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Tina Loo

@lootina.bsky.social

Mountain itinerant and photog who teaches and writes Canadian and environmental history at the University of British Columbia. [I chose the photo of Sycamore Gap not knowing what would soon happen...]

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Medical School The SFU Medical School will train a generation of physicians who add much-needed capacity to B.C.’s health care system, particularly in underserved communities, and deliver community-embedded, sociall...

SFU is now accepting applications for its first medical class! It is a very, very good thing that BC is getting a second medical school. Very, very good. πŸ’« 🩺

www.sfu.ca/medicine.htm...

17.10.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Black and white photo of the Vogue Theatre on Granville Street in Vancouver, once grand, now pretty dog-eared.

Black and white photo of the Vogue Theatre on Granville Street in Vancouver, once grand, now pretty dog-eared.

Rumours of glory….
Going #analog #film #TriX400

16.10.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Professeur.e – Histoire (Canada-QuΓ©bec). Date limite : le 8 dΓ©cembre 2025. #cdnhist #histoire #quΓ©bec #laval #skystorians cha-shc.ca/fr/carrieres...

15.10.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worth reading! #envhist

15.10.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was my hope in taking the shot!

14.10.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reflective #photography #streetphotography #caffeinecontemplation

14.10.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white multiple exposure shot of Water Street in Vancouver’s Gastown. Numerous light standards and a moving car on the wet street are visible.

Black and white multiple exposure shot of Water Street in Vancouver’s Gastown. Numerous light standards and a moving car on the wet street are visible.

Night lights #multipleexposure #photography

14.10.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Woman sitting at a bus stop with red pumps, red top, floral red and white skirt, white Santa hat, and red trolley

Woman sitting at a bus stop with red pumps, red top, floral red and white skirt, white Santa hat, and red trolley

Simply red #streetphotography

12.10.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how β€˜Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

And I was only focused on people using #ChatGPT to write university essays....
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

12.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Barren tree in the foreground with container ships in the background, barely visible in the fog.

Barren tree in the foreground with container ships in the background, barely visible in the fog.

Spanish Banks #fogtography

12.10.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mutsu are wonderful!

12.10.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Potato History Reclaimed.

08.10.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Thom - a great recognition of your contribution to #EnvironmentalHumanities and #ExtinctionStudies @aehhub.bsky.social @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social

01.10.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!! Look forward to reading it!

29.09.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's finally in my hands! @harvardpress.bsky.social did such a wonderful job with the jacket. It's available for preorder, and will ship (to anyone in the US or Canada) on October 28th. #EnvHist #Astronomy #Space

29.09.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Or a murder mystery!

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Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a five-year t...

Applicants Sought for Editor of Environmental History
- @envirohistory.bsky.social

@aseh.bsky.social & @foresthistory.bsky.social seek applicants to serve as Editor(s) and a new institutional home for the journal Environmental History for a 5-year term.

niche-canada.org/2025/09/27/a...

#envhist

27.09.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Very happy to see colleague Ray Blake has won the big book prize for political writing this year, the Shaughnessy Cohen.

Congrats to the whole shortlist!

www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

25.09.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PrΓ©server la mΓ©moire du pays avec Internet archive Canada L’organisme amΓ©ricain Internet archive a un siΓ¨ge social Γ  Vancouver et sert d'outil pour garder des traces de l’histoire numΓ©rique du Canada.

A nice article - en franΓ§ais - about the critical and important @internetarchiveca.bsky.social. A few words from me too on how important web archiving is for us all.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

24.09.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

What's the rationale for this? Cost savings via amalgamation of departments and reduction of staff comes to mind.... And how will it change the individual work lives/work loads of faculty?

23.09.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great - was a gift link, so it should work for everyone!

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James Miller Obituary September 11, 2025 - Saskatoon Funeral Home View James Miller's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

Saddened to learn that J.R (Jim) Miller passed away a little over a week ago. His scholarship on Indigenous history, I think it is fair to say, was extremely influential for many of us - and his survey textbooks provided an accessible entry point. www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/j...

22.09.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh no! So sorry to hear this Jim was editor of the CHR when I submitted my first article there. He was a generous scholar and I learned a lot from him.

23.09.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure what you mean. You should have access to the article, no?

23.09.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where No Trees Grow, Fresh Strawberries All Year Round

The latest in bringing agriculture to the Canadian Arctic (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

22.09.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduction: Disruptions Past & Present – Settler Colonialism in Acadie/Mi'kma'ki Historical methods taught through the 18th-century history of Mi'kam'ki & Acadie

Tom Peace has a nice "salvaging" piece here:

tpcanoe.ca/adventurers-...

And for our Mi'kma'ki e-text, we wrote a snapshot take here that we'd hoped would be developed in class discussions.

ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/digitaldisru...

22.09.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Histoire - Professeure adjointe ou professeur adjoint et Bourse professorale Ruby Heap en histoire des femmes

UniversitΓ© d'Ottawa

History - Assistant Professor and Ruby Heap Professorship in Women’s History

csn-rec.ca/job-postings...

22.09.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With contributions from Chic Scott to Liza Piper to Bruce Cockburn (!) to …dozens & dozens more, this is a fantastic, monumental (mountainous?) work. Cheers to Eric & all.

And great to have it in @nichecanada.bsky.social / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social Canadian History & Environment series.

12.09.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Behind the Bricks - University of Calgary Press The story of the Mohawk Institute, Canada’s first and longest-running residential school and a model for the entire residential school system.

Really thrilled to announce that our new book on the history of the #MohawkInstitute is now available in #OpenAccess format. You can pay for the physical book, but you can also read a digital copy for free. This was a very important choice for us: press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... #cdnhist #cdnpoli

10.09.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks great! #envhist

09.09.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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