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Treaty 4 lands/Métis homeland
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Allison Fizzard, Ph.D. retweeted
I'm hitting the road in search of Canadian architecture! Do you know of any wonderful, evocative buildings that I should see & include in my new course? If so, please tweet, DM or e-mail me!
carleton.ca/aah/2023/in-sear…
Allison Fizzard, Ph.D. retweeted
Absolutely fascinating piece in @nytimes on the sounds of Notre-Dame de Paris, and how it's being explored during the current restoration. Includes a couple of wonderful interactive features. Make sure you turn the audio on. 👏
nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
I was interviewed for the #VictorianSamplings podcast about my research on an amazing wooden altar in a tiny Saskatchewan church carved by Valentine Eliot, a female professional wood carver of the late Victorian era.
If you were to imagine an elaborately carved altar, you’d probably place it in a grand cathedral. But, as @AllisonFizzard explains, the altar of a small church in Saskatchewan is well worth a visit. She shares this beautiful object, carved by a c19 woman, on #VictorianSamplings
For folks interested in things medieval, the film “Vision: From the Life of Hildegard con Bingen,” is one of these films newly available for free on YouTube.
We're always looking for ways to connect great cinema with new audiences. With this in mind, we've decided to make a selection of films from our library available to watch free on YouTube.
Explore here and subscribe for updates: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
In the Fall of 2022 I’ll be teaching HIST 290AU The Black Death: A Medieval Pandemic at Campion College at the University of Regina. It will feature a role-playing game element, “1349: Plague comes to Norwich.”@ReactingTTPast instagram.com/p/Cb-lFcVlbV4/…
My colleague, Dr. Samantha Lawler, recently got some well-deserved coverage by CNN for her important work on the downsides of the massive increase in the number of satellites in orbit around the earth.
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A difficult but important read by my colleague in the Department of History at the University of Regina
An article I wrote about civilians in Ukraine, based on my academic research, appeared today: theconversation.com/why-russ…
#Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussia
Allison Fizzard, Ph.D. retweeted
In solidarity with the women of Ukraine.
Artwork by Maria Oksentiyivna Prymachenko, Ukrainian folk art #InternationalWomensDay
A jaw-dropping letter from 1965 offering a job to a History professor. It lays out the importance of “possession ” of a wife who could help preserve the “gratifyingly high” level of “feminine pulchritude” among departmental wives.
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I may be biased, being a Pisces and all, but I am enjoying the loveliness of this medieval illuminated manuscript page.
Yet another reason to visit the amazing, evocative Wanuskewin Heritage Park near Saskatoon. For those who haven’t been, it’s well worth the trip. cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon…
A very exciting find!
NEW | Archeologists in Cupids unearth possible oldest English coin in North America
cbc.ca/1.6243996 #cbcnl
Tonight I made a supper dish that scored pretty high on the eating local chart: stuffed squash with squash, kale, leeks, garlic, eggs, and goat cheese from @sundogplanets. Yum!
For non-medievalists, this is what has been making news in the our world for the last several days (although it wasn’t news to many medievalists). Orchard was Director of the program where I did my MA and PhD, the Centre for Medieval Studies, for several years.
Andy Orchard, former Trinity College provost and vice-chancellor, has been accused of sexual harassment and engaging in inappropriate sexual relationships with students. Orchard worked at U of T from 2000 to 2013.
thevarsity.ca/2021/10/25/and…
Allison Fizzard, Ph.D. retweeted
A new study of wood cut from Newfoundland's L'Anse aux Meadows pinpoints the Vikings' arrival there at 1021CE.
cbc.ca/radio/quirks/oct-23-v…
The amazing Dr Susan Shaw, chief medical officer of the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Her superpower is demolishing misinformation.
Some strange/very wrong claims going on in replies to some of my tweets
Here’s some #COVID19SK facts
✅NONE of the 75 people in SK ICUs today are due to a vaccine adverse event
✅>75% of all SK ICU beds are looking after people w COVID
✅There are no empty @SaskHealth hospitals