Matthieu Caron

Hâte de prendre part au colloque Streetstories | Histoires de rue (7–8 nov.), où j’aurai le plaisir de donner la conférence d’honneur. Un bel événement sur la ville, ses usages et ses imaginaires.

Don't worry, most likely AI generated.

Raoul Peck vient de lancer un nouveau film: «Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5». Il faut le voir. Le titre est une référence à un passage de 1984, le célèbre livre de George Orwell. Ce film témoigne d’une intelligence rare du monde qui prend appui sur les écrits d’Orwell
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Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City James Stewart (J.D.M.) speaks with Matthieu Caron about his book, Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City.

Some excellent evening listening: Matthieu Caron interviewed on the Witness to Yesterday podcast about Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City.

Call for Proposals - Urban and Environmental Dialogues Urban and Environmental Dialogues will explore how the environment-at-large and the urban built environment have shaped one another throughout history.

We are thrilled to announce our new colloboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social - Urban and Environmental Dialogues

Send us your proposals for this new urban #envhist series by 24 October!

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#urbanhistory #urbanstudies #urban #envhum

interested in the history of mining, smelting, heavy industry, workplace health & safety, or company magazines in canada?the trail bc museum and bcrdh.ca have just digitized a complete run of "cominco magazine."
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thanks to @kellyblack.ca for the tip!
#bchist #cdnhist #envhist

Expo 86 trivia time.

The U.S. pavilion focused on their space program, but the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than four months before Expo began

The USSR's pavilion celebrated their nuclear industry, but the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred less than a week before Expo began.

Un immense merci à l’Association internationale des études québécoises, à la Société historique de Montréal, au McGill Institute for the Study of Canada et @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social pour leur soutien et l’organisation de ces événements

Venez me voir la semaine prochaine ! Je serai à Montréal pour parler de Montreal After Dark.

16 sept. à 15h : Leacock 738, McGill University (en anglais)
18 sept. à 17h30 : Le Port de tête (Lancement & causerie avec Frédéric Mercure Jolette)
20 sept. à 14h : Salle Kondiaronk, Pointe-à-Callière

Les femmes et les communautés seront honorées sur le futur tronçon de la ligne bleue.

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Imaginez pour un instant que votre quotidien vous amène à travailler dans des chambres fortes souterraines sécurisées. C'est le cas pour l'équipe des Archives centrales de la Ville de Montréal!

Consultez le catalogue des archives et les documents numérisés sur archivesdemontreal.com

A question better kept theoretical than applied, some might argue

Join Matthieu Caron for a talk on his book, Montreal after Dark at McGill University on Tuesday 16 September at 3 PM!

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False Creek in the '70s | Eve Lazarus Over 50 years has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. Not much is recognizable now

Over 50 years has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. Not much is recognizable now. Story and photos: evelazarus.com/false-creek-...

Décès d’Yvan Lamonde, historien de la culture et des idées

Connu comme l’un des principaux spécialistes de l’histoire intellectuelle du Québec francophone, Yvan Lamonde est décédé mardi à l’âge de 81 ans.

These birds won’t stop singing, and it’s our fault A sweeping analysis of more than 4 millions recordings has found birds tweet for nearly an extra hour a day in areas disrupted by light pollution.

Hear that? It’s 2 a.m. You’re in bed. The sun hasn’t risen, but the robin has. It is 🎶-ing at an unnatural hour, waking you.

If this has happened to you, you’re not alone. Artificial light is prompting birds to tweet for nearly an extra hour a day on average.
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Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Siege of Kanehsatà:ke: July 11, 1990.

Check out this poster that Ellen Gabriel and did (featuring Ellen's original art work) that became the basis for our book When the Pine Needles Fall: graphichistorycollective.com/project/post...

#OtD 10 Jul 1985 the French intelligence service blew up the @Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, in a Aotearoa/NZ, killing Fernando Pereira, a photographer. The ship was headed to protest against French nuclear testing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8208...

The photo shows two open pages from a historical document, specifically an Act passed in the 38th year of King George III, A.D. 1798, during the Second Session of the First Parliament of the Province. The document is titled "C H A P. VII" and is dated July 6, 1798. It is an "Act to prevent the further introduction of SLAVES, and to limit the Term of Contracts for SERVITUDE within this Province." The left page begins with a preamble explaining the intent to abolish slavery and servitude, noting that people enjoying freedom by law should not encourage slavery. It mentions the repeal of previous acts and the assembly's authority to enact this legislation. The right page continues the act, detailing provisions to prevent the continuation of slavery. It includes clauses about the rights of children born to enslaved individuals, the termination of servitude after a certain age, and penalties for non-compliance.

On this day in 1793, the Act Against Slavery was passed in Upper Canada. Originally meant to abolish slavery, it was watered down by slave-holding politicians. In the end, it just banned the importation of enslaved individuals and freed enslaved children when they turned 25.

As part of my PhD research on space (i.e the built environment/social space) and feminism during the British Women’s Liberation Movement, I’m looking for oral history participants to interview about their experiences. You don’t need to have thought about space and your activism- I’m just interested in your experiences! If you were involved in Reclaim the Night, squatting/housing activism, or feminist architecture from c.1968-1990 (ish), you can contact me on this platform or email me: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk. Please share with anyone you think may have contacts!

I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Chronique de Fadwa Lapierre : Est-ce que les jeunes sortent moins? | OHdio | Radio-Canada Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission L'heure d'été : Chronique de Fadwa Lapierre : Est-ce que les jeunes sortent moins?

Moins de sorties ? La pandémie, l’économie et la santé redessinent les nuits de la génération Z. ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

3) The Ontario Science Centre was born in an era when provincial governments believed in providing facilities to awaken a sense of curiosity and wonder in children of all ages - a sense that our current government utterly lacks.

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Who needs Rome when you've got the Colosseum of books right outside your window. #VancouverPublicLibrary

Mort de Pierre Nora : «Il n’y a pas de grandes histoires sans grands éditeurs» Pour l’historien Romain Bertrand, l’académicien a surtout accompli un formidable travail chez Gallimard, symbole d’une époque faste pour les sciences sociales.

Mort de Pierre Nora : «Il n’y a pas de grandes histoires sans grands éditeurs»

Pour l’historien Romain Bertrand, l’académicien a surtout accompli un formidable travail chez Gallimard, symbole d’une époque faste pour les sciences sociales. Interview :

#OtD 3 Jun 1906 bisexual Black French resistance activist and performing artist Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis, MS. During WW2 she worked for the resistance, carrying messages and hiding weapons and Jews. Learn more in our new book, preorder here www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...

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Le pouvoir des archives Dans les communautés de la Colombie-Britannique, des gardiennes et gardiens du savoir s’appuient sur les archives pour parvenir à façonner une histoire plus inclusive à l’échelle locale en …

Le long métrage documentaire «Le pouvoir des archives» (2022), coréalisé par Hayley Gray et Elad Tzadok, met en lumière les archives des communautés de la Colombie-Britannique afin de révéler certains passages qui ont été gommés des dossiers officiels.

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Mustaches get all the glory in old photos, but what about eyebrows? Feast your eyes on North Vancouver Councillor William Griffin—an unchallenged heavyweight in the history of bold brows.

Want to see just how chaotic the Gastown riot really was? This clip from the City of Vancouver Archives captures the brutality on the ground:

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