Jock Martin

It's World Teachers' Day! Listen to our latest podcast series where we speak to the finalists of the 2025 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching about their work inside and outside the classroom. Find the podcast link in the comments.🎓

Yay! “Star Power”! Always great to see Andy Richter on screen

Winnipeg Fringe Festival: 2025 show reviews The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is back, with 145 stage productions from around the world at venues around the city from July 16 to 27.

The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is back, with 145 stage productions from around the world at venues around the city from July 16 to 27.

[Exit King.]

June is a month of many themes, and Historica Canada has you covered! Follow the link to find all our suggestions of topics to study, organized by group. buff.ly/3nwCKXw

There are few things more motivating for me as a teacher than the experience of stepping into another teacher's classroom + seeing the world they have built, the tools they wield, the magic they create.

My point? We need way, way more chances to see each other teach.

Poor reporting. Begins with complaint (opinion) that the decision will have negative economic impact. All the way down it finally mentions true data: 2024 boat ban was best year yet for local businesses. Boats DO spread zebras, even after infested. Follow the data, not “I deserve a boat”. Wild. . .

All of us remember what it’s like to lose a loved one, and all feel the pain and joy watching #55 score.
#GoJetsGo. #NHLJets

Mark Scheifele. Of course. 1-0 #NHLJets. Incredible.

“Efficiency”

This whole thread

Me with sunglasses outside

What a great day in #Winnipeg - 8am, already 16 degrees, sun is out, Jets won…

The time when Donny and Marie had their own Disco Star Wars special.

And it's everything you could ask for.

#MayThe4th #StarWars

Jets game

Moments I love living in #Winnipeg :
- walking the Exchange during the Fringe on a July night
- sitting at a daytime stage on a Friday afternoon at Folk Fest
- eating a world-class meal at a local restaurant
- going to a Jets game during playoffs #WhiteOutWpg #NHLJets

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Feet show in a picture on a hot beach

Boots show on a snowy yard

So, my sis has a sense of humour - I sent her the first pic, she replied with the second: #PuertoVallarta vs #Winnipeg

Movies you’ve watched more than 6 times (gifs only) #filmsky

Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times, gifs only.
#filmsky

@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social is winning Bluesky lately

With the election now called, I will be doing daily threads about the elections in Canada's history.
Will begin tomorrow with the 1867 election, and continue daily until April 28, covering one election a day.

Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, sea level rise: UN weather body - The Weather Network Annual average mean temperatures stood at 1.55 degrees Celsius (2.79 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels last year, surpassing the previous 2023 record by 0.1 C, the World Meteorological Organizat...

Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the U.N. weather body said on Wednesday. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...

Building a stronger Canada can only happen in full partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

Thank you to the leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations for a productive and wide-ranging discussion today. It is the first of many.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is received by His Majesty King Charles III in an audience at Buckingham Palace.

My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.

E fu Brute? - Julius Caesar eating flat Cantonese noodles

E fu Brute? - Julius Caesar eating flat Cantonese noodles

“Debut, Brute?” - Julius Caesar, turning 18