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4100 to 6000 unmarked child graves: truth and reconciliation after 7 years

Sep 29, 2022 5 min read Comments Québec Save to Pocket

In anticipation of Truth and Reconciliation Day, I read this week for the first time the book 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph, published in 2018.

2021: A Year In Books

Dec 27, 2021 7 min read Comments books Save to Pocket

This year's categories: Favourite Supervillain Novel; Favourite Mythological Remix; Favourite Family Mythmaking; Favourite Weaving of History and Historical Fiction; Favourite Epistolary Mindfuck; and Favourite Bildungsroman! (Oh, and Favourite Nonfiction too!)

A Summer Steeped in Historical Sources and History Books

Aug 31, 2021 5 min read Comments research notes Save to Pocket

A round-up of some of the research done over the past months on feudalism, knights, tournaments, and queer & trans people throughout the so-called Middle Ages (mostly).