Christine McLaughlin

Can Facebook Get You Fired?

November 15, 2010

A discussion of recent labour board decisions in Canada and the United States on Facebook firings.

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Want to Write With Us? We’re Looking for More Bloggers!

November 12, 2010

ActiveHistory.Ca puts out a Call for Bloggers, as we seek to expand our circle of regular contributors.

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‘All the world’s a stage’: Performance in the Classroom

October 4, 2010

Performance is an important theoretical concept in the history classroom.  It has been deployed in various contexts, from a social historian’s concern with the ‘public transcript’ of the theatre of the dominant classes, and its counter-theatre of resistance, to cultural and gender historians’ readings of ‘performativity,’ wherein the cultural fictions of collectively performed gender produce and [...]

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Lessons of the Past: Equity, Equality and Education

August 9, 2010

Some reflections on teaching history, equity and equality in the university classroom.

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The Moral Economy of the 2010 Toronto G20 Crowd?

July 7, 2010

A brief discussion of the G20 peaceful protests largely overlooked in the mainstream media, and the relevance of historian E.P. Thompson’s work to our times.

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2010 G8/G20 Summit: Upcoming Actions and Events

May 31, 2010

The G8 and G20 Summits are fast approaching.  G8 leaders will be meeting in Huntsville, Ontario at Deerhurst Resort on June 25, 2010; the G20 will be meeting in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 26 and 27. At a cursory glance, the G8, or Group of Eight, extends back to the [...]

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May Day in Hamilton, Ontario

May 3, 2010

The first of May, celebrated in many nations across the world as Labour Day or International Workers Day, has a long tradition of worker’s activism and protest.  This year was no different, as protestors around the world rallied to send various messages to governments. May Day is not officially recognized as Labour Day in northern [...]

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CAW Retirees Seek Social Justice for Seniors

March 15, 2010

I had the pleasure of attending a public forum on pensions in Oshawa a few weeks ago.  Organized by the retirees’ chapter of the Canadian Auto Workers’ (CAW) Local 222, over 200 bodies were in attendance. While the theme of the evening was universal public pensions, speakers had experienced a number of social ills: a single [...]

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Storytelling Matters: Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University

February 4, 2010

This is a blog post looking at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University, introducing readers to the resources available there.

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The Reason for the Season?

December 21, 2009

A flurry of criticism was directed at MP Scott Brison of Kings-Hants after he sent Christmas cards to his constituents featuring a photo of his family.  Criticism stemed not from the fact that Canadian MPs are sending out Christmas cards in such a culturally diverse country.  Instead, Brison has come under attack by a vocal group [...]

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