! A terrific book. But also a significant one that deserves a wide reading by anyone interested in human rights. #cdnhist
Beyond thrilled for this rave review from @johnibbitson.bsky.social in the @theglobeandmail.com for our book, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution. Now available @ubcpress.bsky.social and fine bookstores.
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Challenging Exile is essential reading for history buffs
The book tells the story of Japanese Canadians who were deported to Japan after the end of the Second World War
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Well deserved! A terrific book. But also a significant one that deserves a wide reading by anyone interested in human rights. #cdnhist
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More reading from John Sandlos and @arnkeeling.bsky.social - "Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned" - niche-canada.org/2025/09/03/y...
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
More reading from John Sandlos and @arnkeeling.bsky.social - "Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned" - niche-canada.org/2025/09/03/y...
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist
#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist
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I wrote a piece for @frenchhistory.bsky.social about the 40th anniversary of the French bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior."
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
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Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I wrote a piece for @frenchhistory.bsky.social about the 40th anniversary of the French bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior."
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
Huge thanks to @eldrclaire.bsky.social @donalh.bsky.social @meghankroberts.bsky.social & the journal's extremely patient staff.
doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1093/fh/c...
Agreed: read their new book on how arsenic emissions polluted a northern mining town – and the ways activists and Indigenous people fought back. #envhist www.mqup.ca/price-of-gol...
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Agreed: read their new book on how arsenic emissions polluted a northern mining town – and the ways activists and Indigenous people fought back. #envhist www.mqup.ca/price-of-gol...
Thanks to Alberta's UCP... Gift link.
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Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles
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November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Thanks to Alberta's UCP... Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
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Whoa! Dizzying installation in the atrium of the @vanartgallery.bsky.social #photography
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Whoa! Dizzying installation in the atrium of the @vanartgallery.bsky.social #photography
Excellent news!
An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Excellent news!
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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A must read thread about the history of anti-urbanism and fascism:
9. Now this idea is being resuscitated once again. The city is cast by the new wave of fascists as a degenerate, crime-ridden arena, dominated by Muslims, immigrants and “alien” ideas such as feminism, antifa, anti-racism, trans rights, asylum, public transport and intellectualism.
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A must read thread about the history of anti-urbanism and fascism:
Agree with this editorial: focus on research impacts, not the identities of the researchers. (And reading the peer reviews and notes from the adjudication committees?!)
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5f5c26a...
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How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Agree with this editorial: focus on research impacts, not the identities of the researchers. (And reading the peer reviews and notes from the adjudication committees?!)
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5f5c26a...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/5f5c26a...
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New Master in Public Environmental Humanities - @greenhouseuis.net
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
New Master in Public Environmental Humanities
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
niche-canada.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New Master in Public Environmental Humanities - @greenhouseuis.net
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
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"Vancouver loses 'a culinary community centre' with sudden closure of Floata Seafood Restaurant" feat @donnaseto.bsky.social as told by Dan Fumano via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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Vancouver loses 'a culinary community centre' with sudden closure of Floata Seafood Restaurant
Often called Canada's largest Chinese restaurant, its size and layout allowed it to fill a crucial role as a community hub in Chinatown.
vancouversun.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Vancouver loses 'a culinary community centre' with sudden closure of Floata Seafood Restaurant" feat @donnaseto.bsky.social as told by Dan Fumano via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
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October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
"Two bears came quietly, as if called by the land.... She stopped, lifted her head, and looked toward me. In her eyes, there was no fear, only calm recognition.... Life looked upon life, and in that mutual gaze, I felt not distance but invitation." #envhum #envhist
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Being Seen: What Bears Teach About Belonging
There is a stillness in the wild, not empty but full. A quiet so complete it feels as if the earth itself is listening. You sense it in…
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October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Two bears came quietly, as if called by the land.... She stopped, lifted her head, and looked toward me. In her eyes, there was no fear, only calm recognition.... Life looked upon life, and in that mutual gaze, I felt not distance but invitation." #envhum #envhist
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456,365 #ForeverCanadian signatures (plus few dozen last minute arrivals). I’m told it’s the biggest petition in Canada’s history.
None of this would happen if not for thousands of volunteers and your love for Canada.🇨🇦
Thank you! This is Alberta’s and Canada’s victory.
None of this would happen if not for thousands of volunteers and your love for Canada.🇨🇦
Thank you! This is Alberta’s and Canada’s victory.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
456,365 #ForeverCanadian signatures (plus few dozen last minute arrivals). I’m told it’s the biggest petition in Canada’s history.
None of this would happen if not for thousands of volunteers and your love for Canada.🇨🇦
Thank you! This is Alberta’s and Canada’s victory.
None of this would happen if not for thousands of volunteers and your love for Canada.🇨🇦
Thank you! This is Alberta’s and Canada’s victory.
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Back to work legislation has been used by many federal and provincial governments over the last 40 years. It did not require the notwithstanding clause.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Back to work legislation has been used by many federal and provincial governments over the last 40 years. It did not require the notwithstanding clause.
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Fantasy opportunity! Open to scholars studying any region or period.
Our department is hiring! Assistant Professor and Ruby Heap Professorship in Women’s History universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Fantasy opportunity! Open to scholars studying any region or period.
Very sorry to hear this. What a loss. #cdnhist
Very sad news about the loss of historian Tim Cook, who died far too young. His impact on our understanding of Canadian military history was just massive. An outstanding historian. He will be missed.
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Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Very sorry to hear this. What a loss. #cdnhist
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Another reason not to travel to the US... www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News
The United States is expanding its facial identification program for travellers, with the goal of collecting images of non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country by all modes of transport.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Another reason not to travel to the US... www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM