Meredith J Batt and Jess Wilton The queer history of Atlantic Canada is embedded in the region’s landscape and its people. As we guide you across the region exploring some queer nooks and ...

By Sean Graham Sean Graham is joined by Amanda Bittner, author of Platform or Personality: The Role of Party Leaders in Elections. They talk about how polling data is used, partisan voting ...

Commercial DNA tests have had many different impacts, from confirming existing research, breaking down brick walls, and uncovering long-hidden family secrets. DNA has become an essential component ...

By Sean Graham This week, I’m joined by Dan Black, author of Oceans of Fate: Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia. We talk about the ship’s earliest voyage following ...

ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events.

ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events.

ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events.

https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2025_02_12_05_21_15_6c08bc31-1640-4470-9646-2cbc1d846f34.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week, I’m ...

Perhaps you read Nathan Ince’s 2024 Active History article about John Norton. You may be interested to know that his cabin is preserved at The Brown Homestead in Niagara, alongside the family home of ...

This week I’m joined by Jennifer Neville, author of Truth is Trickiest: The Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles. We discuss the background of the riddles, who may have transcribed them and ...

This week I’m joined by Eugenia Kisin, author of Aesthetics of Repair: Indigenous Art and the Form of Reconciliation. We discuss what qualifies as ‘art’, how the intent shapes understanding of ...