A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city, and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce.
The federal government says it has hammered out the final details with Visa and Mastercard to lower credit card transaction fees for merchants, but small business advocates say the deal doesn't go nearly far enough.
Increase the value of graduate scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships by 50% and index them to inflation;
Increase the number of graduate scholarships by 50%;
Increase the number of postdoctoral fellowships by 100%;
Increase by >=10% per year over the next 5 years the budget for research grants in order to increase the remuneration of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. @academicchatter #Canada
The "top" postdocs in Canadian are awarded 40,000 CAD/year by the government. It costs 45% of that salary to rent a 1-bedroom in Toronto.
The government announced yesterday that it's not increasing our funding.
"For over two decades, these critical contributors to research and innovation have received no funding increase from the federal government and now face significant financial challenges." - #SupportOurScience
Comment penser historiquement l'#Atlantique du Nord-Ouest, et la conception qu'en avaient les marins (surtout des pêcheurs) qui, au XVIe siècle, le fréquentaient? Jack BOUCHARD propose d'en explorer les #cartes mentales dans ce très bel article:
➡️ Terra Nova. Cartes mentales de l’Atlantique du Nord-Ouest au XVIe siècle
Canada, Britain and main EU countries join Myanmar genocide case
Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain have teamed up to join the genocide case over Myanmar's treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority before the UN's top court in The Hague.
This is an excellent piece on the precarious state of Canadian science, including interviews with two leaders of #SupportOurScience. The Trudeau government can talk all they want about their “historic level of support for science and research,” but the foundation is rotting. The base funding to support students and postdocs has been stagnant for over 20 years.
Isn't it frustrating when a rainbow shows up and you're someplace unattractive, like a fast food parking lot? "Oh good, I can frame it with these overflowing dumpsters in the foreground, that'll be nice." I like this situation better -- already someplace scenic with a camera in my hand, ready to go!
The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) has designated the third Friday in October as Canadian Library Workers Day.
CLWD is a day for Canadians to recognize the valuable contributions made by all those who work in and for the public, academic, school, government, academic, corporate and private libraries that are integral to our communities.
"Cascade had the most memorable quotes I’d seen in a while: "it was orderly, a very Canadian kind of apocalypse.”... A four-star story about environmental disaster, the sudden emergence of magic and psychic abilities in groups of people, and the seeming sleep of reason in everyone concerned."
Hey, come work with me at the University of #Manitoba Libraries in #Winnipeg, #Canada, we're hiring!
We are currently recruiting for the positions of Arts & Humanities Liaison Librarian and Social Sciences Liaison Librarian. Please see below links to the detailed job posting:
I haven't seen any interviews with her, but #media / #journalists should really be speaking with Kassandra Luciuk about the SS veteran invited to Parliament. Luciuk is a historian (Dalhousie) of the Ukrainian community in 20th-century #Canada. She demonstrates that some Cold-War Canadian officials were quite happy for right-wing Ukrainian migrants to use violence against communist labour leaders, also from Ukraine, already in the country. #CdnPoli#CdnHist#histodons
2/ This week I've read/heard many discussions in the media of SS veterans' migration to #Canada, but none with historians. What I've seen are conversations with politicians. Fine, this is a contemporary political debate. Still, all of these conversations claim that "we don't know enough" about the history. But scholars know more than politicians! If I were a journalist, I'd start with Luciuk, but other #histodons (of migration, anti-communism, intelligence, politics) could help too. @histodons
"On a tear, and undeterred by mere facts." Donald Wright, president of the CHA, describes the maddeningly inaccurate and stupidly conspiratorial claims re: #history made by the leader of the federal Conservatives, the man who will likely become #Canada's next PM.
"[W]hat we deserve is an honest recognition that history is complicated, and always has been.... no one wants to live in a society where there is only one version of the past." #CdnPoli#histodons@histodons
Deal to lower Visa, Mastercard processing fees will come up short for many retailers, critics say (www.cbc.ca)
The federal government says it has hammered out the final details with Visa and Mastercard to lower credit card transaction fees for merchants, but small business advocates say the deal doesn't go nearly far enough.