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I have a bunch of travel coming up in the next few months and as always I would love to connect with public history and archival colleagues while travelling. In the coming months I'm looking forward to the following events: Kishay Pisim Mamawihitowin - The Great Moon Gathering 2018, Timmins, Ontario, February 14-16th. I'll be attending KPM with … Continue reading Upcoming Travel
My latest piece, "Breaking down NCPH's First Twitter Mini-Con" was written in collaboration with Christine Crosby. Head over to History@Work to our reflections on #NCPHactive. We take a behind the scenes look at the Twitter mini-con organizing, provide reflections on successes, and consider changes we might make to a similar event in the future. Personally, … Continue reading Breaking down NCPH’s First Twitter Mini-Con
As part of the "(re)Active Public History" Twitter mini-con hosted by the National Council on Public History I presented a presentation on the role of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre as a place of community building and activism. The complete Twitter presentation is below. Archives As Activism: Community Narrative Building
The NCPH (Re)Active Public History mini-con schedule is now live! There are some fantastic presentations planned including two great keynotes. The Thursday October 18th keynote by LaTanya Autry is titled "Beyond Conversations: Transforming Museums through Social Justice Action" and the Friday October 19th keynote "Memory to Action" is by Allison Tucker from the International Coalition … Continue reading (Re)Active Public History Twitter Mini-Con
NCPH is having it’s first virtual mini-con! Modeled after last year's Beyond 150 Twitter Conference organized by Andrea Eidinger and I, the “(Re) Active Public History" Twitter mini-con will take place October 18-19, 2018. The CFP for this mini-con is now live and is open to submissions until September 7, 2018. Like #Beyond150 the #NCPHActive mini-con … Continue reading (Re) Active Public History Twitter Mini-Con
When I attend conferences I typically try to engage in a couple of activities outside of the conference programming. This usually means scoping out local museums, heritage sites, and art galleries. While in Regina I was able to squeeze in a few local sights and engage in some more general Congress programming in addition to … Continue reading CHA and Regina Extras
I spent this week at the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) annual meeting. I was pleasantly surprised by the range of context at this year's meeting and was thrilled to be able to listen to so many great sessions on public history and Indigenous history. I live tweeted the majority of the sessions I attended. I … Continue reading Tweets from CHA 2018
Next week I'm headed to Regina for the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) annual meeting. I'm looking forward to connecting with colleagues and to taking in a number of great sessions. If you are going to be in Regina you can likely find me at the following events: Monday May 28th Bright and early at 8:30am … Continue reading CHA 2018: Gathering Diversities
Next month I'll be heading to Vegas for this year's National Council on Public History conference. As usual, this conference is shaping up to be the highlight of my academic travel for the year. If you're on the fence about registration you have until April 4th to complete pre-conference registration. After that date, registration is … Continue reading NCPH 2018 Excitement and Planning
Jumping up and down news! (Okay, I admit that I might be the only one who jumps up and down at this news). I was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council on Public History (NCPH). Folks can find the complete election results in the March issue of the Public History News … Continue reading NCPH Election Results