The Tri-University Graduate Program in History combines the faculty and resources of three of Canada’s premier universities, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University. With over seventy graduate faculty in the program, we are one of the largest History graduate programs in the country and able to provide courses and supervise research across the widest possible range of areas. At the same time, through small seminars, close student-professor relationships, and teaching assistantships and scholarships held at one of our three participating campuses, we provide the atmosphere and collegiality of a smaller, more intimate program.
News
2025-26 TUGSA co-presidents announced
Recently, Tri-U students held their annual election. Aidan Hughes, PhD candidate at Guelph, Brian Gibbs, PhD student at Laurier, and Vera Zoricic, PhD candidate at Waterloo became the 2025-26 co-presidents. They organize events and encourage community-building among Tri-U students. Check out their bios.
Dr. Deuxberry opens a window into international relations in the Pacific Rim, interwar period
Zachary Deuxberry, PhD, successfully defended his dissertation, "A Window into International Relations in the Pacific Region: The Institute of Pacific Relations during the Interwar Period 1925-1937," at Wilfrid Laurier University on August 5, 2025.
Dr. Rebecca Beausaert is new Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professor in Rural History at Guelph
The Tri-U History Program announces that Dr. Rebecca Beausaert was appointed as Assistant Professor and the Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professor in Rural History at the University of Guelph beginning July 1.
Dr. Beausaert is a specialist in Canadian social and cultural history and holds a Ph.D. in History from York University. She has strong connections to the Tri-U program, having been an adjunct professor at the University of Guelph and part-time faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University for over ten years.
Events
Nova Scotia and the Imperial Strategies of Highland Scots
Join Professor Karly Kehoe, St. Mary's University, for this Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership annual lecture.
Dr. Kehoe's talk explores the legacy of colonial privilege by looking at patterns of Scottish Highland settlement in Nova Scotia. Catholic Highlanders made use of the spectrum of advantages inherent in the White European settler experience despite facing significant persecution at home. Examining their connections with the process of empire building builds a deeper understanding of the complexities of colonization and helps us to think about Scottish History’s connection with Canada’s reconciliation process.
This talk will be presented virtually, so register on Eventbrite.
Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971
Join the Tri-U's own Emily Kaliel, PhD candidate in history at the University of Guelph, who will give a talk entitled, "Public Health in Rural Alberta and Settler Colonialism as a Structure, 1919-1971."
Kaliel explores which rural populations the Alberta government considered to be a "public" worthy of interwar public health programs.
The event will be held on Zoom. Register for the link on Eventbrite.
If you have any questions, contact Rebecca Beausaert or Ben Bradley.
Call for Papers: 36th Canadian Military History Colloquium
The 36th Canadian Military History Colloquium by Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada will be held in-person at Wilfrid Laurier University on 8-9 May 2026.
Submissions on all periods and aspects of Canadian military history and war and society are invited. Proposals are welcome from all scholars, including students, faculty and independent researchers.
To apply, send a ~300-word abstract and short bio to cmhc@studyofcanada.ca.