Christopher Moore

Lest we forget

In the wake of the provincial government’s impending restrictions on new bike lanes, we’ve created a petition telling them to stay in their lane. Sign it now! cycleto.ca/ilovebikelanes 13/

More than two thousand of Parks Canada’s familiar historical plaques can be found around the country. But this practice is affected by the complexities of #history and the commitment to commemoration, not celebration. ow.ly/VIQh50TfSPQ

First Nations sue Ontario over Mining Act’s impact on Indigenous lands. 'The Mining Act statute is taking precedence over Canada's Constitution'. hubs.la/Q02MwTD70

The powerlessness of the Senate guarantees the authority of the elected MPs. Now if you guys would just exercise the powers you already have....

@ruralcolonialNS I happen to be a few k from St Peters, PEI, thus week. Hiked the nearby dunes yesterday. Love to see this post today.

Few of those inhabitants devoted to the cultivation of land, do not collect this year grain beyond consumption, Several agreed that they would have a surplus to sell". Source: Report de l'archivists de la province de Québec (1924) 8/

In honour of la Fête nationale de l'Acadie, an excerpt from the 1751 journal of engineer Louis Franquet, sent to report on Isle Saint-Jean, today's called Prince Edward Island. This excerpt describes the people and concerns of Havre Saint-Pierre, today's St. Peters Bay: 1/

Yes, lively time, lots of discussion. Beach or Beaches? Still in dispute.

Now up at @CanadasHistory: my story on how Parks Canada responds to @truthandreconciliation commission's calls for a new Canadian history: canadashistory.ca/explore/arts-c…

There is the Beaches, a place in Toronto, and The Beaches, Richard White's new history about it, and we're gonna talk about both in The Beaches July 30, @utpress

Join UTP author Richard White in conversation with Barbara Myrvold and @cmedmoore for the launch of The Beaches: Creation of a Toronto Neighbourhood. 🗓️July 30th, 6:30-7:30 PM 📍Beach United Church Register here: bit.ly/3zsWGb1 #TheBeaches #Toronto @BeachMetroNews

Join UTP author Richard White in conversation with Barbara Myrvold and @cmedmoore for the launch of The Beaches: Creation of a Toronto Neighbourhood. 🗓️July 30th, 6:30-7:30 PM 📍Beach United Church Register here: bit.ly/3zsWGb1 #TheBeaches #Toronto @BeachMetroNews

Comforting as it may be to dismiss name changes as woke or ideological #history, perhaps we could recognize the distinction between historical awareness and the celebration implied in honouring people with place names and monuments. From @CmedMoore: christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com/2024/05/histor…

@KenMcGoogan Nice! A sweet moment for any writer when you can say, "Well, yes, me, actually."

Eamon, hi. In Searching for Franklin, I present the definitive rendering of the Coppermine expedition, drawing on the journals of Back, Hood, and Richardson, as well the Champlain Society Franklin and secondary sources. I treat the second in my book Dead Reckoning.

$70 Billion in Health Transfers are NOT being spent on Healthcare by Provinces So where did that $70 Billion go? Please retweet & share #cdnpoli

@tpcanoe Thanks Tom!

I am a big admirer of ⁦@CmedMoore⁩, both as a public historian, author, & his early work on Louisbourg. I am touched by this positive note about my book. Christopher Moore's History News: Book Notes: The Slow Rush of Colonization #cdnhist christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com/2024/04/book-n…

@AlexUsherHESA Manitoulin Island. No great distance away but a million k away too

Let's say you had three weeks to do a dream road-trip this July. Keeping in mind crowds, heat, etc. what places would you visit? Go.

@CanadasHistory Great story, great spinoff too

In case you have been living under a rock (or been digital detoxing!), we won a Canadian Ethnic Media Association Award for our British-India Connection podcast with historian Madhuparna Gupta. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/20RLbj…

@acoyne Only one thing matters: how many party memberships has his team purchased?

Well no: he basically confirmed that he’s interested. But he wants Trudeau to take the L.

@ChristineHigdon And Pennyworth , not Rosemary. Sheesh

That's Higdon with the o. @christinehigdon. Sorry Christine

Great to see my friend Christine Higden's big novel Gin, Turpentine, Rosemary and Rue (big title!) getting a big review in the LRC @reviewcanada @ChristineHigden reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…