The government black-out period is over and so I’m thrilled to share that the 5th episode of "Porter Talk" is out! “The Women Who Stood with the Men” is my favourite one so far! Happy listening! pod.link/500275904?fb...
A new Library and Archives Canada post on the added responsibilities Black sleeping car porters had during and after WWII: thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/20/b...
The Library and Archives blog is also knocking it out of the park for Black history month. Read this great work done by my colleagues Rebecca Murray and Andrew Elliott:
thediscoverblog.com/2025/01/23/b...
thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/06/b...
Happy to announce that the 4th episode of "Porter Talk" is out! Focused on the long fight for rights, this episode pairs perfectly with the last one on porters' working conditions. Have a listen because this is good stuff!! library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collecti...
Fair. And just to reiterate these were the symptoms in our home.
It has in our household. That was the start
Marion Creek in the central brooks range: blue-green water flows around a bend in the creek, with green spruce trees and yellow birch. The conical mountain behind is turning red and yellow in fall colors.
Welcome new folks! I’m a historian & writer, living sorta half in Alaska & RI. Here to learn with y’all about animals, history, writing, rivers, climate, surviving what’s coming, etc
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Episode 1 & 2 of “Porter Talk” are out now: library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collecti... Let porters’ voices guide you through the past.
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It does not, sadly.
very sad to hear that joy parr has passed away. she did such great work in multiple fields of canadian history...
Extremely excited to announce a new project I've been working on at Library and Archives Canada. Stay tuned for podcast trailers soon!
thediscoverblog.com/2024/02/01/p...
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