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What does Canadian History Look Like? Impressions from the Periodical Room

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By Tom Peace This morning, as you read this post, historians from across the country have gathered at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario for the Canadian Historical Association’s annual meeting (click here to read the program). The CHA’s annual meeting is one of the most important forums to hear about new and emerging research on Canada’s past or by… Read more »

What does Canadian History look like? A Peek Inside the Canadian Historical Association

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Tom Peace puts this year’s CHA program to the test, comparing this year’s annual meeting with those held over the past decade.

Using Word Clouds to Quickly See the Political Past

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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.