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zembrzycki.bsky.social
Oral and public historian of immigrant, ethnic, refugee, and racialized experiences.
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A new Library and Archives Canada post on the added responsibilities Black sleeping car porters had during and after WWII: thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/20/b...

The Library and Archives blog is also knocking it out of the park for Black history month. Read this great work done by my colleagues Rebecca Murray and Andrew Elliott: thediscoverblog.com/2025/01/23/b... thediscoverblog.com/2025/02/06/b...

Happy to announce that the 4th episode of "Porter Talk" is out! Focused on the long fight for rights, this episode pairs perfectly with the last one on porters' working conditions. Have a listen because this is good stuff!! library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collecti...

Welcome new folks! I’m a historian & writer, living sorta half in Alaska & RI. Here to learn with y’all about animals, history, writing, rivers, climate, surviving what’s coming, etc A great thing here are starter packs—here’s a list of 4000+ you can search: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

Episode 1 & 2 of “Porter Talk” are out now: library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collecti... Let porters’ voices guide you through the past.

Here are 150 journalists in Canada on Bluesky right now Please share this starter pack and follow everyone:

Scholars and students of Canada/northern North America! Here's a Canadian history starter pack. Please let me know if I've forgotten anyone! go.bsky.app/KVWtRgB

very sad to hear that joy parr has passed away. she did such great work in multiple fields of canadian history...

Extremely excited to announce a new project I've been working on at Library and Archives Canada. Stay tuned for podcast trailers soon! thediscoverblog.com/2024/02/01/p... #cdnhist; #podcast; #publichist