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Storify of the Second Annual Building Reconciliation Forum

September 29, 2016 / / 2 Comments

I couldn’t attend the forum that’s being held at the University of Alberta yesterday and today, but I’ve been following the live-tweets from the #uofatrc2016 hashtag. It occurred to me that compiling the tweets, as I did for the CHA, would make a wonderful resource. So here you go! Day 1 is completed and can be read below. I’ll post Day 2 later, once everything is completed. I am extremely grateful to all of the live-tweeters and the presenters, and all credit goes to them.

A few notes: I have included every single tweets that was not obvious spam. The story is organized by panel or event, to make it a bit easier to follow. If there is anything you’d like me to change, remove, or add, please let me know and I’d be more than happy to accommodate you.

Read Day 2 here.

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What’s in my Kitchen: Montreal Jewish Cookbooks, 1950-1970

September 27, 2016 / / 3 Comments
My mother's meatball recipe.

My mother’s meatball recipe.

When most people think about Jewish holidays, the first one that often comes to mind is Chanukah. Which is kind of funny since it’s actually a really minor holiday that has been blown out of proportion to keep up with Christmas (there are few things as depressing as being Jewish during Christmas). However, the most important Jewish religious holiday is actually Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Since Rosh Hashanah starts on October 2nd, and my research concentrates on the history of Jews in Montreal, I though this was a great opportunity to do another edition of “What’s in My…” featuring the most ubiquitous Jewish-Canadian cookbook of all time, A Treasure for my Daughter. Strap yourselves in – it’s going to be a wild ride.

 

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A Guide To Peer-Reviewed Journals in Canadian History

September 20, 2016 / / 28 Comments

Peer-Reviewed Journals in Canadian History

(Updated April 2019)

So I teased this one a little bit in the latest round up. The number one question that I get from students (aside from the classic, “Will this be on the exam?”) is: “How do I tell if this is a peer-reviewed article?” Some professors are bewildered by this question. After all, isn’t it obvious? Unfortunately, most first year students (and many second, third, and fourth year students) have never heard the term before.  So in this blog post, I’m going to provide a (really) short introduction to the concept of peer-review and how to tell when an article is peer-reviewed. I’m also going to talk about a couple of publications that are commonly perceived by students to be peer-reviewed, but are actually not. The remainder of the blog post will be devoted a comprehensive list of peer-reviewed journals that publish articles on Canadian history.

While I created this post with undergraduates in mind, this is also a great resource for new graduate students or scholars who are trying to get their work published. Not only does do I list all of the relevant journals that publish articles on Canadian history, but I also include information about their websites, publication frequency and schedules, their scope, access (whether you can read them for free or not – open versus closed), the languages they accept, and available formats.

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What Should I Call My Professor?

September 13, 2016 / / 6 Comments

What to call your professor flow chart

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Professor. Oh, I’m so funny…

In all seriousness, the answer to this question is much more complicated than you might think, hence my humour flow chart above. Let me explain. Most students who attend university grew up in homes that valued manners to one degree or another. So unless told otherwise, they referred to adults as Mr., Mrs., or, more rarely, Ms. This was standard procedure from their parents’ friends to their elementary and high school teachers. So when these students get to university, they end up with one of two problems. Either they don’t know what to do or they say the wrong thing. So in this post, I’m going to discuss what not to do, why the title you use is important, and how to avoid feeling like an ass. The easy answer is to just call your professor, “Professor.” It’s a good catch-all and you are unlikely to offend anyone. If you want to delve further into this topic, read on!

 

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Best New Articles from August 2016

September 6, 2016 / / 1 Comment

Best New Articles August 2016

Because, let’s face it – who has time to catch up on all the journal articles published in Canadian history?

 

Welcome back to the Best New Articles series, where each month, I post a list of my favourite new articles! Don’t forget to also check out my favourites from July, which you can access by clicking here.

This month I read articles from:

 

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