This is a great article! Recommended reading!

From #AHAPerspectives in 2016: The first published recipe for election cake (1796) "called for 30 quarts of flour, 10 pounds of butter, 14 pounds of sugar, 12 pounds of raisins, a dozen eggs," explained Maia Surdam on the election cake tradition. historians.org/perspectives-a…

Teachers - MORE print copies of your favourite issue are available! Sign up to receive your FREE class sets of our very popular Kayak issue devoted to Black history. #Cdnhist #Blackhistory #eduhist #canhistory #cdnhistory canadashistory.ca/education/kaya…

My piece on Tanya Talaga is now out in Chatelaine Talaga is rewriting history, the overlooked and underreported stories of Indigenous peoples..

Learn how to interpret energy at various types of sites and raise your audience's awareness about energy, use, access, diversity, and transitions in a webinar tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET. Register at tinyurl.com/InterpretingEn….

The WDM is seeking financial professionals to join the Board of Directors. Your expertise in finance can help shape the future of the WDM’s sustainability. Learn more at wdm.ca/jointheboard Expression of interest deadline: December 6, 2024.

Our "Activating Environmental Care and Strength at Museums and Historic Sites" virtual summit on Jan. 28 – 29 will address how museums and historic sites are impacted by the environment and contribute to greater environmental sustainability. Register at tinyurl.com/AECSMHS24.

Congrats to Marilyn Frey (who has also written for #FolkloreMagazine)!

The NPS is asking for feedback from historians with knowledge of Black history in the Intermountain West (AZ, CO, MT, NM, OK, TX, UT, and WY). If you are familiar with this history, please consider taking this brief survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IpTML….

Great to be part of this conversation! At the meeting, we discussed the contemporary issues we face in continuing our work and remaining relevant to our communities and Canadian society today. Read the full message here: shfsformsstorage.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl…

When he includes history in his French classes, teacher Dennis Bogusz has found that students express “the new and complex connections between language and history they are learning to see.” Read more in #AHAPerspectives: historians.org/perspectives-a…

We are so so very close to reaching our 2024 fundraising goal! We can do this right?! Help support open-access environmental scholarship: fundrazr.com/niche2024?ref=… You can also support us by buying our sweet merch here: nichecanada.bigcartel.com #envhist #envhum

Then, in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, a remarkable synthetic fabric came on the market. We called it “Fortrel” ... skhistory.ca/blog/sewing-an… #sewing #History

New Blog post today by Norma Galambos! #Saskatchewan #history #bowling skhistory.ca/blog/the-bowli…

Join us at the 2nd Annual Afrocentric Symposium, hosted by TAYFFI When: Feb 5-7, 2025 Where: Saskatoon Inn & Conference Centre Theme: Advancing Black Awakening in Saskatchewan Register by: Jan 15,2025 Register: bit.ly/4fLQEBN Agenda: bit.ly/3DKsL0l

"The archival record shows that, although the meanings we ascribe to them change, experiences like living under a hazy red sun, tasting ash on our tongues, and thinking about distant burning forests are a regular part of our human experience." #envhist niche-canada.org/2024/06/25/liv…

Linked from the article in our previous repost: Boothroyd Cultural Burn Case Study - Part 2 youtu.be/PDyryEVSMrQ?si… via YouTube

I had the privilege of chatting with Cat Woloschuk about my work with Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society this past summer. Read their summary of what they found in their research in "The Unpaid Labour That Benefits Us All." heritagesask.ca/news/volunteer… #skhistory #saskatchewan #heritage

February is #IndigenousStorytellingMonth! “Payepot and His People” is the story of Cree Chief Payepot. Payepot’s nephew, Abel Watetch, collected these stories and worked with the Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society to make Payepot’s story available to the wider public in 1959.