Colin Coates

"Today, there are around one thousand curling clubs across Canada, from Stephenville, NL, to Whitehorse, YT, and there are more active curlers than in any other country." - @ccoates.bsky.social

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View of the Preservation Centre in Gatineau from across a pond.

Two people spread a very large map across the floor of the Preservation Centre in Gatineau.

A crowd of people listens to a presentation in the Pellan Room at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

A small group of people gathers inside the Art Vault at Library and Archives Canada to view several large, gold-framed paintings.

Library and Archives Canada has entered the chat! 🍁

As the continuing memory of the federal government, we safeguard Canada’s distant past and recent history for generations to come.

Immerse yourself in a journey of discovery!

#Libraries #Archives #History #CanadaSky

Hey #vastearlyamerica folks, I'm thinking about putting together a panel for @cndhistassoc.bsky.social 's conference next summer, looking at religion and violence in the colonial wars between New France and New England/the mid-Atlantic (or just France & England in Canada). Anyone interested?

Donald “Thumper” MacDonald, head of the Royal Commission.

CHA Annual Meeting 2026 Fourwaves - CHA Annual Meeting 2026

The call for papers for the CHA’s 2026 annual meeting is now online! Please consider submitting a proposal and joining us in PEI this coming June. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown

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L'appel à communications pour la réunion annuelle 2026 de la SHC est désormais en ligne! Nous vous invitons à soumettre une proposition et à nous joindre à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard en juin prochain. #cdnhist #histoire #SHC2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown

Congratulations! What a lovely photo!

Intersections | Historique du Canada | Société historique du Canada Intersections publient des informations et des commentaires sur des questions touchant les historiens canadiens. Nous accueillons volontiers les contributions.

Le numéro de mars du magazine Intersections de la SHC est désormais disponible en ligne. Félicitations à tous et toutes les auteur.e.s qui ont publié des articles sur le thème « Appels » ! #cdnhist #histoire #skystorians

Intersections | History of Canada | Canadian Historical Association Intersections offer news and comment on matters of interest to professional historians in Canada. We welcome your submissions.

The March issue of the CHA’s magazine, Intersections, is now available online. Congratulations to all the authors who published on the subject of “Appeals”! #cdnhist #skystorians

Annonce : Réunion annuelle de la SHC 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du lundi au mercredi, du 1er au 3 juin 2026, à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. L'événement aura lieu à l'Université d...

La SHC est ravie d'annoncer que sa prochaine réunion annuelle se tiendra du 1er au 3 juin 2026 à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Nous espérons vous y voir! Cliquez sur le lien pour l'annonce complète. #cdnhist #histoire #SHC2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown

Announcement: CHA Annual Meeting 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held Monday-Wednesday, June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. The event will be host...

You can’t spell “Charlottetown” without “CHA”! The CHA is thrilled to announce that its next Annual Meeting will be held June 1-3, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI. We hope to see you there! Click the link for the full announcement. #cdnhist #CHA2026 #UPEI #Charlottetown

Interesting idea from @stundenbower.bsky.social about #envhist. I would also say the #envhist is where Canadian economic history is largely located these days. Not sure that contradicts Shannon’s point though.

Friday Feature: We’re getting VERY close to announcing the location of the 2026 CHA conference! Until then, did you know that the past 25 years of conference programs are posted online? #cdnhist

This week in Tkoronto, Ellen Gabriel and I were honoured to accept three awards for our book When the Pine Needles Fall - the Errol Sharpe Book Award, the Indigenous History Book Prize, and the Wilson Book Prize. Thanks to @btlbooks.com and everyone for supporting our book!

Solar Power: Quebec and its distant king Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews Colin M. Coates ‘s “Political Culture in Louis XIV’s Canada,” a book on the Sun King’s politics in New France.

"An evocative exploration of the outsized if flickering shadow that the Bourbon monarchy cast across the Atlantic from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries." The LRC reviews Political Culture in Louis XIV’s Canada by @ccoates.bsky.social‬.

“Keep the beaver Canadian!”: The Passage of Bill C-373, 1975 In 1975, Canada fiercely defended the beaver as its national symbol against New York state's attempt to claim it as their own.

Today we have "“Keep the beaver Canadian!”: The Passage of Bill C-373, 1975" by @ccoates.bsky.social

This post is the second in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of Bill C-373, edited by @blairstein.bsky.social

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#envhist #cdnhist #canada

Guys, I’ve kind of turned “anniversaries of Canadian things” into my beat at NiCHE, and we’ve got a mini-series on beavers coming up over the course of this month, featuring almost no Canadian contributors.

Hilda Marion Neatby Hilda Ada Marion Neatby, C.C., historienne, autrice, éducatrice (née le 19 février 1904 à Sutton au Royaume-Uni; décédée le 14 mai 1975 à Saskatoon e...

Vendredi en vedette : Le #8mars ayant lieu demain, c'est le moment idéal pour mettre en lumière la professeure Hilda Neatby, première femme présidente de la SHC (1962-63). Saviez-vous que la SHC décerne depuis 43 ans le prix Hilda Neatby en histoire des femmes et du genre? #cdnhist #histoire

Hilda Marion Neatby Hilda Ada Marion Neatby, CC, historian, author, and educator (born 19 February 1904 in Sutton, United Kingdom; died 14 May 1975 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). N...

Friday Feature: With #IWD2025 tomorrow, it’s the perfect time to spotlight Dr. Hilda Neatby, the CHA’s first female president (1962-63). Did you know that for the past 43 years the CHA has awarded the Hilda Neatby Prize in Women’s and Gender History? #cdnhist @historicacanada.bsky.social

Friday Feature: Did you know that the CHA website holds a collection of history course syllabi? Have a look the next time you need syllabus-writing inspiration! #cdnhist #syllabus #teaching cha-shc.ca/teaching/syl...

The Canadian flag, just because.

Cy-dessus.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Elizabeth and Cecil Kent), History of Britain and the British World Primary Purpose: This position is a Post-Doctoral Fellowship funded by a generous private donation. The holder of the fellowship will be expected to e...

2 Year Postdoctoral Fellow (Elizabeth and Cecil Kent), History of Britain and the British World at the University of Saskatchewan. Please share widely.

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Thanks, Sean!

Thanks, Dan!

And here is the soft cover version, with the fabulous cover that McGill-Queen’s University Press produced. @mqup

My recent book, on Donald Creighton’s writing desk. I doubt Creighton would have liked it. Thanks to Don Wright for the photo.

Near Skagway, July 2024.

The book focuses on the St Lawrence Valley section of New France for the period up to 1715.

Thanks so much for the kind words, Thomas!