By Annabelle Penney I did not expect to cry on the way home from the Calgary airport. It had been over a year since my last ...

Each of these datasets was built to answer a narrower question, by people who never expected their work to end up joined to ...

In my MA thesis, I built one example of how GraphRAG can work for historians. From 20,000 early modern documents, I ...

This post is part of a series on AI and Collaboration. Archive boxes by Pexels. Free for use under the Pixabay content license. Transcribing archival documents is an important part of historical ...

This post is part of a series on AI and Collaboration. “Old Books” by jarmoluk via Pixabay. Free for use under the Pixabay Content License. For many people who use archives, the accessibility of ...

It is never fun to watch friends argue. Generative AI has created multiple fractures across our universities and the community of historians. The stakes are high and we are all dealing with the ...

While a small but vocal minority of historians have embraced the use of generative artificial intelligence in their research and teaching,[1] many of us find ourselves trying to hold the pedagogical ...

“Algonquin Park,” October 4, 1995, photo by Dick Loek, published by the Toronto Star (Toronto Star Archives, Toronto Public Library). ActiveHistory.ca is back from our summer hiatus! This week we’ll ...

This week, I talk with Cody Groat, author of Always Part of the Land: The Federal Commemoration of Indigenous Histories. We discuss the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada‘s approach to ...

The expression, “May you live in interesting times,” seems on its face, pleasant enough. Resembling a well-wish, its sunny exterior deftly cloaks the dark, cavernous depths within. To live in ...

Canada and Mexico approach an historic juncture in their relations with the United States. Both countries face a July 1 deadline over the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) which replaced ...

This week I talk with Meghan Crnic, author of The Beach Cure: A History of Healing on Northeastern Shores. We discuss the origins of the beach as a place to get healthy, the conditions in 19th century ...