Slightly niche - OK, very niche - question. Does anyone in #bookhistory and/or #cdnhistory know if Canadian historian and poet Ruth Roach Pierson was related to Australian bookplate designer Percy Roach Pierson? Genealogy sites are of no help, alas...
Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you
Did I mention "colourful" Parliamentary Past? No, I did not - accursed Bluesky character limits!
"I'm Benedict Anderson and I approve this message"
(Or, more succinctly, Benedictus benedicat - while we're sacralizing language and all...)
Pschaw - amateurs! If you're into mixing politics and extreme sports, Rideau Hall (residence of the Governor General of Canada) had a pretty dope tobaggan slide in the 19th century... now there's a man's (and women's) pursuit! #cdnhist
For International Archives Day / #iaw2026, I'm checking out urban planner Noulan Cauchon's 1927 scheme for "Hexagonopolis" @library-archives.canada.ca. A "honeycomb" street pattern would, he argued, speed up traffic flow while preventing accidents. #cdnhist #archives #urbanhistory #envhist
The #dday / #d-day anniversary has passed, but you should still make sure you make every day a "Vitamin D Day" - it's what the fallen heros on the beaches of Normandy would have wanted... #cdnhist #foodhistory
Coming up tomorrow and Sunday, from 10am until 4pm. Don't miss this opportunity to see a few neat documents marking @en.ottawa.ca history and ask me about white marl and Scott! #cdnhist #archives #Ottawa200!
Coming up tomorrow and Sunday, from 10am until 4pm. Don't miss this opportunity to see a few neat documents marking @en.ottawa.ca history and ask me about white marl and Scott! #cdnhist #archives #Ottawa200!
I am looking forward immensely to chatting with @parlcharlie.bsky.social about his new book "Unparliamentary: Tales from Canada's Parliamentary Past" on Thursday, June 18, at 7pm @library-archives.canada.ca. Get your (free) tickets at www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc....
#cdnhist #canpoli #booksky
