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
Remembering Brianne Casey
Brianne Skylar Casey, a proud Métis woman, scholar and talented artist, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at the age of 23 after a hard fought battle with cancer. Brianne had nearly finished her MA in History at Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier) and was accepted to the PhD program. She was an active part of the Tri-University Graduate Program in History family.
Arctic research by Dr. Sam Hossack is timely
Dr. Sam Hossack defended her timely dissertation, “A Broken History: Examining the Events, Experiences, and Narratives of the High Arctic Relocations, 1950-2010,” on January 10, 2025 at the University of Waterloo.
Gender dynamics article by Megan Blair receives award
Megan Blair, University of Waterloo PhD candidate's article published in Gender and History in 2023 was awarded the E. Lisa Panayotidis Memorial Graduate Student Award from the Canadian History of Education Association during their October conference. The prize is one of the Founders prizes which are awarded biennially.
Megan's article examined the gender dynamics of feminist organizing at the University of Waterloo in the 1960s and 1970s. The article was entitled: '''Fraternity for Frustrated Females’: The Gender Dynamics of 1970s Feminist Organising at the University of Waterloo, Canada."
Events
Canada as the 51st State? With Norman Hillmer
Donald Trump wants Canada to be his 51st State. He isn’t the first American leader to think that way, and he won’t be the last. At the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (LCSC), Norman Hillmer, a leading historian of the Canadian-American relationship, reflects on how Canada resisted the United States in the past, and he asks whether and how much present challenges are different from yesterday’s.
Rural History Roundtable Speaker Series Winter 2025
Three online lectures offered through the University of Guelph during Winter 2025 with thanks to the Francis and Ruth Redelmeier Professorship in Rural History.
- January 23: Local Need, Lasting Legacies: Japanese Canadian Internment & Rural Medicine, Letitia Johnson, University of Victoria
- February 12: The Medieval Pig, Dolly Jørgensen, University of Stavanger
- March 12: Mmm...Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Foods We Eat, Kimberley Moore and Janis Thiessen, University of Winnipeg
Gunner City: Military Presence in Guelph
Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, together with Guelph Museums, presents a lecture by Lieutenant-Colonel Miguel A. Ortiz-Sosa, CD, the commanding officer of Guelph's 11th Field Regiment.