Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professor in Rural History, UofG; Co-creator of What Canada Ate: https://whatcanadaate.lib.uoguelph.ca/; Author of Pursuing Play (2024): https://uofmpress.ca/books/pursuing-play.
Rebecca Beausaert (she/her)
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I offered my thoughts on American Thanksgiving, pumpkins, and settler colonialism in this examination of the problematic PSL phenomenon from BBC Travel: www.bbc.com/travel/artic... #foodhist
An important and welcome initiative that recognizes the financial obstacles and limited resources students from rural areas face: www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/d...
Exciting to see so much rural, food, and ag history in the program for the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social annual meeting! 🌾🐄🚜
Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday Feb 12 from 330-5pm EST, as PhD candidate Emily Kaliel presents on "Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971."
For info on how to attend via Zoom:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #histmed
Excited to announce our Winter 2026 line-up of talks for the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Rural History Roundtable series. All will be available on Zoom and January's talk is hybrid (weather permitting). #ruralhist #animalhist #aghist @pdxia.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social
Last weekend, I attended the @ontariohistory.bsky.social awards ceremony where I beyond honoured to receive the Alison Prentice Award for Canadian Women's History for my book, Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario 1870-1914, published by @umanitobapress.bsky.social in 2024
The Rural Women's Studies Association & Agricultural History Society are holding a joint conference in 2027! Handy for those of us who want to attend both! CFP just came out #aghist #ruralhist #womenshist #cdnhist: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is almost here! An exhibit of cookbooks from the @uofguelph.bsky.social collection will be on display w/ info about the @uguelphhist.bsky.social Food History course & I’ll be speaking about Cdn food history on the Growth Hub Stage! news.uoguelph.ca/2025/11/cana...
Thanks for the shoutout, @uofglibrary.bsky.social! Had so much fun curating this exhibit #foodhist
A great kick-off to this year’s Rural History Roundtable series @uguelphhist.bsky.social @benbradleyca.bsky.social. A fascinating discussion about the Webb farmhouse & #GreenGables #PEI with @alanmaceachern.bsky.social. Next RHRT coming up October 29 on the history of Ontario’s wine industry.
The aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg smells like sweet autumn nostalgia in the US, but the real story behind pumpkin spice is far spicier.
The University of Guelph says a $2.5-million gift from The Joyce Family Foundation will fund up to four bursaries worth $22,000 each over four years for eligible rural students with demonstrated finan...
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2027 Agricultural History Society & Rural Women’s Studies Association Joint Conference Call For ProposalsTheme: Identities, Landscape, Boundaries
The University of Guelph will attend 103rd Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, showcasing full continuum of agri-food activities invigorating Canadian food.
The CHA's annual meeting program is now online! We are so excited, and hope to see you in Charlottetown in June. Stay tuned - registration opens next week. #cdnhist
If you're on campus, be sure to stop by the exhibit located on the first floor of the library titled, "Kitchens of the Future: Food, Technology, and Convenience Culture in Cold War Canada." On display until Jan. 2026.
Learn more: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/news/kitchen....
#UofG @rebeccabeau.bsky.social
The CHA hosts an annual meeting in May/June in coordination with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences which is held in a different Canadian city each year. Between 350-500 historians gat...
