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Mandate

History is a human right.

How can critical historical understanding help us better navigate the AI shift?

Current projects

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2023-present

AI and Humanities Lab

Research, Teaching, Methods + Policy

2017-Present

Sex Work History + the “Wild” West

Research, Publications + Policy

2010-2020

Icelandic Migration Culture + History

Research, Publications + Methods

Latest Notes

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Mar·2·2026

Book Prize! The Viking Immigrants

“Best Book in Regional History (Prairies),” Canadian Historical Association, 2021. Available at UTP, Tergesen’s, Indigo, and other major booksellers. “Bertram… Read more.

LKB

1–2 minutes
Mar·2·2026

Historians + AI: University Affairs Interview

The debate around historians and AI is not as simple as “should we or shouldn’t we use it?” Sitting down… Read more.

LKB

2–3 minutes
Mar·2·2026

New Journal of Social History Article: “The Other Little House: The Brothel as a Colonial Institution in the Canadian North West.”

Ranked one of the most read articles of 2022 by Oxford University Press Free access to the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jsh/shac018… Read more.

LKB

1–2 minutes
Mar·2·2026

Social For Scholars Bootcamp

Could your research be reaching way more people? How can good research-driven institutions outpace online slop? The public is actually… Read more.

LKB

1–2 minutes

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Funding & Partners

Research Support Partners Past + Present:

RANNIS (Iceland)

University of Toronto

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