New podcast interview. I spoke to Dr. Greg Halseth about an oral history project on the small communities and sawmills of the upper Fraser Valley from the early twentieth century.
open.spotify.com/episode/6jgX...

Quantifying the short-term mortality effects of wildfire smoke in Europe: a multicountry epidemiological study in 654 contiguous regions Associations with all-cause and cause-specific mortality were larger for fire-related compared with non-fire-related PM2·5. Assuming wildfire PM2·5 has the same effect as total PM2·5 substantially und...

Wildfire smoke is more deadly than other sources of PM 2.5. I originally read about this study in the Guardian today, but here's the original paper.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Episode Five - The Bennet Dam and Flooding the Tse'kene Heartland Middle North: Strange Things Done · Episode

New Podcast episode. A new interview with Dr. Daniel Sims of UNBC, talking about his research into the Bennett Dam and its impact on the Tse'kene in Northern BC. Check out the Middle North.
open.spotify.com/episode/71WZ...

Borealia and the Centre of Canadian History Jerry Bannister Editors’ note: This week marks the final series for Borealia after a decade of online public history and conversation. You can read our thank you remarks here, and will be abl…

"Borealia and the Centre of Canadian History," by Jerry Bannister: earlycanadianhistory.ca/2025/07/11/b...
#CdnHist

At Legal History of Empire Conference in Toronto this week. Workshop on the Archives of the JCPC this morning asked important questions about access and digitization of legal records.

For all History Reclaimed’s insistence that there’s no basis for the Church of England’s reparative Project Spire, this is the reality: the brand seared into the flesh of some of the 20,000 people it invested in trafficking (thanks to Nick Radburn).

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/0...

Always in your writing is the intellectual provocation to recognize the value of doing Canadian history with a touch of truthful humour: "Hume’s observation and Canadian perplexities together translated into [debate and policy that]...we might meaningfully describe as “woke.”"
Thanks Elsbeth.

Really worth reading

It's been an amazing resource. Such an important forum for learning about historical research and offering prompt and timely reflection.

EP2 of "Middle North" Highlights an interview with Jon Swainger, on "Making of Crime" in Northern BC and the particularities of doing history in the Notorious Georges.
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/udE2V2jszUb

My new refreshed podcast with Jeff Swim highlighting some research from "the middle north." Research highlights from folks at UNBC and further afield. Check it out.
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/7b5DH6nJrUb

Hello Bluesky Community.
Here to check out new #cdnhist and #cdncultural news and updates. Looking forward to learning from this online platform.
Writing from Prince George, where I'm teaching at #UNBC.