Oral History Project Timeline

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies' Oral History Project began in 2013 and has been a team effort involving over 60 contributors to conduct and process over 100 interviews. They’ve participated on one or more of the following teams:

• 3 investigators (all faculty of the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo)
• 12 members in the advisory group, including representatives from the University of Waterloo and the community of Waterloo Region
• 13 research assistants (all graduate students from the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies)
• 23 interviewers
• 22 transcribers
• 22 authors
• contributors for the Germans of Waterloo Region companion website, which is currently under construction

The timeline below shows the highlights of this project.

1. 2013
   1. Jul
      1. Ethics Application

         The WCGS handed in the ethics application to receive approval to conduct the Oral History Project.

   2. Oct
      1. First Interview

         We conducted the first interview of the project.

2. 2014
   1. Jul
      1. First Transcript Received

         The first draft of the first transcript was submitted.

3. 2015
   1. Mar
      1. Last Interview for the Book

         We conducted our last interview - #110 - that would be included in the book.

   2. Jun
      1. The Last Transcript is In

         The first draft of transcript #110 was submitted.