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Alan MacEachern @alanmaceachern

Researcher, writer, & teacher of stuff Canadian, historical, & environmental

Joined December 2009
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Alan MacEachern@alanmaceachern
11 Mar 2017
Why I don't tweet. Why I tweet.
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Wait, a family member can’t continue to receive the Canada Carbon Rebate just cuz they’re dead? #ThanksJustin
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NiCHE@NiCHE_Canada
18 Oct 2024
Sarah Carter reviews Remembering Our Relations: Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park, the latest book in our @UCalgaryPress Canadian History and Environment series albertaviews.ca/remembering-… #envhist #cdnhist #indigenous #books

Remembering Our Relations - Alberta Views

Contrary to settler stereotypes, responsible stewardship practices were at the heart of Dene legal systems and social worlds.

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My appearance at #frankfurterbuchmesse - appropriately enough, in the northeast corner of the display.
McGill-Queen's University Press@McGillQueensUP
15 Oct 2024
Our booth at Frankfurt Book Fair! Come and visit us at Hall 6/ Booth A124 #fbm24
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I'm 58 today!🎂 I'm old. But like the Earth, my 10 hottest years on record have all been since 2014.
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Tomorrow! Come one, come all, @WesternUSocSci, @WesternU. niche-canada.org/2024/09/10/…

Events - Artificial | Natural: AI & Environmental History

7-8 October 2024 - London, Ontario - Western University is hosting two events designed to introduce students and scholars to the use of AI in environmental history research.

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I hope this gets a lot of play, eh? So much good work keeps coming out in 🇨🇦 #envhist. Past winners are @AWatson8381, Colleen Campbell & @LooTina, Lianne Leddy, & @StundenBower.
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1 Oct 2024
Nominations for the 2025 NiCHE Prize for best Journal Article or Book Chapter in Canadian environmental history are now open! Submit by December 31st. niche-canada.org/2024/10/01/… #envhist #cdnhist
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Nice. A friend at @ParksCanadaPEI sent me this: #GreenGables staff's copy of my book, awash in sticky notes.
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“the man was around five feet 10 inches with a medium build and salt-and-pepper hair.” 😎 cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-ed…

Police searching for person who stole $43K in jewelry from 2 P.E.I. stores | CBC News

Two police forces on Prince Edward Island are searching for the culprit who made off with tens of thousands of dollars' worth of rings from two local jewelry stores.

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#His3723 #Anthropocene nytimes.com/2024/09/13/clima…

U.K. to Fund ‘Small-Scale’ Outdoor Geoengineering Tests (Gift Article)

As climate change continues unabated, the goal is to examine technologies that could artificially cool the Earth “responsibly and ethically.”

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Homecoming.
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Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO@Marnie_HW
11 Sep 2024
Imagine a history written by a machine using insect or nature-derived algorithms. Very pleased to be talking about artificial historians with Jo Guldi and Dagomar Degroot at @westernuHistory
NiCHE@NiCHE_Canada
11 Sep 2024
Events – Artificial | Natural: AI & Environmental History October 7 and 8th - London, Ontario - @westernuHistory Join @alanmaceachern, @Marnie_HW, @JoGuldi, Dagomar Degroot, William J. Turkel. niche-canada.org/2024/09/10/… #envhist #AI #dhist
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On 7 Oct, @WesternU is hosting Artificial | Natural: AI & Environmental History. Join @Marnie_HW, @JoGuldi, Dagomar Degroot, William J. Turkel, & me for talks & a roundtable. Plus, a workshop the next morning. Full details: niche-canada.org/2024/09/10/… #ai #envhist #envhum

Events - Artificial | Natural: AI & Environmental History

7-8 October 2024 - London, Ontario - Western University is hosting two events designed to introduce students and scholars to the use of AI in environmental history research.

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If you're interested in rural history, my recent book & website is about 🇨🇦's "famous farmhouse." @UGuelphHist's Catharine Wilson calls the book, "Humorous in some places & a tearjerker in others." mqup.ca/becoming-green-gable… greengablesdiary.ca/
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Nice article about @maggie_ross95's research on historical sex work. queensu.ca/alumnireview/arti…

Bawdy battles | Queen's Alumni Review

A doctoral candidate’s research sheds light on sex work’s historical and modern implications.

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Have been invited to give a talk on the 1825 Miramichi Fire in 2025. Can I make #bicentinder happen?
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Congratulations to historians (& the history adjacent) @ClioCarstairs, Cynthia Comacchio, David Howes, Mark McGowan, Jim Phillips, Lisa Rankin, Jonathan Livernois, & Heidi Tworek! @RSCTheAcademies rsc-src.ca/en/news/royal-soc…

The Royal Society of Canada Announces its 2024 Cohort of Fellows and

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows and named the incoming class of the RSC College.  One hundred four new Fellows have been elected by their peers

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Next Tuesday. #LdnOnt, @LondonLibrary, @WesternU.
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Sad that the first thing students see when they arrive at @WesternU #oweek is a warning they may fail their courses.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world…

The DMZ Is an Unhealed Wound for Korea. It’s Also a Source of Great Honey. (Gift Article)

The heavily fortified area separating North and South Korea is home to a biodiverse landscape and is a place of deep meaning for nearby farmers whose bees can fly freely through it.

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