Steven High
@stevenhigh.bsky.social
Professor of History at Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. Current Project: Deindustrialization & the Politics of Our Time -- deindustrialization.org . New Book: The Left in Power: Bob Rae's NDP and the Working Class (Feb '25)
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A study from a Welsh university has shed new light on the stark legacy of deindustrialisation in Wales and its impact on the mental health of the population
Study reveals stark impact of deindustrialisation on mental health in Wales
A study from a Welsh university has shed new light on the stark legacy of deindustrialisation in Wales and its impact on the mental health of the population. The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Ba...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A study from a Welsh university has shed new light on the stark legacy of deindustrialisation in Wales and its impact on the mental health of the population
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#OtD 25 Nov 1960 the three Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa) were murdered for opposing US-backed Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo. The UN later set 25 Nov as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #IDEVAW stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9779...
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#OtD 25 Nov 1960 the three Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa) were murdered for opposing US-backed Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo. The UN later set 25 Nov as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #IDEVAW stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9779...
Congratulations to Dr. Hervé Demers for successfully defending his research-creation PhD on the former mining town of Asbestos (Val-des-Source), QC. It combines oral history and photography to beautiful effect, while avoiding the problems in visual representations of deindustrialization. Bravo!
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Hervé Demers for successfully defending his research-creation PhD on the former mining town of Asbestos (Val-des-Source), QC. It combines oral history and photography to beautiful effect, while avoiding the problems in visual representations of deindustrialization. Bravo!
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Join us for a talk by writer and professor David Austin this Friday November 21 at 10am.
The talk “The Origins of Totalitarianism: C.L.R. James and the Dilemma of American Democracy” will be held at the the downtown Concordia campus in LB 362.
The talk “The Origins of Totalitarianism: C.L.R. James and the Dilemma of American Democracy” will be held at the the downtown Concordia campus in LB 362.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Join us for a talk by writer and professor David Austin this Friday November 21 at 10am.
The talk “The Origins of Totalitarianism: C.L.R. James and the Dilemma of American Democracy” will be held at the the downtown Concordia campus in LB 362.
The talk “The Origins of Totalitarianism: C.L.R. James and the Dilemma of American Democracy” will be held at the the downtown Concordia campus in LB 362.
Big congratulations to Dr. Thomas MacMillan who defended his super interesting PhD thesis today, "'We Can Do It Ourselves': Worker-Led Organizing and the Feminist Movement on the West Coast." Thanks to his externals Mark Leier and Margie Mendell as well as Chris Hurl & Theresa Ventura. Bravo Tom!!!
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Big congratulations to Dr. Thomas MacMillan who defended his super interesting PhD thesis today, "'We Can Do It Ourselves': Worker-Led Organizing and the Feminist Movement on the West Coast." Thanks to his externals Mark Leier and Margie Mendell as well as Chris Hurl & Theresa Ventura. Bravo Tom!!!
Another Canadian/Quebec history job posting, this one at UQAM - its been a couple decades since I've seen 6 tenure-track job postings in Cdn history all at once. Very happy to see this.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another Canadian/Quebec history job posting, this one at UQAM - its been a couple decades since I've seen 6 tenure-track job postings in Cdn history all at once. Very happy to see this.
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Enjoyed the first day of the Canadian labour history conference at UQAM. Plenty of Concordia folks (past and present) here.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Enjoyed the first day of the Canadian labour history conference at UQAM. Plenty of Concordia folks (past and present) here.
Great to see Unifor resisting "any attempt to idle production, close [auto] plants, export tools or machinery or any other means of production from plants that have reduced or ceased operations, by any means necessary." It will support local unions trying to prevent the removal of machinery to US.
Resolutions
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November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Great to see Unifor resisting "any attempt to idle production, close [auto] plants, export tools or machinery or any other means of production from plants that have reduced or ceased operations, by any means necessary." It will support local unions trying to prevent the removal of machinery to US.
Excellent article from two outstanding scholars of resource extraction in Canada.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: As Carney pushes major projects, he must heed a cautionary tale from Canada’s past
No doubt there is room to streamline approval processes, but there must be enough rigour so future developments don’t leave behind environmental liabilities
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excellent article from two outstanding scholars of resource extraction in Canada.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Congratulations to Dr. Arianna Garcia Fialdini for defending her excellent PhD thesis this afternoon (and to Kathleen Vaughan her advisor!). It combines oral history and the visual arts in the exploration of food and migration.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Arianna Garcia Fialdini for defending her excellent PhD thesis this afternoon (and to Kathleen Vaughan her advisor!). It combines oral history and the visual arts in the exploration of food and migration.
Very much looking forward to reading this book when it comes out in the spring! Congratulations @coryhaala.bsky.social !
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And just like that, it's real.
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland
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November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Very much looking forward to reading this book when it comes out in the spring! Congratulations @coryhaala.bsky.social !
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Great book! As for the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking, I remember that storm well living in Thunder Bay and my father saying to me he hoped there were no ships on the lake. Can't believe it is 50 years ago (feeling ancient).
If you're planing to spend the weekend preparing for the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Monday, but you just don't know enough about the taconite pellets that were in the ship's ill-fated hold, may I recommend a book for you?
www.upress.umn.edu/978081669430...
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Taconite Dreams
Winner of the Midwestern History Association's 2016 Hamlin Garland Prize The Iron Range earned its name honestly: it was once among the world’s richest ...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Great book! As for the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking, I remember that storm well living in Thunder Bay and my father saying to me he hoped there were no ships on the lake. Can't believe it is 50 years ago (feeling ancient).
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Hot off the press! Manufacturing & the Australian City, five articles examining the transformative role of manufacturing in the evolution of Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide with a rich introduction by the editors Frost, O'Hanlon & Shanahan. A special issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
Special Issue: Manufacturing and the Australian City: Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review: Vol 65, No 3
Click on the title to browse this issue
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November 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hot off the press! Manufacturing & the Australian City, five articles examining the transformative role of manufacturing in the evolution of Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide with a rich introduction by the editors Frost, O'Hanlon & Shanahan. A special issue of the Asia-Pacific Economic History Review!
Minimal support in today's Cdn budget for workers displaced by industrial restructuring. Some $ for training and worksharing. Continued temporary changes to UI (should be made permanent). So nothing to suggest that this will be a just transition. We needed a real investment in worker adjustment.
www.budget.canada.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Minimal support in today's Cdn budget for workers displaced by industrial restructuring. Some $ for training and worksharing. Continued temporary changes to UI (should be made permanent). So nothing to suggest that this will be a just transition. We needed a real investment in worker adjustment.
Huge thanks to Indranil Chakraborty and the contributors to our new edited volume. The study of deindustrialization has hitherto focused on the global north. Not only is the story different in India but so too is the disciplinary mix. @deindustrialpol.bsky.social
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Deindustrialization and Economic Restructuring in Post-Reform India
This volume explores the concept of deindustrialization in post-reform India. It combines macro studies of Indian political economy with the micro analysis of economic restructuring, growth, and preca...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Huge thanks to Indranil Chakraborty and the contributors to our new edited volume. The study of deindustrialization has hitherto focused on the global north. Not only is the story different in India but so too is the disciplinary mix. @deindustrialpol.bsky.social
www.routledge.com/Deindustrial...
www.routledge.com/Deindustrial...
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This is a marvellous book: so nuanced and humane www.cundillprize.com/news/lyndal-...
Lyndal Roper wins 2025 Cundill History Prize for Summer of Fire and… | Cundill Prize
Lyndal Roper has been announced as the 2025 winner of the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize for Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War
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October 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is a marvellous book: so nuanced and humane www.cundillprize.com/news/lyndal-...
As a teen, I went to a left-wing musical at the Ukrainian Labour Temple in Thunder Bay - still remember the lyrics: "Freedom and Fascism, Freedom and Fascism, start with F, but one is a crime. You can never fool, you can never fool, all the people all of the time."
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
As a teen, I went to a left-wing musical at the Ukrainian Labour Temple in Thunder Bay - still remember the lyrics: "Freedom and Fascism, Freedom and Fascism, start with F, but one is a crime. You can never fool, you can never fool, all the people all of the time."
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OPINION | L’héritage de Gérald Tremblay n’est pas loin de nous. Le modus operandi à l’époque, puis encore sous l’administration de Denis Coderre, c’était d’ouvrir les vannes aux promoteurs immobiliers.
Une chronique de Francis Dolan 👇
Une chronique de Francis Dolan 👇
Élections municipales : revenir aux années de Gérald Tremblay? – Pivot
Alors que les locataires sont toujours aux prises avec l’héritage des maires Tremblay et Coderre, Montréal doit préserver et renforcer les mesures initiées sous Valérie Plante.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
OPINION | L’héritage de Gérald Tremblay n’est pas loin de nous. Le modus operandi à l’époque, puis encore sous l’administration de Denis Coderre, c’était d’ouvrir les vannes aux promoteurs immobiliers.
Une chronique de Francis Dolan 👇
Une chronique de Francis Dolan 👇
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A new article from me about writing groups, class, culture and radical adult education in Glasgow in the 1980s and 1990s Glasgow: scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol50/is...
Writing Loss, Culture and Change: Deindustrialisation and Community Writers’ Groups In Glasgow
By Kate Wilson, Published on 10/01/25
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October 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A new article from me about writing groups, class, culture and radical adult education in Glasgow in the 1980s and 1990s Glasgow: scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol50/is...
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 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Naomi Frost and I have published "Survivor Innocence and the Recovery of Political Pasts: The Case of the Cambodian Diaspora in Montreal,” in Mark Cave and Selma Leydesdorff, eds. Global Handbook of Oral History. Selma died just last week -her work has been an inspiration.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Naomi Frost and I have published "Survivor Innocence and the Recovery of Political Pasts: The Case of the Cambodian Diaspora in Montreal,” in Mark Cave and Selma Leydesdorff, eds. Global Handbook of Oral History. Selma died just last week -her work has been an inspiration.
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Assistant Professor – Contemporary Québec History. Deadline: November 29, 2025. #cdnhist #québec #skystorians @histoireudem.bsky.social cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Assistant Professor – Contemporary Québec History. Deadline: November 29, 2025. #cdnhist #québec #skystorians @histoireudem.bsky.social cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...
Today’s DePOT Deindustrialization Blog comes from Joseph Coates and Emiliano Aguilar.
The case of the Calumet Region of Northwest Indiana and Chicago is a particularly interesting one:
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The case of the Calumet Region of Northwest Indiana and Chicago is a particularly interesting one:
deindustrialization.org/deindustrial...
Deindustrialization and the Calumet Region – Deindustrialization
deindustrialization.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Today’s DePOT Deindustrialization Blog comes from Joseph Coates and Emiliano Aguilar.
The case of the Calumet Region of Northwest Indiana and Chicago is a particularly interesting one:
deindustrialization.org/deindustrial...
The case of the Calumet Region of Northwest Indiana and Chicago is a particularly interesting one:
deindustrialization.org/deindustrial...