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
Dr. Catherine Ramey explores missionary education in Angola, 1880s - 1920s.
Catherine Ramey successfully defended her dissertation on Friday, August 14, 2026. Entitled, "An Educational Mission: Gender, Schools, and Canadian Missionaries in Central Angola, 1880s–1920s," the thesis examines the mission education developed by the Canada Congregational Foreign Missionary Society (CCFMS) in central Angola between the 1880s and 1920s.
With a focus on missionary school curricula, Catherine explores the implications of the gendered and racist dimensions of the CCFMS’s mission agenda, especially industrial trades as “manly” occupations and domestic work as “appropriate” labour for girls and women. Drawing on transnational and global frameworks, Catherine argues that Angolans were integral to the establishment of the West Central Africa (WCA) mission.
Dr. Jonathan Chan's dissertation reexamines Chinese Canadian cultural history
Jonathan Chan successfully defended his thesis, "Loyalty and Righteousness: Confucianism and the Chinese Community in British Columbia, 1923–1960," on June 23, 2026.
Congratulations Dr. Chan!
Lydia Kinasewich pursues food history MA at Guelph
University of Northern British Columbia graduate, Lydia Kinasewich, came to the University of Guelph in 2024 to pursue an MA in food history focusing on dairy policy in B. C. Her final project looked into "the history of milk pasteurization policies in British Columbia and consumer resistance to milk pasteurization during the second half of the twentieth century."
Events
Art of War
Description
During the world wars, cartooning offered soldiers opportunities to express dissent and criticism that both bolstered morale and avoided overt censorship. As primary sources, these sketches, drawings and comics allow historians to see how soldiers created unique subcultures based on shared stresses, grievances and inside jokes. In this presentation, Matthew Barrett features wartime cartoons and comics to show how they could poke fun at what was the most serious business of life and death consequences.
Details
Date: Wednesday, November 11
Time: 7:00 pm EDT.
Two ways to attend:
- In person, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, 232 King St. N., Waterloo, ON, or
- Register for the Zoom livestream.
Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them
Join Dr. Jennifer Jordan for her presentation, "Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them." Dr. Jordan is a professor of sociology and urban studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Online: Register for the Zoom link.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rebecca Beausaert or Ben Bradley.
Military Lecture: Canada’s Missing of the Great War 1914-1918 and Modern Discovery
More than a century after the Armistice, the missing of the Great War have reappeared in modern memory. Glenn Kerr, Chair of the Central Ontario Branch of the Western Front Association, seeks to shine a light on a chapter of Canadian and Commonwealth history where the soldiers and closest loved ones can no longer speak for themselves.
The lecture premieres in-person at Guelph Civic Museum. The recorded conversation will be available on YouTube, and their Museum Everywhere Portal.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 7 p.m., followed by a question period.
The Military Lecture series is a partnership between Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada and Guelph Civic Museum.