University of Guelph Canadian History Professor and Department Chair, Chocolatier, Inexpert Gardener.https://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mlq6xwdb4k2428 years ago, I took a course on the history of the EU as part of my MA. Today, my husband (who I started seeing a few months later) is humouring me by going on a tour of the European Parliament Hemicycle in Brussels. And it’s Pride week here, which was a happy coincidence!13 May 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq6xwdb4k24https://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mlnx5ekqi22tMajor hotel chain: To get our Green certification and protect the environment we’d like you to re-use your towels and skip housekeeping - and we’ll give you a bar credit! Guest: That’s fantastic. And you’ll have a proper towel rod so the towels can dry, right? Hotel: …. Guest: Right??12 May 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnx5ekqi22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3ml7isanbbs2iThis is on point! I definitely think of Harper when I fill out the census. And when I hope to get the long-form one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7isanbbs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mkplign3p22kThe rules on this actually changed back in 1973, thanks to an intervention by Joe Clark, then MP for Rocky Mountain, who protested to the Speaker when three First Nations leaders from his riding were denied entry to the members' gallery because they weren't wearing suits. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkplign3p22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mkakzyhxbk2bLooking forward to next Monday’s launch of Daniel Manulak’s book Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order at UofT - featuring special guest the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark. Manulak’s work has been so helpful as I worked on my biography of Clark. https://billgrahamcentre.utoronto.ca/events/book-launch-canada-apartheid-and-the-defence-of-the-liberal-order24 Apr 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkakzyhxbk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mjwgmwffxs2gThe Ontario government (and Globe) are concerned with school attendance at the elementary/secondary level. They’d be appalled by what happens at post-secondary. I wish we could have minimum attendance requirements in university. 1/2 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-a-lesson-in-the-importance-of-showing-up/20 Apr 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwgmwffxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mjriboxlks2yMy daffodils, like me, are celebrating the end of the winter semester!18 Apr 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjriboxlks2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mjhst2jogk2oOne of the funny things about "growing up" is seeing a bunch of the people who used to be big names on the debating circuit when I was in university become high-profile staffers or politicians. I remember Danielle Martin being tremendously good. See also Gerry Butts, Katie Telford, Rob Silver...14 Apr 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhst2jogk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3mjhfgdjpkc2nI would love it if publishers would go back to having footnotes in scholarly books, instead of endnotes. I /hate/ flipping back and forth. As a compromise, I would love to have space for Terry Pratchett-style "bon mot" footnotes! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhfgdjpkc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3miz4tuacwc2tLots of people are writing about whether or not Carney now has a majority government. But given the diverse array of people involved & likelihood of more departures (e.g. Erskine-Smith), the question of surviving confidence votes is still precarious. Just a little less so with each floor-crosser.08 Apr 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miz4tuacwc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3miyecseym22wSo are we all just supposed to “shake off” the fact that the president of the US could very easily have detonated a nuclear weapon yesterday and go on with our daily work and lives? Because that’s a level of stress that is not sustainable nor easily absorbed.08 Apr 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyecseym22whttps://bsky.app/profile/mhayday.bsky.social/post/3miomc5643c2yHistorian and department chair by weekday, Easter bunny’s assistant by weekend.04 Apr 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:flor4qqn2btibpu2a7jii2z7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miomc5643c2y