Active History – History Matters
Renée Worringer. Last week, I wrote about my “collections” of dogs and sheep, and how humans bred farm dogs as “enlightened wolves.”I’d like to share a bit more about the history of the human-wolf relationship. Hermanubis, the canine-headed god combining Hermes of Greek mythology with Egyptian god Anubis, associated with accompanying souls to the afterlife.
About - Active History
About. ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events. It developed from the conference “Active History: History for the Future” at Glendon College in September 2008. We define active history variously as history that listens and is responsive ...
Publications - Active History
The Active History ebook series brings together some of the best writing published on ActiveHistory.ca in an accessible, open-access format. Its thematic collections focus on connecting historians to the public and the past to current events. Beyond the Lecture: Innovations in Teaching Canadian History. Click on the cover image to read and ...
Podcasts - Active History
The former ActiveHistory.ca podcast, History Slam (2012-2022) was also hosted and produced by Sean Graham. You can find all the History Slam podcasts below, or by visiting on the Activehistory.ca YouTube channel. Prince Rupert – What’s Old is News. History Slam 10th Anniversary Special: Life as Historians.
The Last Ten Years: Active History & the Teaching of Canadian …
2020年1月10日 · Editor’s Note: In 2019, Active History celebrated its 10th anniversary by posting some of our most popular pieces from each of the previous ten years. To reflect on ten years of Active Histor…
Features - Active History
Features. This section is dedicated to supporting Active History projects both online and in the material world. These projects can include web series (such as ‘The Home Archivist’) or theme weeks (such as ‘Indigenous Histories’) as well as broader partnerships and support. ActiveHistory.ca is flexible project and platform shaped by our ...
Canada’s First World War: A Centennial Series on ActiveHistory.ca
Active History’s series on the history, memory, and legacy of the First World War launched in August, 2014. The series is intentionally broad in outlook, including subjects as diverse as the war’s political impact, life on the home front, and commemoration today. It is edited by Mary Chaktsiris, Sarah Glassford, Nathan Smith, and Jonathan ...
Canada’s First World War – Active History
The Active History of Canada’s First World War: A Thematic Guide. By Sarah Glassford and Nathan Smith The “Canada’s First World War” series launched on ActiveHistory.ca with a Call for Blog Posts, published on 4 August 2014. It concluded in the Fall of 2019, with a total of 78 posts, including this post. The series editors during this ...
The Royal Proclamation in Historical Context – Active History
One thought on “ The Royal Proclamation in Historical Context ” Patsy L. McArthur April 6, 2015 at 10:21 am. The Historic Saugeen Metis community is interested in having papers written for the 200th year anniversary, 2018, of the Ojibwe Piche Wampum 1818 carried until 1889 by Historic Saugeen Metis Marguerite Lange, Cree Metis wife of NWC HBC Saugeen trader Augustin Gonneville dit Lemire.
Who Cares About Thinking Historically? – Active History
2023年10月5日 · Ian Alexander, ianalex@student.ubc.ca, University of British Columbia. Ian is a doctoral student interested in the experiences of teachers who have taught social studies in accredited British Columbia offshore schools in China. He serves as co-chair of the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future graduate student committee and works on the ...