I appreciate that!

Thank you! Yes, I do talk about croquet a bit and there are photographs included of women playing.

Thanks, Ian! I appreciate your help with the sections on treaty history.

Thank you, Sara!

One month from today my first book, Pursuing Play: Women's Leisure in Small-Town Ontario, 1870-1914, will be published by University of Manitoba Press. Beyond excited to see it in print! Available for pre-order now. A short excerpt is on the UMP website: uofmpress.ca/blog/pursuin...

Ron Brown’s book - Behind Bars: Inside Ontario’s Heritage Gaols - talks about individual ones and their circumstances. Available online via UofG library.

On Tues Apr 2 from 3-5pm my @uguelphhist.bsky.social#foodhistcal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3792914

Really enjoyed writing this piece for the @nichecanada.bsky.social@benbradleyca.bsky.social & Blake Butler.

NCnichecanada.bsky.socialFeb 14, 2024 5:24pm

Today on our site we have "'A Very Pretty Canadian Winter Scene': Ice Skating in Turn-of-the-Century Small-Town Ontario" by @rebeccabeau.bsky.social This is the 6th post in our Winter in Canada series edited by Blake Butler & @benbradleyca.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2024/02/14/a... #envhist

“A Very Pretty Canadian Winter Scene”: Ice Skating in Turn-of-the-Century Small-Town Ontario

Around small towns, apart from private mill ponds, waterways were mostly public spaces and were used freely.