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Democrat-appointed judges have since approved the government's appeal so that the taking down and white-washing of signs can continue.

Appeals court reverses order requiring removed signs to be restored at National Park sitesA federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s order requiring the National Park Service (NPS) to restore signs and exhibits that were removed by the Trump administration. The 1st Circuit Court o…thehill.com

I wrote a little piece for Active History on health, safety, and unions in health care. activehistory.ca/blog/2026/06... Thank you @activehist.bsky.social ... look forward to working with you again

Health care workers and the ‘third wave’ of occupational healthPeter L. Twohig On 16 April 2026, five thousand long-term care (LTC) workers in 56 facilities throughout Nova Scotia began a strike. A tentative agreement ended the labour action after eight weeks,…activehistory.ca

Good nugget of international history from today's @activehist.bsky.social Fighting Fires: Quebec Separatism in Canada - Chile Relations, 1968 activehistory.ca/blog/2026/06...

Fighting Fires: Quebec Separatism in Canada – Chile Relations, 1968Thomas Stroyan In February 1968, the Quebec government agreed to loan Chile two Canadair CL-215s (also known as the CANSO). The CL-215 was an amphibious flying boat built for the purpose of perform…activehistory.ca

"A Source of Perspective: The Great Acceleration and The Canada Land Survey System" by Andrew Burke is the seventh post in a series about the Great Acceleration, published in collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/06/02/a... #envhist #cdnhist

A Source of Perspective: The Great Acceleration and The Canada Land Survey SystemCentering Canadian environmental history on the Great Acceleration and the Canada Lands Survey System reveals how administrative tools evolved during rapid change.niche-canada.org

“As political scientist David B. MacDonald would later put it. Indeed, Indigenous peoples are the ones who have born the expense of the political compromise of “multiculturalism within a bilingual framework,” the ones who have been consistently excluded by it.”

CCEL member Jamie Jelinski was interviewed by @activehist.bsky.social about his book, Needle Work, for their podcast What’s Old is News. Link below! activehistory.ca/blog/2026/05...

Commercial Tattooing – What’s Old is NewsBy Sean Graham This week, I’m joined by Jamie Jelinski, author of Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tatooing in Canada. We talk about Jamie’s interest in the history of tattoos, the …activehistory.ca

Today we have "Mining Data and Canada’s Great Acceleration" by John Sandlos This is the 4th post in a series about the Great Acceleration as a framework and reconnaissance for Canadian environmental history, published in collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/05/20/m...

Mining Data and Canada's Great AccelerationHistorical mineral tables illustrate Canada’s Great Acceleration, highlighting explosive economic growth alongside devastating environmental pollution, worker mortality, and future transition challeng...niche-canada.org

"Reservoir Modernity: Lake Diefenbaker and the Great Acceleration on the Prairies" by John W. Bessai is the third post in a series about Canada's Great Acceleration, published in collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/05/19/r... #envhist #cdnhist #skhistory #sask

Reservoir Modernity: Lake Diefenbaker and the Great Acceleration on the PrairiesLake Diefenbaker unified postwar engineering, agricultural expansion, ecological transformation, and colonial authority, embedding the Great Acceleration within a state-managed prairie watershed.niche-canada.org

Andrew Watson introduces our series exploring the potential of the Great Acceleration as a framework & reconnaissance of Canadian environmental history. The posts in this series are cross-posted with @activehist.bsky.social. This is going to be a big series, folks! niche-canada.org/2026/05/12/c...

Child of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration and a Reconnaissance of Canadian Environmental HistoryThe Great Acceleration provides a unifying framework to analyze Canadian environmental history through interdisciplinary study, settler-colonialism, and global planetary changes.niche-canada.org

Today we have "Hydro Power, Energy Transitions, and the Onset of Canada’s Great Acceleration" by @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social This is the second post in our Canada's Great Acceleration series. The posts in this series are cross-posted with @activehist.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/05/13/h...

Hydro Power, Energy Transitions, and the Onset of Canada's Great AccelerationCanada’s hydroelectric history suggests its "Great Acceleration" began in the early 1900s, driven by symbiotic energy growth rather than transitions.niche-canada.org

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Indian Act. Over on @activehist.bsky.social, we’re running a year-long series examining its controversial history. Here’s the series introduction I contributed to: activehistory.ca/blog/2026/01...

Indian Act 150: An IntroductionBy Katie Carson, Sarah Kittilsen, and Sean Carleton Canada 150—the sesquicentennial celebration of the country’s confederation—was marked with pomp and circumstance, as the Federal Government encou…activehistory.ca

ONE WEEK to get your proposals in to @drheathergreen.bsky.social on the environmental dimensions of the Indian Act at 150 for our collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social! niche-canada.org/2026/03/11/i... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory

Indian Act 150: Call for SubmissionsNiCHE has partnered with Active History to provide some environmental focused histories of the Indian Act and its widespread implications to their Indian Act 150 series.niche-canada.org

In trying to figure out the link between fascism and capitalism, I wrote this piece for @activehist.bsky.social Lemme know what you think! activehistory.ca/blog/2026/03...

Fascism and the Crises of Capitalism: A Tale of Two CrisesBy Roberta Lexier For early twentieth-century Marxists, fascism was, explains Alberto Toscana in his 2023 book, Late Fascism, “intimately linked to the prerequisites of capitalist domination.&…activehistory.ca

We are teaming up with @activehist.bsky.social to highlight the environmental dimensions of the the Indian Act at 150. You have until March 30th to get your proposals in to @drheathergreen.bsky.social! niche-canada.org/2026/03/11/i... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory

Indian Act 150: Call for SubmissionsNiCHE has partnered with Active History to provide some environmental focused histories of the Indian Act and its widespread implications to their Indian Act 150 series.niche-canada.org

"...we have grown more aware of early Shelburne’s many connections to systems of slavery in the Atlantic world & dependence on unfree Black labour locally. We feel strongly that this space is the ideal location to both celebrate our heritage and negotiate challenging discussions about our history."