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.
The roadside attraction bracket has reached the Interior! Enjoy the tough votes while reflecting on the duality that summer road trips have been irrevocably changed in this province because of climate change! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Search for B.C.'s best roadside attraction: Round 1, Interior | CBC News
From more than 300 nominations, we're asking you to pick between 32 finalists in this month-long competition to determine the best of this province's roadside attractions.
cbc.ca
i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
few if any researchers know as much about the history of modern design and decorative arts in western canada than alan collier does! #bchist #cdnhist
Times Colonist@timescolonist.bsky.social · yesterdaydeadline to submit proposals for this conference on "histories of anti-tourism" is tomorrow, august 3rd
Rick Jobs@richardivanjobs.bsky.social · last mo.Kristin Semmens (U Victoria, BC) and Emily Bereskin (Technical University, Berlin) have recently begun a research project on "Histories of Anti-Tourism" and are currently organizing a series of events on the theme, seeking participants. 🗃️ Link to CFP: www.tu.berlin/cms/nachrich...
an interesting, thoroughly researched post about the visual / pictorial history of the slocan valley and kootenay-boundary mining countries in the 1890s, at the kütne reader: www.kutnereader.com/post/the-koo... #bchist #cdnhist #mininghist
clinton is very compact, so its very worrisome to read that "fire crews worked to save structures within the village" last night, including on its east and west flanks. fingers crossed for everyone, including the oldest museum in the bc interior... #bchist #cdnhist www.castanet.net/news/Kamloop...
Seismic lines — created for geophysical exploration — fragment forests and alter their ability to act as habitats and provide climate change mitigation benefits. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
How Industry Is Fragmenting Canada’s Vast Boreal Forest | The Tyee
The economic benefits of big projects come with costs for the environment and climate.
thetyee.ca
Residents of Boston Bar, a modest regional commercial and service hub, were ordered to evacuate to the south Thursday morning. That scene could be repeated elsewhere this week. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
As Fire Looms, the View from Inside a Tiny Town | The Tyee
Boston Bar has been evacuated, and officials across BC are bracing for fire weather.
thetyee.ca
the photo artist and documentarian michael de courcy has posted a series of videos on youtube, comprised of hundreds of street photography portraits he made of visitors to expo 86 in vancouver. here is one of them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9yb... #bchist #cdnhist #worldclasscity
ONE in a MILLION: An anonymous documentary of visitors to Expo 86, Vancouver BC – Part 3 of 3
YouTube video by Michael de Courcy
youtube.com
The next European environmental history conference @eseh.bsky.social will be in Salzburg, Sept. 2027! Focusing on inter- and transdisciplinarity, it explicitly invites contributions from neighbouring fields 👉 eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #envhist @zug-wien.bsky.social @bokusec.bsky.social
CfP: 14th Biennial European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference – European Society for Environmental History
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the photo artist and documentarian michael de courcy has posted a series of videos on youtube, comprised of hundreds of street photography portraits he made of visitors to expo 86 in vancouver. here is one of them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9yb... #bchist #cdnhist #worldclasscity
ONE in a MILLION: An anonymous documentary of visitors to Expo 86, Vancouver BC – Part 3 of 3
YouTube video by Michael de Courcy
youtube.com
The migration ranges of some deep-snow caribou herds are contracting upslope by up to 23% a decade. Help us protect the habitat they depend on. https://secure.wildsight.ca/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=67&source=Bluesky 📸s by David Moskowitz, Cory DeStein, Bailey Repp, and iNaturalist
Toronto, 69 years ago today: The London-Brighton Antique Automobile Tour eastbound on Lake Shore Blvd. at Jarvis St. - June 25, 1957 #onthisday #1950s #cars #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin
Kristin Semmens (U Victoria, BC) and Emily Bereskin (Technical University, Berlin) have recently begun a research project on "Histories of Anti-Tourism" and are currently organizing a series of events on the theme, seeking participants. 🗃️ Link to CFP: www.tu.berlin/cms/nachrich...
Call for Papers: Histories of Anti-Tourism
New research project at CMS and University of Victoria seeking contributions for online workshop in fall 2026 and conference in spring 2027.
tu.berlin
"There's a lot to consider, but certainly we know it's beloved": the challenges of road infrastructure that becomes part of shared public memory and then a kind of roadside attraction in and of itself. (as in so many instances in bc.) #bchist #cdnhist www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This B.C. landmark was temporarily closed in 2021. 5 years later it's future remains uncertain | CBC News
Built during the Second World War, the iconic northern B.C. landmark is deteriorating and seeing increased vandalism, leaving local officials worried the popular tourist destination could be lost fore...
cbc.ca
grouse mountain has had a lot of different mascots and logos over the years (see some of them here, from the museum of north vancouver's collection: monova.ca/a-century-of...) but i have never come across the fabulous one portrayed on this decal: #bchist #cdnhist
Call for Papers – Dwelling in Place A New NiCHE Series Edited by Nicole Miller Proposal Deadline: June 30, 2026 Final posts should be 500-1200 words at the intersections of architecture and environmental history niche-canada.org/2026/05/30/c... #envhist #histarch #architecture #builtenvironment
Call for Papers - Dwelling in Place NiCHE Series
NiCHE invites submissions for the upcoming series Dwelling in Place. Final posts should be 500-1200 words at the intersections of architecture and environmental history.
niche-canada.org
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘I lived near a serial killer’: Steven Shearer on turning teen angst and death metal into high art
He rarely gives interviews and hates explaining his work – yet his stunning paintings, inspired by subcultures and German Romanticism, reveal a lot about this reclusive Canadian
theguardian.com
hello historians of technology, mobility, cycling, automobility, traffic and streets: Since the #SHOT2026 conference will be virtual, would any of you like to collaborate on a "history of technologies of automobility" panel? I could panel organize. www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...
2026 SHOT Annual Meeting (Virtual)
Visit the post for more.
historyoftechnology.org
