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The History Department at the University of Waterloo is excited to announce the creation of a student award in honour of three retired professors: Patrick Harrigan, John English, and Wendy Mitchinson.

From the Daily Bulletin: Distinguished Teacher Awards for 2015 will be presented to four faculty members at convocation, associate vice-president, academic Mario Coniglio announced at last night's meeting of the university senate.

Professor Ian Milligan's book, Rebel Youth: 1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English Canada (UBC Press, 2014) is one of five scholarly works shortlisted for the the 2015 Sir John A. Macdonald Prize.

Congratulations to  Professor Jim Walker, the recipient of this year's Olivier le Jeune Trailblazer Award from the Ontario Black History Society!

The award was granted in recognition of Professor Walker's work in creating the very first Canadian university courses in African-Canadian history at both the undergraduate and graduate level, which he did here at the University of Waterloo during the early 1970s.

Assistant Professor Susan Roy is in Vancouver this weekend for the opening of the city before the city, a major new exhibition about c̓əsnaʔəm, the ancient Musqueam community over which Vancouver is now built.  The exhibition has three distinct parts, hosted by the Museum of Vancouver, the Musqueam Cultural Centre, and the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

History Professor Dr Steven Bednarski and his collaborators at the Bader International Study Centre and Queen's University have won a major SSHRC Award to pursue their interdisciplinary research into climate change at the lost medieval village and manor of Herstmonceux, in East Sussex, England.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Congrats to our new graduates

History convocation 2014: A reflection

This is a moment to celebrate and to be proud. On June 11, the University of Waterloo community gathered for its annual celebration of the awarding of degrees at its Spring Convocation. It was a joyous day full of family, friends and fellow students, and a significant milestone in the lives of our undergraduates.