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Through courses, as well as Co-operative education, international experiences, and experiential learning opportunities, our graduates possess a unique set of technical, creative, critical, and analytical skills of value to diverse career pathways.
Our graduate program is part of the Tri-University partnership, one of the largest History graduate programs in Canada. We offer both Masters and Doctoral programs with numerous research opportunities.
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News
Dr. Talena Atfield named Canada Research Chair in Tentewatenikonhra'khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together)
The Government of Canada has just announced that Dr. Talena Atfield has been named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Tentewatenikonhra'khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together). Dr. Atfield is of Kanien'kehá:ka of the Grand River and mixed settler backgrounds and is an assistant professor in the Department of History.
Indigenous History Month graduate student research panel
On June 28, in honour of Indigenous History Month, the Tri-University Graduate Student Association (TUGSA) and the History Anti-Racism Taskforce (HART) from the University of Waterloo, hosted its final student research panel of the season.
The History Department remembers Dr. Palmer Patterson
Events
History Speakers Series Presents: Henry Tsang
White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver is based on 360 Riot Walk, a 360 video walking tour that traces the history and route of the mob that attacked the Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian communities following the demonstration and parade organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League in Vancouver. Participants are led into the social and political environment of the time, where racialized communities were targeted through legislated acts, as well as physical acts of exclusion and violence. 360 Riot Walk is a documentary, a mapping project, and an artwork.
About The Speaker
Henry Tsang is a visual and media artist based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples that is also known as Vancouver. His projects explore the spatial politics of history, language, community, food and cultural translation in relationship to place, taking the form of gallery exhibitions, pop-up street food offerings, 360 video walking tours, curated dinners, ephemeral and permanent public art, by employing video, photography, language, interactive media and convivial events.