John R Matchim

Uncovering the early years of organized soccer in Newfoundland

MUN professor appeals for help from the public.

October 28, 2017

Fighting Islamic State in the age of airpower

On Sunday Canada launched its first air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq. However, it is worth considering the recent history of air power…

November 3, 2014

Expect No Favours: William Coaker and the Newfoundland Disaster (Pt. 3)

“They’ll work you twice what you can take and pay you half you need” – ‘I will bring you home’ 

April 1, 2014

Expect No Favours: William Coaker and the Newfoundland Disaster (Pt. 2)

April 1: Gale blowing “with very little abatement… Ice very tight. Ship made but little progress. Freezing hard. A real February Day."

March 31, 2014

Expect No Favours: William Coaker and the Newfoundland Disaster (Pt. 1)

2014 marks the centenary of the Great War. In Newfoundland and Labrador it also marks the centenary of the founding of the International Grenfell Association…

March 30, 2014

Whose water is it, anyway? (Part 1)

We have exploited our freshwater supply in the name of industrial and resource development for more than a century, but are we moving toward relinquishing…

March 22, 2013

“I’ll be glad to catch honest cod once more” – Part II

"...the Great War simultaneously created a country and destroyed it..."

November 11, 2012

“I’ll be glad to catch honest cod once more” – Part I

How Newfoundland's participation and role in the Great War changed us forever

November 10, 2012