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John R Matchim
News
Uncovering the early years of organized soccer in Newfoundland
MUN professor appeals for help from the public.
John R Matchim
October 28, 2017
Uncategorized
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…
John R Matchim
November 3, 2014
News
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’
John R Matchim
April 1, 2014
News
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."
John R Matchim
March 31, 2014
News
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…
John R Matchim
March 30, 2014
News
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…
John R Matchim
March 22, 2013
News
“I’ll be glad to catch honest cod once more” – Part II
"...the Great War simultaneously created a country and destroyed it..."
John R Matchim
November 11, 2012
News
“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
John R Matchim
November 10, 2012