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Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Fri, Dec 20th, at 12pm EST on Instagram Live. @JessicaMDeWitt will chat with @richrray about the pre-Confederation fishery, border policing, & the legal status of inshore waters. Follow NiCHE on Insta: instagram.com/niche.canada
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Be sure to check out our recent post featuring an audio clip of the extended abstract of our interview with Polaris Prize winning musician Jeremy Dutcher, now with a tri-lingual PDF so you can follow along in the language of your choice: acadiensis.wordpress.com/202…
Sonic Rematriation: An Interview with Jeremy Dutcher

Sonic Rematriation: An Interview with Jeremy Dutcher

This extended abstract from Acadiensis Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring | printemps 2024) was translated into Wəlastəkwey by Elder Henrietta Black and transcribed by Jeremy Dutcher. Dutcher Forum Extended Ab…

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Undergrad --> PhD --> Postdoc --> PI --> bakery shop owner Who is thinking of this academic path?
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Don't lie to me... You've thought about opening one too!
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Our friends at the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick (JNBS/RÉNB) have published a new issue full of great content - check it out: acadiensis.wordpress.com/202…

New Issue of Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick (JNBS/RÉNB)

The Editorial Board of the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick (JNBS/RÉNB) is pleased to announce that Volume 16, No. 2 (Fall 2024) is now available. This issue…

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Bio of the Day: William Brydone Jack (1817–86), mathematician, astronomer, natural scientist, and educator. In 1840 he accepted a post at King’s College, intending to stay in #NewBrunswick only a few years. His contributions extended over 45 years. biographi.ca/en/bio/jack_wil…
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Today on our site @Moullue_Verte introduces his recent @EnvHistJournal article, "Fishwork Is for the Birds: Humans and Birds in the Sixteenth-Century Northwest Atlantic" - niche-canada.org/2024/11/20/… #envhist #earlymodern #animalhistory

Fishwork is for the Birds

Despite the watery gaze of modern historians, it is time to acknowledge that mariners in the past spent much of their time looking upward.

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From research done with Elizabeth Mancke back in 2019. Hopefully more from that in the new year!
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Today on the blog, Richard Yeomans looks at 19th century trade disputes in New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy: acadiensis.wordpress.com/202…
Elizabeth and Defiance: Asserting New Brunswick’s Jurisdictional Powers and Prowess in the Bay...

Elizabeth and Defiance: Asserting New Brunswick’s Jurisdictional Powers and Prowess in the Bay...

Richard Yeomans In July 1823, the provincial revenue cutter Elizabeth intercepted an American schooner carrying over five hundred gallons of rum that was anchored near Indian Island in Passamaquodd…

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We are looking for a scholar who would like to write a response/provide historical context for the news that "Ottawa to compensate Inuit in Nunavik for mass sled dog slaughter" cbc.ca/news/politics/nunavik… Check out our Contributor Guidelines if interested - niche-canada.org/guidelines-…
Ottawa to compensate Inuit in Nunavik for mass sled dog slaughter | CBC News

Ottawa to compensate Inuit in Nunavik for mass sled dog slaughter | CBC News

Ottawa will offer financial compensation to Inuit in Nunavik for the devastation caused by the mass slaughter of their sled dogs, the Crown-Indigenous relations minister tells CBC News.

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To quote the great Mariah Carey, “it’s time.”
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On the blog, Vicki Hallett looks at the trouble with women and cod in NF and Labrador's Colonial History. Also, this includes my fave line ever in a post: "Atlantic cod have the twin disadvantages of being supremely delicious and supremely ugly." acadiensis.wordpress.com/202…
Trouble with Women and Cod: Multispecies Entanglements in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Colonial Hi...

Trouble with Women and Cod: Multispecies Entanglements in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Colonial Hi...

By Vicki S. Hallett The Labrador floater fishery was a migratory fishery that lasted roughly 200 years, from ca. 1750-1950, in which schooners sailed from the island of Newfoundland to the coast of…

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On the blog, Colby Gaudet examines Acadian social networks of the revolutionary Atlantic: acadiensis.wordpress.com/202…
“Aujourd’hui habitans des Etats-Unis”: Acadian Social Networks of the Revolutionary Atlantic

“Aujourd’hui habitans des Etats-Unis”: Acadian Social Networks of the Revolutionary Atlantic

By Colby Gaudet Studying the foundational history of the Acadian community at St. Mary’s Bay in southwestern Nova Scotia presents some challenges due to a lack of surviving archival sources – …

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#cdnhist #twitterstorians #HistoryMatters CFP – Études Canadiennes / Canadian Studies, N°98, June 2025 cha-shc.ca/cfp-etudes-canadi…
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On the blog, part 2 of Neil Balan's examination of contingency bases in Atlantic Canada: acadiensis.wordpress.com/202…

Contingency Base Atlantic Canada: On Old and New Histories of Military Grow-Ops and Permanent...

Neil Balan, PhD This is the second of a two-part series. In focusing on the war-making capacities of military, security, and defence sectors in traditional and non-traditional corporate and commerc…

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David Foord and I are guest editing a special issue in Scientia Canadensis on the history of public health policy in Canada. Abstracts are due by 31 January 2025 and full articles by 30 June 2025. See more details here: cstha-ahstc.ca/2024/10/23/cf…
CFP: Special Issue of Scientia Canadensis on the History of Public Health Policy in Canada

CFP: Special Issue of Scientia Canadensis on the History of Public Health Policy in Canada

Call for Papers Deadline: January 31, 2025 Special Issue of Scientia Canadensis on the History of Public Health Policy in Canada Scholarship on the history of public health policy in Canada has exp…

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Reflections 🪞
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Post-dissertation bookshelf cleaning
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Our editor-in-chief, @JessicaMDeWitt, is back with her picks for environmental history worth reading from September! niche-canada.org/2024/10/08/… #envhist
#EnvHist Worth Reading: September 2024

#EnvHist Worth Reading: September 2024

Pumpkins, cat paintings, and lost creeks in the latest list of environmental history worth reading (and listening to) by Jessica DeWitt.

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