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Rural Diaries Online: Experience Daily Life in the Backwoods

Catharine Anne Wilson The opening pages of the diary of Benjamin Freure (1836-42) are full of hope, as he travels from England across the Atlantic with his family to start a new life. Upon reaching the...

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Colonial History in the Age of Digital Humanities

Robert Englebert Well before digital humanities was a hot commodity and seemingly a must for every grant application, I was cutting my teeth as a grad student and inadvertently became involved in...

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A Conversation about History Blogging in Canada

Keith Grant At this year’s Canadian Historical Association, we’re going to have a face-to-face conversation about history blogging in Canada. If you’ll be in Calgary for Congress 2016, you’re invited...

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Teaching the Politics and Meaning of Maps

Claire Campbell   I like maps. A lot. I used to study the Rand McNally Road Atlas on long car trips. Sometimes when I’m homesick I’ll meander through Halifax on Google Streetview. And this year I’m...

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The Hidden Narratives of Clandestine Communities: Digital History and the...

Stephanie Pettigrew [This essay first appeared at UnwrittenHistories on August 21, 2018, and is re-posted here through collaboration with editors Andrea Eidinger and Stephanie Pettigrew.] French...

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The Early Modern Maritimes Recipes Database, Part I: What is a Recipe?

Edith Snook [This is the first in a series of posts on the Early Modern Maritimes Recipes database. The entire series can be found here.] Early Modern Maritime Recipes is a searchable online database...

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Fighting Fungus with Fungus: Mushroom Ketchup as Food and Medicine

 Lyn Bennett [This is the third in a series of posts on the Early Modern Maritimes Recipes database. The entire series can be found here.] A widely used ingredient in meat-based dishes, mushroom catsup...

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Exhibiting the Acadian History of Pointe Sainte-Anne

Stephanie Pettigrew [Welcome to our summer series on Acadian history! We are very excited to be presenting this special five- week series, cross-posting on Unwritten Histories, Borealia, and...

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Introducing the CRKN Canadiana & Héritage Digital Collections

Who is CRKN? The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is a partnership of 79 Canadian universities and institutions dedicated to expanding digital content for the academic research and teaching...

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Introducing Loyalist Migrations

Tim Compeau Loyalist Migrations is a collaboration between Huron University College’s Community History Centre, the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada (UELAC), and Liz Sutherland at the Map...

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