ben bradley @benbradleyca.bsky.social

cultural & environmental historian. #bchist and #cdnhist and #envhist. landscape, mobilities, public pasts, fordism, tourism, parks, infrastructure, rowdies, fruit stands, seasonality, 1970+, etc.

25,800 tons of copper ingots on the observatory inlet waterfront at anyox bc, 1910s or 1920s.
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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social
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I am giving a virtual talk today (details for joining in the link) about pseudoarch! I'll share a few Canadian examples, but [spoiler alert] my deepest dive will be about the Native Sons of BC and their politically influential use of pseudoarch in the 1920s and its impacts on archaeology in BC 👀

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Castanet.net @castanet.net
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Post-secondary funding crunch hits rural B.C. hard as campuses close, access shrinks #Kamloops
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"But the swan population in the area hasn't always been so healthy. Trumpeter swans were once listed as an endangered species. In the 1930s, fewer than 70 wild birds were known to exist after they were over hunted for their white plumage."
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vanderhoof-bc-swan-migration-9.7152483
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Howe Sound, British Columbia
Walter J. Phillips
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca
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Hey @royalbcmuseum.bsky.social - why are you using an AI generated image when you have a wealth of digitized images and paintings from the gold rush that you could use?
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Matthew Hayday @mhayday.bsky.social
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Tenure-track position in Canadian history at Lakehead!
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a rare bit of good news. if you havent already, check out "twenty twelve" and "w1a" asap
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why has ikea never moved into the cat tower / scratcher / furniture market?
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Local Meets Global graduate history conference is upon us. There is still time to register - until Monday, March 16 Held March 21 @balsillieschool.bsky.social. Dr. Cindy Ewing, U of T is keynote. Many exciting panels scheduled. Full details and registration link: bit.ly/triuconf-2026
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In light of recent federal and provincial budget cuts, CHA president Colin Coates has written a letter to CHA members and to the public. The letter can be read here. #cdnhist
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petroglyphs near bella coola bc, 1970s. postcard by dorse mctaggart
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Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social
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Hey #envhist! Parks Canada is ending its library services+ “decommissioning” its collection. We stand to lose a valuable set of materials that reveal if and how the Agency fulfilled its mandate (or didn’t). Read more here+write the Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/10/canada-strong-knowledge-devalued-decommissioning-the-parks-canada-library/
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the military-industrial-entertainment complex, 1991
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Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday March 12 from 330-5pm EST, as Dr. Tami Parr @pdxia.bsky.social presents on "Goats in America: From Poor Man's Cow to Urban Icon." 🐐

For info on how to attend this online talk, click here:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/roundtable

#aghist #animalhist #envhist
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the skeena river and the industrial waterfront in kitselas bc, during construction of the grand trunk pacific railway during the early 1910s.
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Acadiensis @acadiensis.bsky.social
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On the blog we share an open letter from the board of the Nova Scotia Women's History Society re. the decision of the NS government to close 12 of 28 provincial museum sites:
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The Exploration Place @explace.bsky.social
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This proposed promotional drawing by Wally West proclaimed Prince George the “Portal to the Bountiful North".

#tbt #throwbackthursday
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The CHA's annual meeting program is now online! We are so excited, and hope to see you in Charlottetown in June. Stay tuned - registration opens next week. #cdnhist
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In light of recent news about federal cutbacks implicating history-focused organizations, CHA president Colin Coates has sent a letter to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the Hon. Marc Miller. #cdnhist
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On this day in 1943, an explosion at a US Army storage barn destroyed an entire block in Dawson Creek, BC. The barn stored telephone wire, nails, wooden crossbar arms and tires. Dynamite was also stored with percussion caps. The explosion killed five and injured 150 people.
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social
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Our Winter Olympics & Their Environments series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social and M. Blake Butler, begins today with "The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins" by @finnarne.me

niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/the-high-energy-afterlives-of-lillehammers-olympic-cabins/

#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory
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