Canada

Active History on the Grand: Chiefswood, a Bridge Between Two Worlds

May 16, 2011

August is laughing across the sky, Laughing while paddle, canoe and I, Drift, drift, Where the hills uplift On either side of the current swift. – “The Song my Paddle Sings,” E. Pauline Johnson From Brantford’s downtown the Grand River meanders lazily, coming back on itself through a large ox-box, before reaching the tiny community [...]

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New Paper: Matthew Hayday on “The History of the Recent”

April 12, 2011

Professor Matthew Hayday of the University of Guelph has written an evocative piece on some of the joys and potential pitfalls of engaging living activists in historical research. His piece, “The History of the Recent: Reflections on Social Movement History, Research Methods and the Rapid Passage of Time,” is a useful read for anybody interested in the connections between oral history, professional historians, social movements, and activists.

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Using Word Clouds to Quickly See the Political Past

April 11, 2011

This is a demonstration by Ian Milligan of how word clouds can be used to visually display textual documents, with possible applications in the educational field, media field, and elsewhere. It also has lots of pretty pictures.

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Left History Theme Issue on ‘Active History,’ Launching a New Paper

March 17, 2011

ActiveHistory.ca and Left History are delighted to announce the launch of Left History’s theme issue on Active Histories. We are also delighted to launch our sixth short paper on our website, “Disappointment, Nihilism, and Engagement: Some Thoughts on Active History” by York University SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Stuart Henderson.

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This is Not About Cinnamon Toast

November 23, 2010

A discussion of the importance and possibilities of storytelling, oral history and personal memories.

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Let’s talk about race, Canada

November 19, 2010

Talking about race in Canada is a lot like talking about sex in the old days. There is so much imposed silence on the subject. We skip around it, pretend that it is not there, and pray that it will go away.

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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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Waving the Flag in Distress

July 1, 2010

Today is the one-hundred and forty-third anniversary of Canada’s Confederation and the formal birth of the country’s federal political system. And instead of waving the flag in a perfunctory fashion (yes, I know the Queen is visiting), I’d like to wave it in distress over the present dysfunction in our federal politics by briefly singling [...]

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What the Copyright Modernization Act Means for Historians

June 7, 2010

Sean Kheraj Last week the federal government tabled its long anticipated copyright reform legislation for first reading in the House of Commons. The Copyright Modernization Act or Bill C-32 attempts to overhaul many of the out-dated provisions of Canada’s copyright law that have fallen far behind major technological changes of the last thirty years. For [...]

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Bill C-268, Human Trafficking and Slavery in Canada Past and Present

May 13, 2010

As a former British colony, Canada abolished the slave trade over 200 years ago. However, slavery was certainly not eradicated with the legal abolition of the slave trade. Canadians still buy and sell human beings.

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