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Nick Fast

@NickFastMA

Historian, former meat cutter, goalie, and photographer (sometimes simultaneously). U of T PhD candidate.

Joined August 2013
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It still doesn’t feel real, but I’m happy to announce that I’ve been published in the more recent edition of @BCstudies!
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#cdnhist #twitterstorians #HistoryMatters Congress to take place 12-21 June in 2024 federationhss.ca/en/congress…
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#cdnhist #twitterstorians #HistoryMatters Call for papers 2024 CHA ANNUAL MEETING – MCGILL UNIVERSITY 17-19 June The Climate of History cha-shc.ca/about/what-we-do/…
Annual Meeting | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada

Annual Meeting | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada

The CHA hosts an annual meeting in May/June in coordination with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences which is held in a different Canadian city each year. Between 350-500 historians...

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@CndHistAssoc @NickFastMA – at Ottawa, Ontario
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Tomorrow on “History Matters”—what historians learn at history conferences. (More than history!) Historians spend a lot of time working alone. So what do they learn about their field and profession when they come together? Join us! Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations
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Check out this post, and the rest of this amazing blog series!
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In today's post, the latest in our @deindustrialpol series, @UofT's @NickFastMA asks a big question. activehistory.ca/2023/06/whe…

Where’s the beef (coming from)?

by Nicholas Fast For the public at any grocery store, the most shocking part of choosing any meat package is usually the price. It is no secret that the price of meat, especially beef, has skyrocke…

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I had a whole plane ride yesterday to reflect on the @CndHistAssoc’s annual meeting, and #congressh in general, so here are my thoughts in a 🧵
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4) because these sessions were about graduate student and post-doc funding. Not seeing ANY faculty members except the CHA president (outgoing @stevenhighmtl and incoming Don Wright) was really disheartening. Grad students and post-docs need allies, not indifference.
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5) Finally, I was reminded at how lucky I am to work with such amazing people (I can’t name them all here) as historians. We carry on the ancient responsibility of telling our stories, we cannot take that for granted. I think that tradition is in good hands. /End
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Academic affirmation: “I WILL control the number of books I buy at the #congressh Expo this year.” @federation_hss
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#cdnhist #twitterstorians #HistoryMatters #historiens @jomac_613 @NickFastMA Check out the latest CHA Teaching Blog - Tools and Resources for Building and Updating Syllabi cha-shc.ca/teachers-learning…
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The CHA Indigenous History Group has joined Twitter! Please share with your contacts. 😃 #indighist #cdnhist
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#cdnhist #twitterstorians #HistoryMatters #historiens @jomac_613 @NickFastMA Check out the latest CHA Teaching Blog - Artificial Intelligence and Teaching cha-shc.ca/teachers-learning…
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With all of your support, @BonitaZarrillo was able to read our petition in the House of Commons demanding an increase in funding for graduate students! Thank you to all 640 signatories!
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I usually avoid Twitter notifications, but today was a good day
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Merci à tous les signataires de ma pétition visant à soulever la question du financement des étudiant.e.s diplômé.e.s au Canada! Avec l'aide de @BonitaZarrillo, nous avons obtenu 640 signatures ! J'ai hâte de voir ce que la Chambre des communes nous réserve!
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Thank you to all of the signatories on my petition to raise the issue of graduate student funding in Canada! With the help of @BonitaZarrillo, we had 640 signatures! I look forward to hearing what the House of Commons has in store!
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