Category Archives: TBT

The blog will be going on a brief hiatus, but we will be back in September with new content. But before our hiatus, here is a Throwback Thursday post. One of the difficulties in editing the blog – perhaps the … Continue reading →

With the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station receiving some bad press – it’s been dubbed a “disaster” on the CBC – today’s Throwback Thursday piece, “A River Runs Through It: Churchill Falls and the End of Newfoundland History,” is an … Continue reading →

The devastating wildfires in Fort McMurray have displaced the population of an entire city, many of whom are expatriate Atlantic Canadians who left this region in search of better economic opportunities out west. Today’s Throwback Thursday piece – Patricia Thornton’s … Continue reading →

In recognition that April 28 is Canada’s Day of Mourning for workers who have lost their lives on the job, today’s Throwback  Thursday piece is Ian McKay’s “The Realm of Uncertainty: The Experience of Work in the Cumberland Coal Mines, … Continue reading →

Canada’s immigration (and refugee) policies are once again in the headlines and attracting widespread public interest and commentary. In today’s Throwback Thursday piece, Heather Steel reminds us that concerns over immigration are, unfortunately, nothing new: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/10600/11217

On Monday, November 9, Atlantic Canada lost one of its foremost historians when Ernest Forbes passed away. Ernie was a great champion of the place of the Maritimes in the Canadian historical narrative, and any historian of Canada – whether … Continue reading →

With another Canadian federal election upon us, it is a good time to turn our attention to a previous campaign. In the Spring 1979 issue of the journal, Colin Howell examined “W.S. Fielding and the Repeal Elections of 1886 and … Continue reading →