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. Lianne C. Leddy receives the 2023 Governor General’s history award for scholarly research
Dr. Lianne C. Leddy, history faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University, receives the Governor General's history award for scholarly research in 2023.
Creating opportunities for connection across the Tri-U
Interview with Catherine Ramey, PhD candidate at Waterloo who began the graduate student research panels in 2023.
Heather George, PhD candidate becomes Woodland Cultural Centre's executive director
Photo credit: Woodland Cultural Centre
In March 2023, the Tri-University Graduate Program in History (Tri-U) was excited to learn that the Woodland Cultural Centre (WCC) announced Heather George’s appointment as their new executive director. Heather is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Waterloo supervised by Dr. Susan Roy. Heather is Kanien’kehá:ka and Euro-Canadian, her father’s family are from Akwesasne, along the St. Lawrence River.
Events
From Sherbrooke with Love: Illicit Correspondence, Civilian Internment, and Canada in the Second World War
Waterloo PhD candidate Gillian Wagenaar examines a case of illicit correspondence between a Canadian teenager and a group of civilian internees in Quebec in the early years of the Second World War.
The lecture premieres in-person at the Civic Museum. The recorded conversation will be available on YouTube, and the Museum Everywhere Portal.
The Military Lecture series is a partnership between the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada and Guelph Museums.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 7 p.m., followed by a question period.
Local Meets Global: Studies Through Space and Time
This year’s theme centres on the diversity of methods used to explore the past and the consideration of time and space as part of historical inquiry. How does our work as scholars engage in questions of scope and scale?
Saturday, March 21, 2026, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Registration is now open! Sign up before February 27 to receive complimentary meal tickets for a catered lunch. General registration for conference attendees will remain open until March 21.
Questions? Please contact our committee at triu.conf@gmail.com
“The desolation of all desolations:” Scottish Shepherds and Imperial Unease in Patagonia
Dr. Daniel Arbino (University of Miami Libraries) will present “The desolation of all desolations:” Scottish Shepherds and Imperial Unease in Patagonia.
The International Scots lecture takes place online, Monday, 30 March at 3:00pm (EDT).