The UN recognized 2026 as the Year of the Woman Farmer and I'm so proud to announce the installation of a new exhibition at McLaughlin Library @uofguelph.bsky.social that honours women's contributions to Canadian agriculture. Will be on display until Spring 2027. #womeninag #cdnag #ruralhist

The Rural Women's Studies Association & Agricultural History Society are holding a joint conference in 2027! Handy for those of us who want to attend both! CFP just came out #aghist #ruralhist #womenshist #cdnhist: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

An important and welcome initiative that recognizes the financial obstacles and limited resources students from rural areas face: www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/d...

New $2.5 million donation will provide bursaries for rural U of G students

The University of Guelph says a $2.5-million gift from The Joyce Family Foundation will fund up to four bursaries worth $22,000 each over four years for eligible rural students with demonstrated finan...

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Exciting to see so much rural, food, and ag history in the program for the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social annual meeting! 🌾🐄🚜

Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada@cndhistassoc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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

Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday Feb 12 from 330-5pm EST, as PhD candidate Emily Kaliel presents on "Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971." For info on how to attend via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r... #cdnhist #histmed

Excited to announce our Winter 2026 line-up of talks for the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Rural History Roundtable series. All will be available on Zoom and January's talk is hybrid (weather permitting). #ruralhist #animalhist #aghist @pdxia.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social

Last weekend, I attended the @ontariohistory.bsky.social awards ceremony where I beyond honoured to receive the Alison Prentice Award for Canadian Women's History for my book, Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario 1870-1914, published by @umanitobapress.bsky.social in 2024

I offered my thoughts on American Thanksgiving, pumpkins, and settler colonialism in this examination of the problematic PSL phenomenon from BBC Travel: www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #foodhist

The divisive US autumnal drink with a shady past

The aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg smells like sweet autumn nostalgia in the US, but the real story behind pumpkin spice is far spicier.

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Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is almost here! An exhibit of cookbooks from the @uofguelph.bsky.social collection will be on display w/ info about the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Food History course & I’ll be speaking about Cdn food history on the Growth Hub Stage! news.uoguelph.ca/2025/11/cana...

Canada’s Food University at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

The University of Guelph will attend 103rd Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, showcasing full continuum of agri-food activities invigorating Canadian food.

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Thanks for the shoutout, @uofglibrary.bsky.social! Had so much fun curating this exhibit #foodhist

U of G McLaughlin Library@uofglibrary.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you're on campus, be sure to stop by the exhibit located on the first floor of the library titled, "Kitchens of the Future: Food, Technology, and Convenience Culture in Cold War Canada." On display until Jan. 2026. Learn more: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/news/kitchen.... #UofG @rebeccabeau.bsky.social

A great kick-off to this year’s Rural History Roundtable series @uguelphhist.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social. A fascinating discussion about the Webb farmhouse & #GreenGables #PEI with @alanmaceachern.bsky.social. Next RHRT coming up October 29 on the history of Ontario’s wine industry.

Thrilled to be coordinating the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Rural History Roundtable series with @benbradleyca.bsky.social this year. We’ve got an exciting lineup of speakers who will be touching on some new and exciting areas of rural history research!

UGuelph History Department@uguelphhist.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's time to look into what's happening with the Rural History Roundtable at @uofguelph.bsky.social. Fall '25 has three hybrid sessions, including a November double billing. All are welcome to attend! More info on @alanmaceachern.bsky.social's Sept 23 talk coming soon. #aghist #cdnhist #ruralhist

Information about the Fall 2025 Rural History Roundtable speaker series will be available soon. In the meantime, Archival and Special Collections items displayed on the main floor of @uofglibrary.bsky.social hint at the topic of the first presentation, which will be on Sept 23rd. #cdnhist #aghist

Such a fun morning with @arrellfoodinst.bsky.social talking about #FoodDayCanada & how we’re preserving Canadian food history at @uofguelph.bsky.social @uguelphhist.bsky.social. Thanks to the attendees for coming out & touring our new Cold War food cultures exhibit in @uofglibrary.bsky.social.

Every student in a Canadian history course who wants to write about Vimy should be forced to read @mike-bechthold.bsky.social thread on myths and realities first! After doing so, I wonder how many would abandon the topic #cdnhist #vimy

Mike Bechthold 🇨🇦🇺🇦@mike-bechthold.bsky.social · last yr.

On this day in 1917 the Canadian Corps advanced together into battle and captured Vimy Ridge. It was easily their most famous (but not most important) victory of the First World War. A thread on the myths and reality of this celebrated battle: 1/

The book launch for the new edition of Ontario since Confederation: A Reader is happening tomorrow at Traill College at Trent University, 5:30. Was an honour to have a chapter included in this great collection. Wish I could attend! #cdnhist

#HomanEmpire 🥌🏛️🥇 @teamhoman.bsky.social making a place for themselves in Canadian curling history

Devin Heroux@devinheroux.bsky.social · last yr.

PLAY O CANADA 🇨🇦 A proud moment once again for the country. @TeamHoman on top of the curling world once again.

Thanks for the shoutout, @nichecanada.bsky.social! #womenshistorymonth

NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · last yr.

#WomensHistoryMonth Reading "From Kitchen to Kiln: Women’s Culinary Labour on Ontario Tobacco Farms, 1950s-1970s" by @rebeccabeau.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2020/08/04/f... #aghist #cdnhist #wmnshist #envhist #foodhistory

Had a great time chatting with Dr. Sarah Duignan @anthrodish.bsky.social about why historical cookbooks matter when studying Canadian history. Episode on her fantastic #AnthroDish podcast is now available! #cdnhist #foodhist www.anthrodish.com/episodes/

Episodes — AnthroDish

Check out current and past episodes here

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For International Women's Day, we are highlighting the women authors and editors from our past fall and upcoming spring catalogue! ⁠ ⁠ UMP is so proud to publish work by, for, and about women. ⁠ ⁠ #IWD #InternationalWomensDay

I’m going to be at the Bloomingdale library tomorrow night from 6-7pm talking about my book and women’s leisure in late 19th/early 20th C rural/small-town Ontario. Register here: rwlibrary.libnet.info/event/12938705 @umanitobapress.bsky.social

Great @theglobeandmail.com piece about why we need to preserve the community hall in small towns. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

In praise of the small halls that keep communities together

May many such halls throughout the country remain the spaces in which we make memories

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@teamhoman.bsky.social absolutely dominated. Amazing group of athletes. #HomanEmpire 🏛️🥌 #stoh25

Devin Heroux@devinheroux.bsky.social · last yr.

TEAM HOMAN FOR THE WIN @TeamHoman becomes the first team to win back-to-back Scotties titles by going undefeated. It’s a 6-1 victory. It’s a fifth Scotties title for Homan. And Team Homan is once again Team Canada 🇨🇦 looking to defend their world championship title.

Students in my @uguelphhist.bsky.social Food History course had the opportunity to learn from author Jan Feduck about foodways in Atlantic Canada’s history. We even got to nibble on some Scottish oat cakes! #foodhist #cdnhist

It’s always fun to do book talks in the towns I wrote about! I’ll be at the Elora Public Library tonight talking about my book, Pursuing Play, with @umanitobapress.bsky.social wellington.libnet.info/event/12412169 #cdnhist #ruralhist #womenshist

Tonight at 7pm ET, join @rebeccabeau.bsky.social on Zoom for a discussion of PURSUING PLAY, as part of the Huron County Historical Society's speaker series! Non-members are welcome. Email hchs1965@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

Thrilled to finally see my chapter in print! A great collection recently published by University of Toronto Press. #cdnhist #onthist #ruralhist

The little gems you find while doing other research… #cdnhist

Spotted in the wild 👀 #cdnhist

In her review for Ontario Farmer, Marie Carter writes that PURSUING PLAY by @rebeccabeau.bsky.social offers a "fascinating" and "richly illustrated" look into women's lives in "what was once almost exclusively a 'man's world.'" 7c1e077b.flowpaper.c...