She/her. Public servant and historian, from Unama’ki/Cape Breton.
Health care workers and the ‘third wave’ of occupational health activehistory.ca/blog/2026/06...
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.caGood 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“No random historical exercise:” The Implications of Coupal v. Leroux activehistory.ca/blog/2026/04...
“No random historical exercise:” The Implications of Coupal v. LerouxBy Andrew Nurse This post is part of the Indian Act 150 series. On March 11, 2026, Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench Justice D.E. Labach issued a summary judgement against Darryl Leroux.…activehistory.caHouse Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimonyopen.substack.comPredictably, we'll find our morality after the people have died, when it's cheaper. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
As foreign funds dry up, so do South Sudan’s hopes of stopping hunger crisisIn a nation beset by civil war and corruption, foreign-aid cuts add to the struggle to support malnourished childrenwww.theglobeandmail.comFrom @acoyne.bsky.social "There is no “win-win,” as in most negotiations. There is only a problem to be managed, a matter of stalling for time and presenting as small a target as possible, until Mr. Trump grows too old or enfeebled to menace us further."
Opinion: Hard line? Soft line? There may be no way of dealing with Trump that worksCarney is being accused of hypocrisy, having promised to stand up to the President on the campaign trail only to offer a series of concessions in officewww.theglobeandmail.comThanks for this response to my previous @activehist.bsky.social post from Jody Mason. I appreciated learning more about the connections between critiques of development and Indigenous activism in Canada.
ActiveHistory.caIn today’s post, Jody Mason reflects on Indigenous thought, developmentalism, and lament in response to Jill Campbell-Miller’s previous piece on the closure of USAID.
Let’s be proudly Canadian…by mimicking Trump’s worst and most inhumane foreign policy measures?
Justin LingPierre Poilievre is promising to do for Canadian foreign aid what Donald Trump did for USAID. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/pierre-poi...
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Canadian History EhxOn this day in 1920, James Doohan was born in Vancouver. He became famous for playing Scotty on Star Trek, but before he was chief engineer on a starship he was fighting for Canada in the Second World War. Let's learn more about that time of his life! 🧵1/12
Some thoughts on USAID I felt compelled to share - thanks @activehist.bsky.social for the opportunity activehistory.ca/blog/2025/02...
Shocked, but not Surprised: The End of USAID in Historical PerspectiveIt was a shock when I read that as the unofficial head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a group that has no Congressional authority, Musk began to shutter USAID operations at the …activehistory.caMy Father Was a Conservative Evangelical Pastor. Then I Came Out. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How My Dad Reconciled His God and His Gay SonHow did my dad go from hating homosexuality to imploding his church by embracing me? His journal entries show how he changed his mind.www.nytimes.com