Matthieu Caron
@mattcaron.bsky.social
Prof. Centre for Social Sciences at Athabasca University | Sur les ondes de CISM les samedis soirs (89.3 FM Montréal) Montreal After Dark: https://www.mqup.ca/Books/M/Montreal-After-Dark
9 yrs after Drapeau committed #Canada’s largest act of arts censorship, he wound up inadvertently providing the land on which Corridart architect Mel Charney would complete his magnum opus, the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s interpretive garden #Montreal www.canadashistory.ca/explore/arts...
Canada's biggest case of art censorship - Canada's History
The story behind the Corridart affair during the summer of the Montreal Olympic Games.
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L’Italien Carlo Ginzburg, figure fondatrice de la microhistoire, est mort
L’Italien Carlo Ginzburg, figure fondatrice de la microhistoire, est mort
Par ses recherches sur les procès de l’Inquisition dans l’Europe des XVᵉ et XVIᵉ siècles, il avait amorcé un bouleversement profond de la science historique. Il s’est éteint le 17 juin à l’âge de 87 ans.
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Je suis profondément honoré de recevoir le Prix Clio Québec 2026 de la @cndhistassoc.bsky.social pour Montreal After Dark. Cette reconnaissance de mes pairs me touche énormément. Merci à toutes celles et ceux qui ont contribué, de près ou de loin, à ce projet, notamment @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Sneak peak at the CHA book fair 📚 Stop by tomorrow to see all 18 publishers’ tables. À demain! #CHASHC2026
Recent scans from the #WCWMC. Part of a reference question relating to #Expo67 archive.org/details/wcw?... #Montreal #Pavilions #WorldsFair
![Nine Expo 67 related maps scanned from the William C. Wonders Collection.
Title list:
Expo 67 : ESSO Road Map (1967)
Expo 67 : Universal and international exhibition, Montreal AAA Road Map (1967)
The Universal and International Exhibition of 1967
Master plan / Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition
Eaton the biggest store in Canada's biggest city (1967)
Montreal - schematic, with list of special events of Expo 67 (1967)
St. Helen's Island, Montreal, Canada (1961)
Montreal Carte Touristique = Tourist Map (1966
Montreal (South) Military Town Plan Edition 1 ASE 305 [Information Current as of 1966]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q66r3vy7xepmx62ti4vt7uzb/bafkreiclo67qjmgfkwuyw6qmqzg7g3yjn7sz6prtsyzsjdlwrg4bcl6ifq)
![[portion of cover of] T. Eaton Co. (1967) Eaton the biggest store in Canada's biggest city Montréal. Shows the Biosphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q66r3vy7xepmx62ti4vt7uzb/bafkreihougcapr253xdzghqkje3mbjkqjluq3ddmbrcdv6joz3qenv2bfa)
Today we’re publishing an important investigative story by Emily Enns. This story maps the connections between a group of mostly retired academics and think tanks to sow doubt about the historical truths of residential schools in Canada. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...
Who’s Behind the Residential School Denialism Movement? | The Tyee
A network of retired academics and think tanks is chipping away at established truths.
thetyee.ca
"The original budget for Transpo 86 was $78 million; the final budget for Expo 86 was $1.5 billion." "Expo 86: A giant, classy carnival that changed Vancouver" as told by John Mackie via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/expo-86...
Expo 86: A giant, classy carnival that changed Vancouver
The fair on False Creek, Expo 86, was wildly successful.
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B.C. marks a grim 10th anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency. Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion, by @andreawoo.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
B.C. marks tenth anniversary of toxic-drug crisis as a public health emergency
Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion
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Alisha Stranges and Elspeth H. Brown use oral testimonies to explore the September 2000 police raid of the Pussy Palace. Make sure to check out the entire Pussy Palace Oral History series!
Care Under Raid: Policing, Privacy, and Queer Resistance
Alisha Stranges and Elspeth H. Brown Leanne Powers, digital illustration by Ayo Tsalithaba for The Pussy Palace Oral History Project, LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory. 2025. “Suddenly, I he…
activehistory.ca
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/c...
Canada Strong, Knowledge Devalued: Decommissioning the Parks Canada Library
In November 2025, the federal government released Canada Strong , its somewhat overdue budget. Of the many items mentioned in its nearly 500-pages, one should worry historians; namely, the labelling o...
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I’ll be presenting Montreal After Dark at the @utoronto.ca on March 11, 1-3 PM (Sidney Smith 2098). Then at @mcgill.ca on March 17, as noted here. Very much looking forward to the conversations.
McGill-Queen's University Press@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 5mo agoMatthieu Caron will be giving a talk about his book, Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City, at McGill University on March 17th! Learn more about the book: buff.ly/zfPXLS7
Congratulations to Matthieu Caron for being named a Finalist for the 2025 Wilson Book Prize! Montreal After Dark examines how control over the night remained a persistent obstacle to Montreal’s ambitions during the second half of the twentieth century. buff.ly/RmRRqOq
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:
Open letter from the Board of the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society re. the closure of 12 of 18 provincial museum sites
Minister RitceyDepartment of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage1741 Brunswick St., 3rd FloorHalifax, NS B3J 2R5Email: MIN_CCTH@novascotia.ca Premier HoustonOffice of the PremierOne Governme…
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Nova Scotia is closing almost half of its museums. 12 museums - gone. This is your heritage being abandoned. Write to your MLA - and warn about the immeasurable harm this creates. Do something! www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
‘A devastating blow’: N.S. is closing 12 of its 28 provincial museum sites
The Nova Scotia government is closing 12 of its 28 provincial museum sites, stating “the system has grown complex and increasingly difficult to maintain.”
ctvnews.ca
⚫ Le tromboniste, compositeur et chanteur new-yorkais d’origine portoricaine Willie Colón est mort à l’âge de 75 ans. Admiré par Bad Bunny, il a su mêler avec brio l’esprit de la fête et la critique politico-sociale.
Mort de Willie Colón, légende engagée de la salsa
Le tromboniste, compositeur et chanteur américain d’origine portoricaine est mort samedi 21 février, à l’âge de 75 ans. Admiré par Bad Bunny, il a su mêler avec brio l’esprit de la fête et la critique politico-sociale.
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Bio of the Day: Joseph Seraphim Fortes (1863–1922), shoeblack, bartender, porter, swimming instructor, and lifeguard. He came to #Vancouver in 1885 and was most famous for his work as a swimming instructor and lifeguard. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/forte...
Armoiries et autres énormités politiques : lp.ca/dok68Q?shari...
Armoiries et autres énormités politiques
L’auteur wendat Jocelyn Sioui réagit à de récentes nouvelles politiques, du discours de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon à celui de Mark Carney, en passant par la mise à jour des armoiries du Québec.
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✨ Découvrez l’exposition 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 2 à la Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy jusqu’au 15 février. Elle met en valeur une sélection d’œuvres créées par Francine Saillant (CELAT) et Camille Courier, initialement présentées dans l’exposition 𝘝𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦́𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 (Paris, 2025). ℹ️ tinyurl.com/5n7we2vj
Concord Stalls Plan to Fill Its Hole in Vancouver's Heart via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Concord Stalls Plan to Fill Its Hole in Vancouver’s Heart | The Tyee
The global mega-developer that built up False Creek’s shores again holds back the finishing piece.
thetyee.ca
Earliest known photograph of a snowman, ca. 1854, taken by Mary Dillwyn (most likely in Wales). The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-snowmen/
Just released - the preliminary program for @deindustrialpol.bsky.social's June 18-20 conference in Montreal on "(Un)Just Transitions? Deindustrialization and the Environment." Check it out! deindustrialization.org/depot2025con...
I wrote a short piece for The Conversation on how nighttime governance converged with the expansion of police funding and powers in Montreal.
The Conversation Canada@ca.theconversation.com · 8mo agoSex, jazz, liquor and gambling: How Montréal’s nightlife shifted in the mid-20th century
Québec exhorté à garder le cap sur l’ambition climatique. L’État québécois doit baser ses décisions sur les constats de «la science», dit le comité consultatif du gouvernement. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Québec exhorté à garder le cap sur l’ambition climatique
L’État québécois doit baser ses décisions sur les constats de «la science», dit le comité consultatif du gouvernement.
ledevoir.com
« Ces maisons ont été des tremplins pour faire connaître et reconnaître qu’elles étaient des femmes articulées », des femmes de lettres, de cœur et de tête. »
Les maisons d’édition qui ont ouvert leurs portes aux femmes
Au Québec, entre 1900 et 1959, il se publie par année entre 1 et 34 livres signés par des femmes.
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Forgotten Toronto: How the city’s so-called morality police once waged war for ‘Toronto the Good’
Forgotten Toronto: How the city’s so-called morality police once waged war for ‘Toronto the Good’
For decades, immorality was outlawed in Toronto — leading hundreds of young, working women to be arrested on suspicions of prostitution.
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La nuit, tous les loups sont gris - Chronique de la Commission de toponymie du Québec toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/salle-de-...
Chronique toponymique : La nuit, tous les loups sont gris
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ANALYSE | La constitution proposée par la CQ vient affaiblir la capacité des groupes minoritaires et marginalisés à invoquer la Charte des droits et libertés pour se défendre contre les abus des gouvernements. Un article de Francis Hébert-Bernier. pivot.quebec/2025/10... #polqc #polcan
Une nouvelle constitution québécoise qui menotte les droits et libertés – Pivot
Le projet de constitution proposé par la CAQ limite la capacité d’utiliser la Charte québécoise des droits et libertés pour protéger les minorités.
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